Riley Fortier

Oct 15, 2024 | nature.com | Dawson White |Gonzalo Rivas-Torres |Riley Fortier |Gladys Benavides

AbstractScientists’ limited understanding of tropical plant communities obscures the true extent of species loss caused by habitat destruction1. The Centinelan extinction hypothesis2,3 posits an extreme but widely referenced scenario wherein forest clearing causes the immediate extinction of species known only from a single geographic location.

Oct 1, 2024 | nature.com | Bruno Garcia Luize |Hanna L. Tuomisto |Ted R. Feldpausch |Nicolás Castaño Arboleda |Chris Baraloto |Julien Engel | +23 more

AbstractWe describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our analyses are based on 2023 forest inventory plots (1 ha) that provide abundance data for a total of 5188 tree species. Within-plot species composition reflected both local environmental conditions (especially soil nutrients and hydrology) and geographical regions.

Nov 20, 2023 | nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alyssa T. Kullberg |Lauren Coombs |Riley Fortier |Kenneth J. Feeley

Introduction The effects of rising temperatures on plants will depend on whether individuals can maintain their leaf temperatures within operable physiological limits and/or acclimate to withstand higher leaf temperatures (Michaletz et al., 2016; Cavaleri, 2020).

Aug 31, 2023 | mdpi.com | Kenneth J. Feeley |Manuel Bernal-Escobar |Riley Fortier |Alyssa T. Kullberg

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