Inserting tropical dry forests into the discussion on biome transitions in the tropics

dc.creatorDexter, Kyle G.
dc.creatorPennington, R. Toby
dc.creatorOliveira- Filho, Ary T.
dc.creatorBueno, Marcelo L.
dc.creatorMiranda, Pedro L. Silva de
dc.creatorNeves, Danilo M.
dc.date2019-03-21T14:23:17Z
dc.date2019-03-21T14:23:17Z
dc.date2018-07
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T20:39:37Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T20:39:37Z
dc.identifier2296-701X
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00104
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/24055
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8946102
dc.descriptionTropical moist forests and savannas are iconic biomes. There is, however, a third principal biome in the lowland tropics that is less well known: tropical dry forest. Discussions on responses of vegetation in the tropics to climate and land-use change often focus on shifts between forests and savannas, but ignore dry forests. Tropical dry forests are distinct from moist forests in their seasonal drought stress and consequent deciduousness and differ from savannas in rarely experiencing fire. These factors lead tropical dry forests to have unique ecosystem function. Here, we discuss the underlying environmental drivers of transitions among tropical dry forests, moist forests and savannas, and demonstrate how incorporating tropical dry forests into our understanding of tropical biome transitions is critical to understanding the future of tropical vegetation under global environmental change.
dc.formatpdf
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
dc.relationv. 6, p. 1- 7, jul. 2018
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectTropical dry forest
dc.subjectTropical moist forest
dc.subjectSavanna
dc.subjectBiomes
dc.subjectFire
dc.subjectSoil fertility
dc.subjectWater stress
dc.subjectDeciduousness
dc.titleInserting tropical dry forests into the discussion on biome transitions in the tropics
dc.typeArtigo


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