Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/N004655/1
TREMOR: Mechanisms and consequences of increasing TREe MORtality in Amazonian rainforests
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor D Galbraith, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor OL Phillips, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Brienen, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor EU Gloor, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
- Grant held at:
- University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Panel C
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Abstract:
- Mortality rates of trees in Amazonian rainforests have been increasing for at least 20 years. Yet, there have been no real attempts to understand the mechanistic basis of this result. TREMOR will use a combination of forest inventory data analysis and process-based modelling to investigate several hypotheses that could explain the increases in mortality. These hypotheses include (i) increasing wind disturbance, (ii) increasing drought frequency, (iii) increasing liana abundance, (iv) increased competition and (v) faster senescence. Finally, we hope to scale-up the impacts of increasing tree mortality on Amazon-wide carbon storage by using a dynamic global vegetation model.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/N004655/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grant FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £673,775
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DA - Other Directly Allocated | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £99,851 | £134,400 | £63,222 | £167,539 | £56,401 | £22,942 | £129,422 |
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