Welcome to the project website of the RESPECT research unit. This is phase II.
Latest publications
- Calvas, B.; Castro, L.M.; Kindu, M.; Bingham, L.; Pintado, K.; Torres Celi, J.; Knoke, T. & Cueva Ortiz, J.L. (2024): Large differences between observed and expected Ecuadorian deforestation from 2001 to 2009: a counterfactual simulation approach. Regional Environmental Change 24, 94.
- Acosta Rojas, D.C.; Barczyk, M.; Espinosa, C.I.; Tinoco, B.A.; Neuschulz, E.L. & Schleuning, M. (2024): Systematic reduction in seed rain of large-seeded and endozoochorous species in pastures compared to forests along a tropical elevational gradient. Applied Vegetation Science 27, e12780.
- Álvarez-Estrella, J.; Muñoz, P.; Bendix, J.; Contreras, P. & Celleri, R. (2024): Enhancing Peak Runoff Forecasting through Feature Engineering Applied to X-Band Radar Data. Water 16(7), 968.
Latest datasets
- Acosta Rojas, D.C.; Barczyk, M.; Neuschulz, E. & Schleuning, M. (2024): Database of "Systematic reduction in seed rain of large-seeded and endozoochorous species in pastures compared to forests along a tropical elevational gradient". Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2011) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Velescu, A.; Fabian, T. & Wilcke, W. (2024): Precipitation data from San Francisco (FN3, T2 climate station) between 2000-2023. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2010) from DFG-FOR816dw.
- Velescu, A.; Fabian, T. & Wilcke, W. (2024): Precipitation data from San Francisco (FN2, Camino Canal / Zig-Zag) between 1998-2023. Available online (http://www.tropicalmountainforest.org/data_pre.do?citid=2009) 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).