Caatinga, the Brazilian dry tropical forest: can it tolerate climate changes?

Caatinga: The Scientific Negligence Experienced by a Dry Tropical Forest

(2016) Jean Carlos Santos et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Impact of CO2fertilization on maximum foliage cover across the globe's warm, arid environments

(2013) Randall J. Donohue et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Rapid warming accelerates tree growth decline in semi-arid forests of Inner Asia

(2013) Hongyan Liu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

No cumulative effect of 10 years of elevated [CO2] on perennial plant biomass components in the Mojave Desert

(2013) Beth A. Newingham et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Agricultural intensification in Brazil and its effects on land-use patterns: an analysis of the 1975-2006 period

(2013) Alberto G. O. P. Barretto et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions

(2013) Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos et al.   NATURE

Diffusional conductances to CO2 as a target for increasing photosynthesis and photosynthetic water-use efficiency

(2013) Jaume Flexas et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Ecophysiological performance of three Opuntia ficus-indica cultivars exposed to carmine cochineal under field conditions

(2013) Hiram M. Falcão et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Epicuticular-wax removal influences gas exchange and water relations in the leaves of an exotic and native species from a Brazilian semiarid region under induced drought stress

(2012) Karla V. Figueiredo et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The determinants of leaf turgor loss point and prediction of drought tolerance of species and biomes: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Forest succession and distance from preserved patches in the Brazilian semiarid region

(2012) Clarissa Gomes Reis Lopes et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Little change in global drought over the past 60 years

(2012) Justin Sheffield et al.   NATURE

Navigating challenges and opportunities of land degradation and sustainable livelihood development in dryland social-ecological systems: a case study from Mexico

(2012) E. Huber-Sannwald et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

It is getting hotter in here: determining and projecting the impacts of global environmental change on drylands

(2012) F. T. Maestre et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Leaf cuticular waxes and physiological parameters in alfalfa leaves as influenced by drought

(2012) Y. Ni et al.   PHOTOSYNTHETICA

Three cycles of water deficit from seed to young plants of Moringa oleifera woody species improves stress tolerance

(2012) Rebeca Rivas et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

(2012) N. L. Harris et al.   SCIENCE

Caatinga Revisited: Ecology and Conservation of an Important Seasonal Dry Forest

(2012) Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Do the phenology and functional stem attributes of woody species allow for the identification of functional groups in the semiarid region of Brazil?

(2012) André Luiz Alves de Lima et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Foliar cuticular n-alkane of some Croton species from Brazilian semiarid vegetation

(2011) Luiz Oliveira da Costa Filho et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Carbon density and accumulation in woody species of tropical dry forest in India

(2011) R.K. Chaturvedi et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The drought of 2010 in the context of historical droughts in the Amazon region

(2011) Jose A. Marengo et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver

(2011) R. Buitenwerf et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree biomass estimation in regenerating areas of tropical dry vegetation in northeast Brazil

(2010) Everardo Sampaio et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Restoration of dry tropical forests in Central America: A review of pattern and process

(2010) Heather P. Griscom et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Viewing leaf structure and evolution from a hydraulic perspective

(2010) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Terrestrial plant production and climate change

(2010) A. D. Friend   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Seasonal variation in soil and plant water potentials in a Bolivian tropical moist and dry forest

(2010) Lars Markesteijn et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Environmental change without climate change?

(2010) Ulf Büntgen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shifts in plant respiration and carbon use efficiency at a large-scale drought experiment in the eastern Amazon

(2010) D. B. Metcalfe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effect of 7 yr of experimental drought on vegetation dynamics and biomass storage of an eastern Amazonian rainforest

(2010) Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-mortality relationships for tropical forests

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

Soil moisture depletion under simulated drought in the Amazon: impacts on deep root uptake

(2010) Daniel Markewitz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought impacts on the Amazon forest: the remote sensing perspective

(2010) Gregory P. Asner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Contribution of Semi-Arid Forests to the Climate System

(2010) E. Rotenberg et al.   SCIENCE

Conhecimento e uso do ouricuri (Syagrus coronata) e do babaçu (Orbignya phalerata) em Buíque, PE, Brasil

(2009) Márcio Ulisses de Lima Rufino et al.   Acta Botanica Brasilica

Water relations and chlorophyll fluorescence responses of two leguminous trees from the Caatinga to different watering regimes

(2009) Bruna D. Souza et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

On the restoration of high diversity forests: 30 years of experience in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

(2009) Ricardo R. Rodrigues et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Potential oilseed crops from the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil

(2009) R.S. Pinho et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Future change of climate in South America in the late twenty-first century: intercomparison of scenarios from three regional climate models

(2009) Jose A. Marengo et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Review and new perspectives

(2009) Mauricio Quesada et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Sustainability of tropical dry forests: Two case studies in southeastern and central Brazil

(2009) Mário M. Espírito-Santo et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Ecology and regeneration of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Implications for management

(2009) Kathryn E. Stoner et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Relationship between annual rainfall and tree mortality in a tropical dry forest: Results of a 19-year study at Mudumalai, southern India

(2009) H.S. Suresh et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Future change of temperature and precipitation extremes in South America as derived from the PRECIS regional climate modeling system

(2009) J. A. Marengo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

(2009) Andrew D. B. Leakey et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The velocity of climate change

(2009) Scott R. Loarie et al.   NATURE

Global environmental change research: empowering developing countries

(2008) Carlos A. Nobre et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Diversity and structure of regenerating tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: Geographic patterns and environmental drivers

(2008) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Hydro-climatic and ecological behaviour of the drought of Amazonia in 2005

(2008) J.A Marengo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Stomatal responses to humidity in isolated epidermes

(2008) JOSEPH C. SHOPE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Physiological responses to salt stress in young umbu plants

(2007) Elizamar Ciríaco da Silva et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY