This paper shows recent progress in our understanding of climate variability and trends in
the Amazon region, and how these interact with land use change. The review includes an …

Large old trees are some of the most iconic biota on earth and are integral parts of many
terrestrial ecosystems including those in tropical, temperate and boreal forests, deserts …

We synthesize findings from one of the world's largest and longest‐running experimental
investigations, the B iological D ynamics of F orest F ragments P roject (BDFFP). Spanning …

Abstract The Thermal Adaptation Hypothesis posits that the warmer, aseasonal tropics
generates populations with higher and narrower thermal limits. It has largely been tested …

Climate change is affecting every ecosystem on Earth. Though climate change is global in
scope, literature reviews on the biotic impacts of climate change have focused on temperate …

How are rainforest birds faring in the Anthropocene? We use bird captures spanning> 35
years from 55 sites within a vast area of intact Amazonian rainforest to reveal reduced …

Canopy disturbance explains liana abundance and distribution within tropical forests and
thus may also explain the widespread pattern of increasing liana abundance; however, this …

Growing evidence suggests that liana competition with trees is threatening the global carbon
sink by slowing the recovery of forests following disturbance. A recent theory based on local …

Government and international agencies have highlighted the need to focus global change
research efforts on tropical ecosystems. However, no recent comprehensive review exists …

Closed‐canopy forests are being rapidly fragmented across much of the tropical world.
Determining the impacts of fragmentation on ecological processes enables better forest …