학술논문
Resistance of African tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly.
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Academic Journal
Author
Bennett AC; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; a.c.bennett@leeds.ac.uk.; Dargie GC; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Cuni-Sanchez A; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, YO10 5NG, United Kingdom.; Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.; Tshibamba Mukendi J; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, 3080 Belgium.; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, R408, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université de Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Hubau W; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, 3080 Belgium.; Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.; Mukinzi JM; Democratic Republic of Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Salonga National Park, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.; World Wide Fund for Nature, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.; Phillips OL; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Malhi Y; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom.; Sullivan MJP; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6BH, United Kingdom.; Cooper DLM; Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.; Adu-Bredu S; Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana.; Affum-Baffoe K; Mensuration Unit, Forestry Commission of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana.; Amani CA; Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor 16115, Indonesia.; Banin LF; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, United Kingdom.; Beeckman H; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, 3080 Belgium.; Begne SK; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Bocko YE; Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.; Boeckx P; Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.; Bogaert J; Biodiversity and Landscape Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.; Brncic T; Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.; Chezeaux E; Rougier-Gabon, Libreville, Gabon.; Clark CJ; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710.; Daniels AK; Forestry Development Authority of the Government of Liberia (FDA), Monrovia, Liberia.; de Haulleville T; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, 3080 Belgium.; Djuikouo Kamdem MN; Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.; Doucet JL; TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Forest Is Life, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.; Evouna Ondo F; Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon.; Ewango CEN; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, R408, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Democratic Republic of Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestiere (CEFRECOF), Epulu, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Feldpausch TR; Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, United Kingdom.; Foli EG; Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana.; Gonmadje C; National Herbarium, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Hall JS; Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC 20560.; Hardy OJ; Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.; Harris DJ; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 5NZ, United Kingdom.; Ifo SA; École Normale Supérieure, Département des Sciences et Vie de la Terre, Laboratoire de Géomatique et d'Ecologie Tropicale Appliquée, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.; Jeffery KJ; Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom.; Kearsley E; Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.; Department of Environment, Computational & Applied Vegetation Ecology (Cavelab), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.; Leal M; Uganda Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda.; Levesley A; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Makana JR; Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'écologie et aménagement forestier, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Mbayu Lukasu F; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, R408, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Medjibe VP; Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705.; Mihindu V; Commission of Central African Forests (COMIFAC), Yaounde, Cameroon.; Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon.; Moore S; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom.; Nssi Begone N; Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate, Libreville, Gabon.; Pickavance GC; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Poulsen JR; Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon.; Reitsma J; Bureau Waardenburg, 4101 CK Culemborg, The Netherlands.; Sonké B; Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Sunderland TCH; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor 16115, Indonesia.; Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.; Taedoumg H; Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Biodiversity International, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Talbot J; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Tuagben DS; Forestry Development Authority of the Government of Liberia (FDA), Monrovia, Liberia.; Umunay PM; Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.; Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY 11224.; Verbeeck H; Department of Environment, Computational & Applied Vegetation Ecology (Cavelab), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.; Vleminckx J; International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, University Park, FL 33199.; Faculté des Sciences, Service d'Évolution Biologique et écologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.; White LJT; Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom.; Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate, Libreville, Gabon.; Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon.; Woell H; Sommersbergseestrasse, 8990 Bad Aussee, Austria.; Woods JT; William R. Tolbert, Jr. College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.; Zemagho L; Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.; Lewis SL; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
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Publisher: National Academy of Sciences Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7505876 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1091-6490 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00278424 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Subsets: MEDLINE
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Language
English
Abstract
The responses of tropical forests to environmental change are critical uncertainties in predicting the future impacts of climate change. The positive phase of the 2015-2016 El Niño Southern Oscillation resulted in unprecedented heat and low precipitation in the tropics with substantial impacts on the global carbon cycle. The role of African tropical forests is uncertain as their responses to short-term drought and temperature anomalies have yet to be determined using on-the-ground measurements. African tropical forests may be particularly sensitive because they exist in relatively dry conditions compared with Amazonian or Asian forests, or they may be more resistant because of an abundance of drought-adapted species. Here, we report responses of structurally intact old-growth lowland tropical forests inventoried within the African Tropical Rainforest Observatory Network (AfriTRON). We use 100 long-term inventory plots from six countries each measured at least twice prior to and once following the 2015-2016 El Niño event. These plots experienced the highest temperatures and driest conditions on record. The record temperature did not significantly reduce carbon gains from tree growth or significantly increase carbon losses from tree mortality, but the record drought did significantly decrease net carbon uptake. Overall, the long-term biomass increase of these forests was reduced due to the El Niño event, but these plots remained a live biomass carbon sink (0.51 ± 0.40 Mg C ha -1 y -1 ) despite extreme environmental conditions. Our analyses, while limited to African tropical forests, suggest they may be more resistant to climatic extremes than Amazonian and Asian forests.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.
(Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.)
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.
(Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.)