A5063051733- Forest ecology and management
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Plant responses to water stress
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Environmental and biological studies
- Plant and soil sciences
- Tree-ring climate responses
National Institute of Amazonian Research
2018-2024
Summary Species distribution is strongly driven by local and global gradients in water availability but the underlying mechanisms are not clear. Vulnerability to xylem embolism (P 50 ) a key trait that indicates how species cope with drought might explain plant patterns across environmental gradients. Here we address its role on sorting along hydro‐topographical gradient central Amazonian rainforest examine variance at community scale. We measured P for 28 tree species, soil properties...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background and Aims</bold> Shallow water table (WT) forests (representing ~ 50% of Amazonian land areas) exhibit different characteristics functioning compared to the more widely studied deep WT forests. However, less is understood about determinants biomass structure allocation in shallow Here we investigate how limitation imposed by soil water, properties nutrient availability influence distribution fine root belowground aboveground forests, relationships with...