Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of
South Ecuador: RESPonse and feedback effECTs (FOR2730)

Dr. Jürgen Homeier

| Member in A2.2: Nutrient limitation in tropical mountain forests | Member in A1: Effects of nutrient manipulation (NUMEX) on nutrient use and carbon allocation of Andean forests: Stand level response and the performance of single tree species | Member in A1: Effects of nutrient manipulation (NUMEX) on the performance of tree species and the suitability of tree species as indicators for changing ecosystem properties | Member in B1: Linking tree above- and belowground traits across environmental and disturbance gradients in highly diverse tropical montane forests | Member in B1: Linking tree above- and belowground traits across gradients of elevation and climate in highly diverse tropical montane forests. |

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Articles

• Guillen Otero, T.; Kessler, M. & Homeier, J. (2024): Fern mycorrhizae do not respond to fertilization in a tropical montane forest. Plant-Environment Interactions 5(2), e10139.
• Pierick, K.; Leuschner, C.; Link, R.; Baez, S.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W. & Homeier, J. (2024): Above-and belowground strategies of tropical montane tree species are coordinated and driven by small-scale nitrogen availability. Functional Ecology X(X), X-Y.
• 2023
• Schoen, J.; Tiede, Y.; Becker, M.; Donoso, D.A.; Homeier, J.; Limberger, O.; Bendix, J.; Farwig, N. & Brandl, R. (2023): Effects of leaf traits of tropical trees on the abundance and body mass of herbivorous arthropod communities. PLOS ONE -(-), 1 - 21.
• Alvarez Figueroa, P.A.; Velescu, A.; Pierick, K.; Homeier, J. & Wilcke, W. (2023): Carbon stable isotope ratios of dissolved organic matter as a tool to identify its sources and transformations in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador. Environmental Science and Technology 57, 14983−14993.
• Acosta Rojas, D.C.; Barczyk, M.; Espinosa, C.I.; Farwig, N.; Homeier, J.; Tiede, Y.; Velescu, A.; Tinoco, B.A.; Wilcke, W.; Neuschulz, E.L. & Schleuning, M. (2023): Abiotic factors similarly shape the distribution of fruit, seed and leaf traits in tropical fleshy-fruited tree communities. Acta Oecologica 121, 103953.
• Laughlin, D.; Siefert, A.; Fleri, J.; Tumber-Davila, S.; Hammond, W.; Sabatini, F.; Damasceno, G.; Aubin, I.; Field, R.; Hatim, M.; Jansen, S.; Lenoir, J.; Lens, F.; McCarthy, J.; Niinemets, Ü.; Phillips, O.; Attorre, F.; Bergeron, Y.; Bruun, H.; Byun, C.; Custerevska, R.; Dengler, J.; De Sanctis, M.; Dolezal, J.; Jimenez-Alfaro, B.; Herault, B.; Homeier, J.; Kattge, J.; Meir, P.; Mencuccini, M.; Noroozi, J.; Nowak, A.; Penuelas, J.; Schmidt, M.; Skvorc, Z.; Sultana, F.; Magana Ugarte, R. & Bruelheide, H. (2023): Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth. New Phytologist XX(XX), X-Y.
• Cornejo, X.; Homeier, J. & Ulloa, C. (2023): Heisteria austroecuadorica (Erythropalaceae): A new species from southeastern Ecuador. Phytotaxa 599(3), 201-206.
• Wurz, A.; Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Matt, F.; Paladines, P.; Serrano, F. & Farwig, N. (2023): A hidden gem in the Tumbesian dry forest in southern Ecuador: Estacon Cientfica Laipuna. ECOTROPICA 25(1/2), -.
• 2022
• Pierick, K.; Link, R.; Leuschner, C. & Homeier, J. (2022): Elevational trends of tree fine root traits in species-rich tropical Andean forests. Oikos x(x), x-x.
• Báez, S.; Fadrique, B.; Feeley, K. & Homeier, J. (2022): Changes in tree functional composition across topographic gradients and through time in a tropical montane forest. PLOS ONE 17(4), e0263508.
• Weigand, A.; Homeier, J.; Lehnert, M. & Kessler, M. (2022): Influence of increasing nutrient availability on fern and lycophyte diversity. American Fern Journal 112(1), 17-35.
• 2021
• 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(2), 309-326.
• 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.
• Dantas De Paula, M.; Forrest, M.; Langan, L.; Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W. & Hickler, T. (2021): Nutrient cycling drives plant community trait assembly and ecosystem functioning in a tropical mountain biodiversity hotspot. New Phytologist -(-), -.
• Limberger, O.; Homeier, J.; Farwig, N.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Fries, A.; Leuschner, C.; Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2021): Classification of Tree Functional Types in a Megadiverse Tropical Mountain Forest from Leaf Optical Metrics and Functional Traits for Two Related Ecosystem Functions. Forests 12(5), 649.
• Homeier, J.; Seeler, T.; Pierick, K. & Leuschner, C. (2021): Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests. Scientific Reports 11, 9993.
• 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.
• Pierick, K.; Leuschner, C. & Homeier, J. (2021): Topography as a factor driving small‐scale variation in tree fine root traits and root functional diversity in a species‐rich tropical montane forest. New Phytologist 230(1), 129-138.
• Bendix, J.; Aguirre, N.; Beck, E.; Bräuning, A.; Brandl, R.; Breuer, L.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Dantas De Paula, M.; Hickler, T.; Homeier, J.; Inclan, D.; Leuschner, C.; Neuschulz, E.; Schleuning, M.; Suarez, J.P.; Trachte, K.; Wilcke, W. & Farwig, N. (2021): A research framework for projecting ecosystem change in highly diverse tropical mountain ecosystems. Oecologia 2021, 1-13.
• 2020
• Graefe, S.; Rodrigo, R.; Cueva, E.; Butz, P.; Werner, F.A. & Homeier, J. (2020): Impact of disturbance on forest structure and tree species composition in a tropical dry forest of South Ecuador. Ecotropica 22, 202002.
• Malizia, A.; Blundo, C.; Carilla, J.; Osinaga Acosta, O.; Cuesta, F.; Duque, A.; Aguirre, N.; Aguirre, Z.; Ataroff, M.; Baez, S.; Calderon-Loor, M.; Cayola, L.; Cayuela, L.; Ceballos, S.; Cedillo, H.; Farfan-Rios, W.; Feeley, K.; Fuentes, A.; Gamez-Avarez, L.; Grau, R.; Homeier, J.; Jadan, O.; Llambi, L.; Loza-Rivera, M.; Macia, M.; Malhi, Y.; Malizia, L.; Peralvo, M.; Pinto, E.; Tello, S.; Silman, M. & Young, K. (2020): Elevation and latitude drives structure and tree species composition in Andean forests: Results from a large-scale plot network. PLoS One 15(4), e0231553.
• Duenas, J.F.; Camenzind, T.; Roy, J.; Hempel, S.; Homeier, J.; Suarez, J.P. & Rillig, M.C. (2020): Moderate phosphorus additions consistently affect community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador. New Phytologist 227, 1505-1518.
• Knoke, T.; Paul, C.; Rammig, A.; Gosling, E.; Hildebrandt, P.; Härtl, F.; Peters, T.; Richter, M.; Diertl, K.; Castro, L.M.; Calvas, B.; Ochoa Moreno, S.; Valle-Carrión, L.A.; Hamer, U.; Tischer, A.; Potthast, K.; Windhorst, D.; Homeier, J.; Wilcke, W.; Velescu, A.; Gerique, A.; Pohle, P.; Adams, J.; Breuer, L.; Mosandl, R.; Beck, E.; Weber, M.; Stimm, B.; Silva, B.; Verburg, P.H. & Bendix, J. (2020): Accounting for multiple ecosystem services in a simulation of land-use decisions: Does it reduce tropical deforestation?. Global Change Biology 26( ), 1-22.
• 2019
• Wallis, C.; Homeier, J.; Pena Tamayo, J.E.; Brandl, R.; Farwig, N. & Bendix, J. (2019): Modeling tropical montane forest biomass, productivity and canopy traits with multispectral remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment 225, 77 - 92.
• 2018
• Quitian, M.; Santillan, V.; Espinosa, C.I.; Homeier, J.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Schleuning, M. & Neuschulz, E. (2018): Direct and indirect effects of plant and frugivore diversity on structural and functional components of fruit removal. Oecologia x, x-x.
