Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions in a changing tropical landscape

• Grant number: 11/52072-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Agreement: Microsoft Research
• Principal Investigator: Rafael Silva Oliveira
• Grantee: Rafael Silva Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• City: Campinas
• Partner institutions: Microsoft
• Associated research grant(s): 14/50332-2 - Hydraulic factors of rainforest resilience, AP.R
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/19555-2 - Water use and carbon balance dynamics of cloud forest woody species, BP.DR

Abstract

Terrestrial ecosystems are major contributors to the global environment as they control significant exchanges of energy, water and other resources between the atmosphere, land surfaces and belowground. Detailed information on ecosystem function, including internai ecological processes, seasonal dynamics, vulnerability to perturbation and response to climate variability is urgently needed, on several timescales for a range of end uses. With the backdrop of concerns over loss of habitat and biodiversity and disruption to carbon and water cycles and related environmental impacts the key thrust of this proposal will be to harness cutting edge technologies to gather fine-grained information on intact versus disturbed mountain forest systems to learn how land management practices can safeguard the functioning of the whole catenary sequence of vegetation types, land forms and landuses which begin in the delicate upper slopes of mountains. The key approaches will be to 1) combine novel suites of sensors to capture complimentary/synergistic information about plants and their environment (e.g. simultaneous measurement of plant growth, water use and atmospheric conditions) and 2) do this in an end-to-end sensing system that can provide detailed and reliable real-time coverage of contrasting environments. We will monitor intact forest, cleared areas, and the transition/boundary zones between them using a broad suite of monitoring tools. By analysing soil water dynamics, whole-plant behaviour and atmospheric conditions we will be able to examine the links between plant ecology and wider biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functioning. Applying these new tools across gradients in land-use and climate will enable us to robustly test the hypothesis about fragmentation effects on water and carbon dynamics from plant to stand level that are needed to predict large-scale climate feedbacks. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BARROS, FERNANDA DE V.; BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; BRUM, MAURO; RESTREPO-COUPE, NATALIA; PEREIRA, LUCIANO; TEODORO, GRAZIELLE S.; SALESKA, SCOTT R.; BORMA, LAURA S.; CHRISTOFFERSEN, BRADLEY O.; PENHA, DELIANE; et al. Hydraulic traits explain differential responses of Amazonian forests to the 2015 El Nino-induced drought. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. 223, n. 3, p. 1253-1266, AUG 2019. (13/50533-5, 11/52072-0, 13/50531-2)

BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; BARROS, FERNANDA DE V.; ELLER, CLEITON B.; MUELLER, CAROLINE S.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. The fog regime in a tropical montane cloud forest in Brazil and its effects on water, light and microclimate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, v. 265, p. 359-369, FEB 15 2019. (11/52072-0)

CASSANA, FRANCINE F.; ELLER, CLEITON B.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; DILLENBURG, LUCIA R.. Effects of soil water availability on foliar water uptake of Araucaria angustifolia. PLANT AND SOIL, v. 399, n. 1-2, p. 147-157, FEB 2016. (11/52072-0, 10/17204-0)

PEREIRA, LUCIANO; BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; JUNIOR, MAURO B. M.; BARROS, FERNANDA V.; RIBEIRO, RAFAEL V.; MAZZAFERA, PAULO. Plant pneumatics: stem air flow is related to embolism - new perspectives on methods in plant hydraulics. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. 211, n. 1, p. 357-370, JUL 2016. (11/52072-0)

ELLER, CLEITON B.; LIMA, ALINE L.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. Cloud forest trees with higher foliar water uptake capacity and anisohydric behavior are more vulnerable to drought and climate change. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. 211, n. 2, p. 489-501, JUL 2016. (11/52072-0, 10/17204-0, 13/19555-2)

ROWLAND, LUCY; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; GILES, ANDRE L.; COUGHLIN, INGRID; COSTA, PATRICIA DE BRITTO; DOMINGUES, TOMAS; FERREIRA, V, LEANDRO; VASCONCELOS, STEEL S.; JUNIOR, JOAO A. S.; et al. Plant traits controlling growth change in response to a drier climate. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. 229, n. 3, NOV 2020. (11/52072-0)

BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; DA COSTA, ANTONIO C. L.; GILES, ANDRE L.; COUGHLIN, INGRID; COSTA, PATRICIA B.; BARTHOLOMEW, DAVID C.; FERREIRA, V, LEANDRO; VASCONCELOS, STEEL S.; BARROS, V, FERNANDA; et al. Amazonia trees have limited capacity to acclimate plant hydraulic properties in response to long-term drought. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, v. 26, n. 6, MAR 2020. (11/52072-0)

