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Tropical savannas and dry forests by Pennington, R. Toby, Lehmann, Caroline E.R., Rowland, Lucy M.

“…In the tropics, research, conservation and public attention focus on rain forests, but this neglects that half of the global tropics have a seasonally dry…”
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Leaf economics and plant hydraulics drive leaf: wood area ratios by Mencuccini, Maurizio, Rosas, Teresa, Rowland, Lucy, Choat, Brendan, Cornelissen, Hans, Jansen, Steven, Kramer, Koen, Lapenis, Andrei, Manzoni, Stefano, Niinemets, Ülo, Reich, Peter, Schrodt, Franziska, Soudzilovskaia, Nadia, Wright, Ian J., Martaínez-Vilalta, Jordi

“…• Biomass and area ratios between leaves, stems and roots regulate many physiological and ecological processes. The Huber value Hv (sapwood area/leaf area…”
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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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Xylem hydraulic safety and construction costs determine tropical tree growth by B. Eller, Cleiton, V. Barros, Fernanda, R.L. Bittencourt, Paulo, Rowland, Lucy, Mencuccini, Maurizio, S. Oliveira, Rafael

“…Faster growth in tropical trees is usually associated with higher mortality rates, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood. In…”
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Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought by Powell, Thomas L., Galbraith, David R., Christoffersen, Bradley O., Harper, Anna, Imbuzeiro, Hewlley M. A., Rowland, Lucy, Almeida, Samuel, Brando, Paulo M., Costa, Antonio Carlos Lola, Costa, Marcos Heil, Levine, Naomi M., Malhi, Yadvinder, Saleska, Scott R., Sotta, Eleneide, Williams, Mathew, Meir, Patrick, Moorcroft, Paul R.

“…Considerable uncertainty surrounds the fate of Amazon rainforests in response to climate change. Here, carbon (C) flux predictions of five terrestrial…”
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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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Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro) by Christoffersen, Bradley O, Gloor, Manuel, Fauset, Sophie, Fyllas, Nikolaos M, Galbraith, David R, Baker, Timothy R, Kruijt, Bart, Rowland, Lucy, Fisher, Rosie A, Binks, Oliver J, Sevanto, Sanna, Xu, Chonggang, Jansen, Steven, Choat, Brendan, Mencuccini, Maurizio, McDowell, Nate G, Meir, Patrick

“…Forest ecosystem models based on heuristic water stress functions poorly predict tropical forest response to drought partly because they do not capture the…”
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The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests by Banin, Lindsay F, Raine, Elizabeth H, Rowland, Lucy M, Chazdon, Robin L, Smith, Stuart W, Rahman, Nur Estya Binte, Butler, Adam, Philipson, Christopher, Applegate, Grahame G, Axelsson, E Petter, Budiharta, Sugeng, Chua, Siew Chin, Cutler, Mark E J, Elliott, Stephen, Gemita, Elva, Godoong, Elia, Graham, Laura L B, Hayward, Robin M, Hector, Andy, Ilstedt, Ulrik, Jensen, Joel, Kasinathan, Srinivasan, Kettle, Christopher J, Lussetti, Daniel, Manohan, Benjapan, Maycock, Colin, Ngo, Kang Min, O'Brien, Michael J, Osuri, Anand M, Reynolds, Glen, Sauwai, Yap, Scheu, Stefan, Silalahi, Mangarah, Slade, Eleanor M, Swinfield, Tom, Wardle, David A, Wheeler, Charlotte, Yeong, Kok Loong, Burslem, David F R P

“…Current policy is driving renewed impetus to restore forests to return ecological function, protect species, sequester carbon and secure livelihoods. Here we…”
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Differential nutrient limitation and tree height control leaf physiology, supporting niche partitioning in tropical dipterocarp forests by Bartholomew, David C., Banin, Lindsay F., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Suis, Mohd Aminur Faiz, Mercado, Lina M., Nilus, Reuben, Burslem, David F. R. P., Rowland, Lucy

