Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests?
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Summary: | Amazon forests are fire-sensitive ecosystems and consequently fires affect forest structure and composition. For instance, the legacy of past fire regimes may persist through some species and traits that are found due to past fires. In this study, we tested for relationships between functional traits that are classically presented as the main components of plant ecological strategies and environmental filters related to climate and historical fires among permanent mature forest plots across the range of local and regional environmental gradients that occur in Amazonia. We used percentage surface soil pyrogenic carbon (PyC), a recalcitrant form of carbon that can persist for millennia in soils, as a novel indicator of historical fire in old-growth forests. Five out of the nine functional traits evaluated across all 378 species were correlated with some environmental variables. Although there is more PyC in Amazonian soils than previously reported, the percentage soil PyC indicated no detectable legacy effect of past fires on contemporary functional composition. More species with dry diaspores were found in drier and hotter environments. We also found higher wood density in trees from higher temperature sites. If Amazon forest past burnings were local and without distinguishable attributes of a widespread fire regime, then impacts on biodiversity would have been small and heterogeneous. Alternatively, sufficient time may have passed since the last fire to allow for species replacement. Regardless, as we failed to detect any impact of past fire on present forest functional composition, if our plots are representative then it suggests that mature Amazon forests lack a compositional legacy of past fire. |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests?Climatological water deficitElevationFireFruit typeSoil charcoalTemperatureWood densityAmazon forests are fire-sensitive ecosystems and consequently fires affect forest structure and composition. For instance, the legacy of past fire regimes may persist through some species and traits that are found due to past fires. In this study, we tested for relationships between functional traits that are classically presented as the main components of plant ecological strategies and environmental filters related to climate and historical fires among permanent mature forest plots across the range of local and regional environmental gradients that occur in Amazonia. We used percentage surface soil pyrogenic carbon (PyC), a recalcitrant form of carbon that can persist for millennia in soils, as a novel indicator of historical fire in old-growth forests. Five out of the nine functional traits evaluated across all 378 species were correlated with some environmental variables. Although there is more PyC in Amazonian soils than previously reported, the percentage soil PyC indicated no detectable legacy effect of past fires on contemporary functional composition. More species with dry diaspores were found in drier and hotter environments. We also found higher wood density in trees from higher temperature sites. If Amazon forest past burnings were local and without distinguishable attributes of a widespread fire regime, then impacts on biodiversity would have been small and heterogeneous. Alternatively, sufficient time may have passed since the last fire to allow for species replacement. Regardless, as we failed to detect any impact of past fire on present forest functional composition, if our plots are representative then it suggests that mature Amazon forests lack a compositional legacy of past fire.National Research Council of Science and TechnologyLaboratório de Ecologia Vegetal Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)College of Science and Engineering and Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) James Cook UniversitySchool of Geography University of LeedsBiological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteLaboratoire EDB Université Paul SabatierInstituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía PeruanaCoordenação de Botânica Museu Paraense Emilio GoeldiNational Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)Department of Environmental Science and Policy George Mason UniversityEnvironmental Change Institute School of Geography and the Environment University of OxfordProyecto Flora del Peru Jardin Botanico de MissouriPuyo Universidad Estatal AmazónicaInstituto de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad de Los AndesNaturalis Biodiversity CenterSystems Ecology Free University, De Boelelaan 1087University of WashingtonGeography College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of ExeterInstituto de Ciência e Tecnologia Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)National Research Council of Science and Technology: PELD 403725/2012-7National Research Council of Science and Technology: PPBio 457602/2012-0National Research Council of Science and Technology: PVE 401279/2014-6Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)James Cook UniversityUniversity of LeedsNational Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteUniversité Paul SabatierInstituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía PeruanaMuseu Paraense Emilio GoeldiNational Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)George Mason UniversityUniversity of OxfordJardin Botanico de MissouriUniversidad Estatal AmazónicaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad de Los AndesNaturalis Biodiversity CenterFree UniversityUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of ExeterMassi, Klécia G. [UNESP]Bird, MichaelMarimon, Beatriz S.Marimon, Ben HurNogueira, Denis S.Oliveira, Edmar A.Phillips, Oliver L.Quesada, Carlos A.Andrade, Ana S.Brienen, Roel J. W.Camargo, José