BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Leaf traits are known to be strong predictors of plant performance and can be expected to (co)vary along environmental gradients. We investigated the variation, integration, environmental relationships, and evolutionary history of leaf functional traits in the genus Coffea L., typically a rainforest understory shrub, across Afr...
peer reviewed / [en] BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Leaf traits are known to be strong predictors of plant performance and can be expected to (co)vary along environmental gradients. We investigated the variation, integration, environmental relationships, and evolutionary history of leaf functional traits in the genus Coffea L., typically a rainforest underst...
The extreme dry and hot 2015/16 El Niño episode caused large losses in tropical live aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks. Followed by climatic conditions conducive to high vegetation productivity since 2016, tropical AGC are expected to recover from large losses during the El Niño episode; however, the recovery rate and its spatial distribution remain ...
International audience
Each year, an average of 45 tropical cyclones affect coastal areas and potentially impact forests. The proportion of the most intense cyclones has increased over the past four decades and is predicted to continue to do so. Yet, it remains uncertain how topographical exposure and tree characteristics can mediate the damage caused by increasing wind ...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
This study explores the relationship between water vapor and rainfall intensities over three tropical lands (Amazon Basin, Sahel, southern South America) and three tropical ocean regions (Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Niño 4). We utilized daily total column water vapor (TCWV) data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and daily precipitation...
Published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
South Asia is experiencing a rapid increase in nitrogen (N) pollution which is predicted to continue in the future. One of the possible implications is an increase in gaseous reactive N losses from soil, notably in the form of nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitric oxide (NO). Current knowledge of N2O and NO dynamics in forest ecosystems is not sufficient ...
Published in Environmental Research Letters
Drought is a recurrent climatic hazard impacting natural and built environmental systems, including human lives. Although several studies have assessed streamflow droughts and their multivariate characterization, very few studies have focused on understanding spatiotemporal changes in drought attributes, such as drought seasonality, severity and du...
Publication status: Published / Funder: National Geographical Society / Funder: Clemson Caribbean Initiative / Funder: Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources American Samoa / Funder: French Pacific Funds / Funder: San Diego State University Research Foundation / Funder: Strategic Science Investment Fund of the New Zealand Ministry of Business ...
Published in Pediatric exercise science
We examined fluid intake, the relation between body mass (BM) loss and performance, and core temperature in young triathletes during a competition in tropical climate. Fluid intake and pre and post BM were measured in 35 adolescent athletes, and core temperature was measured in one female and one male. Mean urine specific gravity (1.024 [0.007]) in...
