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Stress-tolerant trees for resilient cities: Tree-ring analysis reveals species suitable for a future climate

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Locosselli, Giuliano Maselli ; Cintra, Bruno Barcante Ladvocat ; Ferreira, Luciana Schwandner ; da Silva-Luz, Cintia Luiza ; Miyahara, Augusto Akio Lucchezi ; Brienen, Roel J. W. ; Gloor, Emanuel ; Boom, Arnoud ; Grandis, Adriana ; Buckeridge, Marcos Silveira
Número total de Autores: 10
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: URBAN CLIMATE; v. 55, p. 13-pg., 2024-05-11.
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Cities are vulnerable to droughts and heatwaves due to the decline in permeable green spaces and the emergence of heat islands. To tackle these environmental challenges, many cities adopted ambitious tree-planting initiatives. However, tree tolerance to climate extremes is overlooked even though physiological and growth limitations jeopardize ecosystem services provision. We assessed the responses of Tipuana tipu to the 2013/2014 summer drought in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We sampled trees in a park and streets and assessed how tree-ring delta 13C and growth responses to drought differ. The Regression Tree shows that microhabitats exert the strongest control on treering delta 13C seconded by drought. delta 13C is on average 1.0%o higher in streets where growth rate is 60% higher than in the park. Similarly, delta 13C increased by up to 0.9%o during the drought when growth increased by up to 45% in both sites. This positive association between delta 13C and growth rate (R2 = 0.78) indicates that growth is limited by assimilation rate. Assimilation is up to 15% higher in streets and increased by up to 10% during the drought because of higher incident sunlight and air temperature. Thus, T. tipu is a drought-tolerant species with potential to contribute to (sub)tropical cities, thriving in a warming climate. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 17/10544-9 - Dendrocronologia de Cedrela fissilis de um parque urbano de São Paulo
Beneficiário:Evelyn Pereira de Camargo
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
Processo FAPESP: 19/08783-0 - Florestas funcionais: biodiversidade a favor das cidades
Beneficiário:Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores