Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- Bendix, J.; Limberger, O.; Breuer, L.; De Sanctis, M.; Fries, A.; González-Jaramillo, V.; Grigusova, P.; Hickler, T.; Murkute, C.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Trachte, K. & Windhorst, D. (2025): Simulation of latent heat flux over a high altitude pasture in the tropical Andes with a coupled land surface framework. Science of The Total Environment 981, 179510.
- Grigusova, P.; Limberger, O.; Murkute, C.; Pucha, F.; González-Jaramillo, V.; Fries, A.; Windhorst, D.; Breuer, L.; De Sanctis, M.; Hickler, T.; Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2025): Radiation partitioning in a cloud-rich tropical mountain rain forest of the S-Ecuadorian Andes for use in plot-based land surface modelling. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 110, 101553.
- Gonzalez Valdiviezo, K.; Eguiguren, P. & Homeier, J. (2025): Variación altitudinal del contenido de carbono aéreo de bosques secos tropical en la Reserva Natural Laipuna al sur de Ecuador. Bosques Latitud Cero 15(1), 31-43.
Latest datasets
- 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.
- Limberger, O. (2024): Area-wide predicted community-weighted means of SLA, foliar N, foliar P and leaf toughness for the mountain rainforest (MRF) in SE Ecuador. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2036) 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).
