Aim Large trees (dbh ≥ 70 cm) store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest
that large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest …

Structurally intact tropical forests sequestered about half of the global terrestrial carbon
uptake over the 1990s and early 2000s, removing about 15 per cent of anthropogenic carbon …

The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains
substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a …

We report above-ground biomass (AGB), basal area, stem density and wood mass density
estimates from 260 sample plots (mean size: 1.2 ha) in intact closed-canopy tropical forests …

Tropical forests are global centres of biodiversity and carbon storage. Many tropical countries
aspire to protect forest to fulfil biodiversity and climate mitigation policy targets, but the …

The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global
climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is …

There is a lot of uncertainty in the amount and spatial variations of above-ground biomass in
Africa, partly because very few allometric equations are available. The aim of this study was …

Africa is forecasted to experience large and rapid climate change 1 and population growth 2
during the twenty-first century, which threatens the world’s second largest rainforest. …

Plant functional traits, in particular specific leaf area ( SLA ), wood density and seed mass,
are often good predictors of individual tree growth rates within communities. Individuals and …

Comparative analyses of diversity variation among and between regions allow testing of
alternative explanatory models and ideas. Here, we explore the relationships between the tree α…