Forests provide innumerable ecological, societal and climatological benefits, yet they are
vulnerable to drought and temperature extremes. Climate-driven forest die-off from drought …

Patterns of both above-and belowground biomass and production were evaluated using
published information from 200 individual data-sets. Data sets were comprised of the …

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

Global climate change is expected to affect temperature and precipitation patterns, oceanic
and atmospheric circulation, rate of rising sea level, and the frequency, intensity, timing, and …

An increasing number of studies in a wide range of natural systems have investigated how
pulses of resource availability influence ecological processes at individual, population, and …

It is clear that the climate is changing and ecosystems are becoming severely degraded.
Humans must mitigate the causes of, and adapt to, climate change and the loss of …

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 …

Manuscript received 8 February 1993; revised 22 Jull 1993, accepted 13 September 1993;
final version received 6 October 1993. minor defoliation to large-scale tree mortality (Tanner …

The process of tree mortality has dimensions of intensity, spatial, and temporal scales that
reflect the characteristics of endogenic processes (ie, senescence) and exogenic …

Endophytic fungi were isolated from healthy leaves of Manilkara bidentata (Sapotaceae)
collected in Puerto Rico. One leaf was collected from each of three trees. Four 5× 20 mm …