Meteorological and Flux Data in Two Rubber Plantations and a Natural Forest in Mainland Southeast Asia

Rubber plantations have rapidly replaced natural forests in Mainland Southeast Asia, yet the relevant impacts on the terrestrial carbon cycle remain uncertain, especially with an increase in drought frequency. Based on the meteorological and flux data from two rubber sites and one natural forest site, our study investigated the rubber ecosystem fluxes in a marginal (drier) plantation and their responses to drought 2015/2016 compared to a local natural forest, and the differences in ecosystem fluxes and their climatic drivers between the marginal plantation and a traditional humid plantation.