• Quitian, M.; Santillan, V.; Bender, I.M.; Espinosa, C.I.; Homeier, J.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Schleuning, M. & Neuschulz, E. (2018): Functional responses of avian frugivores to variation of fruit resources in natural and fragmented forests. Functional Ecology x, x-x.
• Gonzales-Jaramillo, V.; Fries, A.; Zeilinger, J.; Homeier, J.; Paladines, J. & Bendix, J. (2018): Estimation of Above Ground Biomass in a Tropical Mountain Forest in Southern Ecuador Using Airborne LiDAR Data. Remote Sensing 10, .
• Cárate Tandalla, D.; Camenzind, T.; Leuschner, C. & Homeier, J. (2018): Contrasting species responses to continued nitrogen and phosphorus addition in tropical montane forest tree seedlings. Biotropica 50(2), 234-245.
• Báez, S. & Homeier, J. (2018): Functional traits determine tree growth and ecosystem productivity of a tropical montane forest: Insights from a long-term nutrient manipulation experiment. Global Change Biology 24(1), 399-409.
• 2017
• Quitian, M.; Santillan, V.; Espinosa, C.I.; Homeier, J.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Schleuning, M. & Neuschulz, E. (2017): Elevation-dependent effects of forest fragmentation on plant–bird interaction networks in the tropical Andes. Ecography 40, 1-10.
• Paulick, S.; Dislich, C.; Homeier, J.; Fischer, R. & Huth, A. (2017): The carbon fluxes in different successional stages: modelling the dynamics of tropical montane forests in South Ecuador. Forest Ecosystems 4, 5.
• Homeier, J.; Báez, S.; Hertel, D. & Leuschner, C. (2017): Editorial: Tropical forest ecosystem responses to increasing nutrient availability. Frontiers in Earth Science 5, 27.
• Wallis, C.; Brehm, G.; Donoso, D.A.; Fiedler, K.; Homeier, J.; Paulsch, D.; Suessenbach, D.; Tiede, Y.; Brandl, R.; Farwig, N. & Bendix, J. (2017): Remote sensing improves prediction of tropical montane species diversity but performance differs among taxa. Ecological Indicators 1(1), 1-10.
• 2016
• Tapia Armijos, M.F.; Homeier, J. & Draper Munt, D. (2016): Spatio-temporal analysis of the human footprint in South Ecuador: Influence of human pressure on ecosystems and effectiveness of protected areas. Applied Geography 78, 22-32.
• Fadrique, B. & Homeier, J. (2016): Elevation and topography influence community structure, biomass and host tree interactions of lianas in tropical montane forests of southern Ecuador. Journal of Vegetation Science 27, 958-968.
• Spannl, S.; Homeier, J. & Bräuning, A. (2016): Nutrient-Induced Modifications of Wood Anatomical Traits of Alchornea lojaensis (Euphorbiaceae). Frontiers in Earth Science 4(50), 1-11.
• Wagner, F.H.; Bräuning, A.; Homeier, J.; Spannl, S.; Volland, F. & et, a. (2016): Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests. Biogeosciences 13, 2537–2562.
• Camenzind, T.; Homeier, J.; Dietrich, K.; Hempel, S.; Hertel, D.; Krohn, A.; Leuschner, C.; Oelmann, Y.; Olsson, P.A.; Suarez, J.P. & Rillig, M.C. (2016): Opposing effects of nitrogen versus phosphorus additions on mycorrhizal fungal abundance along an elevational gradient in tropical montane forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 94, 37-47.
• Tiede, Y.; Homeier, J.; Cumbicus Torres, N.; Pena Tamayo, J.E.; Albrecht, J.; Ziegenhagen, B.; Bendix, J.; Brandl, R. & Farwig, N. (2016): Phylogenetic niche conservatism does not explain elevational patterns of species richness, phyodiversity and family age of tree assemblages in Andean rainforest. Erdkunde 70(1), 83-106.
• Camenzind, T.; Papathanasiou, H.J.; Förster, A.; Dietrich, K.; Hertel, D.; Homeier, J.; Oelmann, Y.; Olsson, P.A.; Suarez, J.P. & Rillig, M.C. (2016): Increases in Soil Aggregation Following Phosphorus Additions in a Tropical Premontane Forest are Not Driven by Root and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Abundances. Frontiers in Earth Science 3(89), e.
• 2015
• Cárate Tandalla, D.; Leuschner, C. & Homeier, J. (2015): Performance of Seedlings of a Shade-Tolerant Tropical Tree Species after Moderate Addition of N and P. Frontiers in Earth Science 3, 75.
• Tapia Armijos, M.F.; Homeier, J.; Espinosa, C.; Leuschner, C. & de la Cruz, M. (2015): Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s – Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity. PLos ONE 10(9), e0133701.
• 2014
• Wittich, B.; Homeier, J. & Leuschner, C. (2014): Ammonium, nitrate and glycine uptake of six Ecuadorian tropical montane forest tree species: an in situ pot experiment with saplings. Journal of Tropical Ecology xx, xx.
• Werner, F.A. & Homeier, J. (2014): Is tropical montane forest heterogeneity promoted by a resource-driven feedback cycle? Evidence from nutrient relations, herbivory and litter decomposition along a topographical gradient. Functional Ecology x(x), x.
• Rillig, M.C.; Camenzind, T.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Homeier, J.; Horn, S. & Hempel, S. (2014): Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest. Global Change Biology --, --.
• Jantz, N.; Homeier, J. & Behling, H. (2014): Representativeness of tree diversity in the modern pollen rain of Andean montane forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 25(2), 481-490.
• 2013
• Wullaert, H.; Bigalke, M.; Homeier, J.; Cumbicus Torres, N.; Valarezo, C. & Wilcke, W. (2013): Short-term response of the Ca cycle of a montane forest in Ecuador to low experimental CaCl2 additions. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 176(6), 892-903.
• Jantz, N.; Homeier, J.; León Yánez, S.; Moscoso, A. & Behling, H. (2013): Trapping pollen in the tropics — Comparing modern pollen rain spectra of different pollen traps and surface samples across Andean vegetation zones. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193, 57-69.
• 2012
• Homeier, J.; Hertel, D.; Camenzind, T.; Cumbicus Torres, N.; Maraun, M.; Martinson, G.; Poma, N.; Rillig, M.C.; Sandmann, D.; Scheu, S.; Veldkamp, E.; Wilcke, W.; Wullaert, H. & Leuschner, C. (2012): Tropical Andean Forests Are Highly Susceptible to Nutrient Inputs - Rapid Effects of Experimental N and P Addition to an Ecuadorian Montane Forest. PLoS ONE 7, e47128.
• Unger, M.; Homeier, J. & Leuschner, C. (2012): Effects of soil chemistry on tropical forest biomass and productivity at different elevations in the equatorial Andes. Oecologia 170, 263-274.
• Wittich, B.; Horna, V.; Homeier, J. & Leuschner, C. (2012): Altitudinal decrease in photosynthetic capacity in tropical trees: A case study from Ecuador and a pantropical literature analysis. Ecosystems 15, 958-973.
• 2011
• Wolf, K.; Veldkamp, E.; Homeier, J. & Martinson, G. (2011): Nitrogen availability links forest productivity, soil nitrous oxide and nitric oxide fluxes of a tropical montane forest in southern Ecuador. Global Biochmical Cycles 25, 12.
• Werner, F.A.; Homeier, J.; Oesker, M. & Boy, J. (2011): Epiphytic biomass of a tropical montane forest varies with topography. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28, 23-31.
• 2010
• Wullaert, H.; Homeier, J.; Valarezo, C. & Wilcke, W. (2010): Response of the N and P cycles of an old-growth montane forest in Ecuador to experimental low-level N and P amendments. Forest Ecology and Management 260, 1435-1445.
• Berg, C. & Homeier, J. (2010): Three new species of South American Moraceae. Blumea 55, 196-200.
• Bodner, F.; Brehm, G.; Homeier, J.; Strutzenberger, P. & Fiedler, K. (2010): Caterpillars and host plant records for 59 species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from a montane rainforest in southern Ecuador. Journal of Insect Science 10:63, 1-22.
• 2009
• Dislich, C.; Günter, S.; Homeier, J.; Schröder, B. & Huth, A. (2009): Simulating forest dynamics of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador . Erdkunde 63, 347-364.
• Bodner, F.; Brehm, G.; Homeier, J.; Strutzenberger, P. & Fiedler, K. (2009): Caterpillars and host plant records for 59 species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from a montane rainforest in southern Ecuador. Journal of Insect Science 10, E-Journal, no pages.
