"Tropical Climate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high temperatures with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D014329
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.071.600 N06.230.300.100.250.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Tropical Climate- Tropical Climate
- Climate, Tropical
- Climates, Tropical
- Tropical Climates
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tropical Climate" by people in Profiles.
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Plant responses to fertilization experiments in lowland, species-rich, tropical forests. Ecology. 2018 05; 99(5):1129-1138.
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Fifty Years of Mountain Passes: A Perspective on Dan Janzen's Classic Article. Am Nat. 2018 05; 191(5):553-565.
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Epilithic and endolithic microorganisms and deterioration on stone church facades subject to urban pollution in a sub-tropical climate. Biofouling. 2017 02; 33(2):113-127.
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Mapping forests in monsoon Asia with ALOS PALSAR 50-m mosaic images and MODIS imagery in 2010. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 11; 6:20880.
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Urine as an important source of sodium increases decomposition in an inland but not coastal tropical forest. Oecologia. 2015 Feb; 177(2):571-9.
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A 50-m forest cover map in Southeast Asia from ALOS/PALSAR and its application on forest fragmentation assessment. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e85801.
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Nutrient enrichment increased species richness of leaf litter fungal assemblages in a tropical forest. Mol Ecol. 2013 May; 22(10):2827-38.
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Global patterns of the dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks following afforestation: a meta-analysis. New Phytol. 2012 Jul; 195(1):172-81.
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A life history continuum in the males of a Neotropical ant assemblage: refuting the sperm vessel hypothesis. Naturwissenschaften. 2012 Mar; 99(3):191-7.
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Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest. Ecology. 2011 Aug; 92(8):1616-25.