Author(s): POORTER, L.; SANDE, M. van der; ARETS, E. J. M. M.; ASCARRUNZ, N.; ENQUIST, B.; FINEGAN, B.; LICONA, J. C.; MARTINEZ-RAMOS, M.; FREITAS, L. J. M. de; MEAVE, J. A.; MUÑOZ, R.; NYTCH, C. J.; OLIVEIRA, A. A. de; PÉREZ-GARCÍA, E. A.; PRADO-JUNIOR, J.; RODRÍGUEZ-VELÁZQUES, J.; RUSCHEL, A. R.; SALGADO-NEGRET, B.; SCHIAVINI, I.; SWENSON, N. G.; TENORIO, E. A.; THOMPSON, J.; TOLEDO, M.; URIARTE, M.; HOUT, P. van der; ZIMMERMAN, J. K.; PEÑA-CLAROS, M.

Summary: Tropical forests account for a quarter of the global carbon storage and a third of the terrestrial productivity. Few studies have teased apart the relative importance of environmental factors and forest attributes for ecosystem functioning, especially for the tropics. This study aims to relate aboveground biomass (AGB) and biomass dynamics (i.e., net biomass productivity and its underlying demographic drivers: biomass recruitment, growth and mortality) to forest attributes (tree diversity, community-mean traits and stand basal area) and environmental conditions (water availability, soil fertility and disturbance).

Publication year: 2017

Types of publication: Journal article

Unit: Embrapa Eastern Amazon

Keywords: Biodiversidade, Biomassa, Carbono, Dinâmica da floresta, Ecossistema, Fertilidade do Solo, Floresta Tropical, Produtividade, Água