The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: A century of ecological and applied research

Tropical snake diversity collapses after widespread amphibian loss

(2020) Elise F. Zipkin et al.   SCIENCE

Allometric constraints and competition enable the simulation of size structure and carbon fluxes in a dynamic vegetation model of tropical forests (LM3PPA‐TV)

(2020) Isabel Martínez Cano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics

(2020) Nadja Rüger et al.   SCIENCE

Soil carbon loss by experimental warming in a tropical forest

(2020) Andrew T. Nottingham et al.   NATURE

Nutrient acquisition strategies augment growth in tropical N2 -fixing trees in nutrient-poor soil and under elevated CO2

(2019) Megan K. Nasto et al.   ECOLOGY

A new baseline for countrywide α-diversity and species distributions: illustration using >6,000 plant species in Panama

(2019) Brian Leung et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Nineteen years of consistently positive and strong female mate preferences despite individual variation

(2019) Michael J. Ryan et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Successional loss of two key food tree species best explains decline in group size of Panamanian howler monkeys ( Alouatta palliata )

(2019) Katharine Milton et al.   BIOTROPICA

Conserving Panamanian harlequin frogs by integrating captive-breeding and research programs

(2019) Carrie H.R. Lewis et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Plant responses to fertilization experiments in lowland, species-rich, tropical forests

(2018) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Beyond the fast-slow continuum: demographic dimensions structuring a tropical tree community

(2018) Nadja Rüger et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Variation in hydroclimate sustains tropical forest biomass and promotes functional diversity

(2018) Thomas L. Powell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation

(2018) Jamie Voyles et al.   SCIENCE

Resource acquisition and reproductive strategies of tropical forest in response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation

(2018) Matteo Detto et al.   Nature Communications

Habitual stone-tool-aided extractive foraging in white-faced capuchins,Cebus capucinus

(2018) Brendan J. Barrett et al.   Royal Society Open Science

How do lianas and vines influence competitive differences and niche differences among tree species? Concepts and a case study in a tropical forest

(2018) Helene C. Muller-Landau et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil nutrients and dispersal limitation shape compositional variation in secondary tropical forests across multiple scales

(2018) Michiel van Breugel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence

(2017) J. H. Marden et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

In situ temperature response of photosynthesis of 42 tree and liana species in the canopy of two Panamanian lowland tropical forests with contrasting rainfall regimes

(2017) Martijn Slot et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Land use history and population dynamics of free-standing figs in a maturing forest

(2017) Larissa Albrecht et al.   PLoS One

Tropical dead zones and mass mortalities on coral reefs

(2017) Andrew H. Altieri et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prehistorical and historical declines in Caribbean coral reef accretion rates driven by loss of parrotfish

(2017) Katie L. Cramer et al.   Nature Communications

Spread of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus across Lowland Populations of Túngara Frogs in Panamá

(2016) Sofía Rodríguez-Brenes et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of changing rainfall regime on the demography of tropical birds

(2016) Jeffrey D. Brawn et al.   Nature Climate Change

Formation of the Isthmus of Panama

(2016) A. ODea et al.   Science Advances

Variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Neotropical montane forest

(2015) Adriana Corrales et al.   MYCORRHIZA

The Butterflies of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: Local Extinction since the 1930s

(2015) Yves Basset et al.   PLoS One

Lianas reduce carbon accumulation and storage in tropical forests

(2015) Geertje M. F. van der Heijden et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Long-Term Data Reveal a Population Decline of the Tropical Lizard Anolis apletophallus, and a Negative Affect of El Nino Years on Population Growth Rate

(2015) Jessica Stapley et al.   PLoS One

Temporal variability of forest communities: empirical estimates of population change in 4000 tree species

(2014) Ryan A. Chisholm et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Variability in potential to exploit different soil organic phosphorus compounds among tropical montane tree species

(2014) Brian S. Steidinger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance

(2014) Martijn Slot et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

(2014) Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Defining and Dividing the Greater Caribbean: Insights from the Biogeography of Shorefishes

(2014) D. Ross Robertson et al.   PLoS One

Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display

(2014) W. Halfwerk et al.   SCIENCE

Differential effects of unusual climatic stress on capuchin (Cebus capucinus) and howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) populations on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2013) Katharine Milton et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Stronger biotic resistance in tropics relative to temperate zone: effects of predation on marine invasion dynamics

(