Tropical forest function is of global significance to climate change responses, and critically
determined by water availability patterns. Groundwater is tightly related to soil water through …

This review explores the evolution of extant South American tropical biomes, focusing on
when and why they developed. Tropical vegetation experienced a radical transformation …

Differences in species diversity over continental scales represent imprints of evolutionary,
ecological, and biogeographic events. Here, we investigate whether the higher tree species …

Tropical rainforest woody plants have been thought to have uniformly low resistance to
hydraulic failure and to function near the edge of their hydraulic safety margin (HSM) …

Hybridization can facilitate both evolutionary diversification and extinction and has had a
critical role in plant evolution, with c. 25% of species known to hybridize in some temperate …

Background There are conflicting views between palaeobotanists and plant systematists/
evolutionary biologists regarding the occurrence of plant speciation in the Quaternary …

The origins and evolution of the outstanding Neotropical biodiversity are a matter of intense
debate. A comprehensive understanding is hindered by the lack of deep-time comparative …

With extraordinary levels of plant diversity and endemism, the Brazilian campos rupestres
across the Espinhaço Range have a species/area ratio 40 times higher than the lowland …

Severe droughts have led to lower plant growth and high mortality in many ecosystems
worldwide, including tropical forests. Drought vulnerability differs among species, but there …

Mapping biodiversity patterns across taxa and environments is crucial to address the
evolutionary and ecological dimensions of species distribution, suggesting areas of …