ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025
Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought.
Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Unprecedented Amazonian rainforests damage during the 2023-2024 droughts.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Small understory trees increase growth following sustained drought in the Amazon.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Amazonian trees under long-term drought exposure are more resilient to El Niño extreme.Communications earth & environment · 2026Article
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- Stem Water Storage Dynamics in Amazonian Palms and Dicotyledonous Trees.Tropical plant biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Drought-induced mortality is expected to cause substantial biomass loss in the Amazon basin. However, rainforest responses to prolonged drought are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that an Amazonian rainforest plot subjected to more than two decades of large-scale experimental drought reached eco-hydrological stability. After elevated tree mortality during the first 15 years, ecosystem-level structural changes resulted in the remaining trees no longer experiencing drought stress. The loss of the largest trees led to increasing water availability for the remaining trees, stabilizing biomass in the last 7 years of the experiment. Hydraulic variables linked to physiological stress, such as leaf water potential, sap flow and tissue water content, converged to the values observed in a corresponding non-droughted control forest, indicating hydraulic homeostasis. While it prevented drought-induced collapse, eco-hydrological stabilization resulted in a forest with reduced biomass and carbon accumulation in wood. These findings show how tropical rainforests may be resilient to persistent soil drought.
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