Barbara Vinceti

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a new synthesis and interpolation of the basal area and aboveground live biomass of old-growth lowland tropical forests across South America, based on data from 227 forest plots, many previously unpublished.

TL;DR: It is shown that non-fragmented Amazon forests are experiencing a concerted increase in the density, basal area and mean size of woody climbing plants (lianas), which implies that the tropical terrestrial carbon sink may shut down sooner than current models suggest.

TL;DR: In this article, the above-ground coarse wood carbon productivity for 104 forest plots in lowland New World humid tropical forests, using a consistent calculation methodology that incorporates corrections for spatial variations in tree-size distributions and wood density, and for census interval length.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize regional-scale patterns of "tree turnover" (the rate with which trees die and recruit into a population) by using improved datasets now available for Amazonia that span the past 25 years, and assess whether concerted changes in turnover are occurring and if so whether they are general throughout the Amazon or restricted to one region or environmental zone.

TL;DR: Large long-term increases inStand-level BA growth and simultaneous increases in stand BA and stem density imply a continent-wide increase in resource availability which is increasing net primary productivity and altering forest dynamics.