Impacts of climate variability on tree demography in second growth tropical forests: the importance of regional context for predicting successional trajectories

Roles of non-native species in large-scale regeneration of moist tropical forests on anthropogenic grassland

(2016) Carla P. Catterall   BIOTROPICA

Natural forest regeneration and ecological restoration in human-modified tropical landscapes

(2016) Miguel Martínez-Ramos et al.   BIOTROPICA

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

(2016) María Uriarte et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Land use legacy effects on structure and composition of subtropical dry forests in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

(2015) Emily E. Atkinson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Urgent need for warming experiments in tropical forests

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

Loss of secondary-forest resilience by land-use intensification in the Amazon

(2015) Catarina C. Jakovac et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Tropical forest regeneration following land abandonment is driven by primary rainforest distribution in an old pastoral region

(2015) Sean Sloan et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Changing gears during succession: shifting functional strategies in young tropical secondary forests

(2015) Dylan Craven et al.   OECOLOGIA

How do Light and Water Acquisition Strategies Affect Species Selection during Secondary Succession in Moist Tropical Forests?

(2015) Leonie Schönbeck et al.   Forests

Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

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

Functional Trait Strategies of Trees in Dry and Wet Tropical Forests Are Similar but Differ in Their Consequences for Succession

(2015) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   PLoS One

Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene

(2014) Yadvinder Malhi et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Land cover change interacts with drought severity to change fire regimes in Western Amazonia

(2014) Víctor H. Gutiérrez-Vélez et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Contemporary forest restoration: A review emphasizing function

(2014) John A. Stanturf et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Radial changes in wood specific gravity of tropical trees: inter- and intraspecific variation during secondary succession

(2014) Benjamin T. Plourde et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Bark thickness and fire regime

(2014) Juli G. Pausas   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

Perturbations in the carbon budget of the tropics

(2014) John Grace et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global assessment of trends in wetting and drying over land

(2014) Peter Greve et al.   Nature Geoscience

Evolutionary ecology of resprouting and seeding in fire-prone ecosystems

(2014) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Forest fragmentation and edge influence on fire occurrence and intensity under different management types in Amazon forests

(2013) Dolors Armenteras et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

(2013) E. Joetzjer et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Successional changes in functional composition contrast for dry and wet tropical forest

(2013) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   ECOLOGY

Damage patterns after Hurricane Dean in the southern Yucatán: Has human activity resulted in more resilient forests?

(2013) Megan McGroddy et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Understanding recruitment failure in tropical tree species: Insights from a tree-ring study

(2013) Mart Vlam et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Bark traits and life-history strategies of tropical dry- and moist forest trees

(2013) Lourens Poorter et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Altered dynamics of forest recovery under a changing climate

(2013) Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics

(2013) J. W. Ferry Slik et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Slow-growing species cope best with drought: evidence from long-term measurements in a tropical semi-deciduous moist forest of Central Africa

(2013) Dakis-Yaoba Ouédraogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Environmental factors predict community functional composition in Amazonian forests

(2013) Claire Fortunel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   NATURE

The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

(2013) Camilo Mora et al.   NATURE

Bark functional ecology: evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity

(2013) Julieta A. Rosell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of high-frequency understorey fires on woody plant regeneration in southeastern Amazonian forests

(2013) J. K. Balch et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Response of African humid tropical forests to recent rainfall anomalies

(2013) S. Asefi-Najafabady et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of ENSO and Temporal Rainfall Variation on the Dynamics of Successional Communities in Old-Field Succession of a Tropical Dry Forest

(2013) Susana Maza-Villalobos et al.   PLoS One

Increased dry-season length over southern Amazonia in recent decades and its implication for future climate projection

(2013) R. Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Growth Rate and Climatic Response ofMachaerium scleroxylonIn a Dry Tropical Forest In Southeastern Santa Cruz, Bolivia

(2013) K. Paredes-Villanueva et al.   Tree-Ring Research

Clouds and temperature drive dynamic changes in tropical flower production

(2013) Stephanie Pau et al.   Nature Climate Change

Changes in rainfall seasonality in the tropics

(2013) Xue Feng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Seed size influence on germination responses to light and temperature of seven pioneer tree species from the Central Amazon

(2012) Fabiana F. Aud et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

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

Deforestation and Reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001-2010)

(2012) T. Mitchell Aide et al.   BIOTROPICA

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

(2012) Sophie Fauset et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Survival and rebound of Antillean dry forests: Role of forest fragments

(2012) Ian A. Ramjohn et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Comparing Tropical Forest Projections from Two Generations of Hadley Centre Earth System Models, HadGEM2-ES and HadCM3LC

(2012) Peter Good et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Low tolerance of New Caledonian secondary forest species to savanna fires

(2012) Thomas Ibanez et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Forest fragmentation, climate change and understory fire regimes on the Amazonian landscapes of the Xingu headwaters

(2012) Britaldo Soares-Filho et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

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

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

Drought resistance in early and late secondary successional species from a tropical dry forest: the interplay between xylem resistance to embolism, sapwood water storage and leaf shedding

(2012) FERNANDO PINEDA-GARCÍA et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Fire disturbance in Amazonian blackwater floodplain forests

(2012) Bernardo M. Flores et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Depopulation of rural landscapes exacerbates fire activity in the western Amazon

(2012) M. Uriarte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Response of vegetation to drought time-scales across global land biomes

(2012) S. M. Vicente-Serrano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tropical forest warming: looking backwards for more insights

(2012) Pieter A. Zuidema et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2012) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

Climate change and disruptions to global fire activity

(2012) Max A. Moritz et al.   Ecosphere

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

Multidimensional trade-offs in species responses to disturbance: implications for diversity in a subtropical forest

