Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- 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.
Latest datasets
- Schoen, J. (2023): Tree canopy herbivory and leaf traits at the 1000 m, 2000 m, and 3000 m 1 ha forest core plots in the mountain rainforest of southern Ecuador. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1992) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Scholz, S. & Trachte, K. (2023): Laipuna MRF Tower Orthomosaic RGB October 2022. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1982) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Scholz, S. & Trachte, K. (2023): Laipuna MRF Pasture Orthomosaic NDVI October 2022. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=1981) 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).
