Editorial: Tropical Forest Ecosystem Responses to Increasing Nutrient Availability
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Tropical forest responses to increasing atmospheric CO2: current knowledge and opportunities for future research
Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations (ca) will undoubtedly affect the metabolism of tropical forests worldwide; however, critical aspects of how tropical forests will respond remain largely unknown. Here, we review the current state of knowledge about physiological and ecological responses, with the aim of providing a framework that can help to guide future experimental research. Modelling s...
متن کاملNutrient addition effects on tropical dry forests: a mini-review from microbial to ecosystem scales
Humans have more than doubled inputs of reactive nitrogen globally and greatly accelerated the biogeochemical cycles of phosphorus and metals. However, the impacts of increased element mobility on tropical ecosystems remain poorly quantified, particularly for the vast tropical dry forest biome. Tropical dry forests are characterized by marked seasonality, relatively little precipitation, and hi...
متن کاملVariation in leaf litter nutrients of a Costa Rican rain forest is related to precipitation
By assessing current leaf litter nutrient dynamics, we may be able to predict responses of nutrient cycling in tropical ecosystems to future environmental change. The goal of this study was to assess whether nutrient cycling is related to seasonal variation in rainfall in a wet tropical forest. We examined leaf litter of an old-growth tropical rain forest in N.E. Costa Rica over a 4-year period...
متن کاملAmazon Forest Ecosystem Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Alterations in Nutrient Availability: Filling the Gaps with Model-Experiment Integration
Citation: Hofhansl F, Andersen KM, Fleischer K, Fuchslueger L, Rammig A, Schaap KJ, Valverde-Barrantes OJ and Lapola DM (2016) Amazon Forest Ecosystem Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Alterations in Nutrient Availability: Filling the Gaps with Model-Experiment Integration. Front. Earth Sci. 4:19. doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00019 Amazon Forest Ecosystem Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO...
متن کاملResponse of Dissolved Carbon and Nitrogen Concentrations to Moderate Nutrient Additions in a Tropical Montane Forest of South Ecuador
In the past two decades, the tropical montane rain forests in south Ecuador experienced increasing deposition of reactive nitrogen mainly originating from Amazonian forest fires, while Saharan dust inputs episodically increased deposition of base metals. Increasing air temperature and unevenly distributed rainfall have allowed for longer dry spells in a perhumid ecosystem. This might have favor...
متن کامل