Rubber plantations represent one of the most widespread planted forest ecosystems in tropical regions, playing a significant role in regional carbon cycles. Global climate change has led to increasingly frequent Compound Drought-hot Events (CDHEs), posing severe challenges to rubber plantation ecosystem functions. This study focuses on rubber plantations in Hainan Island, China. Utilizing standardized soil moisture and land surface temperature indices, we constructed a Compound Drought-Hot Index (CDHI) based on Copula functions to analyze the spatiotemporal dynamics of CDHEs from 2001 to 2020, validated against historical typical drought and hot events in Hainan. Using Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) as an evaluation metric, Copula-based conditional probabilities were applied to quantitatively assess GPP loss risks under different drought-hot scenarios and evaluate compound effects. Key findings include: (1) The developed CDHI accurately identified severe CDHEs during 2001—2020, with 2005 and 2020 being the most extreme years. (2) Across all intensity levels (mild, moderate, severe), CDHEs caused significantly higher probabilities of GPP loss in rubber plantations compared to isolated drought or hot events (P<0.001), confirming the synergistic amplification effect of compound events. (3) GPP loss risks exhibited distinct spatial heterogeneity influenced by regional topography-climate interactions, with northwestern rubber plantation areas showing consistently higher vulnerability across all scenarios. (4) CDHE impacts demonstrated marked seasonal differences, being substantially greater during the dry season (particularly April—May) than the rainy season, coinciding with critical phenological stages of rubber trees and forming sensitive windows of environmental stress. This study reveals the spatiotemporal differentiation of CDHE impacts on rubber plantation GPP, providing scientific foundations for regional climate-resilient management strategies and sustainable rubber plantation practices. It also offers methodological references for studying extreme climate responses in other tropical planted forest ecosystems.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |