Tropical Dry Forest Diversity, Climatic Response, and Resilience in a Changing Climate

Effect of drought on productivity in a Costa Rican tropical dry forest

(2018) S M Castro et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Structural and functional traits predict short term response of tropical dry forests to a high intensity hurricane

(2018) Diana Laura Jimenez-Rodríguez et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of long-term inter-annual rainfall variation on the dynamics of regenerative communities during the old-field succession of a neotropical dry forest

(2018) Miguel Martínez-Ramos et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Abiotic and biotic changes at the basin scale in a tropical dry forest landscape after Hurricanes Jova and Patricia in Jalisco, Mexico

(2018) Marco Antonio Tapia-Palacios et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Differential resilience to extreme climate events of tree phenology and cavity resources in tropical dry forest: Cascading effects on a threatened species

(2018) Katherine Renton et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Resilience of soil nutrient availability and organic matter decomposition to hurricane impact in a tropical dry forest ecosystem

(2018) Mayra E. Gavito et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plant water use responses along secondary forest succession during the 2015-2016 El Niño drought in Panama

(2018) Mario Bretfeld et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Environmental drivers of forest structure and stem turnover across Venezuelan tropical forests

(2018) Emilio Vilanova et al.   PLoS One

Deforestation and secondary growth in Costa Rica along the path of development

(2018) Kayla Stan et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Changes in Spatiotemporal Patterns of 20th Century Spruce Budworm Outbreaks in Eastern Canadian Boreal Forests

(2018) Lionel Navarro et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Shifts in biomass and productivity for a subtropical dry forest in response to simulated elevated hurricane disturbances

(2017) Jennifer A Holm et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Comparing MODIS and near-surface vegetation indexes for monitoring tropical dry forest phenology along a successional gradient using optical phenology towers

(2017) C Rankine et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?

(2017) Kara Allen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Model selection changes the spatial heterogeneity and total potential carbon in a tropical dry forest

(2017) R.O. Corona-Núñez et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Modeling seasonal surface temperature variations in secondary tropical dry forests

(2017) Sen Cao et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Identifying tropical dry forests extent and succession via the use of machine learning techniques

(2017) Wei Li et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Precipitation mediates the effect of human disturbance on the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation

(2017) Kátia F. Rito et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Global patterns of drought recovery

(2017) Christopher R. Schwalm et al.   NATURE

In situ temperature response of photosynthesis of 42 tree and liana species in the canopy of two Panamanian lowland tropical forests with contrasting rainfall regimes

(2017) Martijn Slot et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Forests of the Amazon and Cerrado Moderate Regional Climate and Are the Key to the Future

(2017) Michael T. Coe et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Forest biomass density across large climate gradients in northern South America is related to water availability but not with temperature

(2017) Esteban Álvarez-Dávila et al.   PLoS One

Understanding tree growth responses after partial cuttings: A new approach

(2017) Miguel Montoro Girona et al.   PLoS One

Demographic Drivers of Aboveground Biomass Dynamics During Secondary Succession in Neotropical Dry and Wet Forests

(2016) Danaë M. A. Rozendaal et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Assessing ecosystem services in Neotropical dry forests: a systematic review

(2016) SOFIA CALVO-RODRIGUEZ et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Deforestation changes land–atmosphere interactions across South American biomes

(2016) Alvaro Salazar et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Global variations in ecosystem-scale isohydricity

(2016) Alexandra G. Konings et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate variability and inter-provincial migration in South America, 1970–2011

(2016) Brian Thiede et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Tree succession across a seasonally dry tropical forest and forest-savanna ecotone in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

(2016) Polyanne A. Coelho et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Resilience of tropical dry forests - a meta-analysis of changes in species diversity and composition during secondary succession

(2016) Géraldine Derroire et al.   OIKOS

Fire, climate and vegetation linkages in the Bolivian Chiquitano seasonally dry tropical forest

(2016) M. J. Power et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications

(2016) et al.   SCIENCE

Radial Growth Response of Black Spruce Stands Ten Years after Experimental Shelterwoods and Seed-Tree Cuttings in Boreal Forest

(2016) Miguel Montoro Girona et al.   Forests

Tree succession across a seasonally dry tropical forest and forest-savanna ecotone in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

(2016) Polyanne A. Coelho et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Forest dynamics and its driving forces of sub-tropical forest in South China

