| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Introduction Yadvinder Malhi and Oliver L. Phillips Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 309–310. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1448.PMCID: PMC1693341 Spatial patterns and recent trends in the climate of tropical rainforest regions. Yadvinder Malhi and James Wright Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 311–329. PMCID: PMC1693325 Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle: impacts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change and rate of deforestation. Wolfgang Cramer, Alberte Bondeau, Sibyll Schaphoff, Wolfgang Lucht, Benjamin Smith, and Stephen Sitch Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 331–343. PMCID: PMC1693328 Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes. William F Laurance Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 345–352. PMCID: PMC1693331 Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots. Timothy R Baker, Oliver L Phillips, Yadvinder Malhi, Samuel Almeida, Luzmila Arroyo, Anthony Di Fiore, Terry Erwin, Niro Higuchi, Timothy J Killeen, Susan G Laurance, William F Laurance, Simon L Lewis, Abel Monteagudo, David A Neill, Percy Núñez Vargas, Nigel C A Pitman, J Natalino M Silva, and Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 353–365. PMCID: PMC1693327 Ecological responses to el Niño-induced surface fires in central Brazilian Amazonia: management implications for flammable tropical forests. Jos Barlow and Carlos A Peres Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 367–380. PMCID: PMC1693330 Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001. O L Phillips, T R Baker, L Arroyo, N Higuchi, T J Killeen, W F Laurance, S L Lewis, J Lloyd, Y Malhi, A Monteagudo, D A Neill, P Núñez Vargas, J N M Silva, J Terborgh, R Vásquez Martínez, M Alexiades, S Almeida, S Brown, J Chave, J A Comiskey, C I Czimczik, A Di Fiore, T Erwin, C Kuebler, S G Laurance, H E M Nascimento, J Olivier, W Palacios, S Patiño, N C A Pitman, C A Quesada, M Saldias, A Torres Lezama, and B Vinceti Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 381–407. PMCID: PMC1693333 Error propagation and scaling for tropical forest biomass estimates. Jerome Chave, Richard Condit, Salomon Aguilar, Andres Hernandez, Suzanne Lao, and Rolando Perez Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 409–420. PMCID: PMC1693335 Concerted changes in tropical forest structure and dynamics: evidence from 50 South American long-term plots. S L Lewis, O L Phillips, T R Baker, J Lloyd, Y Malhi, S Almeida, N Higuchi, W F Laurance, D A Neill, J N M Silva, J Terborgh, A Torres Lezama, R Vásquez Martínez, S Brown, J Chave, C Kuebler, P Núñez Vargas, and B Vinceti Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 421–436. PMCID: PMC1693337 Fingerprinting the impacts of global change on tropical forests. Simon L Lewis, Yadvinder Malhi, and Oliver L Phillips Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 437–462. PMCID: PMC1693339 Some aspects of ecophysiological and biogeochemical responses of tropical forests to atmospheric change. Jeffrey Q Chambers and Whendee L Silver Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 463–476. PMCID: PMC1693326 Sources or sinks? The responses of tropical forests to current and future climate and atmospheric composition. Deborah A Clark Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 477–491. PMCID: PMC1693329 Through enhanced tree dynamics carbon dioxide enrichment may cause tropical forests to lose carbon. Christian Körner Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 493–498. PMCID: PMC1693332 Responses of Amazonian ecosystems to climatic and atmospheric carbon dioxide changes since the last glacial maximum. Francis E Mayle, David J Beerling, William D Gosling, and Mark B Bush Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 499–514. PMCID: PMC1693334 Historical climate change and speciation: neotropical seasonally dry forest plants show patterns of both tertiary and quaternary diversification. R Toby Pennington, Matt Lavin, Darién E Prado, Colin A Pendry, Susan K Pell, and Charles A Butterworth Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 515–537. PMCID: PMC1693336 Contrasting simulated past and future responses of the Amazonian forest to atmospheric change. Sharon A Cowling, Richard A Betts, Peter M Cox, Virginia J Ettwein, Chris D Jones, Mark A Maslin, and Steven A Spall Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 539–547. PMCID: PMC1693338 Tropical forests and global atmospheric change: a synthesis. Yadvinder Malhi and Oliver L Phillips Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 March 29; 359(1443): 549–555. PMCID: PMC1693340 |