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Photosynthetic And Respiratory Acclimation Of Understory Shrubs In Response To In Situ Experimental Warming Of A Wet Tropical Forest, Kelsey R. Carter, Tana E. Wood, Sasha C. Reed, Elsa Schwartz, Madeline B. Reinsel, Xi Yang, Molly A. Cavaleri
Photosynthetic And Respiratory Acclimation Of Understory Shrubs In Response To In Situ Experimental Warming Of A Wet Tropical Forest, Kelsey R. Carter, Tana E. Wood, Sasha C. Reed, Elsa Schwartz, Madeline B. Reinsel, Xi Yang, Molly A. Cavaleri
Michigan Tech Publications
Despite the importance of tropical forests to global carbon balance, our understanding of how tropical plant physiology will respond to climate warming is limited. In addition, the contribution of tropical forest understories to global carbon cycling is predicted to increase with rising temperatures, however, in situ warming studies of tropical forest plants to date focus only on upper canopies. We present results of an in situ field-scale +4°C understory infrared warming experiment in Puerto Rico (Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment; TRACE). We investigated gas exchange responses of two common understory shrubs, Psychotria brachiata and Piper glabrescens, after exposure …
Tropical Understory Herbaceous Community Responds More Strongly To Hurricane Disturbance Than To Experimental Warming, Deborah K. Kennard, David Matlaga, Joanne Sharpe, Clay King, Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Sasha C. Reed, Molly A. Cavaleri, Tana E. Wood
Tropical Understory Herbaceous Community Responds More Strongly To Hurricane Disturbance Than To Experimental Warming, Deborah K. Kennard, David Matlaga, Joanne Sharpe, Clay King, Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Sasha C. Reed, Molly A. Cavaleri, Tana E. Wood
Michigan Tech Publications
Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The effects of climate change on tropical forests may have global consequences due to the forests’ high biodiversity and major role in the global carbon cycle. In this study, we document the effects of experimental warming on the abundance and composition of a tropical forest floor herbaceous plant community in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. This study was conducted within Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment (TRACE) plots, which use infrared heaters under free-air, open-field conditions, to warm understory vegetation and soils + 4°C above nearby control plots. Hurricanes …