10.5061/DRYAD.CK585
Balzotti, Christopher S.
Carnegie Institution for Science
Asner, Gregory P.
Carnegie Institution for Science
Taylor, Philip G.
Duke University
Cleveland, Cory C.
University of Montana
Cole, Rebecca
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Martin, Roberta E.
Carnegie Institution for Science
Nasto, Megan
University of Montana
Osborne, Brooke B.
Brown University
Porder, Stephen
Brown University
Townsend, Alan R.
Duke University
Data from: Environmental controls on canopy foliar N distributions in a
neotropical lowland forest
Dryad
dataset
2016
Anacardium excelsum
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis
Ficus bullenei
Garcinia madruno
Ficus crassivenosa
Vantanea barbourii
Sloanea picapica
Inga punctata
Persea americana
Otoba novogranatensis
Astrocaryum standleyanum
Inga ruiziana
Serjania atrolineata
Mikania hookeriana
Omphalea diandra
Chionanthus panamensis
Inga alba
Marila laxiflora
Duguetia confusa
Terminalia amazonia
Miconia multispicata
Croton schiedeanus
Conostegia icosandra
Nectandra umbrosa
Inga sertulifera
Ocotea mollifolia
Albizia adinocephala
Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus
Xylopia macrantha
Calophyllum longifolium
Simarouba amara
Pouteria chiricana
Psiguria warscewiczii
Tetrathylacium macrophyllum
Vitex cooperi
Luehea seemannii
Marcgravia nepenthoides
Hirtella tubiflora
Brosimum lactescens
Chione venosa
Hieronyma alchorneoides
Pouteria fossicola
Guarea glabra
Tocoyena pittieri
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Machaerium seemannii
Cedrela odorata
Dichapetalum hammelii
Hippocratea volubilis
Randia altiscandens
Miconia schlimii
Goethalsia meiantha
Trichospermum galeottii
Rourea latifoliolata
Tectona grandis
Callicarpa acuminata
Ficus paraensis
Oxandra venezuelana
Inga bella
Miconia argentea
Unonopsis osae
Jacaranda copaia
Doliocarpus multiflorus
Topobea maurofernandeziana
Chrysochlamys glauca
Alchornea grandis
Byrsonima crassifolia
Virola macrocarpa
Clarisia biflora
Virola surinamensis
Lacmellea panamensis
Mendoncia gracilis
Henriettea succosa
Protium tenuifolium
Inga spectabilis
Micropholis melinoniana
Bauhinia guianensis
Combretum decandrum
Parathesis acostensis
Bunchosia nitida
Tetrapterys tinifolia
Castilla tunu
Buchenavia costaricensis
Gordonia brandegeei
Bactris baileyana
Brosimum costaricanum
Theobroma bicolor
Lonchocarpus ferrugineus
Solanum circinatum
Guarea pterorhachis
Faramea occidentalis
Perebea hispidula
Strychnos peckii
Maranthes panamensis
Spondias mombin
Psychotria grandis
Cheiloclinium cognatum
Senna alata
Terminalia oblonga
Ochroma pyramidale
Pouteria subrotata
Pouteria glomerata
Saurauia montana
Matayba oppositifolia
Quararibea platyphylla
Crescentia cujete
Trophis racemosa
Cordia alliodora
Laetia procera
Pachira glabra
Curatella americana
Cnestidium rufescens
Inga umbelifera
Laetia thamnia
Protium sp. 2
Casearia arguta
Xylopia frutescens
Conostegia superba
Ficus obtusifolia
Cecropia peltata
Dalbergia brownei
Coussapoa villosa
Minquartia guianensis
Dussia discolor
Celtis schippii
Marcgravia schippii
Posoqueria latifolia
Mucuna holtonii
Casearia sylvestris
Smilax spinosa
Hampea appendiculata
Machaerium kegelii
Aspidosperma spruceanum
Inga nobilis
Batocarpus costaricensis
Trema micrantha
Davilla nitida
Virola koschnyi
Cupania rufescens
Ficus insipida
Dialium guianense
Ternstroemia multiovulata
Ceiba pentandra
Dendropanax caucanus
Alchornea grandiflora
Ficus nymphaeifolia
Erblichia odorata
Paullinia rugosa
Licaria misantlae
Pouteria torta
Quararibea asterolepis
Abuta panamensis
Cestrum racemosum
Adelobotrys adscendens
Diphysa americana
Trichilia tuberculata
Cecropia insignis
Isertia laevis
Calophyllum brasiliense
Pourouma bicolor
Abarema macradenia
Compsoneura excelsa
Lacistema aggregatum
Inga venusta
Styrax glabratus
Inga sapindoides
Tabebuia chrysantha
Brosimum utile
Tetragastris panamensis
Cassia grandis
Coccoloba longipes
Cissus biformifolia
Ficus maxima
Manilkara staminodella
Meliosma allenii
Pachira sessilis
Lozania pittieri
Ocotea pullifolia
Ocotea ira
Sapium glandulosum
Drypetes standleyi
Eschweilera aguilarii
Dioscorea urophylla
Genipa americana
