Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- Limberger, O.; Homeier, J.; González-Jaramillo, V.; Fries, A.; Murkute, C.P.; Trachte, K. & and, J.B. (2025): Foliar trait retrieval models based on hyperspectral satellite imagery perform well in a biodiversity hotspot of the SE Ecuadorian Andes. International Journal of Remote Sensing 0(0), 1--19.
- Urdiales-Flores, D.; Celleri, R.; Mariéthoz, G.; Bendix, J. & Peleg, N. (2025): Heavy Rainfall Patterns and High Streamflow Dynamics in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes. Journal of Hydrometeorology 26(6), 725 - 739.
- Pintado, K. & Knoke, T. (2025): Spatializing Land-Use Scenarios to Inform Decision-Making in an Ecuadorian Mountain Forest Landscape. Journal of Environmental Management 388, 125956.
Latest datasets
- Velescu, A. & Fabian, T. (2025): Soil chemical properties associated with PFT tree species in the Laipuna Core Plots at 600 and 1200 m asl. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2052) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Murkute, C.P. (2025): carbon flux and climate data from Eddy-Covariance Tower ECSF. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2046) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Homeier, J. (2024): Laipuna PFTs leaf traits two elevation levels. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2043) from DFG-FOR816dw.
Publications knowledge transfer
- Bogner, F. & Beck, E. 2024: Biodiversity Hotspot Tropical Seasonal Dry Forests.: 1. Auflage (Stiftung Schwarze Laber).
- 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).
