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Drying suppresses fine root production to 1 m depths and alters root traits in four distinct tropical forests. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Drying and drought in tropical forests, which have some of the highest net primary productivity on Earth, are likely to alter root dynamics, ecosystem function, and carbon (C) storage. We used a chronic drying experiment in four lowland Panamanian forests to investigate whether soil drying shifts tropical forest root production from surface to ...
Cordeiro AL, Cusack DF, Dietterich LH, Valdes E, Gonçalves NB, Oliveira M, Quesada-Ávila G, Wright SJ.   +7 more
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Microbial drivers of root plasticity. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Soils are highly heterogeneous and dynamic systems, experiencing a constant flow of plant root exudates and moisture fluctuations that affect nutrient distribution, soil physicochemical properties, and microbial metabolisms. Plant roots adjust their development within the soil matrix (growth, branching, root angle, and anatomical features) by ...
Dini-Andreote F, Wells DM, Atkinson JA, Atkinson BS, Finkel OM, Castrillo G.   +5 more
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Seasonality regulates the structure and biogeochemical impact of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across environmentally divergent neotropical dry forests

Journal of Ecology, Volume 111, Issue 8, Page 1598-1613, August 2023., 2023
These results highlight the importance of seasonality and plant community composition in shaping different aspects of SDTF ECM fungal community structure and diversity as well as the potential for both the plant and fungal components of ECM symbioses to impact soil functioning across heterogenous SDTFs.
Katilyn V. Beidler, Jennifer S. Powers, Juan M. Dupuy‐Rada, Catherine Hulshof, David Medvigy, Camila Pizano, Beatriz Salgado‐Negret, Skip J. Van Bloem, German Vargas G, Bonnie G. Waring, Peter G. Kennedy   +10 more
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Climate and microhabitat shape the prevalence of endozoochory in the seed rain of tropical montane forests

Biotropica, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 408-417, March 2023., 2023
We investigated the effects of climate and microhabitat conditions on the prevalence of endozoochorous plant species in the seed rain of tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador. Our analyses demonstrate that the prevalence of endozoochorous plant species in seed rain increases with temperature across elevations and with leaf area index within ...
Diana C. Acosta‐Rojas, Maciej Barczyk, Carlos I. Espinosa, Boris A. Tinoco, Eike L. Neuschulz, Matthias Schleuning   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of interactions between anthropogenic stressors and recurring perturbations on ecosystem resilience and collapse

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 1, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Insights into declines in ecosystem resilience and their causes and effects can inform preemptive action to avoid ecosystem collapse and loss of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well‐being. Empirical studies of ecosystem collapse are rare and hampered by ecosystem complexity, nonlinear and lagged responses, and interactions across ...
David A. Keith, Doug H. Benson, Ian R. C. Baird, Laura Watts, Christopher C. Simpson, Martin Krogh, Sarsha Gorissen, Jose R. Ferrer‐Paris, Tanya J. Mason   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trait functional diversity explains mixture effects on litter decomposition at the arid end of a climate gradient

Journal of Ecology, Volume 110, Issue 9, Page 2219-2231, September 2022., 2022
Litter mixing did not have strong effects on decomposition rates across the studied climatic gradient overall, and the direction and intensity of the mixture effects were context dependent. The effects were stronger and more negative in the dryer ecosystems.
Rafaella Canessa, Liesbeth van den Brink, Monica B. Berdugo, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Rodrigo S. Rios, Alfredo Saldaña, Katja Tielbörger, Maaike Y. Bader   +7 more
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Patterns and controls on island‐wide aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico

Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 1146-1159, September 2022., 2022
Understanding the heterogeneity of biomass accumulation in second‐growth tropical forests following land use abandonment is important for informing ecosystem carbon models and forest restoration efforts. Using airborne lidar data, we quantify patterns and controls on aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico.
Sebastián Martinuzzi, Bruce D. Cook, Eileen H. Helmer, Michael Keller, Dexter H. Locke, Humfredo Marcano‐Vega, María Uriarte, Douglas C. Morton   +7 more
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Modelling habitat suitability for a potential flagship species, the hooded capuchin, of the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 3, Issue 3, July–September 2022., 2022
The hooded capuchin in the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest is a forest obligate species and avoids crop fields. The monkeys are less likely to be found in degraded areas even if they are still forested. As Paraguayan deforestation involves the creation of large crop fields separating BAAPA fragments, the probability that the hooded capuchin can
Rebecca L. Smith, David Lusseau
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Soil Properties and Plant Species Identity Independently Influence Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Composition Across Lowland Tropical Forests

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We found that plant species identity and soil properties, especially soil phosphorus availability, independently structured arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) community composition in tropical forests across central Panama. We also found that soil nutrient availability may mediate the interaction networks between plants and AMF. ABSTRACT Plant species
Mareli Sánchez‐Juliá, Blaine D. Martin, Iker R. Yturralde, Sunshine A. Van Bael   +3 more
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Advancing Water Security in the Tropical and Subtropical Regions: An Integrative Topic Modeling Approach

World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Water security in tropical regions faces escalating pressures from climate change, land‐use shifts, and population growth. We conducted a bibliometric review of 1146 peer‐reviewed articles (1964–2023) on tropical water security. Latent Dirichlet Allocation identified 13 thematic topics and their evolution. Publications rose sharply after 2012,
Karling Fernanda Schuster, Cássia Alves Lima‐Rezende, José Francisco Gonçalves, Renan de Souza Rezende   +3 more
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