Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

By Oliver L. Phillips, L. Aragão, Simon L. Lewis, Joshua B. Fisher, J. Lloyd, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, Yadvinder S. Malhi, A. Monteagudo, J. Peacock, C. Quesada and 56 more. Science, 2009

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Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients (2011, background): “In this case both maximum individual biomass and forest biomass may decline across many forests due to increased tree mortality in the largest size classes, as has been observed recently (Nepstad et al., 2007; Brando et al., 2008; Phillips et al., 2009, 2010).”
The Nitrogen Paradox in Tropical Forest Ecosystems (2009, background): “…are affected by broad climatic trends such as increased temperatures and decreased moisture in African montane forests (Hemp 2009), reduced cloud cover in Costa Rican montane forests (Pounds et al. 1999), and the possibility of severe droughts in lowland Amazon forests (Phillips et al. 2009).”
How much variation in tree mortality is predicted by soil and topography in Central Amazonia (2011, methodology): “The higher mortality after 2005 in Central Amazonia may not be entirely attributable to hydrological stress as it was suggested by Phillips et al. (2009).”
Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean and their implications for development (2017, background): “The 2005 and 2010 Amazon droughts lead to increased tree mortality and reduced tree growth due to water stress (Lewis et al. 2011) possibly reversing the role of the intact forest as a carbon sink (Phillips et al. 2009; Lewis et al. 2011).”
Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought (2012, neutral): “Forexample, rapidforestcollapseasaresultofdroughtcouldconverttheworld’s 8,15 .”