Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass

HC Muller‐Landau, KC Cushman, EE Arroyo… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests vary widely in biomass carbon (C) stocks and fluxes even after controlling for
forest age. A mechanistic understanding of this variation is critical to accurately predicting …

Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century

L Xu, SS Saatchi, Y Yang, Y Yu, J Pongratz… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Live woody vegetation is the largest reservoir of biomass carbon, with its restoration
considered one of the most effective natural climate solutions. However, terrestrial carbon …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Tropical dry forest diversity, climatic response, and resilience in a changing climate

K Stan, A Sanchez-Azofeifa - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Central and South America tropical dry forest (TDF) is a water-limited biome with a high
number of endemic species and numerous ecosystem services which has experienced a …

High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

A Cuni-Sanchez, MJP Sullivan, PJ Platts, SL Lewis… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Tropical forests store 40–50 per cent of terrestrial vegetation carbon. However, spatial
variations in aboveground live tree biomass carbon (AGC) stocks remain poorly understood …

Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

C Blundo, J Carilla, R Grau, A Malizia, L Malizia… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better 10
understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts 11 …

Improving aboveground biomass maps of tropical dry forests by integrating LiDAR, ALOS PALSAR, climate and field data

JL Hernández-Stefanoni, MÁ Castillo-Santiago… - Carbon balance and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Reliable information about the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass
(AGB) in tropical forests is fundamental for climate change mitigation and for maintaining …

Climate and large-sized trees, but not diversity, drive above-ground biomass in subtropical forests

KM Bordin, A Esquivel-Muelbert, RS Bergamin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Subtropical forests certainly contribute to terrestrial global carbon storage, but we have
limited understanding about the relative amounts and of the drivers of above-ground …

Ecosystem-level carbon storage and its links to diversity, structural and environmental drivers in tropical forests of Western Ghats, India

S Kothandaraman, JA Dar, S Sundarapandian… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Tropical forests are rich in biodiversity with great potential for carbon (C) storage. We
estimated ecosystem-level C stock using data from 70 forest plots in three major forest types …

Vapour pressure deficit modulates hydraulic function and structure of tropical rainforests under nonlimiting soil water supply

O Binks, LA Cernusak, M Liddell, M Bradford… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric conditions are expected to become warmer and drier in the future, but little is
known about how evaporative demand influences forest structure and function …