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DOI10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109895
Ecosystem carbon fluxes are tree size-dependent in an Amazonian old-growth forest
发表日期2024
ISSN0168-1923
EISSN1873-2240
起始页码346
卷号346
英文摘要Tropical forests are important carbon sinks as they store huge amounts of carbon and are thus essential players within the global carbon cycle. While good estimates of the gross and net primary productivity (GPP and NPP, respectively) of tropical forests exist, we still lack a cohesive study on the contribution of different tree sizes to the overall forest carbon fluxes and their seasonal variation. Here, we model GPP based on xylem sap flux and eddy covariance data for an old-growth moist lowland forest in Central Amazon for the year 2013 (Jan-Dec). The model uses canopy transpiration and vapor pressure deficit as covariates and enables GPP partitioning into fluxes from canopy, subcanopy, and understory trees. Net primary productivity was calculated from forest inventory data. Carbon use efficiency (CUE) was computed as the ratio between NPP and GPP. GPP was 28.46 MgC ha(-2) yr(-1) at our study site. Canopy trees (diameter > 30 cm; average height of 28 m) were responsible for 21.47 MgC ha(-2) yr(-1) of the overall GPP, whereas subcanopy and understory trees contributed 3.95 MgC ha(-2) yr(-1) and 3.04 MgC ha(-2) yr(-1), respectively. Canopy trees allocated only 23% of their photosynthetic products towards growth and were responsible for more than 50% of NPP. Subcanopy and understory trees were more efficient by allocating 67% and 59% of their carbon assimilates towards biomass growth, respectively. GPP showed distinct seasonal patterns, with canopy trees doubling monthly GPP with the progressing dry season, whereas understory and subcanopy trees had a 60% higher GPP than in the wet season. This study provides evidence for the importance of large trees in tropical forests and highlights their crucial role in forest carbon cycling. Due to high drought-related mortality, large trees make up a critical component of the response of tropical forests to climate change.
英文关键词Sap flux; Tree size classes; Gross primary productivity; Net primary productivity; Tropics; Terra firme
语种英语
WOS研究方向Agriculture ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目Agronomy ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号WOS:001167408400001
来源期刊AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/304401
作者单位BOKU University; University of Bayreuth; Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
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. Ecosystem carbon fluxes are tree size-dependent in an Amazonian old-growth forest[J],2024,346.
APA (2024).Ecosystem carbon fluxes are tree size-dependent in an Amazonian old-growth forest.AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY,346.
MLA "Ecosystem carbon fluxes are tree size-dependent in an Amazonian old-growth forest".AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY 346(2024).
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