Pantropical moist forests are converging towards a middle leaf longevity.

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Main Authors: Xue, Meimei, Yang, Xueqin, Chen, Xiuzhi, Ciais, Philippe, Zhou, Liming, Reich, Peter B, Xiao, Jingfeng, Li, Xing, Xiao, Xiangming, Green, Julia K, Chen, Jing Ming, Liu, Jane, Shang, Jiali, Luo, Xiangzhong, Tian, Jie, Liu, Hui, Zhu, Peng, Yan, Kai, Fu, Xinyue, Han, Liusheng, Yuan, Wenping, Wu, Chaoyang
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author Xue, Meimei
Yang, Xueqin
Chen, Xiuzhi
Ciais, Philippe
Zhou, Liming
Reich, Peter B
Xiao, Jingfeng
Li, Xing
Xiao, Xiangming
Green, Julia K
Chen, Jing Ming
Liu, Jane
Shang, Jiali
Luo, Xiangzhong
Tian, Jie
Liu, Hui
Zhu, Peng
Yan, Kai
Fu, Xinyue
Han, Liusheng
Yuan, Wenping
Wu, Chaoyang
author_facet Xue, Meimei
Yang, Xueqin
Chen, Xiuzhi
Ciais, Philippe
Zhou, Liming
Reich, Peter B
Xiao, Jingfeng
Li, Xing
Xiao, Xiangming
Green, Julia K
Chen, Jing Ming
Liu, Jane
Shang, Jiali
Luo, Xiangzhong
Tian, Jie
Liu, Hui
Zhu, Peng
Yan, Kai
Fu, Xinyue
Han, Liusheng
Yuan, Wenping
Wu, Chaoyang
Xue, Meimei
Yang, Xueqin
Chen, Xiuzhi
Ciais, Philippe
Zhou, Liming
Reich, Peter B
Xiao, Jingfeng
Li, Xing
Xiao, Xiangming
Green, Julia K
Chen, Jing Ming
Liu, Jane
Shang, Jiali
Luo, Xiangzhong
Tian, Jie
Liu, Hui
Zhu, Peng
Yan, Kai
Fu, Xinyue
Han, Liusheng
Yuan, Wenping
Wu, Chaoyang
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Pantropical moist forests are converging towards a middle leaf longevity. Xue, Meimei Yang, Xueqin Chen, Xiuzhi Ciais, Philippe Zhou, Liming Reich, Peter B Xiao, Jingfeng Li, Xing Xiao, Xiangming Green, Julia K Chen, Jing Ming Liu, Jane Shang, Jiali Luo, Xiangzhong Tian, Jie Liu, Hui Zhu, Peng Yan, Kai Fu, Xinyue Han, Liusheng Yuan, Wenping Wu, Chaoyang Plant Leaves Forests Tropical Climate Climate Change Photosynthesis Temperature Ecosystem Trees Leaf longevity is a fundamental plant trait that largely explains ecosystem functional dynamics in global pantropical moist forests. However, the signs, magnitudes, and mechanisms of the spatiotemporal variations in leaf longevity with ongoing climate change are still lacking. Using both ground measurements and gridded leaf age-dependent leaf area index data, we map the continental-scale variability of annual mean leaf longevity across pantropical moist forests over 2001-2023. We find a biome-dependent and converging trend in leaf longevity under climate change. In Amazon and tropical Asia with long leaf longevity (> ~1.8 years), leaf longevity decreases due to rising temperature and intensified atmospheric dryness. In contrast, an increasing trend is observed in Congo and subtropical Asia where forests have short leaf longevity (
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spellingShingle Pantropical moist forests are converging towards a middle leaf longevity.
Xue, Meimei
Yang, Xueqin
Chen, Xiuzhi
Ciais, Philippe
Zhou, Liming
Reich, Peter B
Xiao, Jingfeng
Li, Xing
Xiao, Xiangming
Green, Julia K
Chen, Jing Ming
Liu, Jane
Shang, Jiali
Luo, Xiangzhong
Tian, Jie
Liu, Hui
Zhu, Peng
Yan, Kai
Fu, Xinyue
Han, Liusheng
Yuan, Wenping
Wu, Chaoyang
Plant Leaves
Forests
Tropical Climate
Climate Change
Photosynthesis
Temperature
Ecosystem
Trees
Pantropical moist forests are converging towards a middle leaf longevity. Xue, Meimei Yang, Xueqin Chen, Xiuzhi Ciais, Philippe Zhou, Liming Reich, Peter B Xiao, Jingfeng Li, Xing Xiao, Xiangming Green, Julia K Chen, Jing Ming Liu, Jane Shang, Jiali Luo, Xiangzhong Tian, Jie Liu, Hui Zhu, Peng Yan, Kai Fu, Xinyue Han, Liusheng Yuan, Wenping Wu, Chaoyang Plant Leaves Forests Tropical Climate Climate Change Photosynthesis Temperature Ecosystem Trees Leaf longevity is a fundamental plant trait that largely explains ecosystem functional dynamics in global pantropical moist forests. However, the signs, magnitudes, and mechanisms of the spatiotemporal variations in leaf longevity with ongoing climate change are still lacking. Using both ground measurements and gridded leaf age-dependent leaf area index data, we map the continental-scale variability of annual mean leaf longevity across pantropical moist forests over 2001-2023. We find a biome-dependent and converging trend in leaf longevity under climate change. In Amazon and tropical Asia with long leaf longevity (> ~1.8 years), leaf longevity decreases due to rising temperature and intensified atmospheric dryness. In contrast, an increasing trend is observed in Congo and subtropical Asia where forests have short leaf longevity (
title Pantropical moist forests are converging towards a middle leaf longevity.
topic Plant Leaves
Forests
Tropical Climate
Climate Change
Photosynthesis
Temperature
Ecosystem
Trees
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41611716/