Search Results - "Steege, Hans Ter"

The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot by de Lima, Renato A. F., Oliveira, Alexandre A., Pitta, Gregory R., de Gasper, André L., Vibrans, Alexander C., Chave, Jérôme, ter Steege, Hans, Prado, Paulo I.

“…Tropical forests are being deforested worldwide, and the remaining fragments are suffering from biomass and biodiversity erosion. Quantifying this erosion is…”
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Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil by Lima, Valdeir Pereira, de Lima, Renato Augusto Ferreira, Joner, Fernando, Siddique, Ilyas, Raes, Niels, ter Steege, Hans

“…Climate change is one of the main drivers of species extinction in the twentyfirst-century. Here, we  (1) quantify potential changes in species' bioclimatic…”
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Regional and Phylogenetic Variation of Wood Density across 2456 Neotropical Tree Species by Chave, Jérôme, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Baker, Timothy R., Easdale, Tomás A., ter Steege, Hans, Webb, Campbell O.

“…Wood density is a crucial variable in carbon accounting programs of both secondary and old-growth tropical forests. It also is the best single descriptor of…”
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How many tree species are there in the Amazon and how many of them will go extinct? by Hubbell, Stephen P, He, Fangliang, Condit, Richard, Borda-de-Água, Luís, Kellner, James, ter Steege, Hans

“…New roads, agricultural projects, logging, and mining are claiming an ever greater area of once-pristine Amazonian forest. The Millennium Ecosystems Assessment…”
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Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia by Steege, H. ter, Pitman, N.C.A, Phillips, O.L, Chave, J, Sabatier, D, Duque, A, Molino, J.F, Prévost, M.F, Spichiger, R, Castellanos, H

“…The world's greatest terrestrial stores of biodiversity and carbon are found in the forests of northern South America, where large-scale biogeographic patterns…”
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Response to Comment on "Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition" by Junqueira, André Braga, Levis, Carolina, Bongers, Frans, Peña-Claros, Marielos, Clement, Charles Roland, Costa, Flávia, Ter Steege, Hans

“…McMichael state that we overlooked the effects of post-Columbian human activities in shaping current floristic patterns in Amazonian forests. We formally show…”
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Trees of Amazonian Ecuador: a taxonomically verified species list with data on abundance and distribution by Andino, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Ulloaulloa, Carmen, Romoleroux, Katya, Fernández-Fernández, Diana, Ceron, Carlos, Palacios, Walter, Neill, David A., Oleas, Nora, Altamirano, Paola, Torres, Gonzalo Rivas, Steege, Hans ter

“…We compiled a data set for all tree species collected to date in lowland Amazonian Ecuador in order to determine the number of tree species in the region. This…”
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Soil Fungal Community Composition Correlates with Site-Specific Abiotic Factors, Tree Community Structure, and Forest Age in Regenerating Tropical Rainforests by Adamo, Irene, Ortiz-Malavasi, Edgar, Chazdon, Robin, Chaverri, Priscila, ter Steege, Hans, Geml, József

“…Successional dynamics of plants and animals during tropical forest regeneration have been thoroughly studied, while fungal compositional dynamics during…”
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Relationships between species richness and ecosystem services in Amazonian forests strongly influenced by biogeographical strata and forest types by Steur, Gijs, ter Steege, Hans, Verburg, René W., Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., Castellanos, Hernan, Stropp, Juliana, Fonty, Émile, Ruysschaert, Sofie, Galbraith, David, Kalamandeen, Michelle, van Andel, Tinde R., Brienen, Roel, Phillips, Oliver L., Feeley, Kenneth J., Terborgh, John, Verweij, Pita A.

“…Despite increasing attention for relationships between species richness and ecosystem services, for tropical forests such relationships are still under…”
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Composition, diversity and structure of vascular epiphytes in two contrasting Central Amazonian floodplain ecosystems by Quaresma, Adriano C., Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira, Wittmann, Florian, Steege, Hans ter

“…ABSTRACT Research focusing on assemblages of vascular epiphytes in the Amazon are scarce. This is especially true for Amazonian floodplain forests, for which…”
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Character Convergence, Diversity, and Disturbance in Tropical Rain Forest in Guyana by Steege, Hans ter, Hammond, David S.

