Hydraulic factors of rainforest resilience

• Grant number: 14/50332-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2015
• End date: March 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Agreement: University of Michigan
• Principal Investigator: Rafael Silva Oliveira
• Grantee: Rafael Silva Oliveira
• Principal researcher abroad: Valery Ivanov
• Institution abroad: University of Michigan, United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/52072-0 - Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions in a changing tropical landscape, AP.PITE

Abstract

Tropical forestes play a major role in the global water and carbono cycle but understanding how these forests will respond to projected future drier climate remains uncertain. Therefore, unveiling the mechanisms underlying drought resilience remains one of greatest challenges in tropical forest ecology and ecohydrology. The Project aims to synthesize plant physiological and engineering types of expertise in observing and modeling plant water relations of rainforests. Through this Project an ongoing partnership between the PI’s at The State University of Campinas, Department of Plant Biology, and the University of Michigan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be further strengthened. The outcomes of this Project will be exposure of engineering methods and models for research applications of plant physiologists and training of engineering students in theory and experimental techniques related to plant hydraulics. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

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)

BRUM, MAURO; PEREIRA, LUCIANO; RIBEIRO, RAFAEL VASCONCELOS; JANSEN, STEVEN; BITTENCOURT, PAULO R. L.; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL S.; SALESKA, SCOTT R.. Reconciling discrepancies in measurements of vulnerability to xylem embolism with the pneumatic method. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. 237, n. 2, p. 10-pg., 2023-01-01. (14/50332-2, 13/50533-5)