Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America
Symbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing trees can provide large quantities of new N to ecosystems, but only if they are sufficiently abundant. The overall abundance and latitudinal abundance distributions of N-fixing trees are well characterised in the Americas, but less well outside the Americas. Here, we ch...
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oai:repositorio:1-16607 Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America Menge, Duncan N.L. Chisholm, Ryan A. Davies, Stuart James Salim, Kamariah Abu Allen, David N. Alvarez, Mauricio Bourg, Norman A. Brockelman, Warren Y. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Butt, Nathalie Cao, Min Chanthorn, Wirong Chao, Weichun Clay, Keith Condit, Richard S. Cordell, Susan Silva, João Batista da Dattaraja, Handanakere Shavaramaiah Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin de Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de den Ouden, Jan H.B. Drescher, Michael Fletcher, Christine Dawn Giardina, Christian P. Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V. Gunatilleke, I. A.U.Nimal Hau, Billy Chi Hang He, Fangliang Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Changfu Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Jansen, Patrick A. Johnson, Daniel J. Kong, Lee Sing Král, Kamil Ku, Chen Chia Lai, Jiangshan Larson, Andrew J. Li, Xiankun Li, Yide Lin, Luxiang Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Lutz, James A. Ma, Keping Malhi, Yadvinder Singh McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael D. Myers, Jonathan A. Nathalang, Anuttara Novotný, Vojt?ch Ong, Perry Sim Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Phillips, Richard P. Abd-Rahman, Kassim Sack, Lawren Sang, Weiguo Shen, G. Shringi, Ankur Shue, Jessica Su, Sheng Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I. Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu Sathyanarayana Tan, Sylvester Kheng San Thomas, Sean C. Toko, Pagi S. Valencia, Renato L. Vallejo, Martha Isabel Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Bingbing Wang, Xihua Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy T. Xu, Han Yap, Sandra L. Zhu, Li Fung, Tak Abundance Basal Area Legume Nitrogen Fixation Nutrient Limitation Nutrient Loss Relative Abundance Symbiosis Tree Tropical Forest Asia Central America Europe North America South America Symbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing trees can provide large quantities of new N to ecosystems, but only if they are sufficiently abundant. The overall abundance and latitudinal abundance distributions of N-fixing trees are well characterised in the Americas, but less well outside the Americas. Here, we characterised the abundance of N-fixing trees in a network of forest plots spanning five continents, ~5,000 tree species and ~4 million trees. The majority of the plots (86%) were in America or Asia. In addition, we examined whether the observed pattern of abundance of N-fixing trees was correlated with mean annual temperature and precipitation. Outside the tropics, N-fixing trees were consistently rare in the forest plots we examined. Within the tropics, N-fixing trees were abundant in American but not Asian forest plots (~7% versus ~1% of basal area and stems). This disparity was not explained by mean annual temperature or precipitation. Our finding of low N-fixing tree abundance in the Asian tropics casts some doubt on recent high estimates of N fixation rates in this region, which do not account for disparities in N-fixing tree abundance between the Asian and American tropics. Synthesis. Inputs of nitrogen to forests depend on symbiotic nitrogen fixation, which is constrained by the abundance of N-fixing trees. By analysing a large dataset of ~4 million trees, we found that N-fixing trees were consistently rare in the Asian tropics as well as across higher latitudes in Asia, America and Europe. The rarity of N-fixing trees in the Asian tropics compared with the American tropics might stem from lower intrinsic N limitation in Asian tropical forests, although direct support for any mechanism is lacking. The paucity of N-fixing trees throughout Asian forests suggests that N inputs to the Asian tropics might be lower than previously thought. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Ecology © 2019 British Ecological Society 2020-06-15T21:35:24Z 2020-06-15T21:35:24Z 2019 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/16607 10.1111/1365-2745.13199 en Volume 107, Número 6, Pags. 2598-2610 Restrito Journal of Ecology |
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Abundance Basal Area Legume Nitrogen Fixation Nutrient Limitation Nutrient Loss Relative Abundance Symbiosis Tree Tropical Forest Asia Central America Europe North America South America |
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Abundance Basal Area Legume Nitrogen Fixation Nutrient Limitation Nutrient Loss Relative Abundance Symbiosis Tree Tropical Forest Asia Central America Europe North America South America Menge, Duncan N.L. Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America |
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Abundance Basal Area Legume Nitrogen Fixation Nutrient Limitation Nutrient Loss Relative Abundance Symbiosis Tree Tropical Forest Asia Central America Europe North America South America |
