Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert (), Oliver L. Phillips, Roel J. W. Brienen, Sophie Fauset, Martin J. P. Sullivan, Timothy R. Baker, Kuo-Jung Chao, Ted R. Feldpausch, Emanuel Gloor, Niro Higuchi, Jeanne Houwing-Duistermaat, Jon Lloyd, Haiyan Liu, Yadvinder Malhi, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Lourens Poorter, Marcos Silveira, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Esteban Alvarez Dávila, Jhon Aguila Pasquel, Everton Almeida, Patricia Alvarez Loayza, Ana Andrade, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Eric Arets, Luzmila Arroyo, Gerardo A. Aymard C., Michel Baisie, Christopher Baraloto, Plínio Barbosa Camargo, Jorcely Barroso, Lilian Blanc, Damien Bonal, Frans Bongers, René Boot, Foster Brown, Benoit Burban, José Luís Camargo, Wendeson Castro, Victor Chama Moscoso, Jerome Chave, James Comiskey, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Antonio Lola Costa, Nallaret Davila Cardozo, Anthony Fiore, Aurélie Dourdain, Terry Erwin, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Rafael Herrera, Eurídice Honorio Coronado, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Eliana Jimenez-Rojas, Timothy Killeen, Susan Laurance, William Laurance, Aurora Levesley, Simon L. Lewis, Karina Liana Lisboa Melgaço Ladvocat, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Thomas Lovejoy, Patrick Meir, Casimiro Mendoza, Paulo Morandi, David Neill, Adriano José Nogueira Lima, Percy Nuñez Vargas, Edmar Almeida Oliveira, Nadir Pallqui Camacho, Guido Pardo, Julie Peacock, Marielos Peña-Claros, Maria Cristina Peñuela-Mora, Georgia Pickavance, John Pipoly, Nigel Pitman, Adriana Prieto, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Carlos Quesada, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Simone Matias Almeida Reis, Maxime Rejou-Machain, Zorayda Restrepo Correa, Lily Rodriguez Bayona, Agustín Rudas, Rafael Salomão, Julio Serrano, Javier Silva Espejo, Natalino Silva, James Singh, Clement Stahl, Juliana Stropp, Varun Swamy, Joey Talbot, Hans Steege, John Terborgh, Raquel Thomas, Marisol Toledo, Armando Torres-Lezama, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Geertje Heijden, Peter Meer, Peter Hout, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Simone Aparecida Vieira, Jeanneth Villalobos Cayo, Vincent Vos, Roderick Zagt, Pieter Zuidema and David Galbraith
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Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert: University of Birmingham
Oliver L. Phillips: University of Leeds
Roel J. W. Brienen: University of Leeds
Sophie Fauset: University of Plymouth
Martin J. P. Sullivan: University of Leeds
Timothy R. Baker: University of Leeds
Kuo-Jung Chao: National Chung Hsing University
Ted R. Feldpausch: University of Exeter
Emanuel Gloor: University of Leeds
Niro Higuchi: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Jeanne Houwing-Duistermaat: University of Leeds
Jon Lloyd: Imperial College London Sciences
Haiyan Liu: University of Leeds
Yadvinder Malhi: University of Oxford
Beatriz Marimon: UNEMAT – Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso PPG-Ecologia e Conservação
Ben Hur Marimon Junior: UNEMAT – Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso PPG-Ecologia e Conservação
Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Lourens Poorter: Wageningen University and Research
Marcos Silveira: Universidade Federal do Acre
Emilio Vilanova Torre: Universidad de Los Andes
Esteban Alvarez Dávila: Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Jhon Aguila Pasquel: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana
Everton Almeida: Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
Patricia Alvarez Loayza: University in Durham
Ana Andrade: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Florestais
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão: National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
Eric Arets: Wageningen University and Research
Luzmila Arroyo: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno
Gerardo A. Aymard C.: Portuguesa, Venezuela Compensation International Progress S.A. Ciprogress–Greenlife, Bogotá
Michel Baisie: Université de Guyane
Christopher Baraloto: Florida International University
Plínio Barbosa Camargo: Universidade de São Paulo
Jorcely Barroso: Universidade Federal do Acre
Lilian Blanc: CIRAD
Damien Bonal: Université de Guyane
Frans Bongers: Wageningen University and Research
René Boot: Department of Biology
Foster Brown: Woods Hole Research Center
Benoit Burban: Université de Guyane
José Luís Camargo: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Florestais
Wendeson Castro: Universidade Federal do Acre
Victor Chama Moscoso: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Jerome Chave: CNRS
James Comiskey: National Park Service
Fernando Cornejo Valverde: Proyecto Castaña
Antonio Lola Costa: Universidade Federal do Para
Nallaret Davila Cardozo: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana
