[HTML][HTML] The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

SR Hardwick, R Toumi, M Pfeifer, EC Turner… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Land use change is a major threat to biodiversity. One mechanism by which land use
change influences biodiversity and ecological processes is through changes in the local …

Observations of increased tropical rainfall preceded by air passage over forests

DV Spracklen, SR Arnold, CM Taylor - Nature, 2012‏ - nature.com
Vegetation affects precipitation patterns by mediating moisture, energy and trace-gas fluxes
between the surface and atmosphere. When forests are replaced by pasture or crops …

Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests

Y Malhi, LEOC Aragao, DB Metcalfe… - Global change …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
The allocation and cycling of carbon (C) within forests is an important component of the
biospheric C cycle, but is particularly understudied within tropical forests. We synthesise …

Assessment of the MODIS global evapotranspiration algorithm using eddy covariance measurements and hydrological modelling in the Rio Grande basin

AL Ruhoff, AR Paz, LEOC Aragao, Q Mu… - Hydrological …, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
Remote sensing is considered the most effective tool for estimating evapotranspiration (ET)
over large spatial scales. Global terrestrial ET estimates over vegetated land surfaces are …

Rainfall partitioning in relation to forest structure in differently managed montane forest stands in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

J Dietz, D Hölscher, C Leuschner - Forest Ecology and Management, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Management activities alter the structure of many tropical forest stands which can be
expected to influence the magnitude of canopy water fluxes. The objectives of this study …

First direct landscape‐scale measurement of tropical rain forest Leaf Area Index, a key driver of global primary productivity

DB Clark, PC Olivas, SF Oberbauer, DA Clark… - Ecology …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Leaf Area Index (leaf area per unit ground area, LAI) is a key driver of forest
productivity but has never previously been measured directly at the landscape scale in …

[HTML][HTML] Land use and land cover in tropical forest: global research

A Velastegui-Montoya, N Montalván-Burbano… - Forests, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Tropical ecosystems play an important role in the environment. They provide multiple
ecosystem services, such as carbon capture and sequestration, food supply, and climate …

Optimisation of photosynthetic carbon gain and within-canopy gradients of associated foliar traits for Amazon forest trees

J Lloyd, S Patiño, RQ Paiva, GB Nardoto… - …, 2010‏ - bg.copernicus.org
Vertical profiles in leaf mass per unit leaf area (MA), foliar 13 C composition (δ 13 C),
nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), carbon (C) and major cation concentrations were estimated for …

NDVI spatial pattern and its differentiation on the Mongolian Plateau

X Zhang, Y Hu, D Zhuang, Y Qi, X Ma - Journal of geographical sciences, 2009‏ - Springer
GIMMS NDVI database and geo-statistics were used to depict the spatial distribution and
temporal stability of NDVI on the Mongolian Plateau. The results demonstrated that:(1) …

Estimation of evapotranspiration of Amazon rainforest using the maximum entropy production method

D Xu, E Agee, J Wang, VY Ivanov - Geophysical Research …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Energy budget of Amazonian forests has a large influence on regional and global climate,
but relevant data are scarce. A novel energy partition method based on the maximum …