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Symbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing trees can provide large quantities of new N to ecosystems, but only if they are sufficiently abundant. The overall abundance and latitudinal abundance distributions of N-fixing trees are well characterised in the Americas, but less well outside the Americas. Here, we characterised the abundance of N-fixing trees in a network of forest plots spanning five continents, ~5,000 tree species and ~4 million trees. The majority of the plots (86%) were in America or Asia. In addition, we examined whether the observed pattern of abundance of N-fixing trees was correlated with mean annual temperature and precipitation. Outside the tropics, N-fixing trees were consistently rare in the forest plots we examined. Within the tropics, N-fixing trees were abundant in American but not Asian forest plots (~7% versus ~1% of basal area and stems). This disparity was not explained by mean annual temperature or precipitation. Our finding of low N-fixing tree abundance in the Asian tropics casts some doubt on recent high estimates of N fixation rates in this region, which do not account for disparities in N-fixing tree abundance between the Asian and American tropics. Synthesis. Inputs of nitrogen to forests depend on symbiotic nitrogen fixation, which is constrained by the abundance of N-fixing trees. By analysing a large dataset of ~4 million trees, we found that N-fixing trees were consistently rare in the Asian tropics as well as across higher latitudes in Asia, America and Europe. The rarity of N-fixing trees in the Asian tropics compared with the American tropics might stem from lower intrinsic N limitation in Asian tropical forests, although direct support for any mechanism is lacking. The paucity of N-fixing trees throughout Asian forests suggests that N inputs to the Asian tropics might be lower than previously thought. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Ecology © 2019 British Ecological Society |
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Chisholm, Ryan A. Davies, Stuart James Salim, Kamariah Abu Allen, David N. Alvarez, Mauricio Bourg, Norman A. Brockelman, Warren Y. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Butt, Nathalie Cao, Min Chanthorn, Wirong Chao, Weichun Clay, Keith Condit, Richard S. Cordell, Susan Silva, João Batista da Dattaraja, Handanakere Shavaramaiah Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin de Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de den Ouden, Jan H.B. Drescher, Michael Fletcher, Christine Dawn Giardina, Christian P. Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V. Gunatilleke, I. A.U.Nimal Hau, Billy Chi Hang He, Fangliang Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Changfu Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Jansen, Patrick A. Johnson, Daniel J. Kong, Lee Sing Král, Kamil Ku, Chen Chia Lai, Jiangshan Larson, Andrew J. Li, Xiankun Li, Yide Lin, Luxiang Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Lutz, James A. Ma, Keping Malhi, Yadvinder Singh McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael D. Myers, Jonathan A. Nathalang, Anuttara Novotný, Vojt?ch Ong, Perry Sim Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Phillips, Richard P. Abd-Rahman, Kassim Sack, Lawren Sang, Weiguo Shen, G. Shringi, Ankur Shue, Jessica Su, Sheng Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I. Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu Sathyanarayana Tan, Sylvester Kheng San Thomas, Sean C. Toko, Pagi S. Valencia, Renato L. Vallejo, Martha Isabel Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Bingbing Wang, Xihua Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy T. Xu, Han Yap, Sandra L. Zhu, Li Fung, Tak |
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Chisholm, Ryan A. Davies, Stuart James Salim, Kamariah Abu Allen, David N. Alvarez, Mauricio Bourg, Norman A. Brockelman, Warren Y. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Butt, Nathalie Cao, Min Chanthorn, Wirong Chao, Weichun Clay, Keith Condit, Richard S. Cordell, Susan Silva, João Batista da Dattaraja, Handanakere Shavaramaiah Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin de Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de den Ouden, Jan H.B. Drescher, Michael Fletcher, Christine Dawn Giardina, Christian P. Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V. Gunatilleke, I. A.U.Nimal Hau, Billy Chi Hang He, Fangliang Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Changfu Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Jansen, Patrick A. Johnson, Daniel J. Kong, Lee Sing Král, Kamil Ku, Chen Chia Lai, Jiangshan Larson, Andrew J. Li, Xiankun Li, Yide Lin, Luxiang Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Lutz, James A. Ma, Keping Malhi, Yadvinder Singh McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael D. Myers, Jonathan A. Nathalang, Anuttara Novotný, Vojt?ch Ong, Perry Sim Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Phillips, Richard P. Abd-Rahman, Kassim Sack, Lawren Sang, Weiguo Shen, G. Shringi, Ankur Shue, Jessica Su, Sheng Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I. Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu Sathyanarayana Tan, Sylvester Kheng San Thomas, Sean C. Toko, Pagi S. Valencia, Renato L. Vallejo, Martha Isabel Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Bingbing Wang, Xihua Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy T. Xu, Han Yap, Sandra L. Zhu, Li Fung, Tak |
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Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America |
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Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America |
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Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America |
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Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America |
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Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America |
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patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across asia and america |
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Journal of Ecology |
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2020 |
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