05614naa a2201813 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400330006010000270009324501090012026000090022950000610023852008260029965000160112565000150114165000260115665300160118265300270119865300190122570000140124470000170125870000240127570000240129970000200132370000210134370000190136470000170138370000160140070000230141670000230143970000170146270000250147970000230150470000180152770000160154570000140156170000170157570000160159270000180160870000170162670000150164370000170165870000220167570000180169770000140171570000140172970000160174370000180175970000160177770000140179370000250180770000230183270000190185570000200187470000200189470000200191470000190193470000200195370000190197370000230199270000210201570000220203670000170205870000170207570000150209270000200210770000150212770000220214270000170216470000200218170000190220170000170222070000190223770000190225670000170227570000160229270000230230870000300233170000180236170000180237970000170239770000160241470000200243070000150245070000170246570000180248270000210250070000220252170000190254370000260256270000220258870000190261070000190262970000160264870000190266470000190268370000170270270000170271970000200273670000230275670000220277970000140280170000220281570000220283770000190285970000210287870000210289970000150292070000160293570000240295170000240297570000180299970000250301770000210304270000210306370000170308470000140310170000180311570000230313370000190315670000210317570000200319670000180321670000140323470000180324870000170326670000170328370000230330070000140332370000150333770000200335270000220337270000220339470000160341670000200343270000170345270000180346970000150348770000150350270000190351770000180353670000230355470000200357770000140359770000190361170000150363070000160364570000190366170000180368070000200369870000180371870000140373677300500375021749172025-05-20       2025    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1126/science.adl54142DOI1 aAGUIRRE-GUTIÉRREZ, J.  aTropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change.h[electronic resource]  c2025  aDisponível em: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl5414.  aUnderstanding 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.  aDry forests  aEcosystems  aPhenotypic plasticity  aCommunities  aFunctional composition  aLeaf economics1 aDÍAZ, S.1 aRIFAI, S. W.1 aCORRAL-RIVAS, J. J.1 aNAVA-MIRANDA, M. G.1 aGONZÁLEZ-M, R.1 aHURTADO-M, A. B.1 aREVILLA, N. S.1 aVILANOVA, E.1 aALMEIDA, E.1 aOLIVEIRA, E. A. de1 aALVAREZ-DAVILA, E.1 aALVES, L. F.1 aANDRADE, A. C. S. de1 aCOSTA, A. C. L. da1 aVIEIRA, S. A.1 aARAGÃO, L.1 aARETS, E.1 aC., G. A. A.1 aBACCARO, F.1 aBAKKER, Y. V.1 aBAKER, T. R.1 aBÁNKI, O.1 aBARALOTO, C.1 aCAMARGO, P. B. de1 aBERENGUER, E.1 aBLANC, L.1 aBONAL, D.1 aBONGERS, F.1 aBORDIN, K. M.1 aBRIENEN, R.1 aBROWN, F.1 aPRESTES, N. C. C. S.1 aCASTILHO, C. V. de1 aRIBEIRO, S. C.1 aSOUZA, F. C. de1 aCOMISKEY, J. A.1 aVALVERDE, F. C.1 aMÜLLER, S. C.1 aSILVA, R. da C.1 aVALE, J. D. do1 aKAMIMURA, V. de A.1 aPERDIZ, R. de O.1 aPASQUEL, J. D. A.1 aDERROIRE, G.1 aFIORE, A. D.1 aDISNEY, M.1 aFARFAN-RIOS, W.1 aFAUSET, S.1 aFELDPAUSCH, T. R.1 aRAMOS, R. F.1 aLLAMPAZO, G. F.1 aMARTINS, V. F.1 aFORTUNEL, C.1 aCABRERA, K. G.1 aBARROSO, J. G.1 aHÉRAULT, B.1 aHERRERA, R.1 aCORONADO, E. N. H.1 aHUAMANTUPA-CHUQUIMACO, I.1 aPIPOLY, J. J.1 aZANINI, K. J.1 aJIMÉNEZ, E.1 aJOLY, C. A.1 aKALAMANDEEN, M.1 aKLIPEL, J.1 aLEVESLEY, A.1 aOVIEDO, W. L.1 aMAGNUSSON, W. E.1 aSANTOS, R. M. dos1 aMARIMON, B. S.1 aMARIMON-JUNIOR, B. H.1 aREIS, S. 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