Improving predictions of tropical forest response to climate change through integration of field studies and ecosystem modeling

Differences in xylem and leaf hydraulic traits explain differences in drought tolerance among mature Amazon rainforest trees

(2017) Thomas L. Powell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

A trait-mediated, neighbourhood approach to quantify climate impacts on successional dynamics of tropical rainforests

(2016) María Uriarte et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The carbon fertilization effect over a century of anthropogenic CO2 emissions: higher intracellular CO2 and more drought resistance among invasive and native grass species contrasts with increased water use efficiency for woody plants in the US Southwest

(2016) Brandon L. Drake et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Partitioning controls on Amazon forest photosynthesis between environmental and biotic factors at hourly to interannual timescales

(2016) Jin Wu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate Change Implications for Tropical Islands: Interpolating and Interpreting Statistically Downscaled GCM Projections for Management and Planning*

(2016) Azad Henareh Khalyani et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Bioclimatic envelope models predict a decrease in tropical forest carbon stocks with climate change in Madagascar

(2016) Ghislain Vieilledent et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diversity in plant hydraulic traits explains seasonal and inter-annual variations of vegetation dynamics in seasonally dry tropical forests

(2016) Xiangtao Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Elevated CO2maintains grassland net carbon uptake under a future heat and drought extreme

(2016) Jacques Roy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests

(2016) J. Wu et al.   SCIENCE

The Impacts of Droughts in Tropical Forests

(2016) Richard T. Corlett   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Climate, soil organic layer, and nitrogen jointly drive forest development after fire in the North American boreal zone

(2016) A. T. Trugman et al.   Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

The response of tropical rainforests to drought—lessons from recent research and future prospects

(2015) Damien Bonal et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Threshold Responses to Soil Moisture Deficit by Trees and Soil in Tropical Rain Forests: Insights from Field Experiments

(2015) Patrick Meir et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Drought tolerance as predicted by leaf water potential at turgor loss point varies strongly across species within an Amazonian forest

(2015) Isabelle Maréchaux et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

After more than a decade of soil moisture deficit, tropical rainforest trees maintain photosynthetic capacity, despite increased leaf respiration

(2015) Lucy Rowland et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Urgent need for warming experiments in tropical forests

(2015) Molly A. Cavaleri et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The linkages between photosynthesis, productivity, growth and biomass in lowland Amazonian forests

(2015) Yadvinder Malhi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia

(2015) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   NATURE

Photosynthetic seasonality of global tropical forests constrained by hydroclimate

(2015) Kaiyu Guan et al.   Nature Geoscience

Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

(2015) Owen K. Atkin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-related tree mortality: addressing the gaps in understanding and prediction

(2015) Patrick Meir et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ecosystem heterogeneity determines the ecological resilience of the Amazon to climate change

(2015) Naomi M. Levine et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

(2015) Amy C. Bennett et al.   Nature Plants

Allocation trade-offs dominate the response of tropical forest growth to seasonal and interannual drought

(2014) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   ECOLOGY

Asynchronous Amazon forest canopy phenology indicates adaptation to both water and light availability

(2014) Matthew O Jones et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance

(2014) Martijn Slot et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

(2014) Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased

(2014) Peter van der Sleen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Faster Decomposition Under Increased Atmospheric CO2 Limits Soil Carbon Storage

(2014) K. J. van Groenigen et al.   SCIENCE

Global soil carbon: understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool

(2014) Jörn PW Scharlemann et al.   Carbon Management

What drives the seasonality of photosynthesis across the Amazon basin? A cross-site analysis of eddy flux tower measurements from the Brasil flux network

(2013) Natalia Restrepo-Coupe et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Present-day and future Amazonian precipitation in global climate models: CMIP5 versus CMIP3

(2013) E. Joetzjer et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models for their response to climate variability and to CO2trends

(2013) Shilong Piao et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

(2013) Camilo Mora et al.   NATURE

Scale dependence in the effects of leaf ecophysiological traits on photosynthesis: Bayesian parameterization of photosynthesis models

(2013) Xiaohui Feng et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

(2013) Thomas L. Powell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2concentration: from the geological past to the next century

(2013) Peter J. Franks et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Temperature and rainfall strongly drive temporal growth variation in Asian tropical forest trees

(2013) Mart Vlam et al.   OECOLOGIA

Foliar respiration and its temperature sensitivity in trees and lianas: in situ measurements in the upper canopy of a tropical forest

