Naturally regenerating and restored second growth forests account for over 70% of tropical
forest cover and provide key ecosystem services. Understanding climate change impacts on …

Background Trees are critical components of rural and urban ecosystems throughout the
world. While they have adapted to the historic conditions of their native environments …

The effect of precipitation regime on the C cycle of tropical forests is poorly understood,
despite the existence of models that suggest a drier climate may substantially alter the …

Much of the world's tropical forests have been affected by anthropogenic disturbance. These
forests are important biodiversity reservoirs whose diversity, structure and function must be …

Hurricanes are meteorological events with intense effects on coastal ecosystems where the
change in wind kinetic energy is first concentrated. The quantification of forest change and …

Abstract On the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, communities (ejidos) that selectively log their
forests help reduce deforestation and are an important source of timber for national and …

Tropical dry forest (TDF) is the most threatened of all tropical forest ecosystems worldwide.
In the tropical dry forest of the Pacific Coast of Mexico, in addition to human disturbance, the …

Tropical second‐growth forests could help mitigate climate change, but the degree to which
their carbon potential is achieved will depend on exposure to disturbance. Wind disturbance …

To date, it is not clear which are the factors that most influence tropical forest recovery from
hurricanes. Increased canopy openness and increased detritus (debris) deposition are two …

Response diversity, defined as the variable responses of species to environmental change,
has been proposed as a key determinant of ecosystem resilience. We test this hypothesis …