Dynamic ecosystem assembly and escaping the “fire trap” in the tropics: insights from FATES_15.0.0

Shuman, Jacquelyn K.; Fisher, Rosie A.; Koven, Charles; Knox, Ryan; Kueppers, Lara; Xu, Chonggang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4643-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4643-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4643-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

Development and technical paper

|

13 Jun 2024

Development and technical paper |

| 13 Jun 2024

Dynamic ecosystem assembly and escaping the “fire trap” in the tropics: insights from FATES_15.0.0

Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Rosie A. Fisher, Charles Koven, Ryan Knox, Lara Kueppers, and Chonggang Xu

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4643-2024-supplement

Data sets

Files and scripts to support manuscript Shuman et al 2023 FATES-SPITFIRE ecosystem assembly across tropics Jacquelyn Shuman https://doi.org/10.15486/ngt/1992487

Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3 Atmospheric Boundary Conditions (Experiment 1) Kim Hyungjun https://doi.org/10.20783/DIAS.501

Model code and software

The Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) (fates-spitfire-ms) FATES Development Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10652358

Short summary

We adapt a fire behavior and effects module for use in a size-structured vegetation demographic model to test how climate, fire regime, and fire-tolerance plant traits interact to determine the distribution of tropical forests and grasslands. Our model captures the connection between fire disturbance and plant fire-tolerance strategies in determining plant distribution and provides a useful tool for understanding the vulnerability of these areas under changing conditions across the tropics.