Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- Velescu, A.; Homeier, J.; Bendix, J.; Valarezo, C. & Wilcke, W. (2021): Response of water-bound fluxes of potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium to nutrient additions in an Ecuadorian tropical montane forest. Forest Ecology and Management 501(119661), 1-14.
- Seibold, S.; Rammer, W.; Hothorn, T.; Seidl, R.; Ulyshen, M.D.; Lorz, J.; Cadotte, M.W.; Lindenmayer, D.B.; Adhikari, Y.P.; Aragón, R.; Bae, S.; Baldrian, P.; Barimani Varandi, H.; Barlow, J.; Bässler, C.; Beauchene, J.; Berenguer, E.; Bergamin, R.S.; Birkemoe, T.; Boros, G.; Brandl, R.; Brustel, H.; Burton, P.J.; Cakpo-Tossou, Y.T.; Castro, J.; Cateau, E.; Cobb, T.P.; Farwig, N.; Fernández, R.D.; Firn, J.; Gan, K.S.; González, G.; Gossner, M.M.; Habel, J.C.; Hébert, C.; Heibl, C.; Heikkala, O.; Hemp, A.; Hemp, C.; Hjältén, J.; Hotes, S.; Kouki, J.; Lachat, T.; Liu, J.; Liu, Y.; Luo, Y.; Macandog, D.M.; Martina, P.E.; Mukul, S.A.; Nachin, B.; Nisbet, K.; O’Halloran, J.; Oxbrough, A.; Pandey, J.N.; Pavlíček, T.; Pawson, S.M.; Rakotondranary, J.S.; Ramanamanjato, J.; Rossi, L.; Schmidl, J.; Schulze, M.; Seaton, S.; Stone, M.J.; Stork, N.E.; Suran, B.; Sverdrup-Thygeson, A.; Thorn, S.; Thyagarajan, G.; Wardlaw, T.J.; Weisser, W.; Yoon, S.; Zhang, N. & Müller, J. (2021): The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition. Nature 597(7874), 77-81.
- Haug, I.; Setaro, S. & Suárez, J.P. (2021): Global AM fungi are dominating mycorrhizal communities in a tropical premontane dry forest in Laipuna, South Ecuador. Mycological Progress 20(6), 837-845.
Latest datasets
- 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.
- Bendix, J. & Dobbermann, M. (2021): Climate station data Laipuna Valley Thies station - 2020. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1925) 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).
