Nitrogen fixer abundance has no effect on biomass recovery during tropical secondary forest succession

Global climate change will increase the abundance of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing trees in much of North America

(2017) Wenying Liao et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity

(2017) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   NATURE

Unearthing the hidden world of roots: Root biomass and architecture differ among species within the same guild

(2017) Katherine Sinacore et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen-fixing trees inhibit growth of regenerating Costa Rican rainforests

(2017) Benton N. Taylor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Facultative nitrogen fixation by legumes in the central Congo basin is downregulated during late successional stages

(2016) Marijn Bauters et al.   BIOTROPICA

Aridity, not fire, favors nitrogen-fixing plants across tropical savanna and forest biomes

(2016) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   ECOLOGY

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Legumes are different: Leaf nitrogen, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency

(2016) Mark Andrew Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

(2016) R. L. Chazdon et al.   Science Advances

Demographic drivers of tree biomass change during secondary succession in northeastern Costa Rica

(2015) Danaë M. A. Rozendaal et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Taxonomic identity determines N2fixation by canopy trees across lowland tropical forests

(2015) Nina Wurzburger et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Higher survival drives the success of nitrogen-fixing trees through succession in Costa Rican rainforests

(2015) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Changing gears during succession: shifting functional strategies in young tropical secondary forests

(2015) Dylan Craven et al.   OECOLOGIA

Biome-scale nitrogen fixation strategies selected by climatic constraints on nitrogen cycle

(2015) Efrat Sheffer et al.   Nature Plants

Nitrogen fixation strategies can explain the latitudinal shift in nitrogen-fixing tree abundance

(2014) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   ECOLOGY

Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycle

(2014) B. W. Sullivan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nitrogen and phosphorus interact to control tropical symbiotic N2fixation: a test inInga punctata

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   NATURE

Succession of Ephemeral Secondary Forests and Their Limited Role for the Conservation of Floristic Diversity in a Human-Modified Tropical Landscape

(2013) Michiel van Breugel et al.   PLoS One

Effect of land cover and use on dry season river runoff, runoff efficiency, and peak storm runoff in the seasonal tropics of Central Panama

(2013) Fred L. Ogden et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Rapidly growing tropical trees mobilize remarkable amounts of nitrogen, in ways that differ surprisingly among species

(2012) A. E. Russell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Ecology of Free-Living Nitrogen Fixation: A Contemporary Perspective

(2011) Sasha C. Reed et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Investment in Fine Roots and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Decrease During Succession in Three Brazilian Ecosystems

(2011) Waldemar Zangaro et al.   BIOTROPICA

Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest

(2011) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen dynamics during ecosystem development in tropical forest restoration

(2011) Nino Tavares Amazonas et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

(2011) Michiel van Breugel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

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The relative importance of above- versus belowground competition for tree growth during early succession of a tropical moist forest

(2011) Michiel van Breugel et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents

(2011) S. S. Saatchi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

The Nitrogen Paradox in Tropical Forest Ecosystems

(2010) Lars O. Hedin et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Soil carbon dynamics under young tropical secondary forests on former pastures—A case study from Panama

(2010) Luisa Neumann-Cosel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Recovery of saturated hydraulic conductivity under secondary succession on former pasture in the humid tropics

(2010) Sibylle K. Hassler et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Predicting root defence against herbivores during succession

(2010) Sergio Rasmann et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Facultative nitrogen fixation by canopy legumes in a lowland tropical forest

(2010) Alexander R. Barron et al.   OECOLOGIA

Facultative versus Obligate Nitrogen Fixation Strategies and Their Ecosystem Consequences

(2009) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Using indirect methods to constrain symbiotic nitrogen fixation rates: a case study from an Amazonian rain forest

(2009) Cory C. Cleveland et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance

(2009) Lars Markesteijn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

NITROGEN LIMITATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IS GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED

(2008) David S. LeBauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Leguminosae along 2–25 years of secondary forest succession after slash-and-burn agriculture and in mature rain forest of Central Amazonia1

(2008) Christoph Gehring et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY

Effects of Sample Size on Estimates of Population Growth Rates Calculated with Matrix Models

(2008) Ian J. Fiske et al.   PLoS One