Soil moisture thresholds explain a shift from light-limited to water-limited sap velocity in the Central Amazon during the 2015–16 El Niño drought

Soil moisture thresholds explain a shift from light-limited to water-limited sap velocity in the Central Amazon during the 2015–16 El Niño drought

Transpiration is often considered to be light- but not water-limited in humid tropical rainforests due to abundant soil water, even during the dry seasons. The record-breaking 2015–16 El Niño drought provided a unique opportunity to examine whether transpiration is constrained by water under severe...

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Main Authors: Lin Meng, Jeffrey Chambers, Charles Koven, Gilberto Pastorello, Bruno Gimenez, Kolby Jardine, Yao Tang, Nate McDowell, Robinson Negron-Juarez, Marcos Longo, Alessandro Araujo, Javier Tomasella, Clarissa Fontes, Midhun Mohan, Niro Higuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
drought
tropical forests
water cycle
soil moisture
evapotranspiration
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6f6d

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