Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2005-11, Vol.310 (5750), p.1029-1031
2005
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Species Loss and Aboveground Carbon Storage in a Tropical Forest
- Ist Teil von
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2005-11, Vol.310 (5750), p.1029-1031
- Ort / Verlag
- Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2005
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Tropical forest biodiversity is declining, but the resulting effects on key ecosystem services, such as carbon storage and sequestration, remain unknown. We assessed the influence of the loss of tropical tree species on carbon storage by simulating 18 possible extinction scenarios within a well-studied 50-hectare tropical forest plot in Panama, which contains 227 tree species. Among extinction scenarios, aboveground carbon stocks varied by more than 600%, and biological insurance varied by more than 400%. These results indicate that future carbon storage in tropical forests will be influenced strongly by future species composition.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0036-8075eISSN: 1095-9203DOI: 10.1126/science.1117682Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68797667
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- aboveground carbon storage, Animal and plant ecology, Animal, plant and microbial ecology, Biodiversity, Biological and medical sciences, Biomass, botanical composition, Carbon, Carbon - analysis, Carbon sequestration, Community Relations, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Extinct species, extinction, Feedback (Response), forest ecology, Forest ecosystems, forest trees, Forestry, Functional diversity, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, Insurance, Panama, Photoperiod, plant ecology, Rainforests, simulation models, Species, Species diversity, Species extinction, Storage, Synecology, Terrestrial ecosystems, Trees, Trees - growth & development, Tropical Climate, Tropical forests, Wood