Outputs (46)

Effect of lianas on forest-level tree carbon accumulation does not differ between seasons: Results from a liana removal experiment in Panama (2019)
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van der Heijden, G. M., Powers, J. S., & Schnitzer, S. A. (2019). Effect of lianas on forest-level tree carbon accumulation does not differ between seasons: Results from a liana removal experiment in Panama. Journal of Ecology, 107(4), 1890-1900. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13155

1. Lianas are prevalent in Neotropical forests, where liana-tree competition can be intense, resulting in reduced tree growth and survival. The ability of lianas to grow relative to trees during the dry season suggests that liana-tree competition is... Read More about Effect of lianas on forest-level tree carbon accumulation does not differ between seasons: Results from a liana removal experiment in Panama.

A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies (2019)
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Waite, C. E., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Field, R., & Boyd, D. S. (2019). A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(4), 902-912. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13318

1. Tropical forests store and sequester large quantities of carbon, mitigating climate change. Lianas (woody vines) are important tropical forest components, most conspicuous in the canopy. Lianas reduce forest carbon uptake and their recent incre... Read More about A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies.

Environmental drivers of forest structure and stem turnover across Venezuelan tropical forests (2018)
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Vilanova, E., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Torres-Lezama, A., Aymard, G., Gámez, L., Durán, C., …Ettl, G. J. (2018). Environmental drivers of forest structure and stem turnover across Venezuelan tropical forests. PLoS ONE, 13(6), Article e0198489. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198489

Using data from 50 long-term permanent plots from across Venezuelan forests in northern South America, we explored large-scale patterns of stem turnover, aboveground biomass (AGB) and woody productivity (AGWP), and the relationships between them and... Read More about Environmental drivers of forest structure and stem turnover across Venezuelan tropical forests.

Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data (2018)
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Gomes, V. H., IJff, S. D., Raes, N., Amaral, I. L., Salomão, R. P., de Souza Coelho, L., …ter Steege, H. (in press). Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 1003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1

Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology and conservation. Presence-only SDMs such as MaxEnt frequently use natural history collections (NHCs) as occurrence data, given their huge numbers and accessibility. NHCs are often spatial... Read More about Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data.

Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition (2017)
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Levis, C., Costa, F. R., Bongers, F., Peña-Claros, M., Clement, C. R., Junqueira, A. B., …ter Steege, H. (2017). Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition. Science, 355(6328), 925-931. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal0157

The extent to which pre-Columbian societies altered Amazonian landscapes is hotly debated. We performed a basin-wide analysis of pre-Columbian impacts on Amazonian forests by overlaying known archaeological sites in Amazonia with the distributions an... Read More about Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition.

Carbon uptake by mature Amazon forests has mitigated Amazon nations’ carbon emissions (2017)
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Phillips, O. L., Brienen, R. J., & the RAINFOR collaboration. (2017). Carbon uptake by mature Amazon forests has mitigated Amazon nations’ carbon emissions. Carbon Balance and Management, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-016-0069-2

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Several independent lines of evidence suggest that Amazon forests have provided a significant carbon sink service, and also that the Amazon carbon sink in intact, mature forests may now be threatened as a result of d... Read More about Carbon uptake by mature Amazon forests has mitigated Amazon nations’ carbon emissions.

Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology (2016)
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Coelho de Souza, F., Dexter, K. G., Phillips, O. L., Brienen, R. J., Chave, J., Galbraith, D. R., …Baker, T. R. (in press). Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1844), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1587

Lineages tend to retain ecological characteristics of their ancestors through time. However, for some traits, selection during evolutionary history may have also played a role in determining trait values. To address the relative importance of these p... Read More about Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology.

Amazon forest response to repeated droughts (2016)
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Feldpausch, T. R., Phillips, O. L., Brienen, R. J., Gloor, E., Lloyd, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., …Vos, V. A. (2016). Amazon forest response to repeated droughts. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(7), 964-982. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GB005133

©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. The Amazon Basin has experienced more variable climate over the last decade, with a severe and widespread drought in 2005 causing large basin-wide losses of biomass. A drought of similar climato... Read More about Amazon forest response to repeated droughts.

Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models (2016)
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Johnson, M., Galbraith, D., Gloor, M., De Deaurwaerder, H., Guimberteau, M., Rammig, A., …Baker, T. (in press). Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13315

Understanding the processes that determine above-ground biomass (AGB) in Amazonian forests is important for predicting the sensitivity of these ecosystems to environmental change and for designing and evaluating dynamic global vegetation models (DGVM... Read More about Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models.

Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics (2016)
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Esquivel Muelbert, A., Baker, T., Dexter, K., Lewis, S., ter Steege, H., Lopez-Gonzales, G., …Cornejo, F. (2017). Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics. Ecography, 40(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01904

Within the tropics, the species richness of tree communities is strongly and positively associated with precipitation. Previous research has suggested that this macroecological pattern is driven by the negative effect of water-stress on the physiolog... Read More about Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics.