Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology, Environmental science, Biology, Biomass (ecology), Biodiversity, and Geography.
Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities
Tropical forest succession increases tree taxonomic and functional richness but decreases evenness
Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests
Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees
Hydraulic variability of tropical forests is largely independent of water availability
Shifts in wood anatomical traits after a major hurricane
Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests
Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Consistency of demographic trade‐offs across 13 (sub)tropical forests
Leaf habit affects the distribution of drought sensitivity but not water transport efficiency in the tropics
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests
Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests
Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide
Declining diversity of wild-caught species puts dietary nutrient supplies at risk
Substitution of inland fisheries with aquaculture and chicken undermines human nutrition in the Peruvian Amazon
Interactions between all pairs of neighboring trees in 16 forests worldwide reveal details of unique ecological processes in each forest, and provide windows into their evolutionary histories
Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency
Soil nitrogen concentration mediates the relationship between leguminous trees and neighbor diversity in tropical forests
Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time
Global importance of large‐diameter trees
Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests
Topography and neighborhood crowding can interact to shape species growth and distribution in a diverse Amazonian forest
Climate sensitive size-dependent survival in tropical trees
Six Centuries of Upper Indus Basin Streamflow Variability and Its Climatic Drivers
The Frequency of Cyclonic Wind Storms Shapes Tropical Forest Dynamism and Functional Trait Dispersion
Biodiversity and climate determine the functioning of Neotropical forests