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Tropical forests

Spatiotemporal variation of the maximum cooling effect across edge-to-interior gradients in forest patches of southwestern China

Zhangjian Xie, Bin Wang, Qifei Chen, Wenjun Liu, Hong Wang, Yuxin Ma, Weihong Liu, Yajie Jiang, Wen Liu, Yufeng Ma, Cameron Proctor, Hans J. De Boeck, Zhiming Zhang

published 12 Feb 2026

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Endemic vascular plants provide reliable indicators for mapping seasonally dry tropical forests

Mayra Flores-Tolentino, José Luis Villaseñor, Enrique Ortíz, David A. Prieto-Torres, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez

published 09 Dec 2025

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Forest structure, timber species regeneration, and timber volume dynamics along a logging gradient in a lowland tropical rainforest in Africa: Implications for biodiversity conservation and sustainable timber management

David Ocama Kissa, Emmanuel Fred Nzunda, Mnason Tweheyo, Daniel Lussetti, Enock Ssekuubwa, Douglas Sheil

published 05 Jun 2025

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Phenological strategies of an evergreen tree in the Caatinga

Fernanda Moura Fonseca Lucas, Kyvia Pontes Teixeira das Chagas, Ageu da Silva Monteiro Freire, Vivian Raquel Bezerra de Sousa, Fábio de Almeida Vieira

published 07 Mar 2025

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Tropical forest cover, oil palm plantations, and precipitation drive flooding events in Aceh, Indonesia, and hit the poorest people hardest

Muhammad Irfansyah Lubis, Matthew Linkie, Janice Ser Huay Lee

published 14 Oct 2024

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Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica

Christopher Eric Johnson, Kathryn A. Tafoya, Peter Beck, Amy Concilio, Kurt E. White, Rodolfo Quirós, Michael D. Wasserman

published 13 Sep 2023

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The spatial propagation and increasing dominance of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei (Fabaceae) in the eastern Congo basin

Henry B. Glick, Peter M. Umunay, Jean-Remy Makana, C. Dana Tomlin, Jonathan D. Reuning-Scherer, Timothy G. Gregoire

published 07 Feb 2023

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Satellite tracking resident songbirds in tropical forests

Andrew Hart Reeve, Mikkel Willemoes, Luda Paul, Elizah Nagombi, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Troels Eske Ortvad, Gibson Maiah, Knud Andreas Jønsson

published 30 Dec 2022

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Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest

Natalie Yoh, James A. Clarke, Adrià López-Baucells, Maria Mas, Paulo E. D. Bobrowiec, Ricardo Rocha, Christoph F. J. Meyer

published 23 Sep 2022

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Male ant reproductive investment in a seasonal wet tropical forest: Consequences of future climate change

David A. Donoso, Yves Basset, Jonathan Z. Shik, Dale L. Forrister, Adriana Uquillas, Yasmín Salazar-Méndez, Stephany Arizala, Pamela Polanco, Saul Beckett, Diego Dominguez G., Héctor Barrios

published 31 Mar 2022

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Height-diameter allometry for tropical forest in northern Amazonia

Robson Borges de Lima, Eric Bastos Görgens, Fernando Elias, Jadson Coelho de Abreu, Aldine Luiza Baia, Cinthia Pereira de Oliveira, Diego Armando Silva da Silva, Anderson Pedro Bernardina Batista, Robson Carmo Lima, Eleneide Doff Sotta, Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira, José Antônio Aleixo da Silva, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes

published 16 Dec 2021

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Rapid estimation of photosynthetic leaf traits of tropical plants in diverse environmental conditions using reflectance spectroscopy

Julien Lamour, Kenneth J. Davidson, Kim S. Ely, Jeremiah A. Anderson, Alistair Rogers, Jin Wu, Shawn P. Serbin

published 19 Oct 2021

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Physical structure and biological composition of canopies in tropical secondary and old-growth forests

David B. Clark, Steven F. Oberbauer, Deborah A. Clark, Michael G. Ryan, Ralph O. Dubayah

published 20 Aug 2021

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