Tropical forest function is of global significance to climate change responses, and critically
determined by water availability patterns. Groundwater is tightly related to soil water through …

Frequent observations of higher mortality in larger trees than in smaller ones during
droughts have sparked an increasing interest in size‐dependent drought‐induced mortality …

The frequency of severe droughts is increasing in many regions around the world as a result
of climate change 1–3. Droughts alter the structure and function of forests 4, 5. Site-and …

Most of the planet's diversity is concentrated in the tropics, which includes many regions
undergoing rapid climate change. Yet, while climate‐induced biodiversity changes are …

Background Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and
biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem services such as pedogenesis …

Tropical woody plants store∼ 230 petagrams of carbon (PgC) in their aboveground living
biomass. This review suggests that these stocks are currently growing in primary forests at …

The intensity and frequency of droughts events are projected to increase in future with
expected adverse effects for forests. Thus, information on the dynamics of tree water uptake …

Plant root water uptake (RWU) has been documented for the past five decades from water
stable isotopic analysis. By comparing the (hydrogen or oxygen) stable isotopic …

Tropical forests exchange more carbon dioxide (CO 2) with the atmosphere than any other
vegetation type and, thus, form a crucial component of the global carbon cycle. However, the …

Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …