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How contemporary bioclimatic and human controls change global fire regimes by Kelley, Douglas I., Bistinas, Ioannis, Whitley, Rhys, Burton, Chantelle, Marthews, Toby R., Dong, Ning

“…Anthropogenically driven declines in tropical savannah burnt area 1 , 2 have recently received attention due to their effect on trends in global burnt area 3 ,…”
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How to fit nonlinear plant growth models and calculate growth rates: an update for ecologists by Paine, C. E. Timothy, Marthews, Toby R., Vogt, Deborah R., Purves, Drew, Rees, Mark, Hector, Andy, Turnbull, Lindsay A.

“…Summary 1. Plant growth is a fundamental ecological process, integrating across scales from physiology to community dynamics and ecosystem properties. Recent…”
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Logging disturbance shifts net primary productivity and its allocation in Bornean tropical forests by Riutta, Terhi, Malhi, Yadvinder, Kho, Lip Khoon, Marthews, Toby R., Huaraca Huasco, Walter, Khoo, MinSheng, Tan, Sylvester, Turner, Edgar, Reynolds, Glen, Both, Sabine, Burslem, David F.R.P., Teh, Yit Arn, Vairappan, Charles S., Majalap, Noreen, Ewers, Robert M.

“…Tropical forests play a major role in the carbon cycle of the terrestrial biosphere. Recent field studies have provided detailed descriptions of the carbon…”
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Soil carbon release enhanced by increased tropical forest litterfall by Sayer, Emma J., Heard, Matthew S., Grant, Helen K., Marthews, Toby R., Tanner, Edmund V. J.

“…Enhanced tropical forest productivity, facilitated by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, could act as a substantial carbon sink. However, a long-term…”
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Forest community response to invasive pathogens: the case of ash dieback in a British woodland by Needham, Jessica, Merow, Cory, Butt, Nathalie, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marthews, Toby R., Morecroft, Michael, McMahon, Sean M., Griffith, Alden

“…Summary Large‐scale mortality events in forests are increasing in frequency and intensity and can lead to both intermediate‐ and long‐term changes in these…”
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Improving the representation of sugarcane crop in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) model for climate impact assessment by Vianna, Murilo S., Williams, Karina W., Littleton, Emma W., Cabral, Osvaldo, Cerri, Carlos Eduardo P., De Jong van Lier, Quirijn, Marthews, Toby R., Hayman, Garry, Zeri, Marcelo, Cuadra, Santiago V., Challinor, Andrew J., Marin, Fabio R., Galdos, Marcelo V.

“…Bioenergy from sugarcane production is considered a key mitigation strategy for global warming. Improving its representation in land surface models is…”
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Light-based Regeneration Niches: Evidence from 21 Dipterocarp Species using Size-specific RGRs by Philipson, Christopher D., Saner, Philippe, Marthews, Toby R., Nilus, Reuben, Reynolds, Glen, Turnbull, Lindsay A., Hector, Andy

“…A continuing challenge in tropical ecology is to explain the coexistence of large numbers of rain forest tree species. One possible coexistence mechanism is…”
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productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru by Malhi, Yadvinder, Farfán Amézquita, Filio, Doughty, Christopher E, Silva-Espejo, Javier E, Girardin, Cécile A.J, Metcalfe, Daniel B, Aragão, Luiz E.O.C, Huaraca-Quispe, Lidia P, Alzamora-Taype, Ivonne, Eguiluz-Mora, Luzmilla, Marthews, Toby R, Halladay, Kate, Quesada, Carlos A, Robertson, Amanda L, Fisher, Joshua B, Zaragoza-Castells, Joana, Rojas-Villagra, Clara M, Pelaez-Tapia, Yulina, Salinas, Norma, Meir, Patrick, Phillips, Oliver L

“…Background: The forests of western Amazonia are known to be more dynamic that the better-studied forests of eastern Amazonia, but there has been no…”
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linkages between photosynthesis, productivity, growth and biomass in lowland Amazonian forests by Malhi, Yadvinder, Doughty, Christopher E, Goldsmith, Gregory R, Metcalfe, Daniel B, Girardin, Cécile A. J, Marthews, Toby R, Aguila‐Pasquel, Jhon, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C, Araujo‐Murakami, Alejandro, Brando, Paulo, Costa, Antonio C. L, Silva‐Espejo, Javier E, Farfán Amézquita, Filio, Galbraith, David R, Quesada, Carlos A, Rocha, Wanderley, Salinas‐Revilla, Norma, Silvério, Divino, Meir, Patrick, Phillips, Oliver L

“…Understanding the relationship between photosynthesis, net primary productivity and growth in forest ecosystems is key to understanding how these ecosystems…”
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The Effectiveness of Contrasting Protected Areas in Preventing Deforestation in Madre de Dios, Peru by Vuohelainen, Anni Johanna, Coad, Lauren, Marthews, Toby R., Malhi, Yadvinder, Killeen, Timothy J.

