Diversity and function of soil microbes on montane gradients: the state of knowledge in a changing world

CI Looby, PH Martin - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Mountains have a long history in the study of diversity. Like macroscopic taxa, soil microbes
are hypothesized to be strongly structured by montane gradients, and recently there has …

Resistance of African tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly

AC Bennett, GC Dargie… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The responses of tropical forests to environmental change are critical uncertainties in
predicting the future impacts of climate change. The positive phase of the 2015–2016 El …

Introduction: Elevation gradients in the tropics: laboratories for ecosystem ecology and global change research Y. MALHI et al. ELEVATION GRADIENTS IN THE …

Y Malhi, M Silman, N Salinas, M Bush… - Global Change …, 2010 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Girardin
and colleagues on the variance between the net primary productivity (NPP) and its …

Microbial community composition explains soil respiration responses to changing carbon inputs along an A ndes‐to‐A mazon elevation gradient

J Whitaker, N Ostle, AT Nottingham… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The A ndes are predicted to warm by 3–5° C this century with the potential to alter the
processes regulating carbon (C) cycling in these tropical forest soils. This rapid warming is …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient limitation in rainforests and cloud forests along a 3,000-m elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes

JB Fisher, Y Malhi, IC Torres, DB Metcalfe… - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
We report results from a large-scale nutrient fertilization experiment along a
“megadiverse”(154 unique species were included in the study) 3,000-m elevation transect in …

[图书][B] Seasonally dry tropical forests: ecology and conservation

R Dirzo - 2011 - books.google.com
Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

Adaptation of soil microbial growth to temperature: using a tropical elevation gradient to predict future changes

AT Nottingham, E Bååth, S Reischke… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial biogeochemical feedbacks to the climate are strongly modulated by the
temperature response of soil microorganisms. Tropical forests, in particular, exert a major …

The sensitivity of tropical leaf litter decomposition to temperature: results from a large‐scale leaf translocation experiment along an elevation gradient in Peruvian …

N Salinas, Y Malhi, P Meir, M Silman… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We present the results from a litter translocation experiment along a 2800‐m elevation
gradient in Peruvian tropical forests. The understanding of the environmental factors …

Microbial responses to warming enhance soil carbon loss following translocation across a tropical forest elevation gradient

AT Nottingham, J Whitaker, NJ Ostle… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical soils contain huge carbon stocks, which climate warming is projected to reduce by
stimulating organic matter decomposition, creating a positive feedback that will promote …

Rapid degradation of pyrogenic carbon

M Zimmermann, MI Bird, C Wurster, G Saiz… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrogenic carbon (PC‐charcoal, biochar or black carbon) represents a poorly understood
component of the global carbon (C) cycle, but one that has considerable potential to mitigate …