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  • Tree mortality has been shown to be the dominant control on carbon storage in Amazon forests, but little is known of how and why Amazon forest trees die. Here the authors analyse a large Amazon-wide dataset, finding that fast-growing species face greater mortality risk, but that slower-growing individuals within a species are more likely to die, regardless of size.

    • Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert
    • Oliver L. Phillips
    • David Galbraith
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-11

  • The Amazon faces worsening droughts, yet little is known about large-scale variation in the physiological limits of Amazon trees. Here, the authors reveal family-level conservatism in embolism resistance and estimate that Brazilian and Guiana shield forests are more resistant than Western Amazonia forests.

    • Julia Valentim Tavares
    • Emanuel Gloor
    • David Galbraith
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 17, P: 1-12

  • A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

    • Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert
    • Rebecca Banbury Morgan
    • Oliver L. Phillips
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Plants
    Volume: 11, P: 2016-2025

  • Wood density is a key control on tree biomass, and understanding its spatial variation improves estimates of forest carbon stock. Sullivan et al. measure >900 forest plots to quantify wood density and produce high resolution maps of its variation across South American tropical forests.

    • Martin J. P. Sullivan
    • Oliver L. Phillips
    • Joeri A. Zwerts
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-12

  • This study examines long-term changes in species richness across tropical forests in the Andes and Amazon. Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species, while Northern Andean forests are accumulating species, acting as a refuge for climate-displaced species.

    • B. Fadrique
    • F. Costa
    • O. L. Phillips
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Ecology & Evolution
    Volume: 10, P: 267-280

  • Most Amazon tree species are rare but a small proportion are common across the region. The authors show that different species are hyperdominant in different size classes and that hyperdominance is more phylogenetically restricted for larger canopy trees than for smaller understory ones.

    • Frederick C. Draper
    • Flavia R. C. Costa
    • Christopher Baraloto
    Research
    Nature Ecology & Evolution
    Volume: 5, P: 757-767

  • The influence of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Atlantic marine systems and fisheries is complex. This Review outlines the mechanisms by which El Niño–Southern Oscillation impacts the tropical and South Atlantic, connecting physical climate perturbations to biogeochemical and ecological responses.

    • Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca
    • Elena Calvo-Miguélez
    • Wenju Cai
    Reviews
    Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
    Volume: 7, P: 43-59

  • Tracking data from 17 marine predator species in the Southern Ocean are used to identify Areas of Ecological Significance, the protection of which could help to mitigate increasing pressures on Southern Ocean ecosystems.

    • Mark A. Hindell
    • Ryan R. Reisinger
    • Ben Raymond
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 580, P: 87-92

  • The Amazon rainforest is dominated by relatively few tree species, yet the degree to which this hyperdominance influences carbon cycling remains unknown. Here, the authors analyse 530 forest plots and show that ∼1% of species are responsible for 50% of the aboveground carbon storage and productivity.

    • Sophie Fauset
    • Michelle O. Johnson
    • Oliver L. Phillips
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-9

  • The authors analyse tree responses to an extreme heat and drought event across South America to understand long-term climate resistance. While no more sensitive to this than previous lesser events, forests in drier climates showed the greatest impacts and thus vulnerability to climate extremes.

    • Amy C. Bennett
    • Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa
    • Oliver L. Phillips
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 13, P: 967-974

  • Analyses of drivers of water stress are used to predict likely trajectories of the Amazon forest system and suggests potential actions that could prevent system collapse.

    • Bernardo M. Flores
    • Encarni Montoya
    • Marina Hirota
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 626, P: 555-564

  • Analysis of satellite-based data on recovering degraded and secondary forests in three tropical moist forest regions quantifies the amount of aboveground carbon accumulated, which counterbalanced one quarter of carbon emissions from old-growth forest loss between 1984 and 2018.

    • Viola H. A. Heinrich
    • Christelle Vancutsem
    • Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 615, P: 436-442