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Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest.

Current Biology, 2019
Termite-mediated decomposition is an important, but often overlooked, component of the carbon cycle. Using a large-scale suppression experiment in Borneo, Griffiths et al. found that termites contribute between 58 and 64% of mass loss from dead wood.
H. Griffiths, L. Ashton, T. Evans, C. Parr, P. Eggleton   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forest fragmentation and selective logging have inconsistent effects on multiple animal-mediated ecosystem processes in a tropical forest [PDF]

, 2011
Forest fragmentation and selective logging are two main drivers of global environmental change and modify biodiversity and environmental conditions in many tropical forests.
Mathias Templin, Kagezi, Godfrey Hurbby, Mary W Gikungu, Gikungu Mary W., Uster Dana, Gikungu, Mary W., Clas M Naumann, Bergsdorf Thomas, Kaib, Manfred, Schaab, Gertrud, Wägele, J. Wolfgang, J Wolfgang Wägele, Lung, Tobias, Dalitz, Helmut, Gikungu, Mary Wanjiku, Godfrey H. Kagezi, Freund, Wolfram M., Uster, Dana, Clas M. Naumann, Hita Garcia, Francisco, Manfred Kaib, Bleher Bärbel, Kagezi Godfrey H., Schaab Gertrud, Kraemer, Manfred, Freund, Wolfram, Farwig Nina, Fischer, Georg, Templin Mathias, Marcell K. Peters, Brandl Roland, Francisco Hita Garcia, Godfrey H Kagezi, Helmut Dalitz, Naumann Clas M., Bärbel Bleher, Kaib Manfred, Roland Brandl, Mary W. Gikungu, Böhning-Gaese Katrin, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Tobias Lung, Brandl, Roland, Wägele J. Wolfgang, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Manfred Kraemer, Schleuning Matthias, J. Wolfgang Wägele, Dalitz Helmut, Freund Wolfram, Lung Tobias, Kraemer Manfred, Melanie Hagen, Kagezi, Godfrey H., Georg Fischer, Boehning-Gaese, Kathrin, Schleuning, Matthias, Garcia, Francisco Hita, Bergsdorf, Thomas, Hagen Melanie, Garcia Francisco Hita, Naumann, Clas M., Nina Farwig, Peters Marcell K., Bleher, Bärbel, Gertrud Schaab, Thomas Bergsdorf, Peters, Marcell K., Marcell K Peters, Matthias Schleuning, Wolfram Freund, Hagen, Melanie, Farwig, Nina, Fischer Georg, Templin, Mathias, Dana Uster   +75 more
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Life form and behavior type shape water use efficiency in tropical plants via leaf functional traits

Environmental and Experimental Botany
Understanding how water use efficiency (WUE) responds to fluctuating light is critical for predicting ecosystem function under global change. In this study, we examined photosynthetic gas exchange and leaf functional traits across 48 tropical plant ...
Jinkai Chen, Tianbao Ren, Heng Xie, Wanxin Yang, Weirong Zhang, Jinling Zhang, Mingze Xu, Liucui Wu, Zehao Fan, Cheng Yi, Shanxia She, Zhongmin Hu, Chuan Jin   +12 more
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Forest restoration in tropical forests recovers topsoil water retention but does not improve deep soil layers

International Soil and Water Conservation Research
Tropical primary forests have been rapidly reduced in recent decade owing to slash-and-burn, leading to the formation of tropical secondary forests in different recovery stages.
Qiaoyan Chen, Siyuan Cheng, Shuting Yu, Xiaowei Guo, Zhongyi Sun, Zhongmin Hu, Licong Dai   +6 more
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Evidence for strong seasonality in the carbon storage and carbon use efficiency of an Amazonian forest [PDF]

, 2014
The relative contribution of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration to seasonal changes in the net carbon flux of tropical forests remains poorly quantified by both modelling and field studies.
Benoit Burban, Burban, Benoit, Williams, Mathew, Stephane Ponton, Clement Stahl, Damien Bonal, Joana Zaragoza‐Castells, Stahl, Clement, Ponton, Stephane, Patrick Meir, Timothy Charles Hill, Lucy Rowland, Bonal, Damien, Meir, Patrick, Mathew Williams, Zaragoza-Castells, Joana, Rowland, Lucy, Williams, Mathew; id_orcid, Hill, Timothy Charles, Siebicke, Lukas, Lukas Siebicke   +20 more
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Are there morpho‐acoustic patterns of adaptation in nonhuman primate ears? Testing the role of ecology and habitat in shaping ear morphology and function

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Analysis of the variation in the bony structures of the inner and middle ear provides critical insights into functional morphology, as well as adaptive morphology across primates. In this study, we investigated whether ear morphology patterns are related to the ecological characteristics of species and their habitats to test two acoustic ...
Myriam Marsot, Rémi Laffont, Émilie Steimetz, Patricia Balaresque, Sébastien Couette   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration on the outstanding universal values of Hainan potential world natural heritage site

Guangxi Zhiwu, 2023
World natural heritage sites are some of the most important and valuable protected areas in the world, and their designation aims to give recognition to the uniqueness and protect the integrity of the sites, which are of global outstanding universal ...
Jiaxin HUANG, Yanjun DU, Donghai LI, Wenxing LONG, Jichao WANG, Yanfei TANG   +5 more
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Drought drives rapid shifts in tropical rainforest soil biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions

Nature Communications, 2018
Climate change models predict more frequent and severe droughts in the humid tropics. How drought will impact tropical forest carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics is poorly understood. Here we report the effects of the severe 2015 Caribbean drought on soil
C. O'Connell, L. Ruan, W. Silver
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improved timber harvest techniques maintain biodiversity in tropical forests [PDF]

, 2014
Tropical forests are selectively logged at 20 times the rate at which they are cleared, and at least a fifth have already been disturbed in this way. In a recent pan-tropical assessment, Burivalova et al.
Edwards, David P., Davies, Zoe G., Bicknell, Jake E., Struebig, Matthew J.   +3 more
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Oldest well‐preserved euprimate petrosal, from the early Eocene of India (Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract An exquisitely preserved, isolated partial petrosal with associated fragmentary stapes is described from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India), dated to the early Eocene (~54.5 Ma). Several anatomical traits (e.g., large petrosal plate; posterolateral entry of the internal carotid artery to the tympanic cavity; bony tubes surrounding the ...
Mary T. Silcox, Kenneth D. Rose, Rachel H. Dunn, Kishor Kumar, Rajendra S. Rana, Ashok Sahni, Lachham Singh, Thierry Smith, Jordan W. Crowell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source