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Drivers and Mechanisms of Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Secondary Tropical Forests. [PDF]

Ecosystems
Matsuo T, Amissah L, van der Sande MT, der Plas FV, Kok J, Abdul SM, Chojnacki L, Kuzee T, Khulpu L, Poorter L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Phylogenetic structure of conifers in regional floras in relation to climate and environmental heterogeneity worldwide

Ecography, EarlyView.
Despite having only about 670 species worldwide, conifers are one of the ecologically and economically most important plant groups. They have a rich fossil record and previous studies have shown that their current diversity is the result of past radiations, extinction, and dispersal events, restricting many genera to either the Northern or Southern ...
Hong Qian, Michael Kessler, Shenhua Qian
wiley   +1 more source

Energy and biomass distribution in soil food webs of temperate and tropical forests. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Potapov AM, Semenyuk I, Bluhm SL, Krashevska V, Kudrin A, Migunova V, Pollierer MM, Rozanova O, Tsurikov SM, Zhou Z, Zuev AG, Zueva AI, Scheu S, Tiunov AV.   +13 more
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Topography constrains the climatic response of treeline migration in Taiwan's subalpine forests

Ecography, EarlyView.
Treelines are moving upslope, but the rates and drivers differ among different regions, globally. Many studies have examined the relationship between treeline movement and climate change, particularly rising temperature, while the role of topographical factors has received much less attention, despite the longstanding recognition of its importance.
Kuan‐Yu Chen, Jonathan Peereman, J. Aaron Hogan, Teng‐Chiu Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Miocene Tropical Forests in South China Shaped by Combined Asian Monsoons. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Zhang H, Spicer RA, Quan C, Huang L, Jin J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Community‐level egg and larval trait interactions with the Amazon River plume determine its role as a dispersal barrier

Ecography, EarlyView.
The Amazon River plume (ARP) functions as a dynamic and porous biogeographic barrier whose permeability to larval dispersal depends on the interplay between species' biological traits and oceanographic processes. Using biophysical modeling combined with a dual analytical framework, namely a multivariate regression tree (MRT) and a generalized additive ...
Ramon B. Santos, Nelson A. Gouveia, Douglas F. M. Gherardi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a functional understanding of novel fire regimes in tropical forests. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Pacuk D, van der Sleen P, Sterck FJ, van der Sande MT.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global distribution of avian plumage coloration and patterning: the relative influence of climate, ecology, and sexual selection

Ecography, EarlyView.
Animal coloration exhibits substantial biogeographic variation, reflecting complex adaptations to both abiotic and biotic environments. Although the evolutionary mechanisms underlying avian plumage coloration have been widely studied, geographic variation in plumage patterning has received far less attention.
Yuqing Han, Ying Zeng, Tien Ming Lee, Long Wang, Chen Zeng, Pengfei Fan, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Weini Huang, Yang Liu   +8 more
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Storms Are an Important Driver of Change in Tropical Forests. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Gora EM, McGregor IR, Muller-Landau HC, Burchfield JC, Cushman KC, Rubio VE, Mori GB, Sullivan MJP, Chmielewski MW, Esquivel-Muelbert A.   +9 more
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Regeneration failure, fire, topography, and climate interact to drive temperate wet forest landscapes into fire traps

Ecography, EarlyView.
Where early successional forests are more flammable than old‐growth forests, forested landscapes are vulnerable to shifting into ‘fire traps' through positive feedbacks, where fire leads to more fire. These feedbacks are amplified by increased flammability driven by climate change, the presence of non‐native flammable plant species, and slowed ...
George L. W. Perry, Craig E. Simpkins, Kiri Reihana, James M. R. Brock, Peter J. Bellingham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source