Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit.
Latest publications
- Homeier, J. & Leuschner, C. (2021): Factors controlling the productivity of tropical Andean forests: climate and soil are more important than tree diversity. Biogeosciences 18(4), 1524-1541.
- Contreras, P.; Orellana-Alvear, J.; Muñoz, P.; Bendix, J. & Celleri, R. (2021): Influence of Random Forest Hyperparameterization on Short-Term Runoff Forecasting in an Andean Mountain Catchment. Atmosphere 12(2), 1-16.
- Quiroz Dahik, C.; Crespo, P.; Stimm, B.; Mosandl, R.; Cueva Ortiz, J.L.; Hildebrandt, P. & Weber, M. (2021): Impacts of pine plantations on carbon stocks of páramo sites in southern Ecuador. Carbon Balance and Management 16(5), 15 pp.
Latest datasets
- Homeier, J. (2021): Cajanuma RESPECT 1-ha plots, 1st inventory. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1914) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Bräuning, A. (2021): Dendrometer_ECSF_3419_Alchornea. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1912) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Bräuning, A. (2021): Dendrometer_ECSF_3416_Myrsine. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1911) 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).