Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests, halted by drought and vulnerable to edges

0487405 - BÚ 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Qie, L. - Lewis, S. L. - Sullivan, M. J. P. - Lopez-Gonzalez, G. - Pickavance, G. C. - Tunderland, T. - Ashotn, P. - Hubau, W. - Abu Salim, K. - Aiba, S. - I. - Banin, L. F. - Berryl, N. - Brearley, F. Q. - Burslem, D. F. R. P. - Dančák, M. - Davies, S. J. - Fredriksson, G. - Hamer, K. C. - Hédl, Radim - Kho, L. K. - Kitayama, K. - Krisnawati, H. - Lhota, S. - Malhi, Y. - Maycock, C. - Metali, F. - Mirmanto, E. - Nagy, L. - Nilus, R. - Ong, R. - Pendry, C. A. - Poulsen, A. D. - Primack, R. B. - Rutishauser, E. - Samsoedin, I. - Saragih, B. - Sist, P. - Slik, J. W. F. - Sukri, R. S. - Svátek, M. - Tan, S. - Tjoa, A. - van Nieuwstadt, M. - Vernimmen, R. R. E. - Yassir, I. - Kidd, P. S. - Firtiadi, M. - Ideris, N. K. H. - Serudin, R. M. - Lim, L. S. A. - Saparudin, M. S. - Phillips, O. L.
Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests, halted by drought and vulnerable to edges.
Nature Communications. Roč. 8, Dec 19 (2017), s. 1-11, č. článku 1966. E-ISSN 2041-1723
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : carbon sink * tree growth * tropical rain forest
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 12.353, year: 2017

Using long-term plot monitoring records of up to half a century, we find that intact forests in Borneo gained 0.43 Mg C ha−1 per year above-ground live biomass. The sink in remaining intact forests appears vulnerable to climate and land use changes. Across Borneo the 1997–1998 El Niño drought temporarily halted the carbon sink by increasing tree mortality, while fragmentation persistently offset the sink and turned many edge-affected forests into a carbon source to the atmosphere.
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