Search Results - "MEAVE, JORGE A."

Multiple successional pathways in human‐modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research by Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Melo, Felipe P. L., Martínez‐Ramos, Miguel, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Meave, Jorge A., Norden, Natalia, Santos, Bráulio A., Leal, Inara R., Tabarelli, Marcelo

“…ABSTRACT Old‐growth tropical forests are being extensively deforested and fragmented worldwide. Yet forest recovery through succession has led to an expansion…”
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Functional traits and environmental filtering drive community assembly in a species-rich tropical system by Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Meave, Jorge A., Bongers, Frans, Poorter, Lourens

“…Mechanistic models of community assembly state that biotic and abiotic filters constrain species establishment through selection on their functional traits…”
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Successional dynamics in Neotropical forests are as uncertain as they are predictable by Norden, Natalia, Héctor A. Angarita, Frans Bongers, Miguel Martéínez-Ramos, Iéíñigo Granzow-de la Cerda, Michiel van Breugel, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, Jorge A. Meave, John Vandermeer, G. Bruce Williamson, Bryan Finegan, Rita Mesquita, Robin L. Chazdon

“…Significance Although forest succession has been approached as a predictable process, successional trajectories vary widely, even among nearby stands with…”
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Functional trait strategies of trees in dry and wet tropical forests are similar but differ in their consequences for succession by Lohbeck, Madelon, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A, Poorter, Lourens, Bongers, Frans

“…Global plant trait studies have revealed fundamental trade-offs in plant resource economics. We evaluated such trait trade-offs during secondary succession in…”
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Successional changes in functional composition contrast for dry and wet tropical forest by Lohbeck, Madelon, Poorter, Lourens, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Meave, Jorge A, Paz, Horacio, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Romero-Pérez, I. Eunice, Tauro, Alejandra, Bongers, Frans

“…We tested whether and how functional composition changes with succession in dry deciduous and wet evergreen forests of Mexico. We hypothesized that…”
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Leaf functional diversity and environmental filtering in a tropical dry forest: Comparison between two geological substrates by Sandoval‐Granillo, Valentina, Meave, Jorge A.

“…The role of geological substrate in shaping plant community functional diversity remains poorly understood. Considering the involvement of leaves in the…”
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Environmental changes during secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Mexico by Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Meave, Jorge A., Poorter, Lourens, Bongers, Frans

“…Vegetation and environment change mutually during secondary succession, yet the idiosyncrasies of the vegetation effect on the understorey environment are…”
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Climate change increases threat to plant diversity in tropical forests of Central America and southern Mexico by Ortega, Miguel A, Cayuela, Luis, Griffith, Daniel M, Camacho, Angélica, Coronado, Indiana M, Del Castillo, Rafael F, Figueroa-Rangel, Blanca L, Fonseca, William, Garibaldi, Cristina, Kelly, Daniel L, Letcher, Susan G, Meave, Jorge A, Merino-Martín, Luis, Meza, Víctor H, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Olvera-Vargas, Miguel, Ramírez-Marcial, Neptalí, Tun-Dzul, Fernando J, Valdez-Hernández, Mirna, Velázquez, Eduardo, White, David A, Williams-Linera, Guadalupe, Zahawi, Rakan A, Muñoz, Jesús

“…Global biodiversity is negatively affected by anthropogenic climate change. As species distributions shift due to increasing temperatures and precipitation…”
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Conserving tropical tree diversity and forest structure: the value of small rainforest patches in moderately-managed landscapes by Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Meave, Jorge A, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Martínez, Esteban, Jamangapé, Gilberto, Melo, Felipe P L, Santos, Bráulio A

“…Rainforests are undergoing severe deforestation and fragmentation worldwide. A huge amount of small forest patches are being created, but their value in…”
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Environmental heterogeneity influences liana community differentiation across a Neotropical rainforest landscape by Ek‐Rodríguez, Iván Leonardo, Meave, Jorge A., Navarrete‐Segueda, Armando, González‐Arqueros, M. Lourdes, Ibarra‐Manríquez, Guillermo

“…We examined the variation in liana community composition and structure across geopedological land units to test the hypothesis that environmental heterogeneity…”
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The Effect of Spatial Scale on the Prediction of Tropical Forest Attributes from Image Texture by Gallardo-Cruz, J. Alberto, Solórzano, Jonathan V., González, Edgar J., Meave, Jorge A.

