Rainfall variability and deciduous-evergreen coexistence in tropical forests

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI:10.1007/s12080-024-00588-2

Andrew J. Muehleisen, Naomi B. Schwartz, Simon M. Stump, A. Carla Staver

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Abstract

In tropical forests, deciduous and evergreen leaf habits represent contrasting tree adaptations to precipitation seasonality. Both rainfall seasonality and interannual variation in rainfall are determinants of forest deciduousness, but their relative influence is not well understood. In this study, we evaluate the extent of deciduous-evergreen coexistence in tropical forests and develop a simple model of competition for water between leaf habits. Using this model, we formalize two mechanisms representing rainfall variability across time scales that may explain their stable coexistence: the temporal storage effect via interannual variability in rainfall vs. rainfall partitioning via evergreen access to dry-season rainfall. In our model, both mechanisms resulted in coexistence, but coexistence was more robust via resource partitioning. Empirically, remotely sensed deciduousness increased with precipitation seasonality, but effects of interannual rainfall variability on deciduousness were minor. We hypothesize that dry-season rainfall may prove a stronger influence on coexistence between leaf habits, and that changes in rainfall seasonality will have a greater impact on forest deciduousness than changes in the interannual variability of rainfall.

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热带雨林的降雨量变化与落叶-常绿共存

在热带森林中，落叶和常绿的叶片习性代表了树木对降水季节性的不同适应。降雨季节性和降雨年际变化都是森林落叶性的决定因素，但它们的相对影响还不十分清楚。在这项研究中，我们评估了热带雨林中落叶-常绿共存的程度，并建立了一个简单的叶片习性间争夺水分的模型。利用该模型，我们正式确定了代表不同时间尺度降雨量变化的两种机制，这两种机制可以解释它们之间的稳定共存：通过降雨量的年际变化产生的时间储存效应与通过常绿植物获取旱季降雨量产生的降雨分区效应。在我们的模型中，两种机制都导致了共存，但通过资源分配实现的共存更为稳固。根据经验，遥感落叶随降水季节性的增加而增加，但年际降雨量变化对落叶的影响较小。我们假设，旱季降雨可能会对不同落叶习性之间的共存产生更大的影响，而且降雨季节性的变化比降雨年际变化对森林落叶性的影响更大。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

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1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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