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View article: Species functional traits affect regional and local dominance across western Amazonian forests
Species functional traits affect regional and local dominance across western Amazonian forests Open
Several studies have documented dominance by few species in Amazonian forests. Dominant species tend to be either locally abundant (local dominants) or regionally frequent (widespread dominants) but rarely both (oligarchs). Here, we explor…
View article: Rapid increase of climate extremes across northern Amazonia
Rapid increase of climate extremes across northern Amazonia Open
Amazonia’s exceptional biodiversity, cultural significance, and ecosystem services make it pivotal to global and regional sustainability. However, the region is increasingly threatened by climate extremes, which exacerbate the effects of l…
View article: Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests
Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests Open
Aim This study investigated how human activities and local environmental variables shape tree assemblages (species composition in a defined location), comparing their effects on edible and inedible tree species. Three hypotheses were teste…
View article: Fire-Induced Floristic and Structural Degradation Across a Vegetation Gradient in the Southern Amazon
Fire-Induced Floristic and Structural Degradation Across a Vegetation Gradient in the Southern Amazon Open
Climate change and landscape fragmentation have made fires the primary drivers of forest degradation in Southern Amazonia. Understanding their impacts is crucial for informing public conservation policies. In this study, we assessed the ef…
View article: Climatic and Edaphic Drivers of Soil Organic Carbon and Pyrogenic Carbon Stocks Across Elevation and Disturbance Gradients in Colombian Andean Forests
Climatic and Edaphic Drivers of Soil Organic Carbon and Pyrogenic Carbon Stocks Across Elevation and Disturbance Gradients in Colombian Andean Forests Open
Understanding the drivers of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil pyrogenic carbon (PyC) variation and their role in natural and managed ecosystems is increasingly important. However, PyC stocks in tropical Andean soils remain understudied. …
View article: The global spectrum of tree crown architecture
The global spectrum of tree crown architecture Open
Trees can differ enormously in their crown architectural traits, such as the scaling relationships between tree height, crown width and stem diameter. Yet despite the importance of crown architecture in shaping the structure and function o…
View article: Tree species hyperdominance and rarity in the South American Cerrado
Tree species hyperdominance and rarity in the South American Cerrado Open
The South American Cerrado, the largest savanna of the Americas and the world's most tree-biodiverse, is critically endangered, with just 8% protected and more than half deforested. However, the extent of its tree diversity and abundance r…
View article: Fire-Induced Floristic and Structural Degradation Across a Vegetation Gradient in the Southern Amazon
Fire-Induced Floristic and Structural Degradation Across a Vegetation Gradient in the Southern Amazon Open
Climate change and landscape fragmentation have made fires the primary drivers of forest degradation in southern Amazonia. Understanding their impacts is crucial for informing public conservation policies. In this study, we assessed the ef…
View article: Evaluating GEDI for quantifying forest structure across a gradient of degradation in Amazonian rainforests
Evaluating GEDI for quantifying forest structure across a gradient of degradation in Amazonian rainforests Open
Forest structure is key to understanding the resilience of tropical forests (their ability to recover from disturbance) and predicting how these ecosystems will respond to future environmental and climatic fluctuations. Current resilience …
View article: Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change Open
Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-biodiversity tropical forests. Here, we …
View article: Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests
Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests Open
Plants cope with the environment by displaying large phenotypic variation. Two spectra of global plant form and function have been identified: a size spectrum from small to tall species with increasing stem tissue density, leaf size, and s…
View article: Impacts of fire on canopy structure and its resilience depend on successional stage in Amazonian secondary forests
Impacts of fire on canopy structure and its resilience depend on successional stage in Amazonian secondary forests Open
Secondary forests in the Amazon are important carbon sinks, biodiversity reservoirs, and connections between forest fragments. However, their regrowth is highly threatened by fire. Using airborne laser scanning (ALS), surveyed between 2016…
View article: Use and misuse of trait imputation in ecology: the problem of using out‐of‐context imputed values
Use and misuse of trait imputation in ecology: the problem of using out‐of‐context imputed values Open
Despite the progress in the measurement and accessibility of plant trait information, acquiring sufficiently complete data from enough species to answer broad‐scale questions in plant functional ecology and biogeography remains challenging…
View article: Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale
Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale Open
Unlike most rivers globally, nearly all lowland Amazonian rivers have unregulated flow, supporting seasonally flooded floodplain forests. Floodplain forests harbor a unique tree species assemblage adapted to flooding and specialized fauna,…
View article: Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa
Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa Open
Leaf and wood functional traits of trees are related to growth, reproduction, and survival, but the degree of phylogenetic conservatism in these relationships is largely unknown. In this study, we describe the variability of strategies inv…
View article: The pace of life for forest trees
The pace of life for forest trees Open
Tree growth and longevity trade-offs fundamentally shape the terrestrial carbon balance. Yet, we lack a unified understanding of how such trade-offs vary across the world’s forests. By mapping life history traits for a wide range of specie…
View article: Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests
Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests Open
Human activities exert pronounced influence on forest ecosystems, impacting biodiversity and functions across multiple scales. However, the consequences of low-intensity human activities on tropical forest ecosystems are difficult to asses…
View article: Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats Open
Aim Ecological and anthropogenic factors shift the abundances of dominant and rare tree species within local forest communities, thus affecting species composition and ecosystem functioning. To inform forest and conservation management it …
View article: Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests
Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests Open
Human activities exert a pronounced influence on forest ecosystems, impacting both biodiversity and function across multiple scales. Despite this, the consequences of low-intensity human activities on tropical forest ecosystems are difficu…
View article: Author Correction: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
Author Correction: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains Open
Correction to: Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1, published online 11 March 2024. In the version of the article initially published, the affiliation of Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse was incorrect and has now…
View article: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains Open
Amazonia’s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding fore…
View article: Assessing the accuracy of GEDI for mapping resilience in the Amazon rainforest along a gradient of disturbance to recovery 
Assessing the accuracy of GEDI for mapping resilience in the Amazon rainforest along a gradient of disturbance to recovery  Open
Understanding the resilience of tropical vegetation, its ability to recover from disturbance, is fundamental to assess future responses to environmental and climatic fluctuations. The Amazon rainforest has been identified as a potential ti…