Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes
may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Tropical forests harbor a significant portion of global biodiversity and are a critical
component of the climate system. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation contributes …

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 …

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 …

Forest mortality caused by convective storms (windthrow) is a major disturbance in the
Amazon. However, the linkage between windthrows at the surface and convective storms in …