“…The availability of high-resolution satellite imagery has boosted the modelling of tropical forest attributes based on texture metrics derived from grey-level…”
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A comprehensive framework for vegetation succession by Poorter, Lourens, Sande, Masha T., Amissah, Lucy, Bongers, Frans, Hordijk, Iris, Kok, Jazz, Laurance, Susan G. W., Martínez‐Ramos, Miguel, Matsuo, Tomonari, Meave, Jorge A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Peña‐Claros, Marielos, Breugel, Michiel, Herault, Bruno, Jakovac, Catarina C., Lebrija‐Trejos, Edwin, Norden, Natalia, Lohbeck, Madelon

“…Succession is defined as a directional change in species populations, the community, and the ecosystem at a site following a disturbance. Succession is a…”
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Successional Change and Resilience of a Very Dry Tropical Deciduous Forest Following Shifting Agriculture by Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin, Bongers, Frans, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Meave, Jorge A

“…We analyzed successional patterns in a very dry tropical deciduous forest by using 15 plots differing in age after abandonment and contrasted them to secondary…”
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Stories told by corals, algae, and sea-urchins in a Mesoamerican coral reef: degradation trumps succession by Victoria-Salazar, Isael, González, Edgar J, Meave, Jorge A, Ruiz-Zárate, Miguel-Ángel, Hernández-Arana, Héctor A

“…Understanding the mechanisms that allow the permanence of coral reefs and the constancy of their characteristics is necessary to alleviate the effects of…”
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Predicting tropical dry forest successional attributes from space: is the key hidden in image texture? by Gallardo-Cruz, J Alberto, Meave, Jorge A, González, Edgar J, Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin E, Romero-Romero, Marco A, Pérez-García, Eduardo A, Gallardo-Cruz, Rodrigo, Hernández-Stefanoni, José Luis, Martorell, Carlos

“…Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem-service provision will increasingly depend on the existence of secondary vegetation. Our success in achieving these…”
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Quantifying phenological diversity: a framework based on Hill numbers theory by Sánchez-Ochoa, Daniel, González, Edgar J, Arizmendi, Maria Del Coro, Koleff, Patricia, Martell-Dubois, Raúl, Meave, Jorge A, Pérez-Mendoza, Hibraim Adán

“…Despite the great concern triggered by the environmental crisis worldwide, the loss of temporal key functions and processes involved in biodiversity…”
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Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest by Saenz-Pedroza, Irving, Feldman, Richard, Reyes-García, Casandra, Meave, Jorge A, Calvo-Irabien, Luz Maria, May-Pat, Filogonio, Dupuy, Juan M

“…Tropical forests are globally important for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation but are being converted to other land uses. Conversion of…”
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Relating species richness to the structure of continuous landscapes: alternative methodological approaches by Gallardo‐Cruz, José Alberto, Hernández‐Stefanoni, José Luis, Moser, Dietmar, Martínez‐Yrizar, Angelina, Llobet, Sergi, Meave, Jorge A.

“…Numerous studies have focused on the relationship between landscape structure and plant diversity based on the patch‐mosaic landscape paradigm, by deriving…”
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Using Google Earth Surface Metrics to Predict Plant Species Richness in a Complex Landscape by Block, Sebastian, Gonzalez, Edgar J, Gallardo-Cruz, J Alberto, Fernandez, Ana, Solorzano, Jonathan V, Meave, Jorge A

“…Google Earth provides a freely available, global mosaic of high-resolution imagery from different sensors that has become popular in environmental and…”
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Can Pinus plantations facilitate reintroduction of endangered cloud forest species? by de la Luz Avendaño-Yáñez, María, Sánchez-Velásquez, Lázaro Rafael, Meave, Jorge A., del Rosario Pineda-López, María

“…Coniferous plantations have been widely used by reforestation programs seeking to mitigate the effects of deforestation in mountainous areas in different parts…”
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