Temperature rising would slow down tropical forest dynamic in the Guiana Shield

Aubry-Kientz Mélaine, Rossi Vivien, Cornu Guillaume, Wagner Fabien, Herault Bruno. 2019. Temperature rising would slow down tropical forest dynamic in the Guiana Shield. Scientific Reports, 9:10235, 8 p.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Résumé : Increasing evidence shows that the functioning of the tropical forest biome is intimately related to the climate variability with some variables such as annual precipitation, temperature or seasonal water stress identified as key drivers of ecosystem dynamics. How tropical tree communities will respond to the future climate change is hard to predict primarily because several demographic processes act together to shape the forest ecosystem general behavior. To overcome this limitation, we used a joint individual-based model to simulate, over the next century, a tropical forest community experiencing the climate change expected in the Guiana Shield. The model is climate dependent: temperature, precipitation and water stress are used as predictors of the joint growth and mortality rates. We ran simulations for the next century using predictions of the IPCC 5AR, building three different climate scenarios (optimistic RCP2.6, intermediate, pessimistic RCP8.5) and a control (current climate). The basal area, above-ground fresh biomass, quadratic diameter, tree growth and mortality rates were then computed as summary statistics to characterize the resulting forest ecosystem. Whatever the scenario, all ecosystem process and structure variables exhibited decreasing values as compared to the control. A sensitivity analysis identified the temperature as the strongest climate driver of this behavior, highlighting a possible temperature-driven drop of 40% in average forest growth. This conclusion is alarming, as temperature rises have been consensually predicted by all climate scenarios of the IPCC 5AR. Our study highlights the potential slow-down danger that tropical forests will face in the Guiana Shield during the next century.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : forêt, écosystème forestier, changement climatique, réchauffement global

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Guyane française, France

Mots-clés libres : Climate change impacts, Forest ecology, Tropical ecology

Classification Agris : K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales
F40 - Écologie végétale
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 6 (2019-) - Changement climatique

Auteurs et affiliations

• Aubry-Kientz Mélaine, UAG (GUF)
• Rossi Vivien, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (CMR) ORCID: 0000-0001-5458-1523
• Cornu Guillaume, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-7523-5176
• Wagner Fabien, INPE (BRA)
• Herault Bruno, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (CIV) ORCID: 0000-0002-6950-7286 - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/593241/)

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