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merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology by Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Kozak, Kenneth H, Fine, Paul V.A, Kembel, Steven W

“…The increasing availability of phylogenetic data, computing power and informatics tools has facilitated a rapid expansion of studies that apply phylogenetic…”
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Global gradients in vertebrate diversity predicted by historical area-productivity dynamics and contemporary environment by Jetz, Walter, Fine, Paul V A

“…Broad-scale geographic gradients in species richness have now been extensively documented, but their historical underpinning is still not well understood…”
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Phylogenetic beta diversity: linking ecological and evolutionary processes across space in time by Graham, Catherine H, Fine, Paul V.A

“…A key challenge in ecological research is to integrate data from different scales to evaluate the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that influence current…”
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Strong coupling of plant and fungal community structure across western Amazonian rainforests by Peay, Kabir G, Baraloto, Christopher, Fine, Paul VA

“…The Amazon basin harbors a diverse ecological community that has a critical role in the maintenance of the biosphere. Although plant and animal communities…”
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Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species by Fortunel, Claire, Fine, Paul V. A., Baraloto, Christopher

“…1. Trade-offs among functional traits reveal major plant strategies that can give insight into species distributions and ecosystem processes. However, current…”
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Phylogenetic community structure and phylogenetic turnover across space and edaphic gradients in western Amazonian tree communities by Fine, Paul V. A., Kembel, Steven W.

“…Ecological and evolutionary processes influence community assembly at both local and regional scales. Adding a phylogenetic dimension to studies of species…”
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Assessing the latitudinal gradient in herbivory by Lim, Jun Ying, Fine, Paul V. A, Mittelbach, Gary G

“…Plant–herbivore interactions occur in all ecosystems and provide a major avenue for energy flow to higher trophic levels. A long‐standing hypothesis to explain…”
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Wood specific gravity and anatomy of branches and roots in 113 Amazonian rainforest tree species across environmental gradients by Fortunel, Claire, Ruelle, Julien, Beauchêne, Jacques, Fine, Paul V. A, Baraloto, Christopher

“…Wood specific gravity (WSG) is a strong predictor of tree performance across environmental gradients. Yet it remains unclear how anatomical elements linked to…”
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Habitat Endemism in White‐sand Forests: Insights into the Mechanisms of Lineage Diversification and Community Assembly of the Neotropical Flora by Fine, Paul V. A, Baraloto, Christopher

“…White‐sand forests represent natural laboratories of evolution over their long history throughout Amazonia and the Guiana Shield and pose significant…”
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Revisiting the hyperdominance of Neotropical tree species under a taxonomic, functional and evolutionary perspective by Damasco, Gabriel, Baraloto, Christopher, Vicentini, Alberto, Daly, Douglas C., Baldwin, Bruce G., Fine, Paul V. A.

“…Recent studies have leveraged large datasets from plot-inventory networks to report a phenomenon of hyperdominance in Amazonian tree communities, concluding…”
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Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties by Onoda, Yusuke, Westoby, Mark, Adler, Peter B, Choong, Amy M.F, Clissold, Fiona J, Cornelissen, Johannes H.C, Díaz, Sandra, Dominy, Nathaniel J, Elgart, Alison, Enrico, Lucas, Fine, Paul V.A, Howard, Jerome J, Jalili, Adel, Kitajima, Kaoru, Kurokawa, Hiroko, McArthur, Clare, Lucas, Peter W, Markesteijn, Lars, Pérez-Harguindeguy, Natalia, Poorter, Lourens, Richards, Lora, Santiago, Louis S, Sosinski, Enio E. Jr, Van Bael, Sunshine A, Warton, David I, Wright, Ian J, Joseph Wright, S, Yamashita, Nayuta

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 301-312 ABSTRACT: Leaf mechanical properties strongly influence leaf lifespan, plant-herbivore interactions, litter decomposition…”
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The contribution of environmental and dispersal filters on phylogenetic and taxonomic beta diversity patterns in Amazonian tree communities by Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Pitman, Nigel C. A., ter Steege, Hans, Peralvo, Manuel, Cerón, Carlos, Fine, Paul V. A.

“…Environmental and dispersal filters are key determinants of species distributions of Amazonian tree communities. However, a comprehensive analysis of the role…”
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Evidence for ecological divergence across a mosaic of soil types in an Amazonian tropical tree: Protium subserratum (Burseraceae) by Misiewicz, Tracy M, Fine, Paul V. A

“…Soil heterogeneity is an important driver of divergent natural selection in plants. Neotropical forests have the highest tree diversity on earth, and…”
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Herbivores promote habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests by Fine, P.V.A, Mesones, I, Coley, P.D

“…In an edaphically heterogeneous area in the Peruvian Amazon, clay soils and nutrient-poor white sands each harbor distinctive plant communities. To determine…”
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Convergent evolution of tree hydraulic traits in Amazonian habitats: implications for community assemblage and vulnerability to drought by Fontes, Clarissa G., Fine, Paul V. A., Wittmann, Florian, Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Higuchi, Niro, Chambers, Jeffrey Q., Dawson, Todd E.

“…• Amazonian droughts are increasing in frequency and severity. However, little is known about how this may influence species-specific vulnerability to drought…”
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Evidence for a Time‐Integrated Species‐Area Effect on the Latitudinal Gradient in Tree Diversity by Fine, Paul V. A., Ree, Richard H.

“…The greater area of tropical forest biomes has been proposed as a factor that drives the latitudinal gradient in species diversity by modulating speciation and…”
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Environmental filtering of eudicot lineages underlies phylogenetic clustering in tropical South American flooded forests by Aldana, Ana M., Carlucci, Marcos B., Fine, Paul V. A., Stevenson, Pablo R.

“…The phylogenetic community assembly approach has been used to elucidate the role of ecological and historical processes in shaping tropical tree communities…”
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Dry and hot: the hydraulic consequences of a climate change–type drought for Amazonian trees by Fontes, Clarissa G., Dawson, Todd E., Jardine, Kolby, McDowell, Nate, Gimenez, Bruno O., Anderegg, Leander, Negrón-Juárez, Robinson, Higuchi, Niro, Fine, Paul V. A., Araújo, Alessandro C., Chambers, Jeffrey Q.

“…How plants respond physiologically to leaf warming and low water availability may determine how they will perform under future climate change. In 2015–2016, an…”
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INVESTIGATING PROCESSES OF NEOTROPICAL RAIN FOREST TREE DIVERSIFICATION BY EXAMINING THE EVOLUTION AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PROTIEAE (BURSERACEAE) by Fine, Paul V. A., Zapata, Felipe, Daly, Douglas C.

“…Andean uplift and the collision of North and South America are thought to have major implications for the diversification of the Neotropical biota. However,…”
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Origin and maintenance of chemical diversity in a species-rich tropical tree lineage by Salazar, Diego, Lokvam, John, Mesones, Italo, Vásquez Pilco, Magno, Ayarza Zuñiga, Jacqueline Milagros, de Valpine, Perry, Fine, Paul V. A.

“…Plant secondary metabolites play important ecological and evolutionary roles, most notably in the deterrence of natural enemies. The classical theory…”
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