Senna papillosa
Angostura granulosa
Mouriri gleasoniana
Passiflora vitifolia
Cordia eriostigma
Pleuranthodendron lindenii
Souroubea vallicola
Myroxylon balsamum
Saurauia pittieri
Tovomita longifolia
Borojoa patinoi
Cespedesia spathulata
Desmoncus stans
Stemmadenia donnell-smithii
Pouteria amygdalicarpa
Licania operculipetala
Brosimum guianense
Guatteria amplifolia
Heisteria concinna
Aspidosperma myristicifolium
Maquira guianensis subsp. costaricana
Xylopia sericophylla
Paullinia turbacensis
Terminalia catappa
Schlegelia parviflora
Apeiba tibourbou
Nectandra purpurea
Ardisia dunlapiana
Chomelia microloba
Vochysia ferruginea
Simaba cedron
Tapirira guianensis
foliar nitrogen
Clusia valerioi
Lozania klugii
Tachigali versicolor
Coccoloba tuerckheimii
leaf nitrogen
Hiraea grandifolia
canopy nitrogen
Gustavia brachycarpa
Qualea paraensis
Caryocar costaricense
Sterculia costaricana
Pouteria juruana
Ficus tonduzii
Pseudolmedia spuria
Cecropia obtusifolia
Ficus pertusa
Ormosia costulata
Vochysia guatemalensis
Zanthoxylum fagara
Chimarrhis latifolia
Palicourea guianensis
Licania platypus
Guettarda sanblasensis
Lecointea amazonica
Attalea butyracea
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Cordia bicolor
Jacaratia spinosa
Elaeis oleifera
Guazuma ulmifolia
Bravaisia integerrima
Inga thibaudiana
Pouteria durlandii
Ampelocera macrocarpa
Socratea exorrhiza
Andira inermis
Virola sebifera
Bunchosia argentea
Eugenia oerstediana
Hirtella triandra
Ocotea veraguensis
Vismia baccifera
Sorocea pubivena
leaf trait nitrogen
Passiflora quadrangularis
Symphonia globulifera
Piper multiplinervium
Ficus crocata
Carapa guianensis
Myrcia fallax
Peltogyne purpurea
Pleodendron costaricense
National Science Foundation
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Distributions of foliar nutrients across forest canopies can give insight
into their plant functional diversity and improve our understanding of
biogeochemical cycling. We used airborne remote sensing and Partial Least
Squares Regression (PLSR) to quantify canopy foliar nitrogen (N) across
~164 km2 of wet lowland tropical forest in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
We determined the relative influence of climate and topography on the
observed patterns of canopy foliar N using a gradient boosting model (GBM)
technique. At a local scale, where climate and substrate where constant,
we explored the influence of slope position on canopy N by quantifying
canopy N on remnant terraces, their adjacent slopes and knife edged
ridges. In addition, we climbed and sampled 540 trees and analyzed foliar
N in order to quantify the role of species identity (phylogeny) and
environmental factors in predicting canopy N. Observed canopy N
heterogeneity reflected environmental factors working at multiple spatial
scales. Across the larger landscape, elevation and precipitation had the
highest relative influence on predicting canopy foliar N (30 and 24%),
followed by soils (15%), site exposure (9%), compound topographic index
(8%), substrate (6%), and landscape dissection (6%). Phylogeny explained
~75% of the variation in the filed collected foliar N data, suggesting
that phylogeny largely underpins the response to the environmental
factors. Taken together, these data suggest that a large fraction of the
variance in canopy N across the landscape is proximately driven by species
composition, though ultimately this is likely a response to abiotic
factors such as climate and topography. Future work should focus on the
mechanisms and feedbacks involved, and how shifts in climate may translate
to changes in forest function.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica foliar nitrogen (%)Field collected foliar
nitrogen (%) from mature canopy leaves see Balzotti et al. (2016)
Environmental Controls on Canopy Foliar N Distributions in a Neotropical
Lowland Forest. Ecological Applications and Asner, G. P., &
Martin, R. E. (2016). Convergent elevation trends in canopy chemical
traits of tropical forests. Global Change Biology. 22, 2216-2227, doi:
10.1111/gcb.1316420160726_osa_field_canopy_N.xlsx
Osa Peninsula
Costa Rica