Publications
2024
The pace of life for forest trees.
Bialic-Murphy, L., McElderry, R. M., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., van den Hoogen, J., Zuidema, P. A., Phillips, O. L., . . . Crowther, T. W. (2024). The pace of life for forest trees.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 386(6717), 92-98. doi:10.1126/science.adk9616
The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora.
Luize, B. G., Tuomisto, H., Ekelschot, R., Dexter, K. G., Amaral, I. L. D., Coelho, L. D. S., . . . Ter Steege, H. (2024). The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora.. Communications biology, 7(1), 1240. doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5
A new data-driven map predicts substantial undocumented peatland areas in Amazonia
Hastie, A., Householder, J. E., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Hidalgo Pizango, C. G., Herrera, R., Lähteenoja, O., . . . Lawson, I. T. (2024). A new data-driven map predicts substantial undocumented peatland areas in Amazonia. Environmental Research Letters, 19(9), 094019. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad677b
Net primary productivity and litter decomposition rates in two distinct Amazonian peatlands.
Dargie, G. C., Del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Córdova Oroche, C. J., Irarica Pacaya, J., Reyna Huaymacari, J., Baker, T. R., . . . Lawson, I. T. (2024). Net primary productivity and litter decomposition rates in two distinct Amazonian peatlands.. Global change biology, 30(8), e17436. doi:10.1111/gcb.17436
Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities
Luize, B. G., Bauman, D., ter Steege, H., Palma‐Silva, C., do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., . . . Dexter, K. G. (n.d.). Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.14816
Author Correction: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.
Householder, J. E., Wittmann, F., Schöngart, J., Piedade, M. T. F., Junk, W. J., Latrubesse, E. M., . . . Ter Steege, H. (2024). Author Correction: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.. Nature ecology & evolution, 8(5), 1046-1047. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02400-0
One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.
Householder, J. E., Wittmann, F., Schöngart, J., Piedade, M. T. F., Junk, W. J., Latrubesse, E. M., . . . Ter Steege, H. (2024). One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.. Nature ecology & evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities.
Cooper, D. L. M., Lewis, S. L., Sullivan, M. J. P., Prado, P. I., Ter Steege, H., Barbier, N., . . . Zent, S. (2024). Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities.. Nature, 625(7996), 728-734. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z
Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa
Sanchez‐Martinez, P., Dexter, K. G., Draper, F. C., Baraloto, C., Leão do Amaral, I., de Souza Coelho, L., . . . ter Steege, H. (n.d.). Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa. Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14700
Understanding different dominance patterns in western Amazonian forests.
Matas-Granados, L., Draper, F. C., Cayuela, L., de Aledo, J. G., Arellano, G., Saadi, C. B., . . . Macía, M. J. (2024). Understanding different dominance patterns in western Amazonian forests.. Ecology letters, 27(1), e14351. doi:10.1111/ele.14351
2023
Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora.
Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., . . . Melgaço, K. (2023). Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora.. Communications biology, 6(1), 1130. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05514-6
More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia.
Peripato, V., Levis, C., Moreira, G. A., Gamerman, D., Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., . . . Aragão, L. E. O. C. (2023). More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 382(6666), 103-109. doi:10.1126/science.ade2541
Niche breadth of Amazonian trees increases with niche optimum across broad edaphic gradients
Vleminckx, J., Barrantes, O. V., Fortunel, C., Paine, C. E. T., Bauman, D., Engel, J., . . . Baraloto, C. (2023). Niche breadth of Amazonian trees increases with niche optimum across broad edaphic gradients. ECOLOGY, 104(7). doi:10.1002/ecy.4053
Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology.
Pos, E., de Souza Coelho, L., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., . . . Ter Steege, H. (2023). Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology.. Scientific reports, 13(1), 2859. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28132-y
2022
Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates
Correa, D. F., Stevenson, P. R., Umaña, M. N., Coelho, L. D. S., Lima Filho, D. D. A., Salomão, R. P., . . . ter Steege, H. (2022). Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(1), 49-69. doi:10.1111/geb.13596
Sustainable palm fruit harvesting as a pathway to conserve Amazon peatland forests
Hidalgo Pizango, C. G., Honorio Coronado, E. N., del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Flores Llampazo, G., de Jong, J., Cordova Oroche, C. J., . . . Baker, T. R. (2022). Sustainable palm fruit harvesting as a pathway to conserve Amazon peatland forests. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 5(6), 479-487. doi:10.1038/s41893-022-00858-z
Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru
Hastie, A., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Reyna, J., Mitchard, E. T. A., Akesson, C. M., Baker, T. R., . . . Lawson, I. T. (2022). Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru. NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 15(5), 369-+. doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00923-4
2021
Advances in Amazonian Peatland Discrimination With Multi-Temporal PALSAR Refines Estimates of Peatland Distribution, C Stocks and Deforestation
Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., Grelik, S. L., Battaglia, M. J., Leisman, D. J., Chimner, R. A., Hribljan, J. A., . . . Lahteenoja, O. (2021). Advances in Amazonian Peatland Discrimination With Multi-Temporal PALSAR Refines Estimates of Peatland Distribution, C Stocks and Deforestation. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 9. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.676748