“…Revealing the mechanisms of environmental niche partitioning within lowland tropical forests is important for understanding the drivers of current species…”
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Plasticity in leaf-level water relations of tropical rainforest trees in response to experimental drought by Binks, Oliver, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy, Costa, Antonio Carlos Lola, Vasconcelos, Steel Silva, Oliveira, Alex Antonio Ribeiro, Ferreira, Leandro, Christoffersen, Bradley, Nardini, Andrea, Mencuccini, Maurizio

“…The tropics are predicted to become warmer and drier, and understanding the sensitivity of tree species to drought is important for characterizing the risk to…”
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Biogeographic distributions of neotropical trees reflect their directly measured drought tolerances by Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane, Galbraith, David, Dexter, Kyle G., Baker, Timothy R., Lewis, Simon L., Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy, Costa, Antonio Carlos Lola da, Nepstad, Daniel, Phillips, Oliver L.

“…High levels of species diversity hamper current understanding of how tropical forests may respond to environmental change. In the tropics, water availability…”
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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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Mapping native and non-native vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado using freely available satellite products by Lewis, Kennedy, de V. Barros, Fernanda, Cure, Marcio B., Davies, Christian A., Furtado, Mariana N., Hill, Timothy C., Hirota, Marina, Martins, Demétrius L., Mazzochini, Guilherme G., Mitchard, Edward T. A., Munhoz, Cássia B. R., Oliveira, Rafael S., Sampaio, Alexandre B., Saraiva, Nicholas A., Schmidt, Isabel B., Rowland, Lucy

“…Native vegetation across the Brazilian Cerrado is highly heterogeneous and biodiverse and provides important ecosystem services, including carbon and water…”
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Evidence for strong seasonality in the carbon storage and carbon use efficiency of an Amazonian forest by Rowland, Lucy, Hill, Timothy Charles, Stahl, Clement, Siebicke, Lukas, Burban, Benoit, Zaragoza‐Castells, Joana, Ponton, Stephane, Bonal, Damien, Meir, Patrick, Williams, Mathew

“…The relative contribution of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration to seasonal changes in the net carbon flux of tropical forests remains poorly…”
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Variation of non‐structural carbohydrates across the fast–slow continuum in Amazon Forest canopy trees by Signori‐Müller, Caroline, Oliveira, Rafael S., Valentim Tavares, Julia, Carvalho Diniz, Francisco, Gilpin, Martin, de V. Barros, Fernanda, Marca Zevallos, Manuel J., Salas Yupayccana, Carlos A., Nina, Alex, Brum, Mauro, Baker, Timothy R., Cosio, Eric G., Malhi, Yadvinder, Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Phillips, Oliver L., Rowland, Lucy, Salinas, Norma, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Galbraith, David

“…Tropical tree species span a range of life‐history strategies within a fast–slow continuum. The position of a species within this continuum is thought to…”
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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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Toward diverse seed sourcing to upscale ecological restoration in the Brazilian Cerrado by Silva, Mateus C., Moonlight, Peter, Oliveira, Rafael S., Pennington, R. Toby, Rowland, Lucy

“…Seed markets are vital to scaling up ecosystem restoration in the Brazilian Cerrado , home of the world’s most species-rich grasslands and savannas. We…”
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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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Scaling leaf respiration with nitrogen and phosphorus in tropical forests across two continents by Rowland, Lucy, Zaragoza‐Castells, Joana, Bloomfield, Keith J., Turnbull, Matthew H., Bonal, Damien, Burban, Benoit, Salinas, Norma, Cosio, Eric, Metcalfe, Daniel J., Ford, Andrew, Phillips, Oliver L., Atkin, Owen K., Meir, Patrick

“…Leaf dark respiration (R dark) represents an important component controlling the carbon balance in tropical forests. Here, we test how nitrogen (N) and…”
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