The formation, character and changing nature of mesoscale convective systems

RS Schumacher, KL Rasmussen - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) describe organized grou**s of thunderstorms in
the tropics and mid-latitudes that span thousands of square kilometres. While recognized for …

Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

D Frank, M Reichstein, M Bahn, K Thonicke… - Global change …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes
may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …

Amazonian rainforest tree mortality driven by climate and functional traits

I Aleixo, D Norris, L Hemerik, A Barbosa, E Prata… - Nature Climate …, 2019‏ - nature.com
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 …

Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

M Reichstein, M Bahn, P Ciais, D Frank, MD Mahecha… - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
The terrestrial biosphere is a key component of the global carbon cycle and its carbon
balance is strongly influenced by climate. Continuing environmental changes are thought to …

[ספר][B] Second growth: the promise of tropical forest regeneration in an age of deforestation

RL Chazdon - 2019‏ - degruyter.com
For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Changes in ecologically critical terrestrial climate conditions

NS Diffenbaugh, CB Field - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
Terrestrial ecosystems have encountered substantial warming over the past century, with
temperatures increasing about twice as rapidly over land as over the oceans. Here, we …

Wind damage to forests and trees: a review with an emphasis on planted and managed forests

B Gardiner - Journal of Forest Research, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a review of our current understanding of the process of wind damage to
trees and forests, with a particular, but not exclusive focus, on planted and managed forests …

Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees

TR Feldpausch, L Banin, OL Phillips, TR Baker… - …, 2011‏ - bg.copernicus.org
Tropical tree height-diameter (H: D) relationships may vary by forest type and region making
large-scale estimates of above-ground biomass subject to bias if they ignore these …

Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

MMC Bustamante, I Roitman, TM Aide… - Global change …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests harbor a significant portion of global biodiversity and are a critical
component of the climate system. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation contributes …

Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance

FDB Espírito-Santo, M Gloor, M Keller, Y Malhi… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Forest inventory studies in the Amazon indicate a large terrestrial carbon sink. However,
field plots may fail to represent forest mortality processes at landscape-scales of tropical …