(2011) María Uriarte et al.   ECOLOGY

Fire-induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior

(2011) Paulo M. Brando et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

DROUGHT MORTALITY OF TREE SEEDLINGS IN AN ERODED TROPICAL PASTURE

(2011) C. Martínez-Garza et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

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

(2011) Lars Markesteijn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparative hydraulic architecture of tropical tree species representing a range of successional stages and wood density

(2011) Katherine A. McCulloh et al.   OECOLOGIA

Rainfall-Tuned Management Facilitates Dry Forest Recovery

(2011) Judith Sitters et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

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

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States

(2011) A. C. Staver et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of warming on tropical lowland rainforests

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

The invasive weed Lantana camara increases fire risk in dry rainforest by altering fuel beds

(2011) Z C BERRY et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Limited Edge Effects Along a Burned-Unburned Bornean Forest Boundary Seven Years after Disturbance

(2010) J. W. Ferry Slik et al.   BIOTROPICA

Changes in Structure, Composition, and Nutrients During 15 Yr of Hurricane-Induced Succession in a Subtropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico

(2010) Tamara Heartsill Scalley et al.   BIOTROPICA

Interactive effects of land use history and natural disturbance on seedling dynamics in a subtropical forest

(2010) Liza S. Comita et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Functional traits and environmental filtering drive community assembly in a species-rich tropical system

(2010) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   ECOLOGY

Typhoon Disturbance and Forest Dynamics: Lessons from a Northwest Pacific Subtropical Forest

(2010) Teng-Chiu Lin et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Size, species, and fire behavior predict tree and liana mortality from experimental burns in the Brazilian Amazon

(2010) Jennifer K. Balch et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Functional explanations for variation in bark thickness in tropical rain forest trees

(2010) Charles Eliot Timothy Paine et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climatic and topographic controls on patterns of fire in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains, USA

(2010) William T. Flatley et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Tropical cyclones and climate change

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

Predicting moisture dynamics of fine understory fuels in a moist tropical rainforest system: results of a pilot study undertaken to identify proxy variables useful for rating fire danger

(2010) David Ray 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

Fire as a selective force in a Bornean tropical everwet forest

(2010) J. W. Ferry Slik 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

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

Driving forces of global wildfires over the past millennium and the forthcoming century

(2010) O. Pechony et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dendroecology in the tropics: a review

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

Hurricane Disturbance Alters Secondary Forest Recovery in Puerto Rico

(2009) Dan F.B. Flynn et al.   BIOTROPICA

Variation in Susceptibility to Hurricane Damage as a Function of Storm Intensity in Puerto Rican Tree Species

(2009) Charles D. Canham et al.   BIOTROPICA

The Future of Tropical Species on a Warmer Planet

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

A Contemporary Assessment of Change in Humid Tropical Forests

(2009) GREGORY P. ASNER 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

Trends in global wildfire potential in a changing climate

(2009) Yongqiang Liu 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

Annual wood production in a tropical rain forest in NE Costa Rica linked to climatic variation but not to increasing CO2

(2009) DAVID B. CLARK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest

(2009) Liza S. Comita et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Forest recovery in a tropical landscape: what is the relative importance of biophysical, socioeconomic, and landscape variables?

(2009) Tanja Crk et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

El Niño in a changing climate

(2009) Sang-Wook Yeh et al.   NATURE

Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia since 1960

(2009) Robert D. Field et al.   Nature Geoscience

Transpiration and canopy conductance at two slope positions in a Japanese cedar forest watershed

(2008) Tomo’omi Kumagai et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Synergisms among Fire, Land Use, and Climate Change in the Amazon

(2008) Mark A. Cochrane et al.   AMBIO

The Role of Nurse Trees in Mitigating Fire Effects on Tropical Dry Forest Restoration: A Case Study

(2008) Ricardo J. Santiago-García et al.   AMBIO

Impacts of wind disturbance on fragmented tropical forests: A review and synthesis

(2008) WILLIAM F. LAURANCE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Do cyclones and forest fragmentation have synergistic effects? A before–after study of rainforest vegetation structure at multiple sites

(2008) CARLA P. CATTERALL et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits explain interspecific differences in immediate cyclone damage to trees of an endangered rainforest community in north Queensland

(2008) TIMOTHY J. CURRAN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Effects of Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry on rainforest vegetation and understorey microclimate near a road, powerline and stream

(2008) CATHERINE L. POHLMAN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Do edge effects increase the susceptibility of rainforest fragments to structural damage resulting from a severe tropical cyclone?

(2008) PETER S. GRIMBACHER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Landscape-scale impacts of Cyclone Larry on the forests of northeast Australia, including comparisons with previous cyclones impacting the region between 1858 and 2006

(2008) STEPHEN M. TURTON   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Visible and invisible effects of hurricanes on forest ecosystems: an international review

(2008) A. E. LUGO   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Climate and historical stand dynamics in the tropical pine forests of northern Thailand

(2008) Heidi Zimmer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Climate controls on the variability of fires in the tropics and subtropics

(2008) Guido R. van der Werf et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Climate change, human land use and future fires in the Amazon

(2008) MARK A. COCHRANE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Are tropical forests near a high temperature threshold?

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

Tree diversity, composition, forest structure and aboveground biomass dynamics after single and repeated fire in a Bornean rain forest

(2008) J. W. Ferry Slik et al.   OECOLOGIA

Drought effects on litterfall, wood production and belowground carbon cycling in an Amazon forest: results of a throughfall reduction experiment

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

Fire-mediated dieback and compositional cascade in an Amazonian forest

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

Relationships between spatial configuration of tropical forest patches and woody plant diversity in northeastern Puerto Rico

(2008) Ileana T. Galanes et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics

(2008) R. K. Colwell et al.   SCIENCE

The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forests

(2008) A TOWNSEND et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION