Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase III.
Latest publications
- Velescu, A.; Homeier, J.; Espinosa, C.I. & Wilcke, W. (2026): Response of element cycling and budgets to nutrient additions in a tropical montane forest of Ecuador. Geoderma 466, 117698.
- Medina, J.; Gusman, E.; Pierick, K.; Benítez, A.; Cumbicus Torres, N. & Homeier, J. (2025): Anatomical variation in root traits reflects the continuum from slow to fast growth strategies among tropical tree species. Plants 14, 3590.
- Wurz, A.; Brandl, R.; Neuschulz, E.L.; Bendix, J.; Hemp, A.; Homeier, J.; Leuschner, C.; Peters, M.K.; Scheu, S.; Albrecht, J.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Steffan-Dewenter, I.; Velescu, A.; Wilcke, W.; Schleuning, M. & Farwig, N. (2025): Effects of Species Richness and Turnover on Ecosystem Functioning in Heterogeneous Environments of Two Tropical Mountains. Diversity and Distributions 31(11), 1-13.
Latest datasets
- Trachte, K. & Murkute, C.P. (2026): Carbon flux and climate data from Eddy-Covariance Tower Laipuna. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2061) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- 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.
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).
