The Amazon Basin plays key roles in the carbon and water cycles, climate change,
atmospheric chemistry, and biodiversity. It has already been changed significantly by human …

Tropical forests account for one‐third of the total metabolic activity of the Earth's land
surface. Hence, understanding the controls on tropical forest photosynthesis and respiration …

Tropical forests face increasing climate risk,, yet our ability to predict their response to
climate change is limited by poor understanding of their resistance to water stress. Although …

This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Tropical forest vegetation is shaped by climate and by soil, but understanding how the
distributions of individual tree species respond to specific resources has been hindered by …

Aboveground tropical tree biomass and carbon storage estimates commonly ignore tree
height (H). We estimate the effect of incorporating H on tropics-wide forest biomass …

Tropical tree height-diameter (H: D) relationships may vary by forest type and region making
large-scale estimates of above-ground biomass subject to bias if they ignore these …

The tropical forests of the Amazon Basin occur on a wide variety of different soil types
reflecting a rich diversity of geologic origins and geomorphic processes. We here review the …

Soil samples were collected in six South American countries in a total of 71 different 1 ha
forest plots across the Amazon Basin as part of the RAINFOR project. They were analysed …

Amazonian droughts are predicted to become increasingly frequent and intense, and the
vulnerability of Amazonian trees has become increasingly documented. However, little is …