Resilience of Amazon forests emerges from plant trait diversity

Boris Sakschewski (), Werner von Bloh, Alice Boit, Lourens Poorter, Marielos Peña-Claros, Jens Heinke, Jasmin Joshi and Kirsten Thonicke
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Boris Sakschewski: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Werner von Bloh: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Alice Boit: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Lourens Poorter: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University
Marielos Peña-Claros: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University
Jens Heinke: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Jasmin Joshi: Biodiversity Research/Specialized Botany, University Potsdam
Kirsten Thonicke: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 11, 1032-1036

Abstract: Application of a terrestrial biogeochemical model that simulates diverse forest communities suggests that plant trait diversity may enable the Amazon rainforest to adjust to new climate conditions via a process of ecological sorting.

Date: 2016
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