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Ecosystem respiration and net primary productivity after 8–10 years of experimental through-fall reduction in an eastern Amazon forest by da Costa, Antonio C.L, Metcalfe, Daniel B, Doughty, Chris E, de Oliveira, Alexandre A.R, Neto, Guilherme F.C, da Costa, Mauricio C, Silva Junior, João de Athaydes, Aragão, Luiz E.O.C, Almeida, Samuel, Galbraith, David R, Rowland, Lucy M, Meir, Patrick, Malhi, Yadvinder

“…Background: There is much interest in how the Amazon rainforest may respond to future rainfall reduction. However, there are relatively few ecosystem-scale…”
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Fine root dynamics across pantropical rainforest ecosystems by Huaraca Huasco, Walter, Riutta, Terhi, Girardin, Cécile A. J., Hancco Pacha, Fernando, Puma Vilca, Beisit L., Moore, Sam, Rifai, Sami W., Aguila‐Pasquel, Jhon, Araujo Murakami, Alejandro, Freitag, Renata, Morel, Alexandra C., Demissie, Sheleme, Doughty, Christopher E., Oliveras, Imma, Galiano Cabrera, Darcy F., Durand Baca, Liliana, Farfán Amézquita, Filio, Silva Espejo, Javier E., Costa, Antonio C.L., Oblitas Mendoza, Erick, Quesada, Carlos Alberto, Evouna Ondo, Fidele, Edzang Ndong, Josué, Jeffery, Kathryn J., Mihindou, Vianet, White, Lee J. T., N'ssi Bengone, Natacha, Ibrahim, Forzia, Addo‐Danso, Shalom D., Duah‐Gyamfi, Akwasi, Djaney Djagbletey, Gloria, Owusu‐Afriyie, Kennedy, Amissah, Lucy, Mbou, Armel T., Marthews, Toby R., Metcalfe, Daniel B., Aragão, Luiz E. O., Marimon‐Junior, Ben H., Marimon, Beatriz S., Majalap, Noreen, Adu‐Bredu, Stephen, Abernethy, Katharine A., Silman, Miles, Ewers, Robert M., Meir, Patrick, Malhi, Yadvinder

“…Fine roots constitute a significant component of the net primary productivity (NPP) of forest ecosystems but are much less studied than aboveground NPP…”
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Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests by MALHI, YADVINDER, ARAGÃO, LUIZ EDUARDO O.C, METCALFE, DANIEL B, PAIVA, ROMILDA, QUESADA, CARLOS A, ALMEIDA, SAMUEL, ANDERSON, LIANA, BRANDO, PAULO, CHAMBERS, JEFFREY Q, da COSTA, ANTONIO C.L, HUTYRA, LUCY R, OLIVEIRA, PAULO, PATIÑO, SANDRA, PYLE, ELIZABETH H, ROBERTSON, AMANDA L, TEIXEIRA, LILIANE M

“…The allocation and cycling of carbon (C) within forests is an important component of the biospheric C cycle, but is particularly understudied within tropical…”
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After more than a decade of soil moisture deficit, tropical rainforest trees maintain photosynthetic capacity, despite increased leaf respiration by Rowland, Lucy, Lobo-do-Vale, Raquel L., Christoffersen, Bradley O., Melém, Eliane A., Kruijt, Bart, Vasconcelos, Steel S., Domingues, Tomas, Binks, Oliver J., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Metcalfe, Daniel, da Costa, Antonio C. L., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick

“…Determining climate change feedbacks from tropical rainforests requires an understanding of how carbon gain through photosynthesis and loss through respiration…”
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Modelling tropical forest responses to drought and El Niño with a stomatal optimization model based on xylem hydraulics by Eller, Cleiton B., Rowland, Lucy, Oliveira, Rafael S., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Barros, Fernanda V., da Costa, Antonio C. L., Meir, Patrick, Friend, Andrew D., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Sitch, Stephen, Cox, Peter

