Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- Alvarez Figueroa, P.A.; Velescu, A.; Pierick, K. & Homeier, J. (2024): Sources and sinks of N in ecosystem solutions along the water path through a tropical montane forest in Ecuador assessed with δ15N values of total dissolved nitrogen. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 129, e2024JG008, 1-16.
- Werner, F.A. & Homeier, J. (2024): Diverging elevational patterns of tree vs. epiphyte species density, beta diversity, and biomass in a tropical dry forest . Plants 13(18), 2555.
- Martins, L.P.; Stouffer, D.B.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Quitian, M.; Neuschulz, E.L.; Santillan, V.; Schleuning, M.; Many, M. & Tylianakis, J.M. (2024): Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits. Science 386, 331–336.
Latest datasets
- 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.
- Limberger, O. (2024): predicted communit-weighted mean leaf toughness map, Podocarpus, 2024. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2035) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Limberger, O. (2024): predicted community-weighted mean SLA map, Podocarpus, 2024. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2034) 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).