Pfeifer, MarionGonsamo, AlemuWoodgate, WilliamCayuela, LuisMarshall, Andrew R.Ledo, AliciaPaine, Timothy C. E.Marchant, RobBurt, AndrewCalders, KimCourtney-Mustaphi, ColinCuni-Sanchez, AidaDeere, Nicolas J.Denu, Derejede Tanago, Jose GonzalezHayward, RobinLau, AlvaroMacía, Manuel J.Olivier, Pieter I.Pellikka, PetriSeki, HamiduShirima, DeoTrevithick, RebeccaWedeux, BeatriceWheeler, CharlotteMunishi, Pantaleo K. T.Martin, ThomasMustari, AbdulPlatts, Philip J.2018-01-302018-01-302018-01-08Pfeifer, M, Gonsamo, A, Woodgate, W, Cayuela, L, Marshall, A R, Ledo, A, Paine, T C E, Marchant, R, Burt, A, Calders, K, Courtney-Mustaphi, C, Cuni-Sanchez, A, Deere, N J, Denu, D, de Tanago, J G, Hayward, R, Lau, A, Macía, M J, Olivier, P I, Pellikka, P, Seki, H, Shirima, D, Trevithick, R, Wedeux, B, Wheeler, C, Munishi, P K T, Martin, T, Mustari, A & Platts, P J 2018, 'Tropical forest canopies and their relationships with climate and disturbance : results from a global dataset of consistent field-based measurements', Forest Ecosystems, vol. 5, 7, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-017-0118-72197-5620RIS: urn:187FEDB43D05883D961B808D2907DBDERIS: Pfeifer2018http://hdl.handle.net/2164/9969Acknowledgements We thank the students and research assistants involved in the various projects for their help in the field during data collection. We acknowledge the British Institute in Eastern Africa for logistic support during fieldwork campaigns in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania. We thank the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems project for logistic support in Malaysian Borneo. RH, TM and AHM also thank Kementerian Negara Riset dan Teknologi (RISTEK) for permission to work in Indonesia under research permit number 178/SIP/FRP/SM/V1/2014. Funding CCM was supported by the ‘Uncovering the variable roles of fire in savannah ecosystems’ project, funded by Leverhulme Trust under grant IN-2014-022 and ‘Resilience in East African Landscapes’ project funded by European Commission Marie Curie Initial Training Network (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN project number 606879). MP and AM collected data in Tanzania with funding from Australian Research Council, IUCN Sustain / African Wildlife Foundation and University of York Research Pump Priming Fund. MP and PO collected data in South Africa with funding through the European Research Council ERC-2011-StG_20101109 (project number 281986) and the British Ecological Society - Ecologists in Africa programme. MP, PP, ACS and RM collected data in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania with support through the ‘Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA)’ project (2011–2015), which was funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and coordinated by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi, Kenya. WWF-REDD provided funding to ND to collect data in Tanzania.141375328engSDG 6 - Clean Water and SanitationSDG 13 - Climate ActionLeaf area indexFractional vegetation coverFraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiationHuman population pressureProtected areasDroughtClimate changeQH301 BiologyEuropean Commission606879European Research Council281986QH301Journal article10.1186/s40663-017-0118-75