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  Resilience of Amazon forests emerges from plant trait diversity

Sakschewski, B., von Bloh, W., Boit, A., Poorter, L., Peña-Claros, M., Heinke, J., Joshi, J., Thonicke, K. (2016): Resilience of Amazon forests emerges from plant trait diversity. - Nature Climate Change, 6, 11, 1032-1036.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3109

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Sakschewski, Boris1, Author              
von Bloh, Werner1, Author              
Boit, Alice1, Author              
Poorter, L.2, Author
Peña-Claros, M.2, Author
Heinke, Jens1, Author              
Joshi, J.2, Author
Thonicke, Kirsten1, Author              
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 Abstract: Climate change threatens ecosystems worldwide, yet their potential future resilience remains largely unquantified1. In recent years many studies have shown that biodiversity, and in particular functional diversity, can enhance ecosystem resilience by providing a higher response diversity2,3,4,5. So far these insights have been mostly neglected in large-scale projections of ecosystem responses to climate change6. Here we show that plant trait diversity, as a key component of functional diversity, can have a strikingly positive effect on the Amazon forests’ biomass under future climate change. Using a terrestrial biogeochemical model that simulates diverse forest communities on the basis of individual tree growth7, we show that plant trait diversity may enable the Amazon forests to adjust to new climate conditions via a process of ecological sorting, protecting the Amazon’s carbon sink function. Therefore, plant trait diversity, and biodiversity in general, should be considered in large-scale ecosystem projections and be included as an integral part of climate change research and policy.

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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3109
PIKDOMAIN: Earth System Analysis - Research Domain I
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Working Group: Ecosystems in Transition
Working Group: Land Use and Resilience
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 6 (11) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1032 - 1036 Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/140414