Forest fragmentation impacts the seasonality of Amazonian evergreen canopies

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 917 - 10
• Main Authors: Nunes, Matheus Henrique, Camargo, José Luís Campana, Vincent, Grégoire, Calders, Kim, Oliveira, Rafael S., Huete, Alfredo, Mendes de Moura, Yhasmin, Nelson, Bruce, Smith, Marielle N., Stark, Scott C., Maeda, Eduardo Eiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.02.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/1144; 631/158/2450; 704/158/2165/2457; 704/158/2445; Atmospheric conditions; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Botanics; Brazil; Canopies; Coniferous forests; Dry season; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Edge effect; Environmental Sciences; Evergreen trees; Forests; Fragmentation; Habitat fragmentation; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lidar; Life Sciences; Light; Microclimate; multidisciplinary; Phenology; Plant Leaves - physiology; Rainy season; Remote sensing; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seasonal variations; Seasons; Soil - chemistry; Soil conditions; Solar radiation; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Trees; Trees - physiology; Tropical forests; Understory; Vegetal Biology; Water - chemistry; Brazil; Tropical ecology; Ecological modelling; Phenology; Ecosystem ecology

Predictions of the magnitude and timing of leaf phenology in Amazonian forests remain highly controversial. Here, we use terrestrial LiDAR surveys every two weeks spanning wet and dry seasons in Central Amazonia to show that plant phenology varies strongly across vertical strata in old-growth forest...