Droughts and the ecological future of tropical savanna vegetation

M Sankaran - Journal of Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent, intense and longer droughts in the
future, with major implications for ecosystem processes and human livelihoods. The impacts …

Potential impacts of climate change on biogeochemical functioning of Cerrado ecosystems

MMC Bustamante, GB Nardoto, AS Pinto… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
The Cerrado Domain comprises one of the most diverse savannas in the world and is
undergoing a rapid loss of habitats due to changes in fire regimes and intense conversion of …

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

J Kattge, W Knorr, T Raddatz, C Wirth - Global Change Biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content are two of the most
sensitive parameters of terrestrial biosphere models (TBM) whose representation in global …

[BOOK][B] Seasonally dry tropical forests: ecology and conservation

R Dirzo - 2011 - books.google.com
Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

BJ Wigley, T Charles-Dominique… - Australian Journal of …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Plant functional traits provide a valuable tool to improve our understanding of ecological
processes at a range of scales. Previous handbooks on plant functional traits have …

Specific leaf area explains differences in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees

WA Hoffmann, AC Franco, MZ Moreira… - Functional …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Leaf traits are commonly associated with the life history, distribution and
resource requirements of a species. To improve our understanding of the ecological and …

Water source partitioning among trees growing on shallow karst soils in a seasonally dry tropical climate

JI Querejeta, H Estrada-Medina, MF Allen… - Oecologia, 2007 - Springer
The sources of water used by woody vegetation growing on karst soils in seasonally dry
tropical regions are little known. In northern Yucatan (Mexico), trees withstand 4–6 months of …

Where do leaf water leaks come from? Trade‐offs underlying the variability in minimum conductance across tropical savanna species with contrasting growth …

R Machado, L Loram‐Lourenço, FS Farnese… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plants continue to lose water from their leaves even after complete stomatal closure.
Although this minimum conductance (gleaf‐res) has substantial impacts on strategies of …

How to live in contrasting habitats? Acquisitive and conservative strategies emerge at inter-and intraspecific levels in savanna and forest woody plants

L Maracahipes, MB Carlucci, E Lenza… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seasonal forests and savannas often occur side by side in Neotropical landscapes, so it is
possible to find plant species in both or in just one of these two contrasting habitats. But …

Proteaceae from phosphorus‐impoverished habitats preferentially allocate phosphorus to photosynthetic cells: an adaptation improving phosphorus‐use efficiency

PE Hayes, PL Clode, RS Oliveira… - Plant, Cell & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plants allocate nutrients to specific leaf cell types; eudicots are thought to predominantly
allocate phosphorus (P) to epidermal/bundle sheath cells. However, three Proteaceae …