We synthesize findings from one of the world's largest and longest‐running experimental
investigations, the B iological D ynamics of F orest F ragments P roject (BDFFP). Spanning …

Tree mortality appears to be increasing in moist tropical forests, with potentially important
implications for global carbon and water cycles. Little is known about the drivers of tree …

Tropical forest biomass is a crucial component of global carbon emission estimations.
However, calibration and validation of such estimates require accurate and effective …

Brazil's Amazon forest remained largely intact until the “modern” era of deforestation began
with the inauguration of the Transamazon Highway in 1970. Amazonian deforestation rates …

Allometric equations can be used to estimate the biomass and carbon stock of forests.
However, so far the equations for Dipterocarp forests have not been developed in sufficient …

Wood density is a crucial variable in carbon accounting programs of both secondary and old‐
growth tropical forests. It also is the best single descriptor of wood: it correlates with …

The specific gravity (SG) of wood is a measure of the amount of structural material a tree
species allocates to support and strength. In recent years, wood specific gravity, traditionally …

RESUMO A floresta amazônica brasileira permaneceu completamente intacta até o início
da era “moderna” do desmatamento, com a inauguração da rodovia Transamazônica, em …

Tropical forests are marked by high biological diversity and complex vegetation dynamics
that result in a spatially diverse array of forest stand structures (Richards 1952, Denslow …

Uncertainties in biomass estimates in Amazonian forests result in a broad range of possible
magnitude for the emissions of carbon from deforestation and other land-use changes. This …