The concept of growth rings is little discussed in the literature and their treatment remains
somewhat confusing in terms of the diversity of structures described. This situation has a …

The application of dendrochronology for understanding climatic variations has been of great
interest to climatologists, ecologists, geographers, archeologists, among other sciences …

The Caatinga dry forest encompasses 11% of the total continental territory of Brazil.
Nevertheless, most research on the relationship between phenology and ecosystem …

We review a vast literature of Neotropical forest science and wood anatomical research that
identifies 220 tree species from 46 botanical families with confirmed annual tree-ring …

The energy balance closure obtained through the eddy covariance method is a problem
which persists, despite advances in the development and improvement of instruments and …

Key message Both water availability and temperature modulate the growth of Hymenaea
courbaril on karst in Central Brazil. There is evidence of teleconnections between South …

Abstract The Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (SDTF) present very high biodiversity and a
number of tree species that are adapted to prolonged periods of water stress. Considering …

Although seasonally dry tropical forests are considered invaluable to a greater
understanding of global carbon fluxes, they remain as one of the ecosystems with the fewest …

Tropical dry forests (TDF) are highly important tropical forest ecosystems. Yet, these forests
are highly threatened, usually neglected and only poorly studied. Understanding the long …

Research focusing on energy, water vapor, and CO2 exchanges over the Caatinga Biome is
recent. Consequently, there exist research gaps on this topic that limit our ability to …