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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4463-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4463-2019
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Research article
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25 Nov 2019
Research article |
| 25 Nov 2019
| 25 Nov 2019
The importance of physiological, structural and trait responses to drought stress in driving spatial and temporal variation in GPP across Amazon forests
Sophie Flack-Prain
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Patrick Meir
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra,
ACT, Australia
Yadvinder Malhi
Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the
Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Thomas Luke Smallman
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Mathew Williams
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Short summary
Across the Amazon rainforest, trees take in carbon through photosynthesis. However, photosynthesis across the basin is threatened by predicted shifts in rainfall patterns. To unpick how changes in rainfall affect photosynthesis, we use a model which combines climate data with our knowledge of photosynthesis and other plant processes. We find that stomatal constraints are less important, and instead shifts in leaf surface area and leaf properties drive changes in photosynthesis with rainfall.
Across the Amazon rainforest, trees take in carbon through photosynthesis. However,...
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