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Native palms and trees mediate drought impacts on dry neotropical pastures

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 7, Page 1376-1387, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Dry forests are the most threatened biome across the global tropics. Despite their massive conversion into agricultural landscapes, local farmers often retain disperse trees and palms within grazing pastures. Understanding how on‐farm tree cover in the dry neotropics impacts the environmental and productive functions of pastures is key for ...
Ivan Raniero Hernández‐Salmerón, Valentina Delconte, Jannes van Hoeflaken, Francisco Javier Solorio‐Sánchez, Milena Holmgren   +4 more
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Forest disturbance and recovery in Peruvian Amazonia

Global Change Biology, Volume 29, Issue 13, Page 3601-3621, July 2023., 2023
This study used Landsat time series in combination with data from 1840 National Forest Inventory plots in Peruvian Amazonia to determine the impact of disturbance, environmental conditions and human use on forests' biomass and tree diversity. We found that the intensity of forest disturbance had a negative effect on the recovery of aboveground biomass ...
Daniela Requena Suarez, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Veronique De Sy, Mathieu Decuyper, Natalia Málaga, Patricia Durán Montesinos, Alexs Arana Olivos, Ricardo De la Cruz Paiva, Christopher Martius, Martin Herold   +9 more
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Water use partitioning of native and non‐native tree species in riparian ecosystems under contrasting climatic conditions

Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 10, Page 2480-2492, October 2022., 2022
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract One of the suggested mechanisms behind the success of non‐native plants in recipient ecosystems is competition avoidance with natives by means of different resource‐use strategies, such as deeper water uptake under dry conditions.
Elena Granda, Cristina Antunes, Cristina Máguas, Pilar Castro‐Díez   +3 more
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Patterns of leaf trait variation underlie ecological differences among sympatric tree species of Damburneya in a tropical rainforest

American Journal of Botany, Volume 109, Issue 9, Page 1394-1409, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Premise Although ecological differentiation driven by altitude and soil is hypothesized to promote coexistence of sympatric tree species of Damburneya (Lauraceae), the mechanistic role of leaf functional variation on ecological differentiation among co‐occurring species remains unexplored.
Laura J. Giraldo‐Kalil, Julio Campo, Horacio Paz, Juan Núñez‐Farfán   +3 more
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Effects of the "EL Niño" event on the recruitment of benthic invertebrates in Bahía Tortugas, Baja California Sur

Geofísica Internacional, 2003
Se realizó una evaluación de los efectos del Niño (1997-98) sobre el reclutamiento de invertebrados bentónicos y macroalgas en dos arrecifes rocosos de Bahía Tortugas, en la costa del Pacífico central de la península de Baja California.
Sergio A. Guzmán del Próo, Laura Carreón-Palau, Jorge Belmar-Pérez, Jorge Carrillo-Laguna, Raúl Herrera-Fragoso   +4 more
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Above‐ground competition by Nephrolepis brownii inhibits tree seedling recruitment in a tropical restoration experiment

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 8, Page 1968-1979, August 2025.
As Nephrolepis brownii primarily interferes through above‐ground competition, management of above‐ground tissues may mitigate its impact. However, additional research on the efficacy of this management strategy and potential allelopathic traits is needed.
Luis C. Beltrán, Karla M. Aguilar‐Dorantes, Lilia L. Roa‐Fuentes, Cristina Martínez‐Garza, Henry F. Howe   +4 more
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La selva inundable de canacoite en Tabasco, México, una comunidad vegetal amenazada

Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2016
Se analizó la estructura, composición y diversidad arbórea de los dos rodales más importantes de selva mediana perennifolia de Bravaisia integerrima (SMPC) de Tabasco, México: el de la Reserva Ecológica Yu-Balcah (YCAH) con una superficie de 271 ha y el ...
Emerson A. Maldonado-Sánchez, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Rodimiro Ramos-Reyes, María de los Ángeles Guadarrama-Olivera, Noel González-Valdivia, Bernardus H. J. de Jong   +5 more
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Hydraulic Strategies Modulate Forest Productivity Responses to Hotter Droughts

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 7, July 2025.
Climate change is increasing the occurrence of extreme events like hotter droughts, which threaten forest health and carbon storage. We studied forests in central Spain to understand how drought intensity, frequency, and duration affect forest productivity.
Julián Tijerín‐Triviño, Xavier Serra‐Maluquer, Raúl García‐Valdés, Miguel Ángel Zavala, Mariano García, Julen Astigarraga, Verónica Cruz‐Alonso, Pedro Rebollo, Antonio Gazol, Marina Rodes‐Blanco, Mihai Andrei Tanase, Paloma Ruiz‐Benito   +11 more
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Pyraloid Moth Assemblages Exhibit Complex Morphological Patterns Across an Ecuadorian Mountainous Forest

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 3, May 2025.
In this study, we examined how morphological traits and species diversity of Pyraloidea moths vary with temperature and vegetation cover along an Andean rainforest gradient in Ecuador. Using 4161 individuals (212 species) and cross‐validating with a larger dataset of 10,337 individuals (749 morpho‐species), we found a near‐linear decrease in diversity ...
Victor Sebastian Scharnhorst, Konrad Fiedler   +1 more
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Stable isotope analysis indicates partial mycoheterotrophy in arbuscular mycorrhizal woody seedlings in tropical forests

Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 12, Page 2720-2733, December 2024.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Chlorophyllous plants exhibiting partial mycoheterotrophy obtain carbon through mycorrhizal interactions in addition to photosynthesis. In arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) plants, the Paris‐morphotype (i.e.
Franziska E. Zahn, Blexein Contreras, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Gerhard Gebauer   +3 more
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