Background Tropical tree species can maintain high growth rates on low-phosphorus (P)
soils. However, the physiological basis of the high growth rates of tropical tree species …

General flowering (GF), irregular synchronous mass flowering of multiple tree species
across multiple families, is a unique biological phenomenon of the mixed lowland …

Tree growth is frequently linked to weather conditions prior to the growing season but our
understanding of these lagged climate signatures is still poorly developed. We investigated …

South-East Asian tropical rain forests experience sporadic, but profuse, seed production
after general flowering, leading to the synchronous emergence of various seedlings and …

The scaling relationships between leaf dry mass (LDM) and surface area (LA) can reflect the
efficiency of light harvesting and photosynthesis, as well as the ability of plants to withstand …

Background Our previous studies documented how soil CO 2 efflux, one of the main carbon
pathways in forest ecosystems, is affected by soil moisture and forest structure in an …

Few studies have evaluated the application of biochar to forest ecosystems and their
responses under field conditions. We manually spread grounded biochar on the forest floor …

Most canopy species in lowland tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia, represented by
Dipterocarpaceae, undergo mast reproduction synchronously at community level during a …

Root water uptake depth and its temporal variation are important determinants of tree
mortality, resource partitioning and drought resistance; however, their effects on tropical …

Abstract In Southeast Asian tropical rainforests, community-level masting (CM) occurs at
irregular intervals of 2–10 years. During CM periods, many plant species from various …