Biodiversity and climate determine the functioning of Neotropical forests.

• Main Author: POORTER, L.
• Publication Date: 2017
• Other Authors: 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.
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Download full: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1080011
• topic: Dinâmica da floresta; Água; Biodiversidade; Biomassa; Carbono; Ecossistema; Fertilidade do Solo; Floresta Tropical; Produtividade

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).