dc.contributorLouisiana State Univ
dc.contributorInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributorSmithsonian Inst
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:28:40Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:28:40Z
dc.date.created2014-05-20T15:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2000-10-01
dc.identifierConservation Biology. Malden: Wiley-blackwell, v. 14, n. 5, p. 1538-1542, 2000.
dc.identifier0888-8892
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/38431
dc.identifier10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99298.x
dc.identifierWOS:000089816800043
dc.description.abstractIn 1997, the Amazon Basin experienced an exceptionally severe El Nino drought. We assessed effects of this rare event on mortality rates of trees in intact rainforest based on data from permanent plots. Long-term (5- to 13-year) mortality rates averaged only 1.12% per year prior to the drought. During the drought year, annual mortality jumped to 1.91% but abruptly fell back to 1.23% in the year following El Nino. Trees dying during the drought dirt not differ significantly in site or species composition from those that died previously, and there was no detectable effect of soil texture on mortality rates. These results suggest that intact Amazonian rainforests are relatively resistant to severe El Nino events.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.relationConservation Biology
dc.relation5.890
dc.relation3,081
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.titleAmazonian tree mortality during the 1997 El Nino drought
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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