Biodiversity and climate determine the functioning of Neotropical forests.

POORTER, L.; SANDE, M. van der; ARETS, E. J. M. M.; ASCARRUNZ, N.; ENQUIST, B.; FINEGAN, B.; LICONA, J. C.; MARTINEZ-RAMOS, M.; FREITAS, L. J. M. de; MEAVE, J. A.; MUÑOZ, R.; NYTCH, C. J.; OLIVEIRA, A. A. de; PÉREZ-GARCÍA, E. A.; PRADO-JUNIOR, J.; RODRÍGUEZ-VELÁZQUES, J.; RUSCHEL, A. R.; SALGADO-NEGRET, B.; SCHIAVINI, I.; SWENSON, N. G.; TENORIO, E. A.; THOMPSON, J.; TOLEDO, M.; URIARTE, M.; HOUT, P. van der; ZIMMERMAN, J. K.; PEÑA-CLAROS, M.

Biodiversity and climate determine the functioning of Neotropical forests.

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Tropical forests account for a quarter of the global carbon storage and a third of the terrestrial productivity. Few studies have teased apart the relative importance of environmental factors and forest attributes for ecosystem functioning, especially for the tropics. This study aims to relate aboveground biomass (AGB) and biomass dynamics (i.e., net biomass productivity and its underlying demographic drivers: biomass recruitment, growth and mortality) to forest attributes (tree diversity, community-mean traits and stand basal area) and environmental conditions (water availability, soil fertility and disturbance).