Landscape-scale consequences of differential tree mortality from catastrophic wind disturbance in the Amazon

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 26; no. 7; p. 2225
• Main Authors: Rifai, Sami W, Urquiza Muñoz, José D, Negrón-Juárez, Robinson I, Ramírez Arévalo, Fredy R, Tello-Espinoza, Rodil, Vanderwel, Mark C, Lichstein, Jeremy W, Chambers, Jeffrey Q, Bohlman, Stephanie A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Environmental Monitoring; Forests; Models, Biological; Peru; Trees; Wind; Iquitos; tree mortality; necromass; selective mortality; downburst; blowdown; windthrow; Loreto; wood density; INLA; spectral mixture analysis; wind disturbance; Amazon; canopy gap

Wind disturbance can create large forest blowdowns, which greatly reduces live biomass and adds uncertainty to the strength of the Amazon carbon sink. Observational studies from within the central Amazon have quantified blowdown size and estimated total mortality but have not determined which trees...