Evaluation of nutrient and carbon use in tropical dry forests in Southeast Asia

在东南亚，干落叶林和常绿林分布在年降水量和季节模式相似的地区。森林类型取决于土壤的性质，如pH值、含水量和养分含量。这些森林类型在单一水平上具有不同的生理功能，在森林水平上具有不同的碳增益和蓄积量，在生态系统水平上具有不同的营养循环功能。研究结果表明，全球气候变化和土地利用方式的变化将强烈影响热带干旱林的森林类型和功能。

In Southeast Asia, dry-deciduous and evergreen forests are found within areas with a similar annual precipitation and seasonal patterns. The forest types were dependent on soil properties, such as pH, water content and nutrient content. These forest types had different forest functions in physiology at the single level, carbon gain and stock at the forest level, nutrient cycle at the ecosystem level. According to the results, we proposed that the global climate change and the change of land use will strongly affects forest types and functions in tropical dry forests.