L. C.Chave, JeromeHonorio Coronado, Eurídice N.Ferreira, Leandro V.Higuchi, NiroLaurance, Susan G.Laurance, William F.Lovejoy, ThomasMalhi, YadvinderMartínez, Rodolfo V.Monteagudo, AbelNeill, DavidPrieto, AdrianaRamírez-Angulo, Hirmater Steege, HansVilanova, EmilioFeldpausch, Ted R.2018-12-11T16:48:34Z2018-12-11T16:48:34Z2017-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1047-1062application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-017-0751-9Plant Ecology, v. 218, n. 9, p. 1047-1062, 2017.1573-50521385-0237http://hdl.handle.net/11449/16997910.1007/s11258-017-0751-92-s2.0-850265025322-s2.0-85026502532.pdfScopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengPlant Ecology0,9140,914info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-10-11T06:04:32Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/169979Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462023-10-11T06:04:32Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? Massi, Klécia G. [UNESP] Climatological water deficit Elevation Fire Fruit type Soil charcoal Temperature Wood density |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Does soil pyrogenic carbon determine plant functional traits in Amazon Basin forests? |
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Massi, Klécia G. [UNESP] |
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Massi, Klécia G. [UNESP] Bird, Michael Marimon, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Nogueira, Denis S. Oliveira, Edmar A. Phillips, Oliver L. Quesada, Carlos A. Andrade, Ana S. Brienen, Roel J. W. Camargo, José L. C. Chave, Jerome Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. Ferreira, Leandro V. Higuchi, Niro Laurance, Susan G. Laurance, William F. Lovejoy, Thomas Malhi, Yadvinder Martínez, Rodolfo V. Monteagudo, Abel Neill, David Prieto, Adriana Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma ter Steege, Hans Vilanova, Emilio Feldpausch, Ted R. |
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Bird, Michael Marimon, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Nogueira, Denis S. Oliveira, Edmar A. Phillips, Oliver L. Quesada, Carlos A. Andrade, Ana S. Brienen, Roel J. W. Camargo, José L. C. Chave, Jerome Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. Ferreira, Leandro V. Higuchi, Niro Laurance, Susan G. Laurance, William F. Lovejoy, Thomas Malhi, Yadvinder Martínez, Rodolfo V. Monteagudo, Abel Neill, David Prieto, Adriana Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma ter Steege, Hans Vilanova, Emilio Feldpausch, Ted R. |
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Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT) Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) James Cook University University of Leeds National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Université Paul Sabatier Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) George Mason University University of Oxford Jardin Botanico de Missouri Universidad Estatal Amazónica Universidad Nacional de Colombia Universidad de Los Andes Naturalis Biodiversity Center Free University University of Washington University of Exeter |
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Massi, Klécia G. [UNESP] Bird, Michael Marimon, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Nogueira, Denis S. Oliveira, Edmar A. Phillips, Oliver L. Quesada, Carlos A. Andrade, Ana S. Brienen, Roel J. W. Camargo, José L. C. Chave, Jerome Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. Ferreira, Leandro V. Higuchi, Niro Laurance, Susan G. Laurance, William F. Lovejoy, Thomas Malhi, Yadvinder Martínez, Rodolfo V. Monteagudo, Abel Neill, David Prieto, Adriana Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma ter Steege, Hans Vilanova, Emilio Feldpausch, Ted R. |
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Climatological water deficit Elevation Fire Fruit type Soil charcoal Temperature Wood density |
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Climatological water deficit Elevation Fire Fruit type Soil charcoal Temperature Wood density |
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Amazon forests are fire-sensitive ecosystems and consequently fires affect forest structure and composition. For instance, the legacy of past fire regimes may persist through some species and traits that are found due to past fires. In this study, we tested for relationships between functional traits that are classically presented as the main components of plant ecological strategies and environmental filters related to climate and historical fires among permanent mature forest plots across the range of local and regional environmental gradients that occur in Amazonia. We used percentage surface soil pyrogenic carbon (PyC), a recalcitrant form of carbon that can persist for millennia in soils, as a novel indicator of historical fire in old-growth forests. Five out of the nine functional traits evaluated across all 378 species were correlated with some environmental variables. Although there is more PyC in Amazonian soils than previously reported, the percentage soil PyC indicated no detectable legacy effect of past fires on contemporary functional composition. More species with dry diaspores were found in drier and hotter environments. We also found higher wood density in trees from higher temperature sites. If Amazon forest past burnings were local and without distinguishable attributes of a widespread fire regime, then impacts on biodiversity would have been small and heterogeneous. Alternatively, sufficient time may have passed since the last fire to allow for species replacement. Regardless, as we failed to detect any impact of past fire on present forest functional composition, if our plots are representative then it suggests that mature Amazon forests lack a compositional legacy of past fire. |
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