Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- 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.
- 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.
Latest datasets
- Bendix, J. & Dobbermann, M. (2024): Climate station data from Laipuna Valley Thies station 2018 (Extreme Values). Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2006) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Pierick, K.; Leuschner, C.; Link, R.; Báez, S.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W. & Homeier, J. (2024): Functional traits and local soil properties of RESPECT trees . Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2004) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Matt, F. & Castillo Armijos, J.G. (2024): Climate station data - Cajanuma Tower. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2003) 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).
