Journal
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 1322-1334Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02629.x
Keywords
Amazon; ecosystem model; evapotranspiration; light-controlled phenology; net ecosystem productivity; root water uptake; tropical forests
Funding
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [ATM-0450307, ATM-0449793]
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Satellite-based observations indicate that seasonal patterns in canopy greenness and productivity in the Amazon are negatively correlated with precipitation, with increased greenness occurring during the dry months. Flux tower measurements indicate that the canopy greening that occurs during the dry season is associated with increases in net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and evapotranspiration (ET). Land surface and terrestrial biosphere model simulations for the region have predicted the opposite of these observed patterns, with significant declines in greenness, NEP, and ET during the dry season. In this study, we address this issue mainly by developing an empirically constrained, light-controlled phenology submodel within the Ecosystem Demography model version 2 (ED2). The constrained ED2 model with a suite of field observations shows markedly improved predictions of seasonal ecosystem dynamics, more accurately capturing the observed patterns of seasonality in water, carbon, and litter fluxes seen at the Tapajos National Forest, Brazil (2.86 degrees S, 54.96 degrees W). Long-term simulations indicate that this light-controlled phenology increases the resilience of Amazon forest NEP to interannual variability in climate forcing.
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