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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species
Ferry, Slik, J. W.; Eduardo, Van Den Berg,; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Onrizal, Onrizal; Navendu, Page,; Parolin, Pia; Marc, Parren,
Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests
Slik, J. W.Ferry; Franklin, Janet; Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor; Field, Richard; Aguilar, Salomón; Aguirre, Nikolay; Ahumada, Jorge A.; Aiba, ShinichiroKnowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world's tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses...
Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass i...
Johnson, Michelle O.; Galbraith, David R.; Gloor, Manuel E.; Deurwaerder, Hannes de; Guimberteau, Matthieu; Rammig, Anja; Thonicke, KirstenUnderstanding the processes that determine above-ground biomass (AGB) in Amazonian forests is important for predicting the sensitivity of these ecosystems to environmental change and for designing and evaluating dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs). AGB is determined by inputs from woody productivity [woody net primary productivity (NPP)] and the rate at which carbon is lost through tree mortality. Here, we...