Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden ...

Rain forests receive >1500 mm of rainfall annually, whereas seasonal or dry tropical forests receive less rain and have a distinct dry season. Large areas of tropical forests have been cleared due ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

We therefore examined the foraging and nesting ecology of A. octospinosus in the tropical dry forest of Palo Verde National Park on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and compared our findings with ...

The study maps how the types of trees vary across tropical moist and dry forests, which host most of Earth's tree species. The findings show that tree traits are strongly shaped by long-term ...