Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change

M Réjou-Méchain, F Mortier, JF Bastin, G Cornu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Africa is forecasted to experience large and rapid climate change and population growth
during the twenty-first century, which threatens the world's second largest rainforest …

Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests

SL Lewis, B Sonké, T Sunderland… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We report above-ground biomass (AGB), basal area, stem density and wood mass density
estimates from 260 sample plots (mean size: 1.2 ha) in intact closed-canopy tropical forests …

On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta‐analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted

A Gibert, EF Gray, M Westoby, IJ Wright… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A plant's growth rate is seen as a central element of its ecological strategy, and as
determined by its traits. Yet the literature is inconsistent about the empirical correlation …

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

JM Becknell, JS Powers - Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
The distribution of tropical forest biomass across the landscape is poorly understood,
particularly in increasingly common secondary tropical forests. We studied the landscape …

Abiotic and biotic drivers of biomass change in a Neotropical forest

MT van der Sande, M Peña‐Claros… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, but the drivers of net forest
biomass change (ie net carbon sequestration) are poorly understood. Here, we evaluate …

Climatic and edaphic controls over tropical forest diversity and vegetation carbon storage

F Hofhansl, E Chacón-Madrigal, L Fuchslueger… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Tropical rainforests harbor exceptionally high biodiversity and store large amounts of carbon
in vegetation biomass. However, regional variation in plant species richness and vegetation …

Biogeography of the Kimberley, Western Australia: a review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium

M Pepper, J Scott Keogh - Journal of Biogeography, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We review the biogeography of the Kimberley, with a particular focus on the geological
and landscape history of the region. We identified broad geological and biogeographical …

Decrease of L-band SAR backscatter with biomass of dense forests

S Mermoz, M Réjou-Méchain, L Villard… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is one of the most promising remote sensors to map forest
carbon. The unique spaceborne and long-wavelength SAR data currently available are L …

[CARTE][B] Les forêts du bassin du Congo-Etat des forêts 2013

C De Wasseige, J Flynn, D Louppe, F Hiol Hiol… - 2014 - agritrop.cirad.fr
État des Forêts 2013 Page 1 LES FORÊTS DU BASSIN DU CONGO État des Forêts 2013
Page 2 Les forêts du bassin du Congo – État des Forêts 2013 Éditeurs : de Wasseige C …

Disentangling the factors that vary the impact of trees on flooding (a review)

TR Marapara, BM Jackson, S Hartley… - Water and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing interest in the role of trees and forests in reducing the risk of flooding. The
establishment of forests and planting of trees changes surface and subsurface hydrology …