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Measuring biomass changes due to woody encroachment and deforestation/degradation in a forest–savanna boundary region of central Africa using multi-temporal L-band radar backscatter by Mitchard, E.T.A., Saatchi, S.S., Lewis, S.L., Feldpausch, T.R., Woodhouse, I.H., Sonké, B., Rowland, C., Meir, P.

“…Satellite L-band synthetic aperture radar backscatter data from 1996 and 2007 (from JERS-1 and ALOS PALSAR respectively), were used with field data collected…”
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Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia by Doughty, Christopher E., Metcalfe, D. B., Girardin, C. A. J., Amézquita, F. Farfán, Cabrera, D. Galiano, Huasco, W. Huaraca, Silva-Espejo, J. E., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, M. C., Rocha, W., Feldpausch, T. R., Mendoza, A. L. M., da Costa, A. C. L., Meir, P., Phillips, O. L., Malhi, Y.

“…Severe drought in a tropical forest ecosystem suppresses photosynthetic carbon uptake and plant maintenance respiration, but growth is maintained, suggesting…”
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Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees by Feldpausch, T.R, Banin, L, Phillips, O.L, Baker, T.R, Lewis, S.L, Quesada, C.A, Affum-Baffoe, K, Arets, E.J.M.M, Berry, N.J, Bird, M, Brondizio, E.S, Camargo, P. de, Chave, J, Djagbletey, G, Domingues, T.F, Drescher, M, Fearnside, P.M, Franca, M.B, Fyllas, N.M, Lopez-Gonzalez, G, Hladik, A, Higuchi, N, Hunter, M.O, Iida, Y, Salim, K.A, Kassim, A.R, Keller, M, Kemp, J, King, D.A, Lovett, J.C, Marimon, B.S, Marimon-Junior, B.H, Lenza, E, Marshall, A.R, Metcalfe, D.J, Mitchard, E.T.A, Moran, E.F, Nelson, B.W, Nilus, R, Nogueira, E.M, Palace, M, Patino, S, Peh, K.S.H, Raventos, M.T, Reitsma, J.M, Saiz, G, Schrodt, F, Sonké, B, Taedoumg, H.E, Tan, S, White, L, Wöll, H, Lloyd, J

“…Tropical tree height-diameter (H:D) relationships may vary by forest type and region making large-scale estimates of above-ground biomass subject to bias if…”
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Differentiation of neotropical ecosystems by modern soil phytolith assemblages and its implications for palaeoenvironmental and archaeological reconstructions II: Southwestern Amazonian forests by Watling, J., Iriarte, J., Whitney, B.S., Consuelo, E., Mayle, F., Castro, W., Schaan, D., Feldpausch, T.R.

“…Accurate archaeological and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions using phytoliths relies on the study of modern reference material. In eastern Acre, Brazil, we…”
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Edaphic, structural and physiological contrasts across Amazon Basin forest–savanna ecotones suggest a role for potassium as a key modulator of tropical woody vegetation structure and function by Lloyd, J, Domingues, T. F, Schrodt, F, Ishida, F. Y, Feldpausch, T. R, Saiz, G, Quesada, C. A, Schwarz, M, Torello-Raventos, M, Gilpin, M, Marimon, B. S, Marimon-Junior, B. H, Ratter, J. A, Grace, J, Nardoto, G. B, Veenendaal, E, Arroyo, L, Villarroel, D, Killeen, T. J, Steininger, M, Phillips, O. L

“…Sampling along a precipitation gradient in tropical South America extending from ca. 0.8 to 2.0 m a−1, savanna soils had consistently lower exchangeable cation…”
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Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon by Ferreira Domingues, Tomas, Ishida, F. Yoko, Feldpausch, Ted R, Grace, John, Meir, Patrick, Saiz, Gustavo, Sene, Olivier, Schrodt, Franziska, Sonké, Bonaventure, Taedoumg, Herman, Veenendaal, Elmar M, Lewis, Simon, Lloyd, Jon

