Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

CTFS‐Forest GEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

KJ Anderson‐Teixeira, SJ Davies… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem
services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest …

ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

SJ Davies, I Abiem, KA Salim, S Aguilar, D Allen… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
ForestGEO is a network of scientists and long-term forest dynamics plots (FDPs) spanning
the Earth's major forest types. ForestGEO's mission is to advance understanding of the …

Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

RJW Brienen, OL Phillips, TR Feldpausch, E Gloor… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong
global carbon sink over recent decades,, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably …

Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

W Hubau, SL Lewis, OL Phillips, K Affum-Baffoe… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Structurally intact tropical forests sequestered about half of the global terrestrial carbon
uptake over the 1990s and early 2000s, removing about 15 per cent of anthropogenic …

Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

A Esquivel‐Muelbert, TR Baker, KG Dexter… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes?

K Allen, JM Dupuy, MG Gei, C Hulshof… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) are located in regions with alternating wet and dry
seasons, with dry seasons that last several months or more. By the end of the 21st century …

Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents

SS Saatchi, NL Harris, S Brown… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Develo** countries are required to produce robust estimates of forest carbon stocks for
successful implementation of climate change mitigation policies related to reducing …

Riverine coupling of biogeochemical cycles between land, oceans, and atmosphere

AK Aufdenkampe, E Mayorga… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Streams, rivers, lakes, and other inland waters are important agents in the coupling of
biogeochemical cycles between continents, atmosphere, and oceans. The depiction of these …

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

J Chave, D Coomes, S Jansen, SL Lewis… - Ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Wood performs several essential functions in plants, including mechanically supporting
aboveground tissue, storing water and other resources, and transporting sap. Woody tissues …