BACKGROUND Forest dynamics arise from the interplay of chronic drivers and transient
disturbances with the demographic processes of recruitment, growth, and mortality. The …

Earth system models must predict forest responses to global change in order to simulate
future global climate, hydrology, and ecosystem dynamics. These models are increasingly …

Thermal macrophysiology is an established research field that has led to well-described
patterns in the global structuring of climate adaptation and risk. However, since it was …

The benefits and risks of human-aided translocation of individuals within the species range,
assisted gene flow (AGF), depend on the genetic divergence, on the rate and direction of …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Predicting future ecosystem dynamics depends critically on an improved understanding of
how disturbances and climate change have driven long-term ecological changes in the past …

Biodiversity is declining globally, yet many biodiversity hotspots still lack comprehensive
species conservation assessments. Using multiple International Union for Conservation of …

As climatic conditions shift in coming decades, persistence of many populations will depend
on their ability to colonize habitat newly suitable for their climatic requirements …

As the single opportunity for plants to move, seed dispersal has an important impact on plant
fitness, species distributions and patterns of biodiversity. However, models that predict …

Global commitments to protected area expansion should prioritize opportunities to protect
climate refugia and ecosystems which store high levels of irrecoverable carbon, as key …