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Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits

AbstractA better understanding of how climate affects growth in tree species is essential for improved predictions of forest dynamics under climate change. Long-term climate averages (mean climate) and short-term deviations from these averages (anomalies) both influence tree growth, but the rarity of long-term data integrating climatic gradients with tree censuses has so far limited our understanding of their respective role, especially in tropical systems. Here, we combined 49 years of growth data for 509 tree species across 23 tropical rainforest plots along a climatic gradient to examine how tree growth responds to both climate means and anomalies, and how species functional traits mediate these tree growth responses to climate. We showed that short-term, anomalous increases in atmospheric evaporative demand and solar radiation consistently reduced tree growth. Drier forests and fast-growing species were more sensitive to water stress anomalies. In addition, species traits related to water use and photosynthesis partly explained differences in growth sensitivity to both long-term and short-term climate variations. Our study demonstrates that both climate means and anomalies shape tree growth in tropical forests, and that species traits can be leveraged to understand these demographic responses to climate change, offering a promising way forward to forecast tropical forest dynamics under different climate trajectories.
demography, Atmospheric Science, 550, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Tropical climate, Forests, climate anomalies, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, Trees, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management, [SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, Tropical rainforest, Climate change, functional traits, Photosynthesis, tree vital rates, Climatology, Global and Planetary Change, Tree Line Shifts, Vapour pressure deficit (VPD), Ecology, Geography, Causes and Impacts of Climate Change Over Millennia, Climate anomalies, Fast-slow continuum, Geology, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, climate change, Physical Sciences, Tree vital rates, fast-slow continuum, environment/Ecosystems, Functional traits, Rainforest, water use efficiency, Climate Change, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), 333, Environmental science, [SDV.BV.BOT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, [SDV.BID.SPT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, forest ecology, Biology, Demography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, 580, Tropical Climate, photosynthesis, tropical moist, Global Forest Drought Response and Climate Change, Baseline (sea), Water use efficiency, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Plant Leaves, Fishery, Tropical moist forest ecology, FOS: Biological sciences, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, Environmental Science, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
demography, Atmospheric Science, 550, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Tropical climate, Forests, climate anomalies, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, Trees, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management, [SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, Tropical rainforest, Climate change, functional traits, Photosynthesis, tree vital rates, Climatology, Global and Planetary Change, Tree Line Shifts, Vapour pressure deficit (VPD), Ecology, Geography, Causes and Impacts of Climate Change Over Millennia, Climate anomalies, Fast-slow continuum, Geology, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, climate change, Physical Sciences, Tree vital rates, fast-slow continuum, environment/Ecosystems, Functional traits, Rainforest, water use efficiency, Climate Change, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), 333, Environmental science, [SDV.BV.BOT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, [SDV.BID.SPT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, forest ecology, Biology, Demography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, 580, Tropical Climate, photosynthesis, tropical moist, Global Forest Drought Response and Climate Change, Baseline (sea), Water use efficiency, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Plant Leaves, Fishery, Tropical moist forest ecology, FOS: Biological sciences, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, Environmental Science, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
