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Do community-weighted mean functional traits reflect optimal strategies? by Muscarella, Robert, Uriarte, María

“…The notion that relationships between community-weighted mean (CWM) traits (i.e. plot-level trait values weighted by species abundances) and environmental…”
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Ten simple rules for managing communications with a large number of coauthors by Muscarella, Robert, Poorter, Lourens

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ENMeval 2.0: Redesigned for customizable and reproducible modeling of species’ niches and distributions by Kass, Jamie M., Muscarella, Robert, Galante, Peter J., Bohl, Corentin L., Pinilla‐Buitrago, Gonzalo E., Boria, Robert A., Soley‐Guardia, Mariano, Anderson, Robert P.

“…Quantitative evaluations to optimize complexity have become standard for avoiding overfitting of ecological niche models (ENMs) that estimate species’…”
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ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for Maxent ecological niche models by Muscarella, Robert, Galante, Peter J., Soley‐Guardia, Mariano, Boria, Robert A., Kass, Jamie M., Uriarte, María, Anderson, Robert P., McPherson, Jana

“…Summary Recent studies have demonstrated a need for increased rigour in building and evaluating ecological niche models (ENMs) based on presence‐only…”
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Effects of Topography on Tropical Forest Structure Depend on Climate Context by Muscarella, Robert, Kolyaie, Samira, Morton, Douglas C, Zimmerman, Jess K, Uriarte, María

“…Topography affects abiotic conditions which can influence the structure, function, and dynamics of ecological communities. An increasing number of studies have…”
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Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests by Poorter, Lourens, Bongers, Frans, Aide, T. Mitchell, Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M., Balvanera, Patricia, Becknell, Justin M., Boukili, Vanessa, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Broadbent, Eben N., Chazdon, Robin L., Craven, Dylan, de Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S., Cabral, George A. L., de Jong, Ben H. J., Denslow, Julie S., Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan M., Durán, Sandra M., Espírito-Santo, Mario M., Fandino, María C., César, Ricardo G., Hall, Jefferson S., Hernandez-Stefanoni, José Luis, Jakovac, Catarina C., Junqueira, André B., Kennard, Deborah, Letcher, Susan G., Licona, Juan-Carlos, Lohbeck, Madelon, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Massoca, Paulo, Meave, Jorge A., Mesquita, Rita, Mora, Francisco, Muñoz, Rodrigo, Muscarella, Robert, Nunes, Yule R. F., Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Orihuela-Belmonte, Edith, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Piotto, Daniel, Powers, Jennifer S., Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge, Romero-Pérez, I. Eunice, Ruíz, Jorge, Saldarriaga, Juan G., Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo, Schwartz, Naomi B., Steininger, Marc K., Swenson, Nathan G., Toledo, Marisol, Uriarte, Maria, van Breugel, Michiel, van der Wal, Hans, Veloso, Maria D. M., Vester, Hans F. M., Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima C. G., Bentos, Tony Vizcarra, Williamson, G. Bruce, Rozendaal, Danaë M. A.

“…An analysis of above-ground biomass recovery during secondary succession in forest sites and plots, covering the major environmental gradients in the…”
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Wallace: A flexible platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions built for community expansion by Kass, Jamie M., Vilela, Bruno, Aiello‐Lammens, Matthew E., Muscarella, Robert, Merow, Cory, Anderson, Robert P., O’Hara, Robert B.

“…Scientific research increasingly calls for open‐source software that is flexible, interactive, and expandable, while providing methodological guidance and…”
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Climate-change-induced range shifts of three allergenic ragweeds ( Ambrosia L.) in Europe and their potential impact on human health by Rasmussen, Karen, Thyrring, Jakob, Muscarella, Robert, Borchsenius, Finn

“…Invasive allergenic plant species may have severe health-related impacts. In this study we aim to predict the effects of climate change on the distribution of…”
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Synchrony, compensatory dynamics, and the functional trait basis of phenological diversity in a tropical dry forest tree community: effects of rainfall seasonality by Lasky, Jesse R, Uriarte, María, Muscarella, Robert

“…Interspecific variation in phenology is a key axis of functional diversity, potentially mediating how communities respond to climate change. The diverse…”
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Genomics of sorghum local adaptation to a parasitic plant by Bellis, Emily S., Kelly, Elizabeth A., Lorts, Claire M., Gao, Huirong, DeLeo, Victoria L., Rouhan, Germinal, Budden, Andrew, Bhaskara, Govinal B., Hu, Zhenbin, Muscarella, Robert, Timko, Michael P., Nebie, Baloua, Runo, Steven M., Chilcoat, N. Doane, Juenger, Thomas E., Morris, Geoffrey P., dePamphilis, Claude W., Lasky, Jesse R.

