Search Results - "Phillips, O L"

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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Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements by Gatti, L. V., Gloor, M., Miller, J. B., Doughty, C. E., Malhi, Y., Domingues, L. G., Basso, L. S., Martinewski, A., Correia, C. S. C., Borges, V. F., Freitas, S., Braz, R., Anderson, L. O., Rocha, H., Grace, J., Phillips, O. L., Lloyd, J.

“…Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide measurements across the Amazon basin for 2010 and 2011 reveal that drought rather than temperature caused the observed halt…”
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Intensification of the Amazon hydrological cycle over the last two decades by Gloor, M., Brienen, R. J. W., Galbraith, D., Feldpausch, T. R., Schöngart, J., Guyot, J.-L., Espinoza, J. C., Lloyd, J., Phillips, O. L.

“…The Amazon basin hosts half the planet's remaining moist tropical forests, but they may be threatened in a warming world. Nevertheless, climate model…”
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Drought and ecosystem carbon cycling by van der Molen, M.K., Dolman, A.J., Ciais, P., Eglin, T., Gobron, N., Law, B.E., Meir, P., Peters, W., Phillips, O.L., Reichstein, M., Chen, T., Dekker, S.C., Doubková, M., Friedl, M.A., Jung, M., van den Hurk, B.J.J.M., de Jeu, R.A.M., Kruijt, B., Ohta, T., Rebel, K.T., Plummer, S., Seneviratne, S.I., Sitch, S., Teuling, A.J., van der Werf, G.R., Wang, G.

“…► Intermittent droughts interact differently with the carbon cycle than gradual change. ► Direct effects on carbon exchange depend strongly on vegetation…”
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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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What controls tropical forest architecture? Testing environmental, structural and floristic drivers by Banin, L., Feldpausch, T. R., Phillips, O. L., Baker, T. R., Lloyd, J., Affum-Baffoe, K., Arets, E. J. M. M., Berry, N. J., Bradford, M., Brienen, R. J. W., Davies, S., Drescher, M., Higuchi, N., Hilbert, D. W., Hladik, A., Iida, Y., Salim, K. Abu, Kassim, A. R., King, D. A., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Metcalfe, D., Nilus, R., Peh, K. S.-H., Reitsma, J. M., Sonké, B., Taedoumg, H., Tan, S., White, L., Wöll, H., Lewis, S. L.

“…Aim: To test the extent to which the vertical structure of tropical forests is determined by environment, forest structure or biogeographical history…”
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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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Regional and seasonal patterns of litterfall in tropical South America by Chave, J., Navarrete, D., Almeida, S., Álvarez, E., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Bonal, D., Châtelet, P., Silva-Espejo, J. E., Goret, J.-Y., von Hildebrand, P., Jiménez, E., Patiño, S., Peñuela, M. C., Phillips, O. L., Stevenson, P., Malhi, Y.

“…The production of aboveground soft tissue represents an important share of total net primary production in tropical rain forests. Here we draw from a large…”
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Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate by Fyllas, N. M., Patiño, S., Baker, T. R., Bielefeld Nardoto, G., Martinelli, L. A., Quesada, C. A., Paiva, R., Schwarz, M., Horna, V., Mercado, L. M., Santos, A., Arroyo, L., Jiménez, E. M., Luizão, F. J., Neill, D. A., Silva, N., Prieto, A., Rudas, A., Silviera, M., Vieira, I. C. G., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Malhi, Y., Phillips, O. L., Lloyd, J.

“…We analysed 1040 individual trees, located in 62 plots across the Amazon Basin for leaf mass per unit area (MA), foliar carbon isotopic composition (δ13C) and…”
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Analysing Amazonian forest productivity using a new individual and trait-based model (TFS v.1) by Fyllas, N. M, Gloor, E, Mercado, L. M, Sitch, S, Quesada, C. A, Domingues, T. F, Galbraith, D. R, Torre-Lezama, A, Vilanova, E, Ramírez-Angulo, H, Higuchi, N, Neill, D. A, Silveira, M, Ferreira, L, Aymard C., G. A, Malhi, Y, Phillips, O. L, Lloyd, J

“…Repeated long-term censuses have revealed large-scale spatial patterns in Amazon basin forest structure and dynamism, with some forests in the west of the…”
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Above- and below-ground net primary productivity across ten Amazonian forests on contrasting soils by Aragão, L. E. O. C., Malhi, Y., Metcalfe, D. B., Silva-Espejo, J. E., Jiménez, E., Navarrete, D., Almeida, S., Costa, A. C. L., Salinas, N., Phillips, O. L., Anderson, L. O., Alvarez, E., Baker, T. R., Goncalvez, P. H., Huamán-Ovalle, J., Mamani-Solórzano, M., Meir, P., Monteagudo, A., Patiño, S., Peñuela, M. C., Prieto, A., Quesada, C. A., Rozas-Dávila, A., Rudas, A., Silva Jr, J. A., Vásquez, R.