• Homeier, J.; Breckle, S.W.; Günter, S.; Rollenbeck, R. & Leuschner, C. (2009): Tree diversity, forest structure and productivity along altitudinal and topographical gradients in a species-rich Ecuadorian montane rainforest. Biotropica 42(2), 140-148.
• Göttlicher, D.; Obregón, A.; Homeier, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2009): Land-cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modelling. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30, 1867-1886.
• Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T.; Homeier, J.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2009): Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization. Erdkunde 63, 321-335.
• 2008
• Ulloa, C. & Homeier, J. (2008): Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae), una especie nueva de los Andes de Ecuador. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 65, 383-387.
• Gradstein, S.R.; Kessler, M.; Lehnert, M.; Abiy, M.; Homeier, J.; Mandl, N.; Makeschin, F. & Richter, M. (2008): Vegetation, climate and soil of the unique Purdiaea forest of southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 14, 15-26.
• Wilcke, W.; Oelmann, Y.; Schmitt, A.; Valarezo, C.; Zech, W. & Homeier, J. (2008): Soil properties and tree growth along an altitudinal transect in Ecuadorian tropical montane forest. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 171, 220-230.
• 2007
• Homeier, J. & Werner, F.A. (2007): Spermatophyta. Checklist of the Reserva Biológica San Francisco (Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe, S-Ecuador). Ecotropical Monographs 4, 15-58.
• 2006
• Cueva Ortiz, E.; Homeier, J.; Breckle, S.W.; Bendix, J.; Emck, P.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2006): Seasonality in an evergreen tropical mountain rain forest of South Ecuador. Ecotropica 12, 69-85.
• Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Cueva Ortiz, E.; Emck, P.; Breckle, S.W.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2006): Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest. International Journal of Biometeorology 50(6), 370-384.
• 2005
• Wilcke, W.; Hess, T.; Bengel, C.; Homeier, J.; Valarezo, C. & Zech, W. (2005): Coarse woody debris in a montane forest in Ecuador: mass, C and nutrient stock, and turnover. Forest Ecology and Management 205, 139-147.
• Haug, I.; Weiß, M.; Homeier, J.; Oberwinkler, F. & Kottke, I. (2005): Russulaceae and Thelephoraceae form ectomycorrhizas with members of the Nyctaginaceae(Caryophyllales) in the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador. New Phytologist 165, 923-936.
• Werner, F.A.; Homeier, J. & Gradstein, S.R. (2005): Diversity of vascular epiphytes on isolated remnant trees in the montane forest belt of southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 11, 21-40.
• Breckle, S.W.; Breckle, U.; Homeier, J. & Scheffer, A. (2005): Mineral Deficiencies in a Pine Plantation in Southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 11, 79-85.
• 2004
• Haug, I.; Lempe, J.; Homeier, J.; Weiß, M.; Setaro, S.; Oberwinkler, F. & Kottke, I. (2004): Graffenrieda emarginata (Melastomataceae) forms mycorrhizas with Glomeromycota and with a member of Hymenoscyphus ericae aggr. in the organic soil of a neotropical mountain rain forest. Canadian Journal of Botany 82, 340-356.
• Kottke, I.; Beck, A.; Oberwinkler, F.; Homeier, J. & Neill, D. (2004): Arbuscular endomycorrhizas are dominant in the organic soil of a neotropical montane cloud forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20, 125-129.
• 2003
• Brehm, G.; Homeier, J. & Fiedler, K. (2003): Beta diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in an Andean montane rainforest. Diversity and Distributions 9, 351-366.
• 2002
• Homeier, J.; Dalitz, H. & Breckle, S.W. (2002): Waldstruktur und Baumartendiversität im montanen Regenwald der Estacion Cientifica San Franscisco in Südecuador. Ber. d. Reinh. Tüxen-Ges. 14, 109-118.

Other:

• 2021
• Acosta Rojas, D.C.; Barczyk, M.; Espinosa, C.I.; Gusman, J.; Peña, J.; Neuschulz, E.; Schleuning, M. & Homeier, J. 2021: Field guide of animal-dispersed plants: fruits and seeds in and around Podocarpus National Park.: 1 16 (INABIO, Quito).
• 2017
• Homeier, J.; Báez, S.; Hertel, D. & Leuschner, C. 2017: Tropical Forest Ecosystem Responses to Increasing Nutrient Availability. (Frontiers Media SA).