“…Photosynthesis/nutrient relationships of proximally growing forest and savanna trees were determined in an ecotonal region of Cameroon (Africa). Although…”
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On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions by Torello-Raventos, Mireia, Feldpausch, Ted R, Veenendaal, Elmar, Schrodt, Franziska, Saiz, Gustavo, Domingues, Tomas F, Djagbletey, Gloria, Ford, Andrew, Kemp, Jeanette, Marimon, Beatriz S, Hur Marimon Junior, Ben, Lenza, Eddie, Ratter, James A, Maracahipes, Leandro, Sasaki, Denise, Sonké, Bonaventure, Zapfack, Louis, Taedoumg, Hermann, Villarroel, Daniel, Schwarz, Michael, Quesada, Carlos A, Yoko Ishida, F, Nardoto, Gabriela B, Affum-Baffoe, Kofi, Arroyo, Luzmilla, M.J.S. Bowman, David, Compaore, Halidou, Davies, Kalu, Diallo, Adama, Fyllas, Nikolaos M, Gilpin, Martin, Hien, Fidèle, Johnson, Michelle, Killeen, Timothy J, Metcalfe, Daniel, Miranda, Heloisa S, Steininger, Mark, Thomson, John, Sykora, Karle, Mougin, Eric, Hiernaux, Pierre, Bird, Michael I, Grace, John, Lewis, Simon L, Phillips, Oliver L, Lloyd, Jon

“…Background: There is no generally agreed classification scheme for the many different vegetation formation types occurring in the tropics. This hinders…”
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The influence of C3 and C4 vegetation on soil organic matter dynamics in contrasting semi-natural tropical ecosystems by Saiz, G, Bird, M, Wurster, C, Quesada, C A, Ascough, P, Domingues, T, Schrodt, F, Schwarz, M, Feldpausch, T R, Veenendaal, E, Djagbletey, G, Jacobsen, G, Hien, F, Compaore, H, Diallo, A, Lloyd, J

“…Variations in the carbon isotopic composition of soil organic matter (SOM) in bulk and fractionated samples were used to assess the influence of C3 and C4…”
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Structural, physiognomic and above-ground biomass variation in savanna–forest transition zones on three continents– how by Veenendaal, E.M, Torello-Raventos, M, Feldpausch, T.R, Domingues, T.F, Gerard, F, Schrodt, F, Saiz, G, Quesada, C.A, Djagbletey, G, Sykora, K.V

“…Through interpretations of remote-sensing data and/or theoretical propositions, the idea that forest and savanna represent "alternative stable states" is…”
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Does the disturbance hypothesis explain the biomass increase in basin-wide Amazon forest plot data by GLOOR, M, PHILLIPS, O.L, LLOYD, J.J, LEWIS, S.L, MALHI, Y, BAKER, T.R, LÓPEZ-GONZALEZ, G, PEACOCK, J, ALMEIDA, S, deOLIVEIRA, A.C. ALVES, ALVAREZ, E, AMARAL, I, ARROYO, L, AYMARD, G, BANKI, O, BLANC, L, BONAL, D, BRANDO, P, CHAO, K.-J, CHAVE, J, DÁVILA, N, ERWIN, T, SILVA, J, DiFIORE, A, FELDPAUSCH, T.R, FREITAS, A, HERRERA, R, HIGUCHI, N, HONORIO, E, JIMÉNEZ, E, KILLEEN, T, LAURANCE, W, MENDOZA, C, MONTEAGUDO, A, ANDRADE, A, NEILL, D, NEPSTAD, D, VARGAS, P. NÚÑEZ, PEÑUELA, M.C, CRUZ, A. PEÑA, PRIETO, A, PITMAN, N, QUESADA, C, SALOMÃO, R, SILVEIRA, MARCOS, SCHWARZ, M, STROPP, J, RAMÍREZ, F, RAMÍREZ, H, RUDAS, A, terSTEEGE, H, SILVA, N, TORRES, A, TERBORGH, J, VÁSQUEZ, R, van derHEIJDEN, G

“…Positive aboveground biomass trends have been reported from old-growth forests across the Amazon basin and hypothesized to reflect a large-scale response to…”
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What controls tropical forst architecture? Testing environmental, structural and floristic drivers by Banin, L, Feldpausch, T.R, Philips, O.L, Baker, T.R, Lloyd, J, Affum-Baffoe, K, Arets, E.J.M.M

“…Aim To test the extent to which the vertical structure of tropical forests is determined by environment, forest structure or biogeographical history. Location…”
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Growth, leaf nutrient concentration and photosynthetic nutrient use efficiency in tropical tree species planted in degraded areas in central Amazonia by dos Santos, Ulysses Moreira, de Carvalho Gonçalves, José Francisco, Feldpausch, Ted R.