(2016) Lei Ma et al.   Scientific Reports

Re-growing a tropical dry forest: functional plant trait composition and community assembly during succession

(2015) Vanessa Buzzard et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The relative importance of climate, stand variables and liana abundance for carbon storage in tropical forests

(2015) Sandra M. Durán et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

From evergreen to deciduous tropical forests: how energy–water balance, temperature, and space influence the tree species composition in a high diversity region

(2015) Felipe Z. Saiter et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Deciduous forest responses to temperature, precipitation, and drought imply complex climate change impacts

(2015) Yingying Xie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversity, structure and regeneration of the seasonally dry tropical forest of Yucatán Península, Mexico.

(2015) Angélica María Hernández-Ramírez et al.   REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL

Large rainfall changes consistently projected over substantial areas of tropical land

(2015) Robin Chadwick et al.   Nature Climate Change

ENSO and greenhouse warming

(2015) Wenju Cai et al.   Nature Climate Change

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

(2015) Jianping Huang et al.   Nature Climate Change

Tree Species Composition, Breeding Systems, and Pollination and Dispersal Syndromes in Three Forest Successional Stages in a Tropical Dry Forest in Mesoamerica

(2015) Branko Hilje et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Time-dependent effects of climate and drought on tree growth in a Neotropical dry forest: Short-term tolerance vs. long-term sensitivity

(2014) Hooz A. Mendivelso et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Changes in tree phenology along natural regeneration in a seasonally dry tropical forest

(2014) F. F. Pezzini et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

The role of tropical dry forests for biodiversity, carbon and water conservation in the neotropics: lessons learned and opportunities for its sustainable management

(2014) Carlos Portillo-Quintero et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Increasing forest disturbances in Europe and their impact on carbon storage

(2014) Rupert Seidl et al.   Nature Climate Change

Modeling forest dynamics along climate gradients in Bolivia

(2014) C. Seiler et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

The Precis Caribbean Story: Lessons and Legacies

(2013) Michael A. Taylor et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise

(2013) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   NATURE

Response of savanna gross primary productivity to interannual variability in rainfall

(2013) Kasturi Devi Kanniah et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Clouds and temperature drive dynamic changes in tropical flower production

(2013) Stephanie Pau et al.   Nature Climate Change

Aboveground biomass in mature and secondary seasonally dry tropical forests: A literature review and global synthesis

(2012) Justin M. Becknell et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of Climate Change on the Potential Species Richness of Mesoamerican Forests

(2011) Duncan J. Golicher et al.   BIOTROPICA

Soil Effects on Forest Structure and Diversity in a Moist and a Dry Tropical Forest

(2011) Marielos Peña-Claros et al.   BIOTROPICA

Increasing liana abundance and biomass in tropical forests: emerging patterns and putative mechanisms

(2011) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

(2011) Luciana Porter-Bolland et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

Delineation of secondary succession mechanisms for tropical dry forests using LiDAR

(2011) Mauricio Castillo-Núñez et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Community and ecosystem responses to recent climate change

(2010) G. R. Walther   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Asynchronous Response of Tropical Forest Leaf Phenology to Seasonal and El Niño-Driven Drought

(2010) Stephanie Pau et al.   PLoS One

Quantification of global gross forest cover loss

(2010) M. C. Hansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modeled Impact of Anthropogenic Warming on the Frequency of Intense Atlantic Hurricanes

(2010) M. A. Bender et al.   SCIENCE

Extent and conservation of tropical dry forests in the Americas

(2009) C.A. Portillo-Quintero et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area

(2009) Saara J. DeWalt et al.   BIOTROPICA

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

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

Climate-growth analysis for a Mexican dry forest tree shows strong impact of sea surface temperatures and predicts future growth declines

(2009) ROEL J. W. BRIENEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Changes in tree and liana communities along a successional gradient in a tropical dry forest in south-eastern Brazil

(2009) Bruno G. Madeira et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Successional Change and Resilience of a Very Dry Tropical Deciduous Forest Following Shifting Agriculture

(2008) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   BIOTROPICA

Testing the assumptions of chronosequences in succession

(2008) Edward A. Johnson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

What controls liana success in Neotropical forests?

(2008) Geertje M. F. van der Heijden et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Baseline assessment for environmental services payments from satellite imagery: A case study from Costa Rica and Mexico

(2007) M. Kalacska et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT