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 …

Background Plants have adapted to survive seasonal life-threatening frost and drought.
However, the timing and frequency of such events are impacted by climate change …

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) …

Considering the global intensification of aridity in tropical biomes due to climate change, we
need to understand what shapes the distribution of drought sensitivity in tropical plants. We …

Increased drought conditions impact tree health, negatively disrupting plant water transport
which, in turn, affects plant growth and survival. Persistent drought legacy effects have been …

Evergreen and deciduous species coexist in the subtropical forests in southeastern China. It
has been suggested that phosphorus (P) is the main limiting nutrient in subtropical forests …

Life forms are key to understand the changes in species composition and vegetation types in
space and with succession over time. We asked how life forms from dry and wet regions …

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbioses support forest functioning globally, yet both the structure
and function of ECM fungal communities in seasonally dry neotropical forests (SDTFs) …

Leaf respiration in the light (R light) is crucial for understanding the net CO2 exchange of
individual plants and entire ecosystems. However, R light is poorly quantified and rarely …

One of the most prominent changes in neotropical forests has been the increase in
abundance and size of lianas. Studies suggest that lianas have more acquisitive strategies …