CRUZ, MARIANA VARGAS; MORI, GUSTAVO MARUYAMA; SIGNORI-MULLER, CAROLINE; DA SILVA, CARLA CRISTINA; OH, DONG-HA; DASSANAYAKE, MAHESHI; ZUCCHI, MARIA IMACULADA; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL SILVA; DE SOUZA, ANETE PEREIRA. Local adaptation of a dominant coastal tree to freshwater availability and solar radiation suggested by genomic and ecophysiological approaches. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, DEC 27 2019. (15/24346-9, 14/22821-9, 11/52072-0, 13/08086-1, 13/26793-7)

D'ANGIOLI, ANDRE MOURO; GORNE VIANI, RICARDO AUGUSTO; LAMBERS, HANS; HELENA FRANKLAND SAWAYA, ALEXANDRA CHRISTINE; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL SILVA. Inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense (Ab-V4, Ab-V5) increases Zea mays root carboxylate-exudation rates, dependent on soil phosphorus supply. PLANT AND SOIL, v. 410, n. 1-2, p. 499-507, JAN 2017. (10/17204-0, 11/52072-0)

TAVARES, JULIA VALENTIM; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; MENCUCCINI, MAURIZIO; SIGNORI-MUELLER, CAROLINE; PEREIRA, LUCIANO; DINIZ, FRANCISCO CARVALHO; GILPIN, MARTIN; ZEVALLOS, MANUEL MARCA J.; YUPAYCCANA, CARLOS SALAS A.; ACOSTA, MARTIN; et al. Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests. Nature, v. N/A, p. 27-pg., 2023-04-26. (13/50531-2, 13/50533-5, 11/52072-0)

GILES, A. L.; ROWLAND, L.; BITTENCOURT, P. R. L.; BARTHOLOMEW, D. C.; COUGHLIN, I; COSTA, P. B.; DOMINGUES, T.; MIATTO, R. C.; BARROS, F., V; FERREIRA, L., V; et al. Small understorey trees have greater capacity than canopy trees to adjust hydraulic traits following prolonged experimental drought in a tropical forest. TREE PHYSIOLOGY, v. 42, n. 3, p. 20-pg., 2021-11-24. (18/01847-0, 11/52072-0)

BARTHOLOMEW, DAVID C.; BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; DA COSTA, ANTONIO C. L.; BANIN, LINDSAY F.; DE BRITTO COSTA, PATRICIA; COUGHLIN, SARAH I.; DOMINGUES, TOMAS F.; FERREIRA, LEANDRO V.; GILES, ANDRE; MENCUCCINI, MAURIZIO; et al. Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long-term drought than large canopy trees. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 43, n. 10, AUG 2020. (11/52072-0)

ELLER, CLEITON B.; BURGESS, STEPHEN S. O.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. Environmental controls in the water use patterns of a tropical cloud forest tree species, Drimys brasiliensis (Winteraceae). TREE PHYSIOLOGY, v. 35, n. 4, SI, p. 387-399, APR 2015. (11/52072-0, 10/17204-0, 13/19555-2)

APARECIDO, LUIZA MARIA T.; TEODORO, GRAZIELLE S.; MOSQUERA, GIOVANNY; BRUM, MAURO; BARROS, FERNANDA DE V.; POMPEU, PATRICIA VIEIRA; RODAS, MELISSA; LAZO, PATRICIO; MUELLER, CAROLINE S.; MULLIGAN, MARK; et al. Ecohydrological drivers of Neotropical vegetation in montane ecosystems. ECOHYDROLOGY, v. 11, n. 3, SI, APR 2018. (16/13677-7, 12/21015-3, 10/17204-0, 11/52072-0)

BARROS, V, FERNANDA DE; BITTENCOURT, PAULO L.; ELLER, CLEITON B.; SIGNORI-MULLER, CAROLINE; MEIRELES, LEONARDO D.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. hytogeographical origin determines Tropical Montane Cloud Forest hydraulic trait compositio. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, v. 36, n. 3, p. 607-621, MAR 2022. (11/52072-0)

ELLER, CLEITON B.; MEIRELES, LEONARDO D.; SITCH, STEPHEN; BURGESS, STEPHEN S. O.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. How Climate Shapes the Functioning of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. CURRENT FORESTRY REPORTS, v. 6, n. 2, MAY 2020. (11/52072-0)

