Feedbacks between P deposition and forest canopies: impacts on forest resilience and sustainability
Event details
| Date | 11.04.2011 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Dr Paolo D'ODORICO, Ecohydology Lab, University of Virginia (USA) |
| Location |
GR B3 30
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
In phosphorus (P)-limited neotropical forests vegetation is sustained in the long-term by atmospheric P-inputs through dry and wet deposition which are dependent on canopy density. Thus the canopy may function as a "trap" for P enabling a positive feedback between vegetation and atmospheric P supply. I provide a quantitative assessment of these feedbacks and discuss how they affect both the resilience of dry tropical forests and the sustainability of slash and burn agriculture.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Prof. Marc Parlange, EFLUM