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Article: Partitioning controls on Amazon forest photosynthesis between environmental and biotic factors at hourly to interannual timescales

TitlePartitioning controls on Amazon forest photosynthesis between environmental and biotic factors at hourly to interannual timescales
Authors
Keywordsenvironmental limitation
leaf demography
leaf quality
light-use efficiency
leaf quantity
phenology
physiology
temperature sensitivity on productivity
Issue Date2017
Citation
Global Change Biology, 2017, v. 23, n. 3, p. 1240-1257 How to Cite?
Abstract© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Gross ecosystem productivity (GEP) in tropical forests varies both with the environment and with biotic changes in photosynthetic infrastructure, but our understanding of the relative effects of these factors across timescales is limited. Here, we used a statistical model to partition the variability of seven years of eddy covariance-derived GEP in a central Amazon evergreen forest into two main causes: variation in environmental drivers (solar radiation, diffuse light fraction, and vapor pressure deficit) that interact with model parameters that govern photosynthesis and biotic variation in canopy photosynthetic light-use efficiency associated with changes in the parameters themselves. Our fitted model was able to explain most of the variability in GEP at hourly (R2= 0.77) to interannual (R2= 0.80) timescales. At hourly timescales, we found that 75% of observed GEP variability could be attributed to environmental variability. When aggregating GEP to the longer timescales (daily, monthly, and yearly), however, environmental variation explained progressively less GEP variability: At monthly timescales, it explained only 3%, much less than biotic variation in canopy photosynthetic light-use efficiency, which accounted for 63%. These results challenge modeling approaches that assume GEP is primarily controlled by the environment at both short and long timescales. Our approach distinguishing biotic from environmental variability can help to resolve debates about environmental limitations to tropical forest photosynthesis. For example, we found that biotically regulated canopy photosynthetic light-use efficiency (associated with leaf phenology) increased with sunlight during dry seasons (consistent with light but not water limitation of canopy development) but that realized GEP was nonetheless lower relative to its potential efficiency during dry than wet seasons (consistent with water limitation of photosynthesis in given assemblages of leaves). This work highlights the importance of accounting for differential regulation of GEP at different timescales and of identifying the underlying feedbacks and adaptive mechanisms.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/267058
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2023 Impact Factor: 10.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 4.285
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dc.contributor.authorWu, Jin-
dc.contributor.authorGuan, Kaiyu-
dc.contributor.authorHayek, Matthew-
dc.contributor.authorRestrepo-Coupe, Natalia-
dc.contributor.authorWiedemann, Kenia T.-
dc.contributor.authorXu, Xiangtao-
dc.contributor.authorWehr, Richard-
dc.contributor.authorChristoffersen, Bradley O.-
dc.contributor.authorMiao, Guofang-
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Rodrigo-
dc.contributor.authorde Araujo, Alessandro C.-
dc.contributor.authorOliviera, Raimundo C.-
dc.contributor.authorCamargo, Plinio B.-
dc.contributor.authorMonson, Russell K.-
dc.contributor.authorHuete, Alfredo R.-
dc.contributor.authorSaleska, Scott R.-
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T07:20:23Z-
dc.date.available2019-01-31T07:20:23Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Change Biology, 2017, v. 23, n. 3, p. 1240-1257-
dc.identifier.issn1354-1013-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/267058-
dc.description.abstract© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Gross ecosystem productivity (GEP) in tropical forests varies both with the environment and with biotic changes in photosynthetic infrastructure, but our understanding of the relative effects of these factors across timescales is limited. Here, we used a statistical model to partition the variability of seven years of eddy covariance-derived GEP in a central Amazon evergreen forest into two main causes: variation in environmental drivers (solar radiation, diffuse light fraction, and vapor pressure deficit) that interact with model parameters that govern photosynthesis and biotic variation in canopy photosynthetic light-use efficiency associated with changes in the parameters themselves. Our fitted model was able to explain most of the variability in GEP at hourly (R2= 0.77) to interannual (R2= 0.80) timescales. At hourly timescales, we found that 75% of observed GEP variability could be attributed to environmental variability. When aggregating GEP to the longer timescales (daily, monthly, and yearly), however, environmental variation explained progressively less GEP variability: At monthly timescales, it explained only 3%, much less than biotic variation in canopy photosynthetic light-use efficiency, which accounted for 63%. These results challenge modeling approaches that assume GEP is primarily controlled by the environment at both short and long timescales. Our approach distinguishing biotic from environmental variability can help to resolve debates about environmental limitations to tropical forest photosynthesis. For example, we found that biotically regulated canopy photosynthetic light-use efficiency (associated with leaf phenology) increased with sunlight during dry seasons (consistent with light but not water limitation of canopy development) but that realized GEP was nonetheless lower relative to its potential efficiency during dry than wet seasons (consistent with water limitation of photosynthesis in given assemblages of leaves). This work highlights the importance of accounting for differential regulation of GEP at different timescales and of identifying the underlying feedbacks and adaptive mechanisms.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Change Biology-
dc.subjectenvironmental limitation-
dc.subjectleaf demography-
dc.subjectleaf quality-
dc.subjectlight-use efficiency-
dc.subjectleaf quantity-
dc.subjectphenology-
dc.subjectphysiology-
dc.subjecttemperature sensitivity on productivity-
dc.titlePartitioning controls on Amazon forest photosynthesis between environmental and biotic factors at hourly to interannual timescales-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gcb.13509-
dc.identifier.pmid27644012-
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dc.identifier.volume23-
dc.identifier.issue3-
dc.identifier.spage1240-
dc.identifier.epage1257-
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2486-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000396829300023-
dc.identifier.issnl1354-1013-

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