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Solar radiation and functional traits explain the decline of forest primary productivity along a tropical elevation gradient

dc.contributor.author Fyllas, Nikolaos M. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Bentley, Lisa Patrick es_PE
dc.contributor.author Shenkin, Alexander es_PE
dc.contributor.author Asner, Gregory P. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Atkin, Owen K. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Díaz, Sandra es_PE
dc.contributor.author Enquist, Brian J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Farfan-Rios, William es_PE
dc.contributor.author Gloor, Emanuel es_PE
dc.contributor.author Guerrieri, Rossella es_PE
dc.contributor.author Huasco, Walter Huaraca es_PE
dc.contributor.author Ishida, Yoko es_PE
dc.contributor.author Martin, Roberta E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Meir, Patrick es_PE
dc.contributor.author Phillips, Oliver es_PE
dc.contributor.author Salinas, Norma es_PE
dc.contributor.author Silman, Miles es_PE
dc.contributor.author Weerasinghe, Lasantha K es_PE
dc.contributor.author Zaragoza-Castells, Joana es_PE
dc.contributor.author Malhi, Yadvinder es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2017-05-02
dc.description.abstract One of the major challenges in ecology is to understand how ecosystems respond to changes in environmental conditions, and how taxonomic and functional diversity mediate these changes. In this study, we use a trait-spectra and individual-based model, to analyse variation in forest primary productivity along a 3.3 km elevation gradient in the Amazon-Andes. The model accurately predicted the magnitude and trends in forest productivity with elevation, with solar radiation and plant functional traits (leaf dry mass per area, leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentration, and wood density) collectively accounting for productivity variation. Remarkably, explicit representation of temperature variation with elevation was not required to achieve accurate predictions of forest productivity, as trait variation driven by species turnover appears to capture the effect of temperature. Our semi-mechanistic model suggests that spatial variation in traits can potentially be used to estimate spatial variation in productivity at the landscape scale.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12771
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/1324
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof Ecology Letters
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject Tropical forests
dc.subject Andes es_PE
dc.subject Climate es_PE
dc.subject Functional traits es_PE
dc.subject Global ecosystem monitoring es_PE
dc.subject Modelling es_PE
dc.subject TFS es_PE
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.13
dc.title Solar radiation and functional traits explain the decline of forest primary productivity along a tropical elevation gradient
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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