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Disentangling competitive vs. climatic drivers of tropical forest mortality

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Pillet M., Joetzjer E., Belmin C., Chave J., Ciais P., Dourdain A., Evans M., Herault B., Luyssaert S., Poulter B.
2018

Tropical forest mortality is controlled by both biotic and abiotic processes, but how these processes interact to determine forest structure is not well understood. Using long?term demography data from permanent forest plots at the Paracou Tropical Forest Research Station in French Guiana, we analysed the relative influence of competition and climate on tree mortality. We found that self?thinning ...

Foresterie - Considérations générales; Ecologie végétale; Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières; Météorologie et climatologie

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