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DOI | 10.1111/gcb.13741 |
Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea | |
Venter, Michelle1,2; Dwyer, John3; Dieleman, Wouter2; Ramachandra, Anurag4; Gillieson, David2; Laurance, Susan2; Cernusak, Lucas A.2; Beehler, Bruce5; Jensen, Rigel6; Bird, Michael I.2 | |
2017-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY |
ISSN | 1354-1013 |
EISSN | 1365-2486 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 23期号:11 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada; Australia; USA |
英文摘要 | Our ability to model global carbon fluxes depends on understanding how terrestrial carbon stocks respond to varying environmental conditions. Tropical forests contain the bulk of the biosphere's carbon. However, there is a lack of consensus as to how gradients in environmental conditions affect tropical forest carbon. Papua New Guinea (PNG) lies within one of the largest areas of contiguous tropical forest and is characterized by environmental gradients driven by altitude; yet, the region has been grossly understudied. Here, we present the first field assessment of above-ground biomass (AGB) across three main forest types of PNG using 193 plots stratified across 3,100-m elevation gradient. Unexpectedly, AGB had no direct relationship to rainfall, temperature, soil, or topography. Instead, natural disturbances explained most variation in AGB. While large trees (diameter at breast height > 50cm) drove altitudinal patterns of AGB, resulting in a major peak in AGB (2,200-3,100 m) and some of the most carbon-rich forests at these altitudes anywhere. Large trees were correlated to a set of climatic variables following a hump-shaped curve. The set of "optimal" climatic conditions found in montane cloud forests is similar to that of maritime temperate areas that harbor the largest trees in the world: high ratio of precipitation to evapotranspiration (2.8), moderate mean annual temperature (13.7 degrees C), and low intra-annual temperature range (7.5 degrees C). At extreme altitudes (2,800-3,100 m), where tree diversity elsewhere is usually low and large trees are generally rare or absent, specimens from 18 families had girths > 70 cm diameter and maximum heights 20-41 m. These findings indicate that simple AGB-climate-edaphic models may not be suitable for estimating carbon storage in forests where optimal climate niches exist. Our study, conducted in a very remote area, suggests that tropical montane forests may contain greater AGB than previously thought and the importance of securing their future under a changing climate is therefore enhanced. |
英文关键词 | carbon elevation transect forest biomass large trees natural disturbance optimal climate condition steep slopes tropical montane forest |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000412322700035 |
WOS关键词 | TROPICAL RAIN-FORESTS ; CARBON STOCKS ; ALTITUDINAL GRADIENTS ; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ; ALLOMETRIC MODELS ; HEIGHT ; PRODUCTIVITY ; WORLDS ; TEMPERATURE ; DIVERSITY |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/16617 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Northern BC, Ecosyst Sci & Management Program, Prince George, BC, Canada; 2.James Cook Univ, Coll Sci & Engn, Ctr Trop Environm & Sustainabil Sci, Cairns, Qld, Australia; 3.Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, St Lucia, Qld, Australia; 4.Conservat Int, Seattle, WA USA; 5.Smithsonian Inst, Div Birds, Natl Museum Nat Hist, MRC 116, Washington, DC 20560 USA; 6.Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Malanda, Qld, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Venter, Michelle,Dwyer, John,Dieleman, Wouter,et al. Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea[J]. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,2017,23(11). |
APA | Venter, Michelle.,Dwyer, John.,Dieleman, Wouter.,Ramachandra, Anurag.,Gillieson, David.,...&Bird, Michael I..(2017).Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,23(11). |
MLA | Venter, Michelle,et al."Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea".GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 23.11(2017). |
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