Trees can play different roles in the regulation of fluxes of methane (CH 4), a greenhouse
gas with a warming potential 83 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. Forest soils have …

Island biogeography is the study of the spatio‐temporal distribution of species, communities,
assemblages or ecosystems on islands and other isolated habitats. Island diversity is …

Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin,, but is
increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire,. Here we quantify these impacts over the …

Understanding tropical forest dynamics and planning for their sustainable management
require efficient, yet accurate, predictions of the joint dynamics of hundreds of tree species …

Plant traits can provide unique insights into plant performance at the community scale.
Functional composition, defined by both functional diversity and community‐weighted trait …

Much ecological research aims to explain how climate impacts biodiversity and ecosystem-
level processes through functional traits that link environment with individual performance …

Leaf functional traits (LFTs) are highly plastic and essential to plant resource acquisition and
utilization. However, the collinearity of environmental factors and differences in the response …

Plant phenology, the timing of recurrent biological events, shows key and complex response
to climate warming, with consequences for ecosystem functions and services. A key …

Abstract Aims The Raunkiær's system classifies vascular plants into life forms based on the
position of renewal buds during periods unfavourable for plant growth. Despite the …

Successful re-establishment and maintenance of submerged macrophytes is a pivotal
problem for the restoration of shallow eutrophic lakes, since submerged macrophytes can …