#  Paul Moorcroft and Researchers Examine Tree Mortality in Moist Tropical Forests 

 





February 16, 2018

 

 

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 **Paul Moorcroft** and reseachers identify rising temperatures, drought, fire and rising CO2 as a few causes of increasing rates of tree mortality in moist tropical forests. In a study in [New Phytologist](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.15027/full), the team of researchers examine the drivers, mechanisms and interactions for increasing mortality rates and suggest steps to better understand and predict future mortality under climate change.

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