“…The net primary productivity (NPP) of tropical forests is one of the most important and least quantified components of the global carbon cycle. Most relevant…”
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The carbon balance of South America: a review of the status, decadal trends and main determinants by Gloor, M, Gatti, L, Brienen, R, Feldpausch, T. R, Phillips, O. L, Miller, J, Ometto, J. P, Rocha, H, Baker, T, de Jong, B, Houghton, R. A, Malhi, Y, Aragão, L. E. O. C, Guyot, J.-L, Zhao, K, Jackson, R, Peylin, P, Sitch, S, Poulter, B, Lomas, M, Zaehle, S, Huntingford, C, Levy, P, Lloyd, J

“…We summarise the contemporary carbon budget of South America and relate it to its dominant controls: population and economic growth, changes in land use…”
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Liana infestation impacts tree growth in a lowland tropical moist forest by van der Heijden, G. M. F., Phillips, O. L.

“…Ecosystem-level estimates of the effect of lianas on tree growth in mature tropical forests are needed to evaluate the functional impact of lianas and their…”
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The sensitivity of wood production to seasonal and interannual variations in climate in a lowland Amazonian rainforest by Rowland, Lucy, Malhi, Y., Silva-Espejo, J. E., Farfán-Amézquita, F., Halladay, K., Doughty, C. E., Meir, P., Phillips, O. L.

“…Understanding climatic controls on tropical forest productivity is key to developing more reliable models for predicting how tropical biomes may respond to…”
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Structural, physiognomic and above-ground biomass variation in savanna–forest transition zones on three continents – how different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations? by Veenendaal, E. M, Torello-Raventos, M, Feldpausch, T. R, Domingues, T. F, Gerard, F, Schrodt, F, Saiz, G, Quesada, C. A, Djagbletey, G, Ford, A, Kemp, J, Marimon, B. S, Marimon-Junior, B. H, Lenza, E, Ratter, J. A, Maracahipes, L, Sasaki, D, Sonké, B, Zapfack, L, Villarroel, D, Schwarz, M, Yoko Ishida, F, Gilpin, M, Nardoto, G. B, Affum-Baffoe, K, Arroyo, L, Bloomfield, K, Ceca, G, Compaore, H, Davies, K, Diallo, A, Fyllas, N. M, Gignoux, J, Hien, F, Johnson, M, Mougin, E, Hiernaux, P, Killeen, T, Metcalfe, D, Miranda, H. S, Steininger, M, Sykora, K, Bird, M. I, Grace, J, Lewis, S, Phillips, O. L, Lloyd, J

“…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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The potential for REDD+ to reduce forest degradation in Vietnam by Ngo, D T, Le, A V, Le, H T, Stas, S M, Le, T C, Tran, H D, Pham, T, Le, T T, Spracklen, B D, Langan, C, Cuthbert, R, Buermann, W, Phillips, O L, Jew, E K K, Spracklen, D V

“…Natural forests in Vietnam have experienced rapid declines in the last 70 years, as a result of degradation from logging and conversion of natural forests to…”
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Concerted changes in tropical forest structure and dynamics: evidence from 50 South American long-term plots by Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Baker, T. R., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Laurance, W. F., Neill, D. A., Silva, J. N. M., Terborgh, J., Torres Lezama, A., Vásquez Martinez, R., Brown, S., Chave, J., Kuebler, C., Núñez Vargas, P., Vinceti, B.

“…stems ha…”
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Coordination of physiological and structural traits in Amazon forest trees by Patiño, S, Fyllas, N. M, Baker, T. R, Paiva, R, Quesada, C. A, Santos, A. J. B, Schwarz, M, ter Steege, H, Phillips, O. L, Lloyd, J

“…Many plant traits covary in a non-random manner reflecting interdependencies associated with "ecological strategy" dimensions. To understand how plants…”
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Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976–2001 by Phillips, O. L., Baker, T. R., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T. J., Laurance, W. F., Lewis, S. L., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D. A., Núñez Vargas, P., Silva, J. N. M., Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martínez, R., Alexiades, M., Almeida, S., Brown, S., Chave, J., Comiskey, J. A., Czimczik, C. I., Di Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Kuebler, C., Laurance, S. G., Nascimento, H. E. M., Olivier, J., Palacios, W., Patiño, S., Pitman, N. C. A., Quesada, C. A., Saldias, M., Torres Lezama, A., Vinceti, B.

“…Previous work has shown that tree turnover, tree biomass and large liana densities have increased in mature tropical forest plots in the late twentieth…”
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Increasing turnover through time in tropical forests by Phillips, O.L, Gentry, A.H

“…Tree turnover rates were assessed at 40 tropical forest sites. Averaged across inventoried forests, turnover, as measured by tree mortality and recruitment,…”
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