Interaction between extreme weather events and mega‐dams increases tree mortality and alters functional status of Amazonian forests

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 56; no. 12; pp. 2641 - 2651
• Main Authors: Moser, Pamela, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante, Gontijo, Alexandre Bahia, Costa, Flávia Regina Capelotto, Macinnis‐Ng, Cate
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Climate change; Dam construction; Dams; Density; Drought; Dry matter; Environmental assessment; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental risk; Extreme weather; Flood predictions; flood tolerance; Flooding; Floodplains; Floods; Foreign languages; Forests; functional traits; global warming; Hydroelectric dams; Mortality; Plant tissues; precipitation anomaly; Rainfall; River basins; Rivers; root tissue density; Stomata; stomata density; Survival; tree mortality; Trees; Weather; Madeira

Forest responses to changes in drought frequency is a critical matter for the future of Amazon forests under climate change, but equally important is the much less studied response to large floods, which may also increase tree mortality and change forest functionality. Further, forest vulnerability...