Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?
Abstract
Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) are located in regions with alternating wet and dry seasons, with dry seasons that last several months or more. By the end of the 21st century, climate models predict substantial changes in rainfall regimes across these regions, but little is known about how individuals, species, and communities in SDTF will cope with the hotter, drier conditions predicted by climate models. In this review, we explore different rainfall scenarios that may result in ecological drought in SDTF through the lens of two alternative hypotheses: 1) these forests will be sensitive to drought because they are already limited by water and close to climatic thresholds, or 2) they will be resistant/resilient to intra- and inter-annual changes in rainfall because they are adapted to predictable, seasonal drought. In our review of literature that spans microbial to ecosystem processes, a majority of the available studies suggests that increasing frequency and intensity of droughts in SDTF will likely alter species distributions and ecosystem processes. Though we conclude that SDTF will be sensitive to altered rainfall regimes, many gaps in the literature remain. Future research should focus on geographically comparative studies and well-replicated drought experiments that can provide empirical evidence tomore »
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- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; climate change; precipitation variability; functional traits; drought; tree phenology; belowground processes
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Allen, Kara, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Gei, Maria G., Hulshof, Catherine, Medvigy, David, Pizano, Camila, Salgado-Negret, Beatriz, Smith, Christina M., Trierweiler, Annette, Van Bloem, Skip J., Waring, Bonnie G., Xu, Xiangtao, and Powers, Jennifer S. Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?. United Kingdom: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa5968.
Allen, Kara, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Gei, Maria G., Hulshof, Catherine, Medvigy, David, Pizano, Camila, Salgado-Negret, Beatriz, Smith, Christina M., Trierweiler, Annette, Van Bloem, Skip J., Waring, Bonnie G., Xu, Xiangtao, & Powers, Jennifer S. Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5968
Allen, Kara, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Gei, Maria G., Hulshof, Catherine, Medvigy, David, Pizano, Camila, Salgado-Negret, Beatriz, Smith, Christina M., Trierweiler, Annette, Van Bloem, Skip J., Waring, Bonnie G., Xu, Xiangtao, and Powers, Jennifer S. Fri .
"Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5968.
@article{osti_1342434,
title = {Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?},
author = {Allen, Kara and Dupuy, Juan Manuel and Gei, Maria G. and Hulshof, Catherine and Medvigy, David and Pizano, Camila and Salgado-Negret, Beatriz and Smith, Christina M. and Trierweiler, Annette and Van Bloem, Skip J. and Waring, Bonnie G. and Xu, Xiangtao and Powers, Jennifer S.},
abstractNote = {Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) are located in regions with alternating wet and dry seasons, with dry seasons that last several months or more. By the end of the 21st century, climate models predict substantial changes in rainfall regimes across these regions, but little is known about how individuals, species, and communities in SDTF will cope with the hotter, drier conditions predicted by climate models. In this review, we explore different rainfall scenarios that may result in ecological drought in SDTF through the lens of two alternative hypotheses: 1) these forests will be sensitive to drought because they are already limited by water and close to climatic thresholds, or 2) they will be resistant/resilient to intra- and inter-annual changes in rainfall because they are adapted to predictable, seasonal drought. In our review of literature that spans microbial to ecosystem processes, a majority of the available studies suggests that increasing frequency and intensity of droughts in SDTF will likely alter species distributions and ecosystem processes. Though we conclude that SDTF will be sensitive to altered rainfall regimes, many gaps in the literature remain. Future research should focus on geographically comparative studies and well-replicated drought experiments that can provide empirical evidence to improve simulation models used to forecast SDTF responses to future climate change at coarser spatial and temporal scales.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/aa5968},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
number = 2,
volume = 12,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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