Nature Communications (Apr 2021)
Non-structural carbohydrates mediate seasonal water stress across Amazon forests
- Caroline Signori-Müller,
- Rafael S. Oliveira,
- Fernanda de Vasconcellos Barros,
- Julia Valentim Tavares,
- Martin Gilpin,
- Francisco Carvalho Diniz,
- Manuel J. Marca Zevallos,
- Carlos A. Salas Yupayccana,
- Martin Acosta,
- Jean Bacca,
- Rudi S. Cruz Chino,
- Gina M. Aramayo Cuellar,
- Edwin R. M. Cumapa,
- Franklin Martinez,
- Flor M. Pérez Mullisaca,
- Alex Nina,
- Jesus M. Bañon Sanchez,
- Leticia Fernandes da Silva,
- Ligia Tello,
- José Sanchez Tintaya,
- Maira T. Martinez Ugarteche,
- Timothy R. Baker,
- Paulo R. L. Bittencourt,
- Laura S. Borma,
- Mauro Brum,
- Wendeson Castro,
- Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado,
- Eric G. Cosio,
- Ted R. Feldpausch,
- Letícia d’Agosto Miguel Fonseca,
- Emanuel Gloor,
- Gerardo Flores Llampazo,
- Yadvinder Malhi,
- Abel Monteagudo Mendoza,
- Victor Chama Moscoso,
- Alejandro Araujo-Murakami,
- Oliver L. Phillips,
- Norma Salinas,
- Marcos Silveira,
- Joey Talbot,
- Rodolfo Vasquez,
- Maurizio Mencuccini,
- David Galbraith
Affiliations
- Caroline Signori-Müller
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, University of Campinas
- Rafael S. Oliveira
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas
- Fernanda de Vasconcellos Barros
- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Julia Valentim Tavares
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Martin Gilpin
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Francisco Carvalho Diniz
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Manuel J. Marca Zevallos
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Carlos A. Salas Yupayccana
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Martin Acosta
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre
- Jean Bacca
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Rudi S. Cruz Chino
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Gina M. Aramayo Cuellar
- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
- Edwin R. M. Cumapa
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Franklin Martinez
- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
- Flor M. Pérez Mullisaca
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Alex Nina
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Jesus M. Bañon Sanchez
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Leticia Fernandes da Silva
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre
- Ligia Tello
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- José Sanchez Tintaya
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Maira T. Martinez Ugarteche
- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
- Timothy R. Baker
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Paulo R. L. Bittencourt
- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Laura S. Borma
- Earth System Science Centre, National Institute for Space Research
- Mauro Brum
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, University of Campinas
- Wendeson Castro
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre
- Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado
- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana
- Eric G. Cosio
- Sección Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Ted R. Feldpausch
- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Letícia d’Agosto Miguel Fonseca
- Earth System Science Centre, National Institute for Space Research
- Emanuel Gloor
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Gerardo Flores Llampazo
- Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre de Grohmann
- Yadvinder Malhi
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Abel Monteagudo Mendoza
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Victor Chama Moscoso
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Alejandro Araujo-Murakami
- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
- Oliver L. Phillips
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Norma Salinas
- Sección Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Marcos Silveira
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre
- Joey Talbot
- Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
- Rodolfo Vasquez
- Jardín Botánico de Missouri
- Maurizio Mencuccini
- CREAF, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
- David Galbraith
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22378-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The role of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) in mediating the impacts of drought in tropical trees is unclear. Here, the authors analyse leaf and branch NSC in 82 Amazon tree species across a Basin-wide precipitation gradient, finding that allocation of leaf NSC to soluble sugars is higher in drier sites and is coupled to tree hydraulic status.