Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change. / Author Collaboration "Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change"; Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús; Díaz, Sandra et al.
in: Science (New York, N.Y.), Jahrgang 387, Nr. 6738, 07.03.2025, S. eadl5414.

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Harvard

Author Collaboration "Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change", Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J, Díaz, S, Rifai, SW, Corral-Rivas, JJ & Klipel, J 2025, 'Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change', Science (New York, N.Y.), Jg. 387, Nr. 6738, S. eadl5414. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl5414

APA

Author Collaboration "Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change", Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Díaz, S., Rifai, S. W., Corral-Rivas, J. J., & Klipel, J. (2025). Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change. Science (New York, N.Y.), 387(6738), eadl5414. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl5414

Vancouver

Author Collaboration "Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change", Aguirre-Gutiérrez J, Díaz S, Rifai SW, Corral-Rivas JJ, Klipel J. Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change. Science (New York, N.Y.). 2025 Mär 7;387(6738):eadl5414. doi: 10.1126/science.adl5414

Bibtex

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title = "Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change",
abstract = "Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-biodiversity tropical forests. Here, we examined how tropical forests of the Americas have shifted community trait composition in recent decades as a response to changes in climate. Based on historical trait-climate relationships, we found that, overall, the studied functional traits show shifts of less than 8% of what would be expected given the observed changes in climate. However, the recruit assemblage shows shifts of 21% relative to climate change expectation. The most diverse forests on Earth are changing in functional trait composition but at a rate that is fundamentally insufficient to track climate change.",
keywords = "Biology, Ecosystems Research",
author = "{Author Collaboration {"}Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change{"}} and Jes{\'u}s Aguirre-Guti{\'e}rrez and Sandra D{\'i}az and Rifai, {Sami W.} and Corral-Rivas, {Jose Javier} and Nava-Miranda, {Maria Guadalupe} and Roy Gonz{\'a}lez-M and Hurtado-M, {Ana Bel{\'e}n} and Revilla, {Norma Salinas} and Emilio Vilanova and Everton Almeida and {de Oliveira}, {Edmar Almeida} and Esteban Alvarez-Davila and Alves, {Luciana F.} and {de Andrade}, {Ana Cristina Segalin} and {Lola da Costa}, {Antonio Carlos} and Vieira, {Simone Aparecida} and Luiz Arag{\~a}o and Eric Arets and {Aymard C}, {Gerardo A.} and Fabr{\'i}cio Baccaro and Bakker, {Yvonne Vanessa} and Baker, {Timothy R.} and Olaf B{\'a}nki and Christopher Baraloto and {de Camargo}, {Pl{\'i}nio Barbosa} and Erika Berenguer and Lilian Blanc and Damien Bonal and Frans Bongers and Bordin, {Kauane Maiara} and Roel Brienen and Foster Brown and Prestes, {Nayane Cristina C.S.} and Castilho, {Carolina V.} and Ribeiro, {Sabina Cerruto} and {de Souza}, {Fernanda Coelho} and Comiskey, {James A.} and Valverde, {Fernando Cornejo} and M{\"u}ller, {Sandra Cristina} and {da Costa Silva}, Richarlly and {do Vale}, {Julio Daniel} and {de Andrade Kamimura}, Vitor and {de Oliveira Perdiz}, Ricardo and {Del Aguila Pasquel}, Jhon and G{\'e}raldine Derroire and {Di Fiore}, Anthony and Mathias Disney and William Farfan-Rios and Sophie Fauset and Joice Klipel",
year = "2025",
month = mar,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1126/science.adl5414",
language = "English",
volume = "387",
pages = "eadl5414",
journal = "Science (New York, N.Y.)",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)",
number = "6738",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

AU - Author Collaboration "Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change"

AU - Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús

AU - Díaz, Sandra

AU - Rifai, Sami W.

AU - Corral-Rivas, Jose Javier

AU - Nava-Miranda, Maria Guadalupe

AU - González-M, Roy

AU - Hurtado-M, Ana Belén

AU - Revilla, Norma Salinas

AU - Vilanova, Emilio

AU - Almeida, Everton

AU - de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida

AU - Alvarez-Davila, Esteban

AU - Alves, Luciana F.

AU - de Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin

AU - Lola da Costa, Antonio Carlos

AU - Vieira, Simone Aparecida

AU - Aragão, Luiz

AU - Arets, Eric

AU - Aymard C, Gerardo A.

AU - Baccaro, Fabrício

AU - Bakker, Yvonne Vanessa

AU - Baker, Timothy R.

AU - Bánki, Olaf

AU - Baraloto, Christopher

AU - de Camargo, Plínio Barbosa

AU - Berenguer, Erika

AU - Blanc, Lilian

AU - Bonal, Damien

AU - Bongers, Frans

AU - Bordin, Kauane Maiara

AU - Brienen, Roel

AU - Brown, Foster

AU - Prestes, Nayane Cristina C.S.

AU - Castilho, Carolina V.

AU - Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto

AU - de Souza, Fernanda Coelho

AU - Comiskey, James A.

AU - Valverde, Fernando Cornejo

AU - Müller, Sandra Cristina

AU - da Costa Silva, Richarlly

AU - do Vale, Julio Daniel

AU - de Andrade Kamimura, Vitor

AU - de Oliveira Perdiz, Ricardo

AU - Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon

AU - Derroire, Géraldine

AU - Di Fiore, Anthony

AU - Disney, Mathias

AU - Farfan-Rios, William

AU - Fauset, Sophie

AU - Klipel, Joice

PY - 2025/3/7

Y1 - 2025/3/7

N2 - Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-biodiversity tropical forests. Here, we examined how tropical forests of the Americas have shifted community trait composition in recent decades as a response to changes in climate. Based on historical trait-climate relationships, we found that, overall, the studied functional traits show shifts of less than 8% of what would be expected given the observed changes in climate. However, the recruit assemblage shows shifts of 21% relative to climate change expectation. The most diverse forests on Earth are changing in functional trait composition but at a rate that is fundamentally insufficient to track climate change.

AB - Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-biodiversity tropical forests. Here, we examined how tropical forests of the Americas have shifted community trait composition in recent decades as a response to changes in climate. Based on historical trait-climate relationships, we found that, overall, the studied functional traits show shifts of less than 8% of what would be expected given the observed changes in climate. However, the recruit assemblage shows shifts of 21% relative to climate change expectation. The most diverse forests on Earth are changing in functional trait composition but at a rate that is fundamentally insufficient to track climate change.

KW - Biology

KW - Ecosystems Research

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=86000674518&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1126/science.adl5414

DO - 10.1126/science.adl5414

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 40048518

AN - SCOPUS:86000674518

VL - 387

SP - eadl5414

JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)

JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)

SN - 0036-8075

IS - 6738

ER -

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