Tropical forests are a crucial part of helping our planet maintain balance, but they are adapting too slowly to keep pace ...

But human-induced climate change, including altered patterns ... Forest Ecology and Management 261, 1588-1563 (2011). Janzen, D. H. "Tropical dry forest: Area de Conservación Guanacaste ...

Central and South America possess half of the world’s tropical forests. Climate in these biomes shows ... 4), with lower yearly rainfall and longer dry seasons (Figure 6). These biomes are ...

Cloud forests are biodiversity hot spots and crucial water sources. But climate change and deforestation are shrinking their range, new data show.

Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study published in Science reveals that forests across the Americas are not ...

A team of scientists is trying to understand how the trees of the Bobiri forest reserve in southern Ghana react to extreme ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

While dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) and species distribution models (SDMs) help predict climate change ... of ...