(2013) M. Slot et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

An imperative need for global change research in tropical forests

(2013) X. Zhou et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Changes in rainfall seasonality in the tropics

(2013) Xue Feng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Tropical forest carbon balance in a warmer world: a critical review spanning microbial- to ecosystem-scale processes

(2012) Tana E. Wood et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Predicting yields of short-rotation hybrid poplar (Populusspp.) for the United States through model–data synthesis

(2012) Dan Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Facilitating feedbacks between field measurements and ecosystem models

(2012) David S. LeBauer et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Drought-induced shifts in the floristic and functional composition of tropical forests in Ghana

(2012) Sophie Fauset et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

High sensitivity of future global warming to land carbon cycle processes

(2012) Ben B B Booth et al.   Environmental Research Letters

CO2fertilization and enhanced drought resistance in Greek firs from Cephalonia Island, Greece

(2012) Athanasios Koutavas   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seasonal carbon dynamics and water fluxes in an Amazon rainforest

(2012) Yeonjoo Kim et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Elevated night-time temperatures increase growth in seedlings of two tropical pioneer tree species

(2012) Alexander W. Cheesman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

On improving the communication between models and data

(2012) MICHAEL C. DIETZE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Variability in solar radiation and temperature explains observed patterns and trends in tree growth rates across four tropical forests

(2012) S. X. Dong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Stochastic decadal climate simulations for the Berg and Breede Water Management Areas, Western Cape province, South Africa

(2012) Arthur M. Greene et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2012) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

Neogene origins and implied warmth tolerance of Amazon tree species

(2012) Christopher W. Dick et al.   Ecology and Evolution

An In Situ Leaf and Branch Warming Experiment in the Amazon

(2011) Christopher E. Doughty   BIOTROPICA

Observational and model evidence of global emergence of permanent, unprecedented heat in the 20th and 21st centuries

(2011) Noah S. Diffenbaugh et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Near-term increase in frequency of seasonal temperature extremes prior to the 2°C global warming target

(2011) Bruce T. Anderson   CLIMATIC CHANGE

RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

(2011) Keywan Riahi et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Directional changes in the species composition of a tropical forest

(2011) Kenneth J. Feeley et al.   ECOLOGY

Changes in the carbon cycle of Amazon ecosystems during the 2010 drought

(2011) Christopher Potter et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Improving the predictability of global CO2assimilation rates under climate change

(2011) T. Ziehn et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Tropical forests in a warming world

(2011) Sasha C. Reed et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2011) Lars Markesteijn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting ecosystem dynamics at regional scales: an evaluation of a terrestrial biosphere model for the forests of northeastern North America

(2011) D. Medvigy et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity

(2011) Sean M. McMahon et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Impacts of warming on tropical lowland rainforests

(2011) Richard T. Corlett   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Elevated [CO2] and forest vegetation: more a water issue than a carbon issue?

(2010) Joseph A. M. Holtum et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Quantifying carbon-nitrogen feedbacks in the Community Land Model (CLM4)

(2010) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Coordinated approaches to quantify long-term ecosystem dynamics in response to global change

(2010) YIQI LUO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Patch dynamics and community metastability of a subtropical forest: compound effects of natural disturbance and human land use

(2010) Jess K. Zimmerman et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Tropical cyclones and climate change

(2010) Thomas R. Knutson et al.   Nature Geoscience

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

Changes in the potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a warmer planet

(2010) P. Zelazowski et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

(2010) M. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

(2010) C. Beer et al.   SCIENCE

The Future of Tropical Species on a Warmer Planet

(2009) S. JOSEPH WRIGHT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Natural disturbance and human land use as determinants of tropical forest dynamics: results from a forest simulator

(2009) María Uriarte et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

Mechanistic scaling of ecosystem function and dynamics in space and time: Ecosystem Demography model version 2

(2009) D. Medvigy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

(2009) P. J. van Mantgem et al.   SCIENCE

Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

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

Are tropical forests near a high temperature threshold?

(2008) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The fate of assimilated carbon during drought: impacts on respiration in Amazon rainforests

(2008) P Meir et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Foliar and ecosystem respiration in an old-growth tropical rain forest

(2008) MOLLY A. CAVALERI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Caribbean precipitation: review, model and prospect

(2008) Douglas W. Gamble et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE

Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Fate of the Amazon

(2007) Y. Malhi et al.   SCIENCE