Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- Wallis, C.; Tiede, Y.; Beck, E.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Brandl, R.; Donoso, D.A.; Espinosa, C.; Fries, A.; Homeier, J.; Inclan, D.; Leuschner, C.; Maraun, M.; Mikolajewski, K.; Neuschulz, E.L.; Scheu, S.; Schleuning, M.; Suárez, J.P.; Tinoco, B.A.; Farwig, N. & Bendix, J. (2021): Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Scientific Reports 11(1), 24530.
- Ostertag, R.; Restrepo, C.; Dalling, J.W.; Martin, P.H.; Abiem, I.; Aiba, S.; Alvarez-Dávila, E.; Aragón, R.; Ataroff, M.; Chapman, H.; Cueva, A.; Fadrique, B.; Fernández, R.D.; González, G.; Gotsch, S.G.; Häger, A.; Homeier, J.; Iñiguez-Armijos, C.; Llambi, L.D.; Moore, G.W.; Næsborg, R.R.; Poma López, L.N.; Vieira Pompeu, P.; Powell, J.R.; Ramírez Correa, J.A.; Scharnagl, K.; Tobón, C. & Williams, C.B. (2021): Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate. Biotropica 54, -.
- Muñoz, P.; Orellana-Alvear, J.; Bendix, J.; Feyen, J. & Celleri, R. (2021): Flood Early Warning Systems Using Machine Learning Techniques: The Case of the Tomebamba Catchment at the Southern Andes of Ecuador. Hydrology 8(4), -.
Latest datasets
- Homeier, J. (2021): RESPECT_PFT_tree_stem_traits. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1941) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Pierick, K. (2021): Fine root functional traits in Matrix and Core plots. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1932) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Homeier, J. (2021): Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests_52species. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1926) from DFG-FOR816dw.
Publications knowledge transfer
- Bogner, F.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. 2019: El Bosque Tropical de Montaña - Hotspot de Biodiversidad. (Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional, (Loja, Ecuador).
- Beck, E.; Knoke, T.; Farwig, N.; Breuer, L.; Siddons, D. & Bendix, J. 2017: Landscape Restoration, Sustainable Land Use and Cross-scale Monitoring of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions. A Science-directed Approach for South Ecuador. (Universität Bayreuth).
- Bogner, F.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. 2016: Biodiversity Hotspot - Tropical Mountain Rainforest. (NCI Foundation, Ecuador).