“…Accurate monitoring of the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) in decreasing deforestation is increasingly important given the vital role of forest…”
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Deforestation and climate feedbacks threaten the ecological integrity of south–southeastern Amazonia by Coe, Michael T., Marthews, Toby R., Costa, Marcos Heil, Galbraith, David R., Greenglass, Nora L., Imbuzeiro, Hewlley M. A., Levine, Naomi M., Malhi, Yadvinder, Moorcroft, Paul R., Muza, Michel Nobre, Powell, Thomas L., Saleska, Scott R., Solorzano, Luis A., Wang, Jingfeng

“…A mosaic of protected areas, including indigenous lands, sustainable-use production forests and reserves and strictly protected forests is the cornerstone of…”
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Calculating downward longwave radiation under clear and cloudy conditions over a tropical lowland forest site: an evaluation of model schemes for hourly data by Marthews, Toby R., Malhi, Yadvinder, Iwata, Hiroki

“…Field measurements of radiation fluxes—notably downwelling longwave radiation flux (LW flux)—are as yet rare or nonexistent outside a very select number of…”
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Hydro-pedotransfer functions: a roadmap for future development by Weber, Tobias Karl David, Weihermüller, Lutz, Nemes, Attila, Bechtold, Michel, Degré, Aurore, Diamantopoulos, Efstathios, Fatichi, Simone, Filipovic, Vilim, Gupta, Surya, Hohenbrink, Tobias L, Hirmas, Daniel R, Jackisch, Conrad, de Jong van Lier, Quirijn, Koestel, John, Lehmann, Peter, Marthews, Toby R, Minasny, Budiman, Pagel, Holger, van der Ploeg, Martine, Shojaeezadeh, Shahab Aldin, Svane, Simon Fiil, Szabó, Brigitta, Vereecken, Harry, Verhoef, Anne, Young, Michael, Zeng, Yijian, Zhang, Yonggen, Bonetti, Sara

“…Hydro-pedotransfer functions (PTFs) relate easy-to-measure and readily available soil information to soil hydraulic properties (SHPs) for applications in a…”
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Evaluation of wetland CH4 in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) land surface model using satellite observations by Parker, Robert J, Wilson, Chris, Comyn-Platt, Edward, Hayman, Garry, Marthews, Toby R, Bloom, A Anthony, Lunt, Mark F, Gedney, Nicola, Dadson, Simon J, McNorton, Joe, Humpage, Neil, Boesch, Hartmut, Chipperfield, Martyn P, Palmer, Paul I, Yamazaki, Dai

“…Wetlands are the largest natural source of methane. The ability to model the emissions of methane from natural wetlands accurately is critical to our…”
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Inundation prediction in tropical wetlands from JULES-CaMa-Flood global land surface simulations by Marthews, Toby R, Dadson, Simon J, Clark, Douglas B, Blyth, Eleanor M, Hayman, Garry D, Yamazaki, Dai, Becher, Olivia R. E, Martínez-de la Torre, Alberto, Prigent, Catherine, Jiménez, Carlos

“…Wetlands play a key role in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles and provide multiple ecosystem services to society. However, reliable data on the extent of…”
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A global-scale evaluation of extreme event uncertainty in the eartH2Observe project by Marthews, Toby R, Blyth, Eleanor M, Martínez-de la Torre, Alberto, Veldkamp, Ted I. E

“…Knowledge of how uncertainty propagates through a hydrological land surface modelling sequence is of crucial importance in the identification and…”
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Fire, environmental and anthropogenic controls on pantropical tree cover by Kelley, Douglas I., Gerard, France, Dong, Ning, Burton, Chantelle, Argles, Arthur, Li, Guangqi, Whitley, Rhys, Marthews, Toby R., Roberston, Eddy, Weedon, Graham P., Lasslop, Gitta, Ellis, Richard J., Bistinas, Ioannis, Veenendaal, Elmar

“…Explaining tropical tree cover distribution in areas of intermediate rainfall is challenging, with fire’s role in limiting tree cover particularly…”
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Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation by Turnbull, Lindsay A, Philipson, Christopher D, Purves, Drew W, Atkinson, Rebecca L, Cunniff, Jennifer, Goodenough, Anne, Hautier, Yann, Houghton, Jennie, Marthews, Toby R, Osborne, Colin P, Paul-Victor, Cloé, Rose, Karen E, Saner, Philippe, Taylor, Samuel H, Woodward, F. Ian, Hector, Andy, Rees, Mark

“…Small-seeded plant species are often reported to have high relative growth rate or RGR. However, because RGR declines as plants grow larger, small-seeded…”
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The UKC2 regional coupled environmental prediction system by Lewis, Huw W, Castillo Sanchez, Juan Manuel, Graham, Jennifer, Saulter, Andrew, Bornemann, Jorge, Arnold, Alex, Fallmann, Joachim, Harris, Chris, Pearson, David, Ramsdale, Steven, Martínez-de la Torre, Alberto, Bricheno, Lucy, Blyth, Eleanor, Bell, Victoria A, Davies, Helen, Marthews, Toby R, O'Neill, Clare, Rumbold, Heather, O'Dea, Enda, Brereton, Ashley, Guihou, Karen, Hines, Adrian, Butenschon, Momme, Dadson, Simon J, Palmer, Tamzin, Holt, Jason, Reynard, Nick, Best, Martin, Edwards, John, Siddorn, John

“…It is hypothesized that more accurate prediction and warning of natural hazards, such as of the impacts of severe weather mediated through various components…”
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Simulating forest productivity along a neotropical elevational transect: temperature variation and carbon use efficiency by Marthews, Toby R, Malhi, Yadvinder, Girardin, Cécile A. J, Silva Espejo, Javier E, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C, Metcalfe, Daniel B, Rapp, Joshua M, Mercado, Lina M, Fisher, Rosie A, Galbraith, David R, Fisher, Joshua B, Salinas‐Revilla, Norma, Friend, Andrew D, Restrepo‐Coupe, Natalia, Williams, Richard J

“…A better understanding of the mechanisms controlling the magnitude and sign of carbon components in tropical forest ecosystems is important for reliable…”
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