Biogeographic history and habitat specialization shape floristic and phylogenetic composition across Amazonian forests
Baraloto, C., Vleminckx, J., Engel, J., Petronelli, P., Davila, N., RIos, M., . . . Fine, P. V. A. (2021). Biogeographic history and habitat specialization shape floristic and phylogenetic composition across Amazonian forests. ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, 91(4). doi:10.1002/ecm.1473
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
Blundo, C., Carilla, J., Grau, R., Malizia, A., Malizia, L., Osinaga-Acosta, O., . . . Tran, H. D. (2021). Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 260. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849
Intensive field sampling increases the known extent of carbon-rich Amazonian peatland pole forests
Coronado, E. N. H., Hastie, A., Reyna, J., Flores, G., Grandez, J., Lahteenoja, O., . . . Montoya, M. (2021). Intensive field sampling increases the known extent of carbon-rich Amazonian peatland pole forests. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 16(7). doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac0e65
Amazon tree dominance across forest strata
Draper, F. C., Costa, F. R. C., Arellano, G., Phillips, O. L., Duque, A., Macia, M. J., . . . Baraloto, C. (2021). Amazon tree dominance across forest strata. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 5(6), 757-+. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01418-y
<i>Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy</i>: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology
Pos, E., de Souza Coelho, L., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., . . . ter Steege, H. (2021). <i>Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy</i>: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology. doi:10.1101/2021.03.31.437717
2020
Quantifying Tropical Plant Diversity Requires an Integrated Technological Approach
Draper, F. C., Baker, T. R., Baraloto, C., Chave, J., Costa, F., Martin, R. E., . . . Asner, G. P. (2020). Quantifying Tropical Plant Diversity Requires an Integrated Technological Approach. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 35(12), 1100-1109. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.003
Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
ter Steege, H., Prado, P. I., de Lima, R. A. F., Pos, E., Coelho, L. D. S., Lima Filho, D. D. A., . . . Pickavance, G. (2020). Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-66686-3
2019
Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests
ter Steege, H., Henkel, T. W., Helal, N., Marimon, B. S., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Huth, A., . . . Melgaco, K. (2019). Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50323-9
Dominant tree species drive beta diversity patterns in western Amazonia
Draper, F. C., Asner, G. P., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Baker, T. R., Garcia-Villacorta, R., Pitman, N. C. A., . . . Baraloto, C. (2019). Dominant tree species drive beta diversity patterns in western Amazonia. ECOLOGY, 100(4). doi:10.1002/ecy.2636
Imaging spectroscopy predicts variable distance decay across contrasting Amazonian tree communities
Draper, F. C., Baraloto, C., Brodrick, P. G., Phillips, O. L., Vasquez Martinez, R., Honorio Coronado, E. N., . . . Asner, G. P. (2019). Imaging spectroscopy predicts variable distance decay across contrasting Amazonian tree communities. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 107(2), 696-710. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13067
2018
Potential shift from a carbon sink to a source in Amazonian peatlands under a changing climate
Wang, S., Zhuang, Q., Lahteenoja, O., Draper, F. C., & Cadillo-Quiroz, H. (2018). Potential shift from a carbon sink to a source in Amazonian peatlands under a changing climate. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 115(49), 12407-12412. doi:10.1073/pnas.1801317115
Peatland forests are the least diverse tree communities documented in Amazonia, but contribute to high regional beta-diversity
Draper, F. C., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Roucoux, K. H., Lawson, I. T., Pitman, N. C. A., Fine, P. V. A., . . . Baker, T. R. (2018). Peatland forests are the least diverse tree communities documented in Amazonia, but contribute to high regional beta-diversity. ECOGRAPHY, 41(8), 1256-1269. doi:10.1111/ecog.03126
2017
Threats to intact tropical peatlands and opportunities for their conservation
Roucoux, K. H., Lawson, I. T., Baker, T. R., Torres, D. D. C., Draper, F. C., Lahteenoja, O., . . . Vriesendorp, C. F. (2017). Threats to intact tropical peatlands and opportunities for their conservation. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 31(6), 1283-1292. doi:10.1111/cobi.12925
2015
Improving estimates of tropical peatland area, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas fluxes
Lawson, I. T., Kelly, T. J., Aplin, P., Boom, A., Dargie, G., Draper, F. C. H., . . . Wheeler, J. (2015). Improving estimates of tropical peatland area, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas fluxes. WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 23(3), 327-346. doi:10.1007/s11273-014-9402-2
2014
The distribution and amount of carbon in the largest peatland complex in Amazonia
Draper, F. C., Roucoux, K. H., Lawson, I. T., Mitchard, E. T. A., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Lahteenoja, O., . . . Baker, T. R. (2014). The distribution and amount of carbon in the largest peatland complex in Amazonia. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 9(12). doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124017
Peatlands of the western amazon
Kelly, T., & Draper, F. (2014). Peatlands of the western amazon. Planet Earth, (SPRING), 22-23.
Ecology of Testate Amoebae in an Amazonian Peatland and Development of a Transfer Function for Palaeohydrological Reconstruction
Swindles, G. T., Reczuga, M., Lamentowicz, M., Raby, C. L., Turner, T. E., Charman, D. J., . . . Mullan, D. J. (2014). Ecology of Testate Amoebae in an Amazonian Peatland and Development of a Transfer Function for Palaeohydrological Reconstruction. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, 68(2), 284-298. doi:10.1007/s00248-014-0378-5