The impact of hurricane disturbances on a tropical forest: implementing a palm plant functional type and hurricane disturbance module in ED2-HuDi V1.0

Abstract - 21  %, - 12  %, and - 15  % for stem density, basal area, and aboveground biomass, respectively. The optimal simulation also agrees well with the observation in terms of PFT composition (+ 1  %, - 8  %, - 2  %, and + 9  % differences in the percentages of “Early”, “Mid”, “Late”, and “Palm” PFTs, respectively) and size structure of the forest (+ 0.8  % differences in the percentage of large stems). Lastly, using the optimal parameter set, we study the impact of forest initial condition on the recovery of the forest from a single hurricane disturbance. The results indicate that, compared to a no-hurricane scenario, a single hurricane disturbance has little impact on forest structure (+ 1  % change in the percentage of large stems) and composition (< 1  % change in the percentage of each of the four PFTs) but leads to 5 % higher aboveground biomass after 80 years of succession. The assumption of a less severe hurricane disturbance leads to a 4 % increase in aboveground biomass.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The impact of hurricane disturbances on a tropical forest: implementing a palm plant functional type and hurricane disturbance module in ED2-HuDi V1.0 ; volume:15 ; number:13 ; year:2022 ; pages:5107-5126 ; extent:20 ; Geoscientific model development ; 15, Heft 13 (2022), 5107-5126 (gesamt 20)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Zhang, Jiaying ; Bras, Rafael L. ; Longo, Marcos ; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/gmd-15-5107-2022
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022070705170566432346
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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