Climate warming will cause more frequent drought events in arid regions with rain shortage,
especially seasonal droughts, with strong impacts on tree transpiration. Tree transpiration …

Growing threats from extreme climatic events and biodiversity loss have raised concerns
about their interactive consequences for ecosystem functioning. Evidence suggests …

Anthropogenic disturbance has led to widespread clearance and degradation of tropical
forests, and tree planting has been promoted as an effective solution for recovery. However …

Severe droughts have led to lower plant growth and high mortality in many ecosystems
worldwide, including tropical forests. Drought vulnerability differs among species, but there …

It is known that biotic interactions are the key to species coexistence and maintenance of
species diversity. Traditional studies focus overwhelmingly on pairwise interactions between …

Abstract The 2015–2016 El Niño drought had a strong impact on tropical forest tree
dynamics in Borneo. To assess the effects of the drought on trees growing in different …

Wet grasslands, which are vital for water and nutrient regulation, are characterised by
distinct water, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics, and their interactions. Due to their …

In heterogeneous landscapes, such as the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, forest fragments are
likely to undergo highly uncertain successional pathways because anthropogenic and …

Organisms are adapted to their environment through a suite of anatomical, morphological,
and physiological traits. These functional traits are commonly thought to determine an …

Although functional traits are defined based on their impact on demographic parameters,
trait-demography relationships are often reported as weak. These weak relationships might …