In tropical forests, trees strategically balance growth patterns to optimise fitness amid
multiple environmental stressors. Wind poses the primary risk to a tree's mechanical stability …

Abstract The “Dual Carbon” initiative is a two-stage carbon reduction goal proposed by
China, with significant implications for global climate change mitigation. This article …

The land use of the ancient Maya strongly affected the environment of the previously
forested Maya Lowlands. A forest grew back after the Maya “collapse”, some 1100 years …

Anthropogenic landscape modification may lead to the proliferation of a few species and the
loss of many. Here we investigate mechanisms and functional consequences of this winner …

Functional traits help to understand biological diversity and the mechanism by which
ecological communities are structured and how they respond to the environment. For …

The relationship between intra-specific and inter-specific patterns and processes over
evolutionary time is key to ecological investigations. We examine this relationship taking an …

Central African evergreen broadleaved forests around the equator exhibit a double annual
cycle for canopy phenology and carbon uptake seasonality. The underlying drivers of this …

The neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography has stimulated much research in
community ecology. Here, exact results are used to apply neutral model predictions to large …

Methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) are critical biogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs)
with global warming potentials substantially greater than that of carbon dioxide (CO₂). The …

Forest ecosystems face increasing drought exposure due to climate change, necessitating
accurate measurements of vegetation water content to assess drought stress and tree …