Hydraulic traits explain differential responses of Amazonian forests to the 2015 El Niño-induced drought

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 223; no. 3; pp. 1253 - 1266
• Main Authors: de V. Barros, Fernanda, Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Brum, Mauro, Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Pereira, Luciano, Teodoro, Grazielle S., Saleska, Scott R., Borma, Laura S., Christoffersen, Bradley O., Penha, Deliane, Alves, Luciana F., Lima, Adriano J. N., Carneiro, Vilany M. C., Gentine, Pierre, Lee, Jung-Eun, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Ivanov, Valeriy, Leal, Leila S. M., Araujo, Alessandro C., Oliveira, Rafael S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.08.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 2015‐ENSO; Amazon tropical forest; canopy; Climate variability; Communities; Conductance; data collection; Dominant species; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; Droughts; ecological footprint; Ecological function; Ecosystems; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; Embolism; embolism resistance; Forests; global change; hydraulic traits; Hydraulics; Plant cover; plant functional diversity; Plant Leaves - physiology; Precipitation; Probability; Rain; Resistance; Safety margins; Seasonal variations; Seasonality; Seasons; Southern Oscillation; Species Specificity; Tropical climate; Tropical forests; uncertainty; Water; Water potential; Water transport; Xylem; plant functional diversity; Amazon tropical forest; 2015-ENSO; embolism resistance; drought; hydraulic traits

Reducing uncertainties in the response of tropical forests to global change requires understanding how intra- and interannual climatic variability selects for different species, community functional composition and ecosystem functioning, so that the response to climatic events of differing frequency...