Strong temporal variation in treefall and branchfall rates in a tropical forest is related to extreme rainfall: results from 5 years of monthly drone data for a 50 ha plot
Raquel Fernandes Araujo,Samuel Grubinger,Carlos Henrique Souza Celes,Robinson I. Negrón-Juárez,Milton Garcia,Jonathan P. Dandois,and Helene C. Muller-Landau
Forest Global Earth Observatory (Center for Tropical Forest Science),
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón,
Panama
Samuel Grubinger
Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British
Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Carlos Henrique Souza Celes
Forest Global Earth Observatory (Center for Tropical Forest Science),
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón,
Panama
Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1
Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Milton Garcia
Forest Global Earth Observatory (Center for Tropical Forest Science),
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón,
Panama
Jonathan P. Dandois
Facilities Information Technology, Johns Hopkins Facilities and Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University, 3910 Keswick Rd., Suite N3100, Baltimore, MD 21211, USA
Forest Global Earth Observatory (Center for Tropical Forest Science),
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón,
Panama
Viewed
Total article views: 4,538 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML
PDF
XML
Total
Supplement
BibTeX
EndNote
3,047
1,371
120
4,538
381
117
121
HTML: 3,047
PDF: 1,371
XML: 120
Total: 4,538
Supplement: 381
BibTeX: 117
EndNote: 121
Views and downloads (calculated since 20 Apr 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 20 Apr 2021)
Total article views: 3,338 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML
PDF
XML
Total
Supplement
BibTeX
EndNote
2,401
842
95
3,338
193
103
102
HTML: 2,401
PDF: 842
XML: 95
Total: 3,338
Supplement: 193
BibTeX: 103
EndNote: 102
Views and downloads (calculated since 20 Dec 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 20 Dec 2021)
Total article views: 1,200 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML
PDF
XML
Total
Supplement
BibTeX
EndNote
646
529
25
1,200
188
14
19
HTML: 646
PDF: 529
XML: 25
Total: 1,200
Supplement: 188
BibTeX: 14
EndNote: 19
Views and downloads (calculated since 20 Apr 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 20 Apr 2021)
Viewed (geographical distribution)
Total article views: 4,538 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 4,392 with geography defined
and 146 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 3,338 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 3,237 with geography defined
and 101 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 1,200 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 1,155 with geography defined
and 45 with unknown origin.
Our study contributed to improving the understanding of temporal variation and climate correlates of canopy disturbances mainly caused by treefalls and branchfalls. We used a unique dataset of 5 years of approximately monthly drone-acquired RGB (red–green–blue) imagery for 50 ha of mature tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. We found that canopy disturbance rates were highly temporally variable, were higher in the wet season, and were related to extreme rainfall events.
Our study contributed to improving the understanding of temporal variation and climate...
