Resource acquisition and reproductive strategies of tropical forest in response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 913 - 8
• Main Authors: Detto, Matteo, Wright, S. Joseph, Calderón, Osvaldo, Muller-Landau, Helene C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.03.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/449/2661/2665; 631/449/2668; Atmospheric water; Climate; Climate variability; Drought; Dry forests; Dry season; El Nino; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; Flowers & plants; Forests; Fruits; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hypotheses; Leaf fall; Leaves; multidisciplinary; Phenology; Plant Leaves - anatomy & histology; Plant Leaves - physiology; Radiation; Reproduction; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seasons; Seeds; Southern Oscillation; Time Factors; Tropical Climate; Tropical environments; Tropical forests; Tropical plants; Water demand; Water shortages; Water supply

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the largest source of interannual climate variability in much of the tropics. We hypothesize that tropical plants exhibit interannual variation in reproduction and resource acquisition strategies driven by ENSO that mirrors their seasonal responses. We anal...