Rates of change in tree communities following major disturbances are determined by a
complex set of interactions between local site factors, landscape history and structure …

Summary 1 We mapped and identified all trees≥ 10 mm in diameter in 25 ha of lowland wet
forest in Amazonian Ecuador, and found 1104 morphospecies among 152 353 individuals …

Species richness is an important characteristic of ecological communities, but it is difficult to
quantify. We report here a thorough inventory of a tropical rain forest ant fauna and use it to …

Amazonian forests are the largest and most diverse in the tropics, and much of the mystery
surrounding their ecology can be traced to attempts to understand them through tiny local …

A better understanding of the reasons for variation in tropical rain forest (TRF) structure is
important for quantifying global above-ground biomass (AGBM). We used three data sets to …

In an edaphically heterogeneous area in the Peruvian Amazon, clay soils and nutrient-poor
white sands each harbor distinctive plant communities. To determine whether a trade-off …

Correlations between foliar nutrient concentrations and soil nutrient availability have been
found in multiple ecosystems. These relationships have led to the use of foliar nutrients as …

Our objectives were to develop a method that would be appropriate for long-term ecological
studies, but that would permit rapid surveys to evaluate biotic complementarity and land-use …

Plant hydraulic architecture has been studied extensively, yet we know little about how
hydraulic properties relate to species' life history strategies, such as drought and shade …

We used forest inventories, conducted in seventy-two 1-ha permanent plots to assess the
variation in tree and palm aboveground live biomass (AGLB), and its relation with soil …