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

Photosynthetic seasonality of global tropical forests constrained by hydroclimate

(2015) Kaiyu Guan et al.   Nature Geoscience

Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

(2015) Sean M. Gleason et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Projections of future meteorological drought and wet periods in the Amazon

(2015) Philip B. Duffy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

(2015) Yan-Shih Lin et al.   Nature Climate Change

Stand age and soils as drivers of plant functional traits and aboveground biomass in secondary tropical dry forest

(2014) Justin M. Becknell et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Insolation and photoperiodic control of tree development near the equator

(2014) Rolf Borchert et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Integrating plant hydraulics and gas exchange along the drought-response trait spectrum

(2014) S. Manzoni   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

A perspective on optimal leaf stomatal conductance under CO2 and light co-limitations

(2013) Giulia Vico et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The optimal stomatal response to atmospheric CO2 concentration: Alternative solutions, alternative interpretations

(2013) Belinda E. Medlyn et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

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

North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments: Part III: Assessment of Twenty-First-Century Projections*

(2013) Eric D. Maloney et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Simulated resilience of tropical rainforests to CO2-induced climate change

(2013) Chris Huntingford et al.   Nature Geoscience

Our limited ability to predict vegetation dynamics under water stress

(2013) Chonggang Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic limits on maximum plant transpiration and the emergence of the safety-efficiency trade-off

(2013) Stefano Manzoni 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

Global Leaf Trait Relationships: Mass, Area, and the Leaf Economics Spectrum

(2013) J. L. D. Osnas et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change, phenology, and phenological control of vegetation feedbacks to the climate system

(2012) Andrew D. Richardson et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Edaphic Factors are a More Important Control on Surface Fine Roots than Stand Age in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests

(2012) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   BIOTROPICA

Gap model development, validation, and application to succession of secondary subtropical dry forests of Puerto Rico

(2012) Jennifer A. Holm et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Coordinated evolution of leaf and stem economics in tropical dry forest trees

(2012) Rodrigo Méndez-Alonzo et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Seasonal carbon dynamics and water fluxes in an Amazon rainforest

(2012) Yeonjoo Kim et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought's legacy: multiyear hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen forest die-off and portends increased future risk

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant hydraulics and photosynthesis of 34 woody species from different successional stages of subtropical forests

(2012) SHI-DAN ZHU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Foliage dynamics, leaf traits, and growth of coexisting evergreen and deciduous trees in a tropical montane forest in Ethiopia

(2012) Yigremachew Seyoum et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

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

Leaf phenology is associated with soil water availability and xylem traits in a tropical dry forest

(2012) Rodrigo Méndez-Alonzo et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Sapwood to heartwood ratio affects whole-tree water use in dry forest legume and non-legume trees

(2012) Casandra Reyes-García et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

The Impact of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Patterns on Growth and Phenology of Emergent Tree Species in Southeastern Amazonia, Brazil

(2011) James Grogan et al.   BIOTROPICA

Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands

(2011) G. C. Hurtt et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

(2011) Michiel van Breugel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under water stress: a meta-analysis across plant functional types and climates

(2011) Stefano Manzoni et al.   FUNCTIONAL 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

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

The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

(2011) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant functional type classifications in tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: leaf habit versus taxonomic approaches

(2010) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hydraulic efficiency and coordination with xylem resistance to cavitation, leaf function, and growth performance among eight unrelated Populus deltoides×Populus nigra hybrids

(2010) Régis Fichot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Coarse woody debris stocks as a function of forest type and stand age in Costa Rican tropical dry forest: long-lasting legacies of previous land use

(2010) Lisa B. Kissing et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits

(2010) LARS MARKESTEIJN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

A stomatal optimization theory to describe the effects of atmospheric CO2 on leaf photosynthesis and transpiration

(2009) Gabriel Katul et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global-scale terrestrial biosphere models

(2009) JENS KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance

(2009) Lars Markesteijn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Seedling Traits Determine Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tree Species

(2008) Lourens Poorter et al.   BIOTROPICA

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

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Deciduousness in a seasonal tropical forest in western Thailand: interannual and intraspecific variation in timing, duration and environmental cues

(2008) Laura J. Williams et al.   OECOLOGIA

Modelling C3 and C4 photosynthesis under water-stressed conditions

(2008) Giulia Vico et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Fate of the Amazon

(2007) Y. Malhi et al.   SCIENCE