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Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

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Abstract. The seasonal climate drivers of the carbon cycle in tropical forests remain poorly known, although these forests account for more carbon assimilation and storage than any other terrestrial ecosystem. Based on a unique combination of seasonal pan-tropical data sets from 89 experimental sites (68 include aboveground wood productivity measurements and 35 litter productivity measurements), their associated canopy photosynthetic capacity (enhanced vegetation index, EVI) and climate, we ask how carbon assimilation and aboveground allocation are related to climate seasonality in tropical forests and how they interact in the seasonal carbon cycle. We found that canopy photosynthetic capacity seasonality responds positively to precipitation when rainfall is < 2000 mm yr−1 (water-limited forests) and to radiation otherwise (light-limited forests). On the other hand, independent of climate limitations, wood productivity and litterfall are driven by seasonal variation in precipitation and evapotranspiration, respectively. Consequently, light-limited forests present an asynchronism between canopy photosynthetic capacity and wood productivity. First-order control by precipitation likely indicates a decrease in tropical forest productivity in a drier climate in water-limited forest, and in current light-limited forest with future rainfall < 2000 mm yr−1.

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Wagner, F., Hérault, B., Bonal, D., Stahl, C., Anderson, L., Baker, T., Becker, G., Beeckman, H., Souza, D., Botosso, P., Bowman, D., Bräuning, A., Brede, B., Brown, F., Camarero, J., Cardoso, F., Carvalho, F., Castro, W., Chagas, R., Chave, J., Chidumayo, E., Clark, D., Costa, F., Couralet, C., Mauricio, P., Dalitz, H., Castro, V., Milani, J., Oliveira, E., Arruda, L., Devineau, J., Drew, D., Dünisch, O., Durigan, G., Elifuraha, E., Fedele, M., Fedele, L., Filho, A., Finger, C., Franco, A., Júnior, J., Galvão, F., Gebrekirstos, A., Gliniars, R., Graça, P., Griffiths, A., Grogan, J., Guan, K., Homeier, J., Kanieski, M., Kho, L., Koenig, J., Kohler, S., Krepkowski, J., Lemos-Filho, J., Lieberman, D., Lieberman, M., Lisi, C., Longhi-Santos, T., Ayala, J., Maeda, E., Malhi, Y., Maria, V., Marques, M., Marques, R., Chamba, H., Mbwambo, L., Melgaço, K., Mendivelso, H., Murphy, B., O’Brien, J., Oberbauer, S., Okada, N., Pélissier, R., Prior, L., Roig, F., Ross, M., Rossatto, D., Rossi, V., Rowland, L., Rutishauser, E., Santana, H., Schulze, M., Selhorst, D., Silva, W., Silveira, M., Spannl, S., Swaine, M., Toledo, J., Toledo, M., Toledo, M., Toma, T., Filho, M., Hernández, J., Verbesselt, J., Vieira, S., Vincent, G., Castilho, C., Volland, F. (2016). Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2537-2016

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Fabien Wagner Bruno Hérault Damien Bonal Clément Stahl Liana O. Anderson Timothy R. Baker Gabriel Sebastian Becker Hans Beeckman Danilo Boanerges Souza Paulo César Botosso David M. J. S. Bowman Achim Bräuning Benjamin Brede Foster Irving Brown J. Julio Camarero Fernanda C. G. Cardoso Fabrício Alvim Carvalho Wendeson Castro Rubens Koloski Chagas Jérôme Chave Emmanuel N. Chidumayo Deborah A. Clark Flávia R. C. Costa Camille Couralet Paulo Henrique da Silva Mauricio Helmut Dalitz Vinícius Resende de Castro Jaçanan Eloísa de Freitas Milani Edilson Consuelo de Oliveira Luciano de Souza Arruda Jean‐Louis Devineau David M. Drew Oliver Dünisch Giselda Durigan Elisha Elifuraha Marcio Fedele Ligia Ferreira Fedele Afonso Figueiredo Filho César Augusto Guimarães Finger Augusto C. Franco João Lima Freitas Júnior Franklin Galvão Aster Gebrekirstos Robert Gliniars Paulo Maurı́cio Lima de Alencastro Graça Anthony D. Griffiths James Grogan Kaiyu Guan Jürgen Homeier Maria Raquel Kanieski Lip Khoon Kho Jennifer Koenig Síntia Valério Kohler Julia Krepkowski José Pires de Lemos-Filho Diana Lieberman Milton Lieberman Cláudio Sérgio Lisi Tomaz Longhi-Santos José Luis López Ayala Eduardo Eiji Maeda Yadvinder Malhi Vivian Ribeiro Baptista Maria Márcia C. M. Marques Renato Marques Hector Maza Maza Chamba Lawrence Mbwambo Karina Melgaço Hooz A. Mendivelso Brett P. Murphy Joseph J. O’Brien Steven F. Oberbauer Naoki Okada Raphaël Pélissier Lynda D. Prior Fidel A. Roig Michael S. Ross Davi Rodrigo Rossatto Vivien Rossi Lucy Rowland Ervan Rutishauser Hellen Santana Mark Schulze Diogo Selhorst Williamar Rodrigues Silva Marcos Silveira Susanne Spannl Michael Swaine José Júlio de Toledo Marcos Miranda Toledo Marisol Toledo Takeshi Toma Mário Tomazello Filho Juan Ignacio Valdéz Hernández Jan Verbesselt Simone Aparecida Vieira Grégoire Vincent Carolina V. Castilho Franziska Volland

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