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Session: : Tropical Forests & Global Change: Biogeochemical Responses and Opportunities for Cross-Sites Comparisons

INS 22-2 - Tropical forest responses to experimental warming and drying in Puerto Rico

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

Location: C123

Presenting Author(s)

TW

Tana E. Wood, PhD

Research Ecologist
U.S. Forest Service
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Co-author(s)

MC

Molly A. Cavaleri, PhD

Professor
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan, United States
SR

Sasha C. Reed, PhD

Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
Moab, UT, United States
DS

Debjani Sihi

Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
MU

María Uriarte

Professor
Columbia University
New York, NY, United States
XX

Xiangtao Xu

Cornell University, United States
JZ

Jess K. Zimmerman

Professor
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Tropical forests are experiencing rising temperatures and declining rainfall with climate change, patterns that are expected to continue. Predicting the consequences of these changes for carbon cycling is challenging due to multiple confounding factors that interact to determine the response. In-situ experiments allow for controlled evaluation of the underlying mechanisms at work, creating a way forward for improved understanding and predictive capacity. In Puerto Rico, we link a throughfall exclusion experiment with a long-running field warming experiment, TRACE, providing new opportunities for comparisons that foster advances in our understanding of how these important but understudied ecosystems respond to change.