Search Results - "Paine, C E Timothy"

Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rain forest trees by Baraloto, Christopher, Timothy Paine, C. E., Poorter, Lourens, Beauchene, Jacques, Bonal, Damien, Domenach, Anne-Marie, Hérault, Bruno, Patiño, Sandra, Roggy, Jean-Christophe, Chave, Jerome

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1338–1347 Cross‐species analyses of plant functional traits have shed light on factors contributing to differences in performance…”
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Resolving whole‐plant economics from leaf, stem and root traits of 1467 Amazonian tree species by Vleminckx, Jason, Fortunel, Claire, Valverde‐Barrantes, Oscar, Timothy Paine, C. E., Engel, Julien, Petronelli, Pascal, Dourdain, Aurélie K., Guevara, Juan, Béroujon, Solène, Baraloto, Christopher

“…It remains unclear how evolutionary and ecological processes have shaped the wide variety of plant life strategies, especially in highly diverse ecosystems…”
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Net Assimilation Rate Determines the Growth Rates of 14 Species of Subtropical Forest Trees by Li, Xuefei, Schmid, Bernhard, Wang, Fei, Paine, C E Timothy

“…Growth rates are of fundamental importance for plants, as individual size affects myriad ecological processes. We determined the factors that generate…”
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Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree species by Hérault, Bruno, Bachelot, Bénédicte, Poorter, Lourens, Rossi, Vivien, Bongers, Frans, Chave, Jérôme, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Wagner, Fabien, Baraloto, Christopher

“…1. Functional traits are posited to explain interspecific differences in performance, but these relationships are difficult to describe for long-lived…”
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Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities by Baraloto, Christopher, Hardy, Olivier J, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Dexter, Kyle G, Cruaud, Corinne, Dunning, Luke T, Gonzalez, Mailyn‐Adriana, Molino, Jean‐François, Sabatier, Daniel, Savolainen, Vincent, Chave, Jerome

“…1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and the differentiation in species composition among communities…”
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Quantifying the importance of local niche-based and stochastic processes to tropical tree community assembly by Shipley, Bill, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Baraloto, Christopher

“…Although niche-based and stochastic processes, including dispersal limitation and demographic stochasticity, can each contribute to community assembly, it is…”
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Functional trait variation and sampling strategies in species-rich plant communities by Baraloto, Christopher, Timothy Paine, C.E, Patiño, Sandra, Bonal, Damien, Hérault, Bruno, Chave, Jerome

“…1. Despite considerable interest in the application of plant functional traits to questions of community assembly and ecosystem structure and function, there…”
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Contrasting taxonomic and functional responses of a tropical tree community to selective logging by Baraloto, Christopher, Hérault, Bruno, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Massot, Hélène, Blanc, Lilian, Bonal, Damien, Molino, Jean-François, Nicolini, Eric A., Sabatier, Daniel

“…1. Considerable debate surrounds the extent to which tropical forests can be managed for resource extraction while conserving biodiversity and ecosystem…”
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Gender differences in peer review outcomes and manuscript impact at six journals of ecology and evolution by Fox, Charles W., Paine, C. E. Timothy

“…The productivity and performance of men is generally rated more highly than that of women in controlled experiments, suggesting conscious or unconscious gender…”
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Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems by Mouillot, David, Bellwood, David R, Baraloto, Christopher, Chave, Jerome, Galzin, Rene, Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille, Kulbicki, Michel, Lavergne, Sebastien, Lavorel, Sandra, Mouquet, Nicolas, Paine, C E Timothy, Renaud, Julien, Thuiller, Wilfried

“…Around the world, the human-induced collapses of populations and species have triggered a sixth mass extinction crisis, with rare species often being the first…”
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Diversity of the Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by 55 Species of Tropical Trees: a Survey in French Guiana by Courtois, Elodie A, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Blandinieres, Pierre-Alain, Stien, Didier, Bessiere, Jean-Marie, Houel, Emeline, Baraloto, Christopher, Chave, Jerome

“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are produced by a broad range of organisms, from bacteria to mammals, and they represent a vast chemical diversity. In…”
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How to fit nonlinear plant growth models and calculate growth rates: an update for ecologists by Paine, C. E. Timothy, Marthews, Toby R., Vogt, Deborah R., Purves, Drew, Rees, Mark, Hector, Andy, Turnbull, Lindsay A.

“…Summary 1. Plant growth is a fundamental ecological process, integrating across scales from physiology to community dynamics and ecosystem properties. Recent…”
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Weak Competition Among Tropical Tree Seedlings: Implications for Species Coexistence by Timothy Paine, C.E, Harms, Kyle E, Schnitzer, Stefan A, Carson, Walter P

“…The intensity of competition among forest tree seedlings is poorly understood, but has important ramifications for their recruitment and for the maintenance of…”
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Citations increase with manuscript length, author number, and references cited in ecology journals by Fox, Charles W., Paine, C. E. Timothy, Sauterey, Boris

“…Most top impact factor ecology journals indicate a preference or requirement for short manuscripts; some state clearly defined word limits, whereas others…”
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Functional traits of individual trees reveal ecological constraints on community assembly in tropical rain forests by Paine, C. E. Timothy, Baraloto, Christopher, Chave, Jérôme, Hérault, Bruno

“…Niche differentiation and ecological filtering are primary ecological processes that shape community assembly, but their relative importance remains poorly…”
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Phylogenetic density dependence and environmental filtering predict seedling mortality in a tropical forest by Paine, C. E. Timothy, Norden, Natalia, Chave, Jérôme, Forget, Pierre-Michel, Fortunel, Claire, Dexter, Kyle G., Baraloto, Christopher

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 34–41 Negative density dependence (NDD) and environmental filtering (EF) shape community assembly, but their relative importance is…”
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Thinner Bark Increases Sensitivity of Wetter Amazonian Tropical Forests to Fire by Staver, A Carla, Brando, Paulo M, Barlow, Jos, Morton, Douglas C, Paine, C E Timothy, Malhi, Yadvinder, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Pasquel, Jhon de Aguila

“…Understory fires represent an accelerating threat to Amazonian tropical forests and can, during drought, affect larger areas than deforestation itself. These…”
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Natural selection and outbreeding depression suggest adaptive differentiation in the invasive range of a clonal plant by Pantoja, Pauline O., Paine, C. E. Timothy, Vallejo-Marín, Mario

“…Analyses of phenotypic selection and demography in field populations are powerful ways to establishing the potential role of natural selection in shaping…”
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Defective phagocyte association during infection of Galleria mellonella with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is detrimental to both insect host and microbe by Krachler, Anne Marie, Sirisaengtaksin, Natalie, Monteith, Pauline, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Coates, Christopher J., Lim, Jenson

“…Adhesins facilitate bacterial colonization and invasion of host tissues and are considered virulence factors, but their impact on immune-mediated damage as a…”
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Does pyrogenicity protect burning plants? by Gagnon, Paul R, Passmore, Heather A, Platt, William J, Myers, Jonathan A, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Harms, Kyle E

“…Pyrogenic plants dominate many fire-prone ecosystems. Their prevalence suggests some advantage to their enhanced flammability, but researchers have had…”
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