🌳 Small elevation differences in an Amazonian forest affect tree growth and survival, partially explaining species' habitat preferences @danielfzuleta.bsky.social #AmacayacuFDP @ForestGEO 🏔️

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Marked tree demographic variation along subtle elevation differences partially explains species' habitat associations in an Amazonian forest These findings show that even small differences in elevation can lead to biologically meaningful variation in resource access that translates into significant differences in tree growth and survival....

...What about the key processes behind species’ habitat associations (tree growth & mortality)? 🌱🌳

New paper by my MSc student tests “best-at-home” & “resident-advantage” hypotheses in ~80k trees (352 spp.) across valleys, slopes & ridges in #AmacayacuFDP and found that....

Our previous work in #AmacayacuFDP forest shows that small changes in topography drive
1️⃣ tree species distr. doi.org/10.1007/s111...
2️⃣ drought-related #treemortality doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
3️⃣ and some (not all) branch, leaf & stomatal traits besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
But...