Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial‐scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 29; no. 17; pp. 4775 - 4792
• Main Authors: Sande, Masha T., Bush, Mark B., Åkesson, Christine M., Berrio, Juan Carlos, Correia Metrio, Alex, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Hooghiemstra, Henry, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, McMichael, Crystal N. H., Montoya, Encarni, Mosblech, Nicole A. S., Novaes Nascimento, Majoi, Peña‐Claros, Marielos, Poorter, Lourens, Raczka, Marco F., Gosling, William D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Abundance; adults; Amazon; Andes; Andes region; Body height; Charcoal; Climate; Climate change; Colonization; Composition; Deforestation; Disturbances; Drought; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; El Niño; fire; fire intensity; Fires; Forests; Fossil pollen; Fossils; functional traits; global change; Height; Leaf area; Leaves; Life cycle; Life cycles; Lowlands; Migratory species; palynology; Pollen; Precipitation; seed weight; Seeds; softwood; Taxa; Temperature; tropical forest; Tropical forests; Water availability; Water stress; Wood; wood density; Andes region; Andes; El Niño; fossil pollen; functional traits; fire; tropical forest; Amazon; climate change

Tropical forests are changing in composition and productivity, probably in response to changes in climate and disturbances. The responses to these multiple environmental drivers, and the mechanisms underlying the changes, remain largely unknown. Here, we use a functional trait approach on timescales...