Forest Dynamics

Measuring Change in Tropical Forests

What goes on under the Canopy need to be considered (News)

Forest Mortality

ClimateNewsNetwork reports on various studies of tropical forest dynamics. Rising temperature is a forest mortality driver.

direct and indirect human action have – in the big picture – affected the way forests shelter new seedlings, the growth of all trees, and the rate of death of those trees. Mortality is going up, while recruitment and growth are faltering.

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What goes on under the Canopy need to be considered (News)

Sullivan (2020) Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests pdf

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