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Hurricane-Induced Rainfall is a Stronger Predictor of Tropical Forest Damage in Puerto Rico Than Maximum Wind Speeds
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- Hall, Jazlynn (author)
- Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Environm Biol, New York, NY 10027 USA.
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- Muscarella, Robert (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Växtekologi och evolution
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- Quebbeman, Andrew (author)
- Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Environm Biol, New York, NY 10027 USA.
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- Arellano, Gabriel (author)
- Univ Michigan, Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.;Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, ForestGEO, Washington, DC USA.
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- Thompson, Jill (author)
- Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Bush Estate, Penicuik EH26 0QB, Midlothian, Scotland.
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- Zimmerman, Jess K. (author)
- Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Environm Sci, San Juan, PR USA.
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- Uriarte, Maria (author)
- Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Environm Biol, New York, NY 10027 USA.
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Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Environm Biol, New York, NY 10027 USA Växtekologi och evolution (creator_code:org_t)
- 2020-03-09
- 2020
- English.
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In: Scientific Reports. - : Springer Nature. - 2045-2322. ; 10:1
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- Projected increases in cyclonic storm intensity under a warming climate will have profound effects on forests, potentially changing these ecosystems from carbon sinks to sources. Forecasting storm impacts on these ecosystems requires consideration of risk factors associated with storm meteorology, landscape structure, and forest attributes. Here we evaluate risk factors associated with damage severity caused by Hurricanes Maria and Irma across Puerto Rican forests. Using field and remote sensing data, total forest aboveground biomass (AGB) lost to the storms was estimated at 10.44 (+/- 2.33) Tg, ca. 23% of island-wide pre-hurricane forest AGB. Storm-related rainfall was a stronger predictor of forest damage than maximum wind speeds. Soil water storage capacity was also an important risk factor, corroborating the influence of rainfall on forest damage. Expected increases of 20% in hurricane-associated rainfall in the North Atlantic highlight the need to consider how such shifts, together with high speed winds, will affect terrestrial ecosystems.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
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