Resilience estimates of Amazon and Congo rainforests based on mean annual precipitation and root zone storage capacity

Resilience refers to the capacity of the ecosystem to absorb perturbations and remain in its native stable state. Here, we quantified forest resilience of South American and African ecosystems using mean annual precipitation and root zone storage capacity (2000-2019). We adopted Hirota et al. (2011) methodology for calculating resilience using logistic regression. This logistic regression predicts the probability of forest (tree cover > 50%) as a function of the independent variable. The predicted resilience estimates range between 0 to 1, where 1 represents the highest probability of finding forest – interpreted as highly resilient forest ecosystems. For more information, check: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.16115