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Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests by Wu, Jin, Albert, Loren P., Lopes, Aline P., Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Hayek, Matthew, Wiedemann, Kenia T., Guan, Kaiyu, Stark, Scott C., Christoffersen, Bradley, Prohaska, Neill, Tavares, Julia V., Marostica, Suelen, Kobayashi, Hideki, Ferreira, Mauricio L., Campos, Kleber Silva, da Silva, Rodrigo, Brando, Paulo M., Dye, Dennis G., Huxman, Travis E., Huete, Alfredo R., Nelson, Bruce W., Saleska, Scott R.

“…In evergreen tropical forests, the extent, magnitude, and controls on photosynthetic seasonality are poorly resolved and inadequately represented in Earth…”
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Forest fragmentation impacts the seasonality of Amazonian evergreen canopies by Nunes, Matheus Henrique, Camargo, José Luís Campana, Vincent, Grégoire, Calders, Kim, Oliveira, Rafael S., Huete, Alfredo, Mendes de Moura, Yhasmin, Nelson, Bruce, Smith, Marielle N., Stark, Scott C., Maeda, Eduardo Eiji

“…Predictions of the magnitude and timing of leaf phenology in Amazonian forests remain highly controversial. Here, we use terrestrial LiDAR surveys every two…”
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Microbially Mediated Plant Functional Traits by Friesen, Maren L, Porter, Stephanie S, Stark, Scott C, von Wettberg, Eric J, Sachs, Joel L, Martinez-Romero, Esperanza

“…Plants are rife with bacteria and fungi that colonize roots and shoots both externally and internally. By providing novel nutritional and defense pathways and…”
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Biological processes dominate seasonality of remotely sensed canopy greenness in an Amazon evergreen forest by Wu, Jin, Kobayashi, Hideki, Stark, Scott C., Meng, Ran, Guan, Kaiyu, Tran, Ngoc Nguyen, Gao, Sicong, Yang, Wei, Restrepo‐Coupe, Natalia, Miura, Tomoaki, Oliviera, Raimundo Cosme, Rogers, Alistair, Dye, Dennis G., Nelson, Bruce W., Serbin, Shawn P., Huete, Alfredo R., Saleska, Scott R.

“…Satellite observations of Amazon forests show seasonal and interannual variations, but the underlying biological processes remain debated. Here we combined…”
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Age-dependent leaf physiology and consequences for crown-scale carbon uptake during the dry season in an Amazon evergreen forest by Albert, Loren P., Wu, Jin, Prohaska, Neill, Camargo, Plinio Barbosa, Huxman, Travis E., Tribuzy, Edgard S., Ivanov, Valeriy Y., Oliveira, Rafael S., Garcia, Sabrina, Smith, Marielle N., Oliveira Junior, Raimundo Cosme, Restrepo‐Coupe, Natalia, Silva, Rodrigo, Stark, Scott C., Martins, Giordane A., Penha, Deliane V., Saleska, Scott R.

“…Satellite and tower-based metrics of forest-scale photosynthesis generally increase with dry season progression across central Amazônia, but the underlying…”
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Optimizing the Remote Detection of Tropical Rainforest Structure with Airborne Lidar: Leaf Area Profile Sensitivity to Pulse Density and Spatial Sampling by Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves de, Stark, Scott C., Shao, Gang, Schietti, Juliana, Nelson, Bruce Walker, Silva, Carlos Alberto, Gorgens, Eric Bastos, Valbuena, Ruben, Papa, Daniel de Almeida, Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin

“…Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) has been considered as a primary source to model the structure and function of a forest canopy through the indicators leaf area…”
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Ecosystem heterogeneity and diversity mitigate Amazon forest resilience to frequent extreme droughts by Longo, Marcos, Knox, Ryan G., Levine, Naomi M., Alves, Luciana F., Bonal, Damien, Camargo, Plinio B., Fitzjarrald, David R., Hayek, Matthew N., Restrepo‐Coupe, Natalia, Saleska, Scott R., Silva, Rodrigo, Stark, Scott C., Tapajós, Raphael P., Wiedemann, Kenia T., Zhang, Ke, Wofsy, Steven C., Moorcroft, Paul R.

“…The impact of increases in drought frequency on the Amazon forest’s composition, structure and functioning remain uncertain. We used a process- and…”
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Persistent effects of fragmentation on tropical rainforest canopy structure after 20 yr of isolation by Almeida, Danilo R. A., Stark, Scott C., Schietti, Juliana, Camargo, Jose L. C., Amazonas, Nino T., Gorgens, Eric B., Rosa, Diogo M., Smith, Marielle N., Valbuena, Ruben, Saleska, Scott, Andrade, Ana, Mesquita, Rita, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lovejoy, Thomas E., Broadbent, Eben N., Shimabukuro, Yosio E., Parker, Geoffrey G., Lefsky, Michael, Silva, Carlos A., Brancalion, Pedro H. S.

“…Assessing the persistent impacts of fragmentation on aboveground structure of tropical forests is essential to understanding the consequences of land use…”
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Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment by Stark, Scott C., Leitold, Veronika, Wu, Jin L., Hunter, Maria O., de Castilho, Carolina V., Costa, Flávia R. C., McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., Shimabukuro, Mônica Takako, Lefsky, Michael A., Keller, Michael, Alves, Luciana F., Schietti, Juliana, Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir, Brandão, Diego O., Woodcock, Tara K., Higuchi, Niro, de Camargo, Plinio B., de Oliveira, Raimundo C., Saleska, Scott R.

“…Tropical forest structural variation across heterogeneous landscapes may control above‐ground carbon dynamics. We tested the hypothesis that canopy structure…”
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Rapid Recent Deforestation Incursion in a Vulnerable Indigenous Land in the Brazilian Amazon and Fire-Driven Emissions of Fine Particulate Aerosol Pollutants by Gabriel de Oliveira, Jing M. Chen, Guilherme A. V. Mataveli, Michel E. D. Chaves, Hugo T. Seixas, Francielle da S. Cardozo, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Liming He, Scott C. Stark, Carlos A. C. dos Santos

“…Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is related to the use of fire to remove natural vegetation and install crop cultures or pastures. In this study, we…”
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Synergistic Ecoclimate Teleconnections from Forest Loss in Different Regions Structure Global Ecological Responses by Garcia, Elizabeth S, Swann, Abigail L S, Villegas, Juan C, Breshears, David D, Law, Darin J, Saleska, Scott R, Stark, Scott C

“…Forest loss in hotspots around the world impacts not only local climate where loss occurs, but also influences climate and vegetation in remote parts of the…”
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Continental-scale consequences of tree die-offs in North America: identifying where forest loss matters most by Swann, Abigail L S, Laguë, Marysa M, Garcia, Elizabeth S, Field, Jason P, Breshears, David D, Moore, David J P, Saleska, Scott R, Stark, Scott C, Villegas, Juan Camilo, Law, Darin J, Minor, David M

“…Regional-scale tree die-off events driven by drought and warming and associated pests and pathogens have occurred recently on all forested continents and are…”
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Relationship between Biomass Burning Emissions and Deforestation in Amazonia over the Last Two Decades by Guilherme A. V. Mataveli, Gabriel de Oliveira, Hugo T. Seixas, Gabriel Pereira, Scott C. Stark, Luciana V. Gatti, Luana S. Basso, Graciela Tejada, Henrique L. G. Cassol, Liana O. Anderson, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

“…With deforestation and associated fires ongoing at high rates, and amidst urgent need to preserve Amazonia, improving the understanding of biomass burning…”
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Forest structure along a 600 km transect of natural disturbances and seasonality gradients in central‐southern Amazonia by Schietti, Juliana, Martins, Demétrius, Emilio, Thaise, Souza, Priscila F., Levis, Carolina, Baccaro, Fabricio B., Pinto, José Luiz Purri da Veiga, Moulatlet, Gabriel M., Stark, Scott C., Sarmento, Kelly, Araújo, R. Nazaré O., Costa, Flávia R. C., Schöngart, Jochen, Quesada, Carlos A., Saleska, Scott R., Tomasella, Javier, Magnusson, William E., Nardoto, Gabriela Bielefeld

“…Summary A negative relationship between stand biomass and the density of stems is expected to develop during the self‐thinning process in resource‐limited…”
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Reframing tropical savannization: linking changes in canopy structure to energy balance alterations that impact climate by Stark, Scott C., Breshears, David D., Aragón, Susan, Villegas, Juan Camilo, Law, Darin J., Smith, Marielle N., Minor, David M., Assis, Rafael Leandro, Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves, Oliveira, Gabriel, Saleska, Scott R., Swann, Abigail L. S., Moura, José Mauro S., Camargo, José Luis, Silva, Rodrigo, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Oliveira, R. Cosme

“…Tropical ecosystems are undergoing unprecedented rates of degradation from deforestation, fire, and drought disturbances. The collective effects of these…”
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Protecting Amazonia Should Focus on Protecting Indigenous, Traditional Peoples and Their Territories by Gabriel de Oliveira, Guilherme A. V. Mataveli, Carlos A. C. dos Santos, Liming He, Skye E. Hellenkamp, Beatriz M. Funatsu, Scott C. Stark, Yosio E. Shimabukuro

“…The Brazilian proverb “Uma desgraça nunca vem só” or “Misfortunes never come alone” has, unfortunately, never been more apt than in reference to the risks now…”
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Formation and stability of Pb-, Zn- & Cu-PO₄ phases at low temperatures: Implications for heavy metal fixation in polar environments by White, Duanne A, Hafsteinsdóttir, Erla G, Gore, Damian B, Thorogood, Gordon, Stark, Scott C

“…Low temperatures and frequent soil freeze–thaw in polar environments present challenges for the immobilisation of metals. To address these challenges we…”
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The other side of tropical forest drought: do shallow water table regions of Amazonia act as large‐scale hydrological refugia from drought? by Costa, Flavia R. C., Schietti, Juliana, Stark, Scott C., Smith, Marielle N.

“…Summary Tropical forest function is of global significance to climate change responses, and critically determined by water availability patterns. Groundwater…”
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Leaf traits and canopy structure together explain canopy functional diversity: an airborne remote sensing approach by Kamoske, Aaron G., Dahlin, Kyla M., Serbin, Shawn P., Stark, Scott C.

“…Plant functional diversity is strongly connected to photosynthetic carbon assimilation in terrestrial ecosystems. However, many of the plant functional traits…”
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Monitoring restored tropical forest diversity and structure through UAV-borne hyperspectral and lidar fusion by Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves de, Broadbent, Eben North, Ferreira, Matheus Pinheiro, Meli, Paula, Zambrano, Angelica Maria Almeyda, Gorgens, Eric Bastos, Resende, Angelica Faria, de Almeida, Catherine Torres, do Amaral, Cibele Hummel, Corte, Ana Paula Dalla, Silva, Carlos Alberto, Romanelli, João P., Prata, Gabriel Atticciati, de Almeida Papa, Daniel, Stark, Scott C., Valbuena, Ruben, Nelson, Bruce Walker, Guillemot, Joannes, Féret, Jean-Baptiste, Chazdon, Robin, Brancalion, Pedro H.S.

“…Remote sensors, onboard orbital platforms, aircraft, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a promising technology to enhance our understanding of…”
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