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BBC: Tropical forests 're-shaped' by climate changes
Changes in rainfall patterns can affect the characteristics of tropical forests, research shows
Future climate change could change the profile of tropical forests, with possible consequences for carbon storage and biodiversity, a study says.
It suggests that if current trends continued, the drier conditions would favour deciduous, canopy species at the expense of other trees.
US researchers based their findings on the changes they recorded......
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Climate reshapes tropical forests
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 18th, 2011
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