“…The level of tree diversity varies greatly between sites in Guyana and decreases along a gradient from south to north. We conducted a study to understand what…”
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Amazonian tree species threatened by deforestation and climate change by Gomes, Vitor H. F., Vieira, Ima C. G., Salomão, Rafael P., ter Steege, Hans

“…Deforestation is currently the major threat to Amazonian tree species but climate change may surpass it in just a few decades. Here, we show that climate and…”
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THE EPIPHYTIC BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON by Campos, Laura V., Steege, Hans Ter, Uribe, Jaime

“…An inventory of 384 plots on 64 trees, in four localities across the Colombian Amazon region (Amazonas, Caquetá, Putumayo, Vaupés), yielded 160 species of…”
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Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system by Flores, Bernardo M., Montoya, Encarni, Sakschewski, Boris, Nascimento, Nathália, Staal, Arie, Betts, Richard A., Levis, Carolina, Lapola, David M., Esquível-Muelbert, Adriane, Jakovac, Catarina, Nobre, Carlos A., Oliveira, Rafael S., Borma, Laura S., Nian, Da, Boers, Niklas, Hecht, Susanna B., ter Steege, Hans, Arieira, Julia, Lucas, Isabella L., Berenguer, Erika, Marengo, José A., Gatti, Luciana V., Mattos, Caio R. C., Hirota, Marina

“…The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global concern 1 – 3 . For 65 million…”
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The impact of species complexes on tree abundance patterns in Amazonia by Bacon, Christine D., Hill, Adrian, Steege, Hans, Antonelli, Alexandre, Damasco, Gabriel

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An analysis of the floristic composition and diversity of Amazonian forests including those of the Guiana Shield by TER STEEGE, HANS, SABATIER, DANIEL, CASTELLANOS, HERNAN, VAN ANDEL, TINDE, DUIVENVOORDEN, JOOST, ADALARDO DE OLIVEIRA, ALEXANDRE, EK, RENSKE, LILWAH, RAMESH, MAAS, PAUL, MORI, SCOTT

“…A large number of newly published and unpublished hectare plots in Amazonia and the Guiana Shield area allow an analysis of family composition and testing of…”
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Towards a dynamic list of Amazonian tree species by ter Steege, Hans, Mota de Oliveira, Sylvia, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Sabatier, Daniel, Antonelli, Alexandre, Guevara Andino, Juan E., Aymard, Gerardo A., Salomão, Rafael P.

“…To provide an empirical foundation for estimates of the Amazonian tree diversity, we recently published a checklist of 11,675 tree species recorded to date in…”
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Integrating climate change into agroforestry conservation: A case study on native plant species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Lima, Valdeir Pereira, Ferreira de Lima, Renato A., Joner, Fernando, D'Orangeville, Loïc, Raes, Niels, Siddique, Ilyas, Steege, Hans

“…Designing multispecies systems with suitable climatic affinity and identifying species' vulnerability under human‐driven climate change are current challenges…”
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MADERA: A standardized Pan‐Amazonian dataset for tropical timber species by Herrera‐Alvarez, Ximena, Blanco, Juan A., Phillips, Oliver L., Guadalupe, Vicente, Ortega‐López, Leonardo D., Steege, Hans, Rivas‐Torres, Gonzalo

“…We compiled and presented a dataset for all timber species reported in the Amazon region from all nine South American Amazonian countries. This was based on…”
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Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees by de Lima, Renato A F, Dauby, Gilles, de Gasper, André L, Fernandez, Eduardo P, Vibrans, Alexander C, Oliveira, Alexandre A de, Prado, Paulo I, Souza, Vinícius C, F de Siqueira, Marinez, Ter Steege, Hans

“…Biodiversity is declining globally, yet many biodiversity hotspots still lack comprehensive species conservation assessments. Using multiple International…”
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