Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models

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Tropical forest root characteristics and resource acquisition strategies are underrepresented in vegetation and global models, hampering the prediction of forest-climate feedbacks for these carbon-rich ecosystems. Lowland tropical forests often have globally unique combinations of high taxonomic and functional biodiversity, rainfall seasonality, and strongly weathered infertile soils, giving rise to distinct patterns in root traits and functions compared with higher latitude ecosystems. We provide a roadmap for integrating recent advances in our understanding of tropical forest belowground function into vegetation models, focusing on water and nutrient acquisition. We offer comparisons of recent advances in empirical and model understanding of root characteristics that represent important functional processes in tropical forests. We focus on: (1) fine-root strategies for soil resource exploration, (2) coupling and trade-offs in fine-root water vs nutrient acquisition, and (3) aboveground-belowground linkages in plant resource acquisition and use. We suggest avenues for representing these extremely diverse plant communities in computationally manageable and ecologically meaningful groups in models for linked aboveground-belowground hydro-nutrient functions. Tropical forests are undergoing warming, shifting rainfall regimes, and exacerbation of soil nutrient scarcity caused by elevated atmospheric CO2. The accurate model representation of tropical forest functions is crucial for understanding the interactions of this biome with the climate.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:242

Enthalten in:

The New phytologist - 242(2024), 2 vom: 28. März, Seite 351-371

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cusack, Daniela F [VerfasserIn]
Christoffersen, Bradley [VerfasserIn]
Smith-Martin, Chris M [VerfasserIn]
Andersen, Kelly M [VerfasserIn]
Cordeiro, Amanda L [VerfasserIn]
Fleischer, Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Wright, S Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R [VerfasserIn]
Lugli, Laynara F [VerfasserIn]
McCulloch, Lindsay A [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez-Julia, Mareli [VerfasserIn]
Batterman, Sarah A [VerfasserIn]
Dallstream, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Fortunel, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Toro, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Fuchslueger, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Michelle Y [VerfasserIn]
Yaffar, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Joshua B [VerfasserIn]
Arnaud, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Dietterich, Lee H [VerfasserIn]
Addo-Danso, Shalom D [VerfasserIn]
Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar J [VerfasserIn]
Weemstra, Monique [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Jing Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Norby, Richard J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
Ecosystem vegetation models
Fine roots
Hydraulics
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Nutrient acquisition
Phosphorus uptake
Plant functional types
Root trait clusters
Soil
Tropical forests
Water

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/nph.19561

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369062930