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kofitim.bsky.social
Evolution, ecology and management of tropical forests | Academic @ U Leeds
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I'm excited to share my new paper on classifying dry tropical ecosystems in NE Brazil, using remote sensing. Our method aligns with the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology and suggests a new Ecosystem Functional Group: non-pyric shrubland. Find the paper: biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1454...

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Over two decades, harvesting aguaje palm fruits by climbing rather than tree felling in palm swamp forests in Peru, leads to a higher density of fruit-bearing female trees and increases incomes: a win/win for the forest and people. Great new paper led by Euridice Honorio doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

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>20 years ago banging in aluminium nails, I realised its much easier to tag genera of trees common in forests close to the Andes, than genera that are common in Brazil, where the nails bend. Now Martin Sullivan has produced a beautiful map of wood density to illustrate this trend! rdcu.be/ecTlK

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Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are! Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate? Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!

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Great study showing that tropical American forests are predicted to have 40% greater functional richness than tropical African and Asian forests. Awesome work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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West-east gradient across Amazonia in fast-slow life history strategies of forests beautifully illustrated by new ATDN paper; forests are 'fast' in the west and 'slow' in the northeast of Amazonia doi.org/10.1038/s420...

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This looks like an exciting PhD project on temperate rainforest restoration: great supervisors and great location too www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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When working with traits, imputed values can be very useful, but they are not new information. We provide a practical way to test whether imputation is friend or foe, dependending on data and aim 👇 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @naturerecovery.bsky.social

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Our new paper at rdcu.be/d84EE shows that wherever you are in the tropics, a 'live fast, die young' strategy drives higher species richness amongst the tree flora, made possible by the wonderful community carefully measuring trees across the tropics, underpinned by ForestPlots.net and CTFS-ForestGeo

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