Resilience of Amazon forests emerges from plant trait diversity

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 6; no. 11; pp. 1032 - 1036
• Main Authors: Sakschewski, Boris, von Bloh, Werner, Boit, Alice, Poorter, Lourens, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Heinke, Jens, Joshi, Jasmin, Thonicke, Kirsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/2454; 704/158/1144; 704/158/2458; 704/158/670; Biodiversity; Biomass; Bosecologie en Bosbeheer; Carbon sinks; Climate Change; Climate change research; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climatic conditions; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystems; Environment; Environmental conditions; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Forest communities; Forest Ecology and Forest Management; Forests; Leerstoelgroep Bosecologie en bosbeheer; letter; PE&RC; Trees; Germany

Application of a terrestrial biogeochemical model that simulates diverse forest communities suggests that plant trait diversity may enable the Amazon rainforest to adjust to new climate conditions via a process of ecological sorting. Climate change threatens ecosystems worldwide, yet their potential...