Soil fertility and species traits, but not diversity, drive productivity and biomass stocks in a Guyanese tropical rainforest

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 461 - 474
• Main Authors: van der Sande, Masha T., Arets, Eric J. M. M., Peña-Claros, Marielos, Hoosbeek, Marcel R., Cáceres-Siani, Yasmani, van der Hout, Peter, Poorter, Lourens
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley 01.02.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; aboveground biomass; absorption; Alterra - Vegetatie, bos- en landschapsecologie; Alterra - Vegetation, forest and landscape ecology; Biodiversity; biodiversity–ecosystem functioning; Biomass; biomass production; Biotic factors; Bodemscheikunde en Chemische Bodemkwaliteit; Bosecologie en Bosbeheer; carbon; Chair Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; diversity; Dominant species; environmental factors; Filtration; fine root biomass; fine roots; Forest biomass; Forest Ecology and Forest Management; functional traits; Guyana; Hazards; leaves; Leerstoelgroep Bosecologie en bosbeheer; Light effects; Logging; logging disturbance; mass‐ratio hypothesis; niche complementarity; nitrogen; Nutrient concentrations; nutrient content; Organic matter; Organic soils; PE&RC; Phosphorus; phytomass; Plant biomass; Productivity; Rainforests; soil; Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality; Soil conservation; Soil fertility; Soil organic matter; soil-plant interactions; Soils; Species diversity; Species richness; structural equation modeling; Tropical forests; tropical rain forests; Vegetatie, Bos- en Landschapsecologie; Vegetation, Forest and Landscape Ecology; WIMEK; Guyana

Tropical forests store and sequester large amounts of carbon in above‐ and below‐ground plant biomass and soil organic matter (SOM), but how these are driven by abiotic and biotic factors remains poorly understood. Here, we test the effects of abiotic factors (light variation, caused by logging dist...