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Assessing the functional vulnerability of woody plant communities within a large scale tropical rainforest dynamics plot [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionTropical forests are characterized by intricate mosaics of species-rich and structurally complex forest communities. Evaluating the functional vulnerability of distinct community patches is of significant importance in establishing ...
Cheng Sun, Cheng Sun, Jie Yao, Jie Yao, Han Xu, Chaofan Zhou, Chaofan Zhou, Runguo Zang, Runguo Zang   +8 more
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Geochemical Signature of Amazon Tropical Rainforest Soils [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2018
ABSTRACT: Evaluating soil geochemical diversity in the Amazon Basin has been a challenge largely because most study sites have been at the edge of the basin and it is difficult to get samples in such a region. Here we show that even among the most weathered soils, physicochemical soil properties express lithology.
Souza, José João Lelis Leal de, Fontes, Maurício Paulo Ferreira, Gilkes, Robert, Costa, Liovando Marciano da, Oliveira, Teogenes Senna de   +4 more
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Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2015
AbstractInvertebrates are dominant species in primary tropical rainforests, where their abundance and diversity contributes to the functioning and resilience of these globally important ecosystems. However, more than one-third of tropical forests have been logged, with dramatic impacts on rainforest biodiversity that may disrupt key ecosystem processes.
Robert M. Ewers, Michael J. W. Boyle, Rosalind A. Gleave, Nichola S. Plowman, Suzan Benedick, Henry Bernard, Tom R. Bishop, Effendi Y. Bakhtiar, Vun Khen Chey, Arthur Y. C. Chung, Richard G. Davies, David P. Edwards, Paul Eggleton, Tom M. Fayle, Stephen R. Hardwick, Rahman Homathevi, Roger L. Kitching, Min Sheng Khoo, Sarah H. Luke, Joshua J. March, Reuben Nilus, Marion Pfeifer, Sri V. Rao, Adam C. Sharp, Jake L. Snaddon, Nigel E. Stork, Matthew J. Struebig, Oliver R. Wearn, Kalsum M. Yusah, Edgar C. Turner   +29 more
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Halogenated organic species over the tropical South American rainforest [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008
Airborne measurements of the halogenated trace gases methyl chloride, methyl bromide and chloroform were conducted over the Atlantic Ocean and about 1000 km of pristine tropical rainforest in Suriname and French Guyana (3–6° N, 51–59° W ...
S. Gebhardt, A. Colomb, R. Hofmann, J. Williams, J. Lelieveld   +4 more
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Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from Hainan Island, China [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2022
Pogostemon hainanensis, a new species of Lamiaceae from Hainan Island, China, is described. The phylogenetic position of the new species within Pogostemon was investigated based on analyses of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) and
Langxing Yuan, Gan Tan, Wenhua Zhang, Bine Xue, Jiwen Deng, Lei Liu, Gang Yao   +6 more
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Phytochemical diversity impacts herbivory in a tropical rainforest tree community.

Ecology Letters, 2023
Metabolomics provides an unprecedented window into diverse plant secondary metabolites that represent a potentially critical niche dimension in tropical forests underlying species coexistence.
Xue‐Zhao Wang, Yunyun He, Brian E. Sedio, Lu Jin, Xuejun Ge, Suphanee Glomglieng, Min Cao, Jianhong Yang, Nathan G. Swenson, Jie Yang   +9 more
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Tropical Rainforest Successional Processes can Facilitate Successfully Recovery of Extremely Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems Following Intensive Mining Operations

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Reforestation is an effective way to alleviate deforestation and its negative impacts on ecosystem services. In tropical rainforest ecosystem, however, frequent typhoons and heavy rainfall can result in landslides and uprooting of many seedlings, making ...
Yang Zhao, Yike Zou, Lu Wang, Rui Su, Qifang He, Kai Jiang, Bin Chen, Yuting Xing, Tiedong Liu, Hui Zhang, Jie Cui, Chen Wang   +11 more
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Landscape pattern changes of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park from 2015 to 2020

Guangxi Zhiwu, 2023
Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park is located in the middle mountainous region of Hainan Province, and it has a diverse landscape with 95.56% forest coverage.
Shengtian CHEN, Hui FU, Yanjun DU, Guang FU, Jie CHEN   +4 more
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Soil nematode community assembly in a primary tropical lowland rainforest

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
More than half of the world's tropical lowland rainforests have been lost due to conversion to agricultural land (such as rubber plantations). Thus, ecological restoration in degraded tropical lowland rainforests is crucial. The first step to restoration
Weichen Hou, Mengfei He, Yanwen Qi, Tiedong Liu, Jinhuan Luo   +4 more
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Evidence of scale-free clusters of vegetation in tropical rainforests [PDF]

Phys. Rev. E 109, L042402 (2024), 2023
Tropical rainforests exhibit a rich repertoire of spatial patterns emerging from the intricate relationship between the microscopic interaction between species. In particular, the distribution of vegetation clusters can shed much light on the underlying process regulating the ecosystem.
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