Anthony Fiore: University of Texas
Aurélie Dourdain: Université de Guyane
Terry Erwin: Smithsonian Institute
Gerardo Flores Llampazo: Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre de Grohmann
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Rafael Herrera: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)
Eurídice Honorio Coronado: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana
Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Eliana Jimenez-Rojas: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia
Timothy Killeen: Agteca
Susan Laurance: James Cook University
William Laurance: James Cook University
Aurora Levesley: University of Leeds
Simon L. Lewis: University of Leeds
Karina Liana Lisboa Melgaço Ladvocat: University of Leeds
Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez: University of Leeds
Thomas Lovejoy: George Mason University
Patrick Meir: Australian National University
Casimiro Mendoza: Universidad Mayor de San Simón
Paulo Morandi: UNEMAT – Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso PPG-Ecologia e Conservação
David Neill: Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Adriano José Nogueira Lima: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Percy Nuñez Vargas: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Edmar Almeida Oliveira: UNEMAT – Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso PPG-Ecologia e Conservação
Nadir Pallqui Camacho: University of Leeds
Guido Pardo: Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián
Julie Peacock: University of Leeds
Marielos Peña-Claros: Wageningen University and Research
Maria Cristina Peñuela-Mora: Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam
Georgia Pickavance: University of Leeds
John Pipoly: Broward County Parks Recreation
Nigel Pitman: Field Museum
Adriana Prieto: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Thomas A. M. Pugh: University of Birmingham
Carlos Quesada: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Hirma Ramirez-Angulo: Universidad de los Andes
Simone Matias Almeida Reis: University of Oxford
Maxime Rejou-Machain: Université de Guyane
Zorayda Restrepo Correa: Fundacion Con Vida
Lily Rodriguez Bayona: CIMA Cordillera Azul
Agustín Rudas: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Rafael Salomão: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Julio Serrano: Universidad de Los Andes
Javier Silva Espejo: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Natalino Silva: Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
James Singh: Guyana Forestry Commission
Clement Stahl: Université de Guyane
Juliana Stropp: Federal University of Alagoas
Varun Swamy: Institute for Conservation Research
Joey Talbot: University of Leeds
Hans Steege: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
John Terborgh: University of Florida
Raquel Thomas: Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development
Marisol Toledo: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
Armando Torres-Lezama: Universidad de los Andes
Luis Valenzuela Gamarra: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Geertje Heijden: University of Nottingham
Peter Meer: Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
Peter Hout: Van der Hoult Forestry Consulting
Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Simone Aparecida Vieira: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais – Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Jeanneth Villalobos Cayo: Universidad de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca
Roderick Zagt: Tropenbos International
Pieter Zuidema: Wageningen University and Research
David Galbraith: University of Leeds

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract The carbon sink capacity of tropical forests is substantially affected by tree mortality. However, the main drivers of tropical tree death remain largely unknown. Here we present a pan-Amazonian assessment of how and why trees die, analysing over 120,000 trees representing > 3800 species from 189 long-term RAINFOR forest plots. While tree mortality rates vary greatly Amazon-wide, on average trees are as likely to die standing as they are broken or uprooted—modes of death with different ecological consequences. Species-level growth rate is the single most important predictor of tree death in Amazonia, with faster-growing species being at higher risk. Within species, however, the slowest-growing trees are at greatest risk while the effect of tree size varies across the basin. In the driest Amazonian region species-level bioclimatic distributional patterns also predict the risk of death, suggesting that these forests are experiencing climatic conditions beyond their adaptative limits. These results provide not only a holistic pan-Amazonian picture of tree death but large-scale evidence for the overarching importance of the growth–survival trade-off in driving tropical tree mortality.

Date: 2020
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