“…The current generation of dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) lacks a mechanistic representation of vegetation responses to soil drought, impairing their…”
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Amazonia trees have limited capacity to acclimate plant hydraulic properties in response to long‐term drought by Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Oliveira, Rafael S., Costa, Antonio C. L., Giles, Andre L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Costa, Patricia B., Bartholomew, David C., Ferreira, Leandro V., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Barros, Fernanda V., Junior, Joao A. S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy

“…The fate of tropical forests under future climate change is dependent on the capacity of their trees to adjust to drier conditions. The capacity of trees to…”
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Threshold Responses to Soil Moisture Deficit by Trees and Soil in Tropical Rain Forests: Insights from Field Experiments by MEIR, PATRICK, WOOD, TANA E., GALBRAITH, DAVID R., BRANDO, PAULO M., COSTA, ANTONIO C. L. DA, ROWLAND, LUCY, FERREIRA, LEANDRO V.

“…Many tropical rain forest regions are at risk of increased future drought. The net effects of drought on forest ecosystem functioning will be substantial if…”
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Foliar water uptake in Amazonian trees: Evidence and consequences by Binks, Oliver, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Rowland, Lucy, Costa, Antonio C. L., Carvalho, Claudio José Reis, Bittencourt, Paulo, Eller, Cleiton, Teodoro, Grazielle Sales, Carvalho, Eduardo Jorge Maklouf, Soza, Azul, Ferreira, Leandro, Vasconcelos, Steel Silva, Oliveira, Rafael, Meir, Patrick

“…The absorption of atmospheric water directly into leaves enables plants to alleviate the water stress caused by low soil moisture, hydraulic resistance in the…”
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Plant traits controlling growth change in response to a drier climate by Rowland, Lucy, Oliveira, Rafael S., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Giles, Andre L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Costa, Patricia de Britto, Domingues, Tomas, Ferreira, Leandro V., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Junior, João A. S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Costa, Antonio C. L., Meir, Patrick, Mencuccini, Maurizio

“…Summary Plant traits are increasingly being used to improve prediction of plant function, including plant demography. However, the capability of plant traits…”
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Long‐term drought effects on the thermal sensitivity of Amazon forest trees by Docherty, Emma M., Gloor, Emanuel, Sponchiado, Daniela, Gilpin, Martin, Pinto, Carlos A. D., Junior, Haroldo M., Coughlin, Ingrid, Ferreira, Leandro, Junior, João A. S., Costa, Antonio C. L., Meir, Patrick, Galbraith, David

“…The continued functioning of tropical forests under climate change depends on their resilience to drought and heat. However, there is little understanding of…”
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Shock and stabilisation following long-term drought in tropical forest from 15 years of litterfall dynamics by Rowland, Lucy, da Costa, Antonio C. L., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Almeida, Samuel S., Ferreira, Leandro V., Malhi, Yadvinder, Metcalfe, Dan B., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Grace, John, Meir, Patrick

“…1. Litterfall dynamics in tropical forests are a good indicator of overall tropical forest function, indicative of carbon invested in both photosynthesising…”
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The impact of a simple representation of non-structural carbohydrates on the simulated response of tropical forests to drought by Jones, Simon, Rowland, Lucy, Cox, Peter, Hemming, Deborah, Wiltshire, Andy, Williams, Karina, Parazoo, Nicholas C, Liu, Junjie, da Costa, Antonio C. L, Meir, Patrick, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Harper, Anna B

“…Accurately representing the response of ecosystems to environmental change in land surface models (LSMs) is crucial to making accurate predictions of future…”
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Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long‐term drought than large canopy trees by Bartholomew, David C., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Costa, Antonio C. L., Banin, Lindsay F., Britto Costa, Patrícia, Coughlin, Sarah I., Domingues, Tomas F., Ferreira, Leandro V., Giles, André, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Mercado, Lina, Miatto, Raquel C., Oliveira, Alex, Oliveira, Rafael, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy

