Identifying climatic drivers of tropical forest dynamics

Aubry-Kientz, M.; Rossi, V.; Wagner, F.; Hérault, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5583-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5583-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5583-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 19

Research article

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01 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 01 Oct 2015

Identifying climatic drivers of tropical forest dynamics

M. Aubry-Kientz, V. Rossi, F. Wagner, and B. Hérault

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RC C1480: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Apr 2015
- AC C2211: 'responses to reviewer comments', Mélaine Aubry-Kientz, 18 May 2015
RC C1493: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Apr 2015
- AC C2213: 'responses to reviewer comments', Mélaine Aubry-Kientz, 18 May 2015

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AR by Mélaine Aubry-Kientz on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Sep 2015) by Kirsten Thonicke

AR by Mélaine Aubry-Kientz on behalf of the Authors (09 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We used a forest dynamic model, calibrated with data from the 20-year study site of Paracou, French Guiana, to test a set of climatic variables on tree growth and mortality probabilities. Severe droughts decreased annual growth and mortality rates, high precipitation increased mortality rates and high temperature decreased tree growth. Best resistance to drought was found for trees with high wood density and for trees with small current diameters.