Water-use efficiency and whole-plant performance of nine tropical tree species at two sites with contrasting water availability in Panama

Hydraulic conductivity traits predict growth rates and adult stature of 40 Asian tropical tree species better than wood density

(2012) Ze-Xin Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Environmental changes during secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

(2011) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species’ drought and shade tolerance

(2011) Lars Markesteijn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic architecture of two species differing in wood density: opposing strategies in co-occurring tropical pioneer trees

(2011) KATHERINE A. MCCULLOH et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

A Reassessment of Carbon Content in Tropical Trees

(2011) Adam R. Martin et al.   PLoS One

Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity

(2010) Amy E. Zanne et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Measuring wood specific gravity…Correctly

(2010) G. Bruce Williamson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

The arcsine is asinine: the analysis of proportions in ecology

(2010) David I. Warton et al.   ECOLOGY

Physiological and anatomical responses of Acacia koa (Gray) seedlings to varying light and drought conditions

(2010) D. Craven et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Biomass distribution among tropical tree species grown under differing regional climates

(2010) Sara Bastien-Henri et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

(2010) Ülo Niinemets   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama

(2010) Michiel van Breugel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and plant water use

(2010) Adrienne B. Nicotra et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Long-term increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand

(2010) CHARLES A. NOCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Leaf characteristics, wood anatomy and hydraulic properties in tree species from contrasting habitats within upper Rio Negro forests in the Amazon region

(2010) M. A. Sobrado   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Drought-mortality relationships for tropical forests

(2010) Oliver L. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Do differences in understory light contribute to species distributions along a tropical rainfall gradient?

(2010) T. Brenes-Arguedas et al.   OECOLOGIA

Water relations of evergreen and drought-deciduous trees along a seasonally dry tropical forest chronosequence

(2010) Niles J. Hasselquist et al.   OECOLOGIA

Global patterns in leaf 13C discrimination and implications for studies of past and future climate

(2010) A. F. Diefendorf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in leaf ecophysiological traits of 13 contrasting cork oak populations under different water availabilities

(2010) J. A. Ramirez-Valiente et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Dendroecology in the tropics: a review

(2010) Danaë M. A. Rozendaal et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Stable carbon isotopes in tree rings indicate improved water use efficiency and drought responses of a tropical dry forest tree species

(2010) Roel J. W. Brienen et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Coordination of foliar and wood anatomical traits contributes to tropical tree distributions and productivity along the Malay-Thai Peninsula

(2009) Jennifer L. Baltzer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects

(2009) Hugo I. Martínez-Cabrera et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest

(2009) Liza S. Comita et al.   ECOLOGY

Neighborhood effects and size-asymmetric competition in a tree plantation varying in diversity

(2009) Catherine Potvin et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: an example from a Costa Rican dry forest

(2009) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally13C enriched compared with leaves in C3plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses

(2009) Lucas A. Cernusak et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Intra- and interspecific variation in wood density and fine-scale spatial distribution of stand-level wood density in a northern Thai tropical montane forest

(2009) Witchaphart Sungpalee et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

(2009) Lourens Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tree mixture effects on aboveground nutrient pools of trees in an experimental plantation in Panama

(2009) Yvonne Oelmann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

(2009) O. L. Phillips et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change mitigation: A spatial analysis of global land suitability for clean development mechanism afforestation and reforestation

(2008) Robert J. Zomer et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution

(2008) Thomas A. Kursar et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Increasing risk of Amazonian drought due to decreasing aerosol pollution

(2008) Peter M. Cox et al.   NATURE

Carbon isotopes and water use efficiency: sense and sensitivity

(2008) Ulli Seibt et al.   OECOLOGIA

Conifers, Angiosperm Trees, and Lianas: Growth, Whole-Plant Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Stable Isotope Composition ( 13C and  18O) of Seedlings Grown in a Tropical Environment

(2008) L. A. Cernusak et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Modulation of leaf attributes and water use efficiency in Quercus suber along a rainfall gradient

(2008) António C. Gouveia et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION