Drought drives rapid shifts in tropical rainforest soil biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions

Christine S. O’Connell; Leilei Ruan; Whendee L. Silver

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03352-3

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Drought drives rapid shifts in tropical rainforest soil biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions

Christine S. O’Connell,
Leilei Ruan,
Whendee L. Silver

Affiliations

Christine S. O’Connell: Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California
Leilei Ruan: Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California
Whendee L. Silver: Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03352-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Drought impacts on tropical forest soil carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics are poorly understood. Here, the authors investigate the impacts of the 2015 drought in a forest in Puerto Rico and find that it caused shifts in soil carbon dioxide and methane emissions and led to a decrease in available phosphorus.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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