Aim Identifying and protecting refugia is a priority for conservation under projected
anthropogenic climate change, because of their demonstrated ability to facilitate the survival …

Wind disturbance is an important ecological force in the tropics, especially in the cyclonic
and hurricane zones from about 7–20° latitude. Damage from intense winds may be …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

Strong tropical storms are known to affect forest structure, composition, and nutrient cycles in
both tropical and temperate regions, although our understanding of these effects …

A variety of ecological processes influence diversity and species composition in natural
communities. Most of these processes, whether abiotic or biotic, differentially filter …

Identifying refugia is a critical component of effective conservation of biodiversity under
anthropogenic climate change. However, despite a surge in conceptual and practical …

Crown damage can account for over 23% of canopy biomass turnover in tropical forests and
is a strong predictor of tree mortality; yet, it is not typically represented in vegetation models …

Amazon forests account for~ 25% of global land biomass and tropical tree species. In these
forests, windthrows (ie, snapped and uprooted trees) are a major natural disturbance, but …

Assessing how forests respond to, and recuperate from, cyclones is critical to understanding
forest dynamics and planning for the impacts of climate change. Projected increases in the …

The ability to withstand disturbance (resistance) and the ability to recover biomass following
disturbance (resilience) were investigated in Australian wet tropical rainforest tree species …