Does climate change alter the nutrient trends of Cedrela fissilis Vell. trees in the southern Brazilian Amazon?

• Autores: Ortega Rodriguez, Daigard R.; Sánchez Salguero, Raúl; Hevia, Andrea; Bovi, Renata C.; Ferreira, Marciel J.; Speer, James H.; Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro; Tomazello Filho, Mario
• Año de publicación: 2023
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: DENDROCHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; TROPICS; RESILIENCE
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

The increase in the frequency and intensity of droughts is pointed out as one of the main factors alter‐ ing biogeochemical cycles in the Amazon basin. An eco‐nutritional approach using X‐ray fluorescence micro‐analysis (μXRF) is proposed to verify the long‐ and short‐term effects of droughts on the growth and xylem nutrient concen‐ trations of Cedrela fissilis Vell. Fourteen radii were selected from a tree‐ring width chronology and X‐rayed by Itrax Multiscanner. Profiles of ring width, wood density, and concentrations of aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), calcium (Ca), potassium (K), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe) and strontium (Sr) together with Al/Ca, Ca/Mn, K/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/S ratios were constructed and correlated with precipitation, temperature, the difference between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration (P‐PET) and standardized precipitation–evapotranspiration index (SPEI). During dry years, C. fissilis showed narrower, less dense rings, lower Al, P, S and Ca, and higher K and Fe con‐ centrations (the opposite was found in wet years). Ring width decreased (together with Al, P, S, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Sr, Al/Ca, K/Ca and Sr/Ca) and wood density increased (together with Ca/Mn and Mn/S), which was associated with an increase in evapotranspiration and temperature over time, mainly since 1990. Cedrela fissilis showed a tendency to increase its capacity for resistance, and a recovery and resilience in growth over time associated with responses in Al, Ca, P and S. However, it showed a risk in the capacity for recovery of the pre‐drought density values, associated with unsatisfactory responses in Al, Ca, K, Fe and P. This study is the first attempt to analyze tree‐ring nutritional evidences of C. fissilis trees to climate sensitivity and resilience to drought, based on long‐term data from seasonal moist tropical forests of the Amazon. Our data suggested that C. fissilis is undergoing alterations in the concentration, use and redistribution of nutrients associated with increasing wood density and decreasing growth over time, due to the increase of drought frequency in the southern Amazon.
Fil: Ortega Rodriguez, Daigard R.. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil. Universidad Pablo de Olavide; España
Fil: Sánchez Salguero, Raúl. Universidad Pablo de Olavide.; España
Fil: Hevia, Andrea. Universidad Pablo de Olavide.; España. Universidad de Jaén; España
Fil: Bovi, Renata C.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil
Fil: Ferreira, Marciel J.. Universidad Federal del Amazonas.; Brasil
Fil: Speer, James H.. Indiana State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina. Universidad Mayor; Chile
Fil: Tomazello Filho, Mario. Universidade do Sao Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz; Brasil