Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Amazon Rainfall

By W. Sombroek. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Water Science and Technology

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White‐sand Ecosystems in Amazonia (2016, background): “These include periodic fire (Prance & Schubart 1978, Clark & Uhl 1987, Hammond & ter Steege 1998, Sombroek 2001, Vicentini 2004), seasonal inundation (Franco & Dezzeo 1994, Jirka et al. 2007), and soil characteristics such as nutrients, acidity, and organic matter content (Tiessen et al. 1994,…”
Breeding Seasonality in Central Amazonian Rainforest Birds (2013, background): “In fact, data from a site in southern Amazonia show a peak in net primary productivity in the dry season (Sombroek 2001).”
The variation of apparent crown size and canopy heterogeneity across lowland Amazonian forests (2010, background): “One useful metric of the rainfall regime is the number of months with rainfall below 100 mm (i.e. dry season length, or DSL; Sombroek, 2001), which is plotted in Fig.”
Wood growth of Tabebuia barbata (E. Mey.) Sandwith (Bignoniaceae) and Vatairea guianensis Aubl. (Fabaceae) in Central Amazonian black-water (igapó) and white-water (várzea) floodplain forests (2009, background): “sites is approximately 40 km. A mean annual temperature of 26.9C and an average annual precipitation of about 3,000 mm characterize the climate in the study region with a distinct dry season from July to October ( Sombroek 2001; Scho ¨ngart et al. 2005).”
Spatial patterns and recent trends in the climate of tropical rainforest regions. (2004, background): “Sombroek (2001) suggests that this may lead to a Phil.”
Resilience of secondary forest regrowth after slash-and-burn agriculture in central Amazonia (2005, background): “A dry season of approximately 4 mo causes seasonal leafshedding of some species but is low in intensity (Sombroek 2001).”
The combined influence of riverine barriers and flooding gradients on biogeographical patterns for amphibians and squamates in south‐eastern Amazonia (2016, background): “This may be the result of rainfall seasonality, temperature and geomorphological gradients (Sombroek, 2001).”
Growth and wood density predict tree mortality in Amazon forests (2008, background): “Other factors, such as environmental driver effects, cannot be discounted because some environmental differences between regions do exist, notably a slightly more marked dry season in the northeast (Sombroek 2001) as well as a tendency for gentler topography, deeper rooting-depth and poorer soil fer”
Prey preference of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus, Chiroptera) using molecular analysis (2015, background): “Average annual precipitation is 2,600 mm, with the rainy season occurring between January and June (Sombroek 2001).”
Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon Basin (2009, background): “…compositions and life history traits (ter Steege et al., 2000, 2006), geological origins (Fittkau et al., 1975; Quesada et al., 2009a), climates (Sombroek, 2001; Malhi et al., 2004b), and an enormous diversity of soils (Sombroek, 2000; Quesada et al., 2009b) exist within its boundary creating a…”
Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate. (2009, background): “Across the Amazon Basin there are two well-recorded gradients of resource availability, namely a northeast to southwest gradient of soil fertility (Quesada et al., 2009b) and a northwest to southeast gradient in precipitation and dry season length (Sombroek, 2001; Malhi and Wright, 2004).”
Phylogenetic diversity of Amazonian tree communities (2015, background): “In addition, the dry season varies from being essentially absent in the north-west to lasting 5– 6 months in the south-east and some northern areas (Sombroek, 2001), where moist forests give way to savannas and seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF).”