“…The response of small understory trees to long‐term drought is vital in determining the future composition, carbon stocks and dynamics of tropical forests…”
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Stand dynamics modulate water cycling and mortality risk in droughted tropical forest by Costa, Antonio C. L., Rowland, Lucy, Oliveira, Rafael S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Binks, Oliver J., Salmon, Yann, Vasconcelos, Steel S., Junior, João A. S., Ferreira, Leandro V., Poyatos, Rafael, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick

“…Transpiration from the Amazon rainforest generates an essential water source at a global and local scale. However, changes in rainforest function with climate…”
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The response of carbon assimilation and storage to long‐term drought in tropical trees is dependent on light availability by Rowland, Lucy, Costa, Antonio C. L., Oliveira, Rafael S., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Giles, André L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Britto Costa, Patricia, Bartholomew, David, Domingues, Tomas F., Miatto, Raquel C., Ferreira, Leandro V., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Junior, Joao A. S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick, Muller‐Landau, Helene

“…Whether tropical trees acclimate to long‐term drought stress remains unclear. This uncertainty is amplified if drought stress is accompanied by changes in…”
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Isoprene emission structures tropical tree biogeography and community assembly responses to climate by Taylor, Tyeen C., McMahon, Sean M., Smith, Marielle N., Boyle, Brad, Violle, Cyrille, Haren, Joost, Simova, Irena, Meir, Patrick, Ferreira, Leandro V., Camargo, Plinio B., Costa, Antonio C. L., Enquist, Brian J., Saleska, Scott R.

“…The prediction of vegetation responses to climate requires a knowledge of how climate-sensitive plant traits mediate not only the responses of individual…”
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Seasonal trends of Amazonian rainforest phenology, net primary productivity, and carbon allocation by Girardin, Cécile A. J., Malhi, Yadvinder, Doughty, Christopher E., Metcalfe, Daniel B., Meir, Patrick, Aguila‐Pasquel, Jhon, Araujo‐Murakami, Alejandro, Costa, Antonio C. L., Silva‐Espejo, Javier E., Farfán Amézquita, Filio, Rowland, Lucy

“…The seasonality of solar irradiance and precipitation may regulate seasonal variations in tropical forests carbon cycling. Controversy remains over their…”
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New insights into large tropical tree mass and structure from direct harvest and terrestrial lidar by Burt, Andrew, Boni Vicari, Matheus, da Costa, Antonio C L, Coughlin, Ingrid, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy, Disney, Mathias

“…A large portion of the terrestrial vegetation carbon stock is stored in the above-ground biomass (AGB) of tropical forests, but the exact amount remains…”
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Drought stress and tree size determine stem CO2 efflux in a tropical forest by Rowland, Lucy, da Costa, Antonio C. L., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Oliveira, Rafael S., Bittencourt, Paulo L., Costa, Patricia B., Giles, Andre L., Sosa, Azul I., Coughlin, Ingrid, Godlee, John L., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Junior, João A. S., Ferreira, Leandro V., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick

“…CO2 efflux from stems (CO2_stem) accounts for a substantial fraction of tropical forest gross primary productivity, but the climate sensitivity of this flux…”
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What controls variation in carbon use efficiency among Amazonian tropical forests? by Doughty, Christopher E., Goldsmith, Gregory R., Raab, Nicolas, Girardin, Cecile A. J., Farfan-Amezquita, Filio, Huaraca-Huasco, Walter, Silva-Espejo, Javier E., Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, da Costa, Antonio C. L., Rocha, Wanderley, Galbraith, David, Meir, Patrick, Metcalfe, Dan B., Malhi, Yadvinder

“…Why do some forests produce biomass more efficiently than others? Variations in Carbon Use Efficiency (CUE: total Net Primary Production (NPP)/Gross Primary…”
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