• 2013
• Kottke, I.; Setaro, S.; Haug, I.; Herrera, P.; Cruz, D.; Suarez, J.P.; Fries, A.; Adams, J.; Gerique, A.; Homeier, J. & Werner, F.A. (2013): Mycorrhiza Networks Promote Biodiversity and Stabilize the Tropical Mountain Rain Forest Ecosystem: Perspectives for Understanding Complex Communities. In: J. Bendix, E. Beck, A. Bräuning, F. Makeschin, R. Mosandl, S. Scheu, W. Wilcke. (eds.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Sou l ( 221), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 438.
• 2010
• Oesker, M.; Homeier, J.; Dalitz, H. & Bruijnzeel, S. (2010): Spatial heterogeneity of throghfall quantity and quality in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador. In: L.A. Bruijnzeel, F.N. Scatena & L.S. Hamilton (eds.): Tropical montane cloud forests ( ), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 393-401.
• 2008
• Homeier, J. 2008: Potential Vegetation and Floristic Composition of Andean Forests in South Ecuador, with a Focus on the RBSF. (Springer).
• Homeier, J.; Werner, F.A.; Gradstein, S.R.; Breckle, S.W. & Richter, M. (2008): Potential Vegetation and Floristic Composition of Andean Forests in South Ecuador , with a Focus on the RBSF. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 87-100.
• Brehm, G.; Homeier, J.; Fiedler, K.; Kottke, I.; Illig, J.; Noeske, N.M.; Werner, F.A. & Breckle, S.W. (2008): Mountain rain forests in southern Ecuador as a hotspot of biodiversity - limited knowledge and diverging patterns. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 15-24.
• Oesker, M.; Dalitz, H.; Günter, S.; Homeier, J. & Matezki, S. (2008): Spatial heterogeneity patterns - a comparison between gorges and ridges in the upper part of an evergreen lower montane forest. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 267-274.
• Gradstein, S.R.; Homeier, J. & Gansert, D. 2008: The tropical mountain forest - Patterns and processes in a biodiversity hotspot. 2 (Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen).
• Homeier, J. (2008): The influence of topography on forest structure and regeneration dynamics in an Ecuadorian montane forest. In: S. Robbert Gradstein; Jürgen Homeier; Dirk Gansert (eds.): The tropical mountain forest ? Patterns and processes in a biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Ec (Biodiversity and Ecology Series 2), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 97-107.
• Bräuning, A.; Homeier, J.; Cueva, E.; Beck, E. & Günter, S. (2008): Growth Dynamics of Trees in Tropical Mountain Ecosystems. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 291-302.
• Soethe, N.; Wilcke, W.; Homeier, J.; Lehmann, J. & Engels, C. (2008): Plant Growth Along the Altitudinal Gradient - Role of Plant Nutritional Status, Fine Root Activity, and Soil Properties. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 259-266.
• Homeier, J. & Breckle, S.W. (2008): Gap-dynamics in a tropical lower montane forest in South Ecuador. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 311-317.
• 2007
• Oesker, M.; Homeier, J. & Dalitz, H., Spatial Heterogeneity of Canopy Throughfall Quantity and Quality in a Tropical Montane Forest in South Ecuador.(Hawaii, 2007).
• 2005
• Homeier, J. (2005): Purdiaea nutans PLANCHON. In: Schütt, P.; Weisgerber, H.; Lang U.; Roloff, A.; Stimm, B. (eds.): Enzyklopädie der Holzgewächse (42 ), Wiley-VCH.
• Homeier, J. (2005): Graffenrieda emarginata (RUIZ et PAVON) TRIANA. In: Schütt, P.; Weisgerber, H.; Lang U.; Roloff, A.; Stimm, B. (eds.): Enzyklopädie der Holzgewächse (42 ), Wiley-VCH.
• Homeier, J.; Dalitz, H. & Breckle, S.W. (2005): Tree species composition and forest structure of the premontane rain forest in the Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes, Costa Rica. In: Veste, M.; Wucherer, W.; Homeier, J. (eds.): Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext ( ), Cuvillier, Göttingen, 175-186.
• 2004
• Homeier, J.; Dalitz, H. & Breckle, S.W., Visual Plants - a database as a tool for the determination of tropical plants(Stuttgart, 2004), pp. 371-374.