CRUZ, MARIANA VARGAS; MORI, GUSTAVO MARUYAMA; OH, DONG-HA; DASSANAYAKE, MAHESHI; ZUCCHI, MARIA IMACULADA; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL SILVA; DE SOUZA, ANETE PEREIRA. Molecular responses to freshwater limitation in the mangrove tree Avicennia germinans (Acanthaceae). Molecular Ecology, v. 29, n. 2, DEC 2019. (11/52072-0, 13/26793-7, 13/08086-1, 14/22821-9)

CIEMER, CATRIN; BOERS, NIKLAS; HIROTA, MARINA; KURTHS, JUERGEN; MUELLER-HANSEN, FINN; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; WINKELMANN, RICARDA. Higher resilience to climatic disturbances in tropical vegetation exposed to more variable rainfall. NATURE GEOSCIENCE, v. 12, n. 3, p. 174+, MAR 2019. (15/50122-0, 13/50169-1, 11/52072-0)

BRUM, MAURO; TEODORO, GRAZIELLE SALES; ABRAHAO, ANNA; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL SILVA. Coordination of rooting depth and leaf hydraulic traits defines drought-related strategies in the campos rupestres, a tropical montane biodiversity hotspot. PLANT AND SOIL, v. 420, n. 1-2, p. 467-480, NOV 2017. (11/52072-0, 12/21015-3)

ELLER, CLEITON B.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. Effects of nitrogen availability on the competitive interactions between an invasive and a native grass from Brazilian cerrado. PLANT AND SOIL, v. 410, n. 1-2, p. 63-72, JAN 2017. (13/19555-2, 10/17204-0, 11/52072-0)

OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; ELLER, CLEITON B.; BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; MULLIGAN, MARK. The hydroclimatic and ecophysiological basis of cloud forest distributions under current and projected climates. ANNALS OF BOTANY, v. 113, n. 6, p. 909-920, MAY 2014. (11/52072-0, 10/17204-0)

ALCANTARA, SUZANA; DE MELLO-SILVA, RENATO; TEODORO, GRAZIELLE S.; DREQUECELER, KAMILA; ACKERLY, DAVID D.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. Carbon assimilation and habitat segregation in resurrection plants: a comparison between desiccation- and non-desiccation-tolerant species of Neotropical Velloziaceae (Pandanales). FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, v. 29, n. 12, p. 1499-1512, DEC 2015. (11/52072-0, 10/17204-0, 10/52174-4, 13/01780-0)

BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; PEREIRA, LUCIANO; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. Pneumatic Method to Measure Plant Xylem Embolism. BIO-PROTOCOL, v. 8, n. 20, OCT 20 2018. (11/52072-0, 17/14075-3)

BRUM, MAURO; VADEBONCOEUR, MATTHEW A.; IVANOV, VALERIY; ASBJORNSEN, HEIDI; SALESKA, SCOTT; ALVES, LUCIANA F.; PENHA, DELIANE; DIAS, JADSON D.; ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; BARROS, FERNANDA; et al. Hydrological niche segregation defines forest structure and drought tolerance strategies in a seasonal Amazon forest. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, v. 107, n. 1, p. 318-333, JAN 2019. (11/52072-0, 13/50533-5, 14/50332-2)

SIGNORI-MUELLER, CAROLINE; GALBRAITH, DAVID; TAVARES, JULIA, V; REIS, SIMONE M.; DINIZ, FRANCISCO C.; GILPIN, MARTIN; MARIMON, BEATRIZ S.; VAN DER HEIJDEN, GEERTJE M. F.; BORGES, CAMILA; CINTRA, BRUNO B. L.; et al. Tropical forest lianas have greater non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in the stem xylem than trees. TREE PHYSIOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 14-pg., 2023-08-16. (11/52072-0)

APARECIDO, LUIZA MARIA T.; TEODORO, GRAZIELLE S.; MOSQUERA, GIOVANNY; BRUM, MAURO; BARROS, FERNANDA DE V.; POMPEU, PATRICIA VIEIRA; RODAS, MELISSA; LAZO, PATRICIO; MUELLER, CAROLINE S.; MULLIGAN, MARK; et al. Ecohydrological drivers of Neotropical vegetation in montane ecosystems. ECOHYDROLOGY, v. 11, n. 3, p. 17-pg., 2018-04-01. (12/21015-3, 11/52072-0, 10/17204-0, 16/13677-7)

ELLER, CLEITON B.; BURGESS, STEPHEN S. O.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.. Environmental controls in the water use patterns of a tropical cloud forest tree species, Drimys brasiliensis (Winteraceae). TREE PHYSIOLOGY, v. 35, n. 4, p. 13-pg., 2015-04-01. (13/19555-2, 11/52072-0, 10/17204-0)