Feedback in tropical forests of the Anthropocene

BM Flores, A Staal - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are complex systems containing myriad interactions and feedbacks with
their biotic and abiotic environments, but as the world changes fast, the future of these …

The inability of tropical cloud forest species to invade grasslands above treeline during climate change: potential explanations and consequences

EM Rehm, KJ Feeley - Ecography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The upper elevational range edges of most tropical cloud forest tree species and hence the
'treeline'are thought to be determined primarily by temperatures. For this reason, the treeline …

Upslope migration of Andean trees

KJ Feeley, MR Silman, MB Bush… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change causes shifts in species distributions, or 'migrations'. Despite the
centrality of species distributions to biodiversity conservation, the demonstrated large …

Biome stability in South America over the last 30 kyr: Inferences from long‐term vegetation dynamics and habitat modelling

GC Costa, A Hampe, MP Ledru… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim was to examine the links between past biome stability, vegetation dynamics
and biodiversity patterns. Location South America. Time period Last 30,000 years. Major …

Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records

SGA Flantua, H Hooghiemstra, M Vuille… - Climate of the …, 2016 - cp.copernicus.org
An improved understanding of present-day climate variability and change relies on high-
quality data sets from the past 2 millennia. Global efforts to model regional climate modes …

Response of the endangered tropical dry forests to climate change and the role of Mexican Protected Areas for their conservation

DA Prieto‐Torres, AG Navarro‐Sigüenza… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Assuming that co‐distributed species are exposed to similar environmental conditions,
ecological niche models (ENM s) of bird and plant species inhabiting tropical dry forests …

A 45 kyr palaeoclimate record from the lowland interior of tropical South America

BS Whitney, FE Mayle, SW Punyasena… - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
We present a well-dated, high-resolution,~ 45kyr lake sediment record reflecting regional
temperature and precipitation change in the continental interior of the Southern Hemisphere …

Perspective: the responses of tropical forest species to global climate change: acclimate, adapt, migrate, or go extinct?

KJ Feeley, EM Rehm, B Machovina - Frontiers of biogeography, 2012 - escholarship.org
In the face of ongoing and future climate change, species must acclimate, adapt or shift their
geographic distributions (ie," migrate") in order to avoid habitat loss and eventual extinction …

Dry corridors opened by fire and low CO2 in Amazonian rainforest during the Last Glacial Maximum

H Sato, DI Kelley, SJ Mayor, M Martin Calvo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The dynamics of Amazonian rainforest over long timescales connect closely to its rich
biodiversity. While palaeoecological studies have suggested its stability through the …

Holocene changes in monsoon precipitation in the Andes of NE Peru based on δ18O speleothem records

MG Bustamante, FW Cruz, M Vuille… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two well-dated δ 18 O-speleothem records from Shatuca cave, situated on the northeastern
flank of the Peruvian Andes (1960 m asl) were used to reconstruct high-resolution changes …