“…Host–parasite coevolution can maintain high levels of genetic diversity in traits involved in species interactions. In many systems, host traits exploited by…”
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Water‐limited environments affect the association between functional diversity and forest productivity by Lammerant, Roel, Rita, Angelo, Borghetti, Marco, Muscarella, Robert

“…The link between biodiversity and ecosystem function can depend on environmental conditions. This contingency can impede our ability to predict how…”
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Biodiversity as a multidimensional construct: a review, framework and case study of herbivory's impact on plant biodiversity by Naeem, S., Prager, Case, Weeks, Brian, Varga, Alex, Flynn, Dan F. B., Griffin, Kevin, Muscarella, Robert, Palmer, Matthew, Wood, Stephen, Schuster, William

“…Biodiversity is inherently multidimensional, encompassing taxonomic, functional, phylogenetic, genetic, landscape and many other elements of variability of…”
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Drone microrelief analysis to predict the presence of naturally regenerated seedlings by Hüttnerová, Tereza, Muscarella, Robert, Surový, Peter

“…Three-dimensional (3D) mapping and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are essential components of the future development of forestry technology. Regeneration of…”
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Ontogenetic shifts in trait-mediated mechanisms of plant community assembly by Lasky, Jesse R, Bachelot, Bénédicte, Muscarella, Robert, Schwartz, Naomi, Forero-Montaña, Jimena, Nytch, Christopher J, Swenson, Nathan G, Thompson, Jill, Zimmerman, Jess K, Uriarte, María

“…Identifying the processes that maintain highly diverse plant communities remains a central goal in ecology. Species variation in growth and survival rates…”
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Demographic drivers of functional composition dynamics by Muscarella, Robert, Lohbeck, Madelon, Martínez-Ramos, Miguel, Poorter, Lourens, Rodríguez-Velázquez, Jorge Enrique, van Breugel, Michiel, Bongers, Frans

“…Mechanisms of community assembly and ecosystem function are often analyzed using community-weighted mean trait values (CWMs). We present a novel conceptual…”
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Edaphic heterogeneity and the evolutionary trajectory of Amazonian plant communities by Lehtonen, Samuli, Muscarella, Robert, Moulatlet, Gabriel, Balslev, Henrik, Tuomisto, Hanna

“…We investigated how the phylogenetic structure of Amazonian plant communities varies along an edaphic gradient within the non‐inundated forests. Forty…”
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Functional convergence and phylogenetic divergence during secondary succession of subtropical wet forests in Puerto Rico by Muscarella, Robert, Uriarte, María, Aide, T. Mitchell, Erickson, David L, Forero‐Montaña, Jimena, Kress, W. John, Swenson, Nathan G, Zimmerman, Jess K, Duarte, Leandro

“…QUESTION: Understanding how the relative importance of different community assembly processes changes during secondary succession of diverse systems remains…”
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Survival, growth, and functional traits of tropical wet forest tree seedlings across an experimental soil moisture gradient in Puerto Rico by Matlaga, David, Lammerant, Roel, Hogan, J. Aaron, Uriarte, María, Rodriguez‐Valle, Celimar, Zimmerman, Jess K., Muscarella, Robert

“…Droughts are predicted to become more frequent and intense in many tropical regions, which may cause shifts in plant community composition. Especially in…”
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Interspecific Functional Convergence and Divergence and Intraspecific Negative Density Dependence Underlie the Seed-to-Seedling Transition in Tropical Trees by Umaña, Maria Natalia, Forero-Montaña, Jimena, Muscarella, Robert, Nytch, Christopher J., Thompson, Jill, Uriarte, Maria, Zimmerman, Jess, Swenson, Nathan G.

“…The seed-to-seedling transition constitutes a critical bottleneck in the life history of plants and represents a major determinant of species composition and…”
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Topography and Traits Modulate Tree Performance and Drought Response in a Tropical Forest by Schwartz, Naomi B., Feng, Xiaohui, Muscarella, Robert, Swenson, Nathan G., Umaña, María Natalia, Zimmerman, Jess K., Uriarte, María

“…Predicting drought responses of individual trees in tropical forests remains challenging, in part because trees experience drought differently depending on…”
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