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Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests

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Wu, Jin, Albert, Loren P., Lopes, Aline P., Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Hayek, Matthew, Wiedemann, Kenia T., Guan, Kaiyu, Stark, Scott C., Christoffersen, Bradley, Prohaska, Neill, Tavares, Julia V., Marostica, Suelen, Kobayashi, Hideki, Ferreira, Mauricio L., Campos, Kleber Silva, da Silva, Rodrigo, Brando, Paulo M., Dye, Dennis G., Huxman, Travis E., Huete, Alfredo R., Nelson, Bruce W., Saleska, Scott R.·2016·Science

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Leaf seasonality in Amazon forests: Models assume that lower precipitation in tropical forests means less plant-available water and less photosynthesis. Direct measurements in the Amazon, however, show that production remains constant or increases in the dry season. To investigate this mismatch, Wu et al. use tower-based cameras to detect the phenology (i.e., the seasonal patterns) of leaf dynamics in tropical tree crowns in Amazonia, Brazil, and relate this to patterns of CO 2 flux. Accounting for age-dependent variation among individual leaves and crowns is necessary for understanding the seasonal dynamics of photosynthesis in the entire ecosystem. Leaf phenology regulates seasonality of the carbon flux in tropical forests across a gradient of climate zones. Science , this issue p. 972

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Wu, J., Albert, L. P., Lopes, A. P., Restrepo-Coupe, N., Hayek, M., Wiedemann, K. T., Guan, K., Stark, S. C., Christoffersen, B., Prohaska, N., Tavares, J. V., Marostica, S., Kobayashi, H., Ferreira, M. L., Campos, K. S., da Silva, R., Brando, P. M., Dye, D. G., Huxman, T. E., Huete, A. R., Nelson, B. W., & Saleska, S. R.
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Science
Published
2016-02-26
Volume
351
Issue
6276
Pages
972-976
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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466
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en
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Wu, J., Albert, L. P., Lopes, A. P., Restrepo-Coupe, N., Hayek, M., Wiedemann, K. T., Guan, K., Stark, S. C., Christoffersen, B., Prohaska, N., Tavares, J. V., Marostica, S., Kobayashi, H., Ferreira, M. L., Campos, K. S., da Silva, R., Brando, P. M., Dye, D. G., Huxman, T. E., . . . Saleska, S. R. (2016). Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad5068

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