“…The success of initial tree seedling establishment is related to the capture and use of primary resources such as light and nutrients. The selection of tree…”
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When big trees fall: Damage and carbon export by reduced impact logging in southern Amazonia by Feldpausch, Ted R., Jirka, Stefan, Passos, Carlos A.M., Jasper, Franklin, Riha, Susan J.

“…We examined carbon export in whole logs and carbon accumulation as coarse woody debris (CWD) produced from forest damage during all phases of the first and…”
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Relationships between soil hydrology and forest structure and composition in the southern Brazilian Amazon by Jirka, Stefan, McDonald, Andrew J, Johnson, Mark S, Feldpausch, Ted R, Couto, Eduardo G, Riha, Susan J

“…Question: Is soil hydrology an important niche-based driver of biodiversity in tropical forests? More specifically, we asked whether seasonal dynamics in soil…”
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Biomass, harvestable area, and forest structure estimated from commercial timber inventories and remotely sensed imagery in southern Amazonia by Feldpausch, Ted R., McDonald, Andrew J., Passos, Carlos A.M., Lehmann, Johannes, Riha, Susan J.

“…The purpose of this study was to determine if spatially-explicit commercial timber inventories (CTI) could be used in conjunction with satellite imagery to…”
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Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora by Steege, H. ter, Pitman, C.A, Sabatier, D, Baraloto, C, Salomão, R.P, Guevara, J.E, Phillips, O.L, Castilho, C.V, Magnusson, W.E, Mollino, J.-F, Stevenson Diaz, P.R, Costa , F, Emilio, T, Schietti, J, Alonso, A, Dallmeier, F, Fernandez Piedade, M.T, Maas, P, Araujo-Murakami, A, Arroyo, L, Fine, P.V.A, Peres, C.A, Toledo, M, Baker, T.R, Cerón, C, Engel, J, Petronelli, P, Stropp, J, Zartman, C.E, Daly, D, Neill, D, Silveira, M, Ríos Paredes, M, de Andrade Lima Filho, D, Hoffman, B, Møller Jørgensen, P, Fuentes, A, Schöngart, J, Cornejo Valverde, F, Di Fiore, A, Jimenez, E.M, Peñuela Mora, M.C, Phillips, J.F, Rivas, G, Zent, E.L, Hildebrand, P. von, Malhi, Y, Prieto, A, Ruschell, A, Silva, N, Zent, S, Wang, O, Cano Schutz, A, Gonzales, T, Ramirez-Angulo, H, Tirado , M, Umaña Medina, M.N, Heijden, G. van der, Vilanova Torre, E, Young, K.R, Vriesendorp, C, Baider, C, Ferreira, C, Mesones, I, Torres-Lezama, A, Urrego Giraldo, L.E, Zagt, R, Alexiades, M.N, Monteagudo, A, Hernandez, L, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I, Millikes, W, Palacios Cuenca, W, Valderrama Sandoval, E, Valenzuela Gamarra, L, Dexter, K.G, Feeley, K, Lopez-Gonzalez, G, Núñez Vargas, P, Silman, M.R, Montero, J.C, Honorio Coronado, E.N, Killeen, T.J, Mostacedo, B, Assis, R.L, Terborgh, J, Wittmann, F, Andrade, A, Laurance, W.F, Laurance, S.G.W, Marimon, B.S, Marimon , B.-H. Jr, Leão Amaral, I, Brienen, R, Castellanos, H, Cárdenas López, D, Duivenvoorden, J.F, Mogollón, H.F, Dionízia de Almeida Matos, F, García-Villacorta, R

“…The vast extent of the Amazon Basin has historically restricted the study of its tree communities to the local and regional scales. Here, we provide empirical…”
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