Identifying climatic drivers of tropical forest dynamics

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

doi:10.5194/bg-12-5583-2015

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01 Oct 2015

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Identifying climatic drivers of tropical forest dynamics

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

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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.