Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTF s) with significant
carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of knowledge regarding MTF tree …

Tropical cyclones are increasing in intensity and size and, thus, are poised to increase in
importance as disturbance agents. Our understanding of cyclone ecology is biased towards …

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

By way of a summary of all the data collected by the mapping teams, I will review what is
entered on each of the data sheets. The map sheet was already de scribed in some detail …

Land-use history interacts with natural forces to influence the severity of disturbance events
and the rate and nature of recovery processes in tropical forests. Although we are far from an …

The literature on the effects of catastrophic wind disturbance (windstorms, gales, cyclones,
hurricanes, tornadoes) on forest vegetation is reviewed to examine factors controlling the …

Mortality rates of 205 tree and shrub species were estimated during two intervals, 1982—
1985 and 1985—1990, in two size classes, 1—10 and≥ 10 cm in diameter, in a 50—ha …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

Tropical forests play a vital role in the global carbon cycle, but the amount of carbon they
contain and its spatial distribution remain uncertain. Recent studies suggest that once tree …

Hurricanes have visible and invisible effects on forests. The visible effects are dramatic,
noticeable over the short‐term and relatively well documented in the literature. Invisible …