Influence of landscape heterogeneity on water available to tropical forests in an Amazonian catchment and implications for modeling drought response
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd027066
Abstract: The Amazon basin has experienced periodic droughts in the past, and intense and frequent droughts are predicted in the future. Landscape heterogeneity could play an important role in how tropical forests respond to drought by… read more here.
Keywords: water; landscape heterogeneity; influence; water available ... See more keywords
Toward a functional understanding of novel fire regimes in tropical forests
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.70112
Abstract: Abstract Climate change and land‐use alterations are driving forest fires to unprecedented frequencies and intensities worldwide. Even wet tropical forests—historically rarely subjected to fire—are increasingly experiencing fire disturbances. The impact of wildfires on these forests… read more here.
Keywords: tropical forests; fire vegetation; novel fire; fire ... See more keywords
Fire alters diversity, composition, and structure of dry tropical forests in the Eastern Ghats
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7514
Abstract: Abstract Fire is known to have dramatic consequences on forest ecosystems around the world and on the livelihoods of forest‐dependent people. While the Eastern Ghats of India have high abundances of fire‐prone dry tropical forests,… read more here.
Keywords: dry tropical; fire; eastern ghats; structure ... See more keywords
Rising temperatures threaten pollinators of fig trees—Keystone resources of tropical forests
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9311
Abstract: Abstract Pollinating insects are decreasing worldwide in abundance, biomass, and species richness, affecting the plants that rely on pollinators for fruit production and seed set. Insects are often sensitive to high temperatures. The projected temperature… read more here.
Keywords: fig trees; tropical forests; wasp; temperature ... See more keywords
Climate implications on forest above- and belowground carbon allocation patterns along a tropical elevation gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04860-8
Abstract: Tropical forests represent the largest store of terrestrial biomass carbon (C) on earth and contribute over-proportionally to global terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). How climate change is affecting NPP and C allocation to tree components… read more here.
Keywords: kilimanjaro tanzania; carbon; climate; elevation ... See more keywords
Advancing Our Understanding of Woody Debris in Tropical Forests
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DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00381-x
Abstract: Fine and coarse woody debris (WD), or woody necromass, serves a multitude of functions in forests including: essential habitat for countless vertebrate, arthropod and microbial species; substrate for regenerating plants, for example as nurse logs;… read more here.
Keywords: understanding woody; woody; advancing understanding; debris tropical ... See more keywords
Landscape level effects of invasive plants and animals on water infiltration through Hawaiian tropical forests
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DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02494-8
Abstract: Watershed degradation due to invasion threatens downstream water flows and associated ecosystem services. While this topic has been studied across landscapes that have undergone invasive-driven state changes (e.g., native forest to invaded grassland), it is… read more here.
Keywords: tropical forests; water; invasive plants; plants animals ... See more keywords
Inconsistent responses of soil microbial community structure and enzyme activity to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in two tropical forests
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DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04805-9
Abstract: Soil microorganisms play an important role in biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. Increasing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deposition are likely to regulate microbial growth by altering soil nutrient availability in tropical forests, yet their… read more here.
Keywords: enzyme; microbial community; community structure; tropical forests ... See more keywords
Comparative analysis of carbon stock and litter nutrient concentration in tropical forests along the ecological gradient in Kenya
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DOI: 10.1007/s11676-025-01824-z
Abstract: The study determined the carbon stocks and litter nutrient concentration in tropical forests along the ecological gradient in Kenya. This could help understand the potential of mitigating climate change using tropical forest ecosystems in different… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; tropical forests; carbon stock; litter nutrient ... See more keywords
The accuracy of volunteer surveyors for obtaining tree measurements in tropical forests
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DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01147-4
Abstract: Volunteer-led surveys are increasingly used to collect ecological information and may represent a means for obtaining the tree measurement datasets necessary to calculate carbon stocks in tropical forests in order to justify funding like REDD+.… read more here.
Keywords: volunteer surveyors; measurements collected; obtaining tree; tree measurements ... See more keywords
Carbon Costs and Bushmeat Benefits of Hunting in Tropical Forests
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.05.028
Abstract: Abstract Unsustainable hunting is widespread globally, generating one of the primary threats to tropical vertebrates but providing important revenue for many people. Recent evidence suggests that by removing seed dispersing vertebrates, overhunting can induce shifts… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; carbon costs; costs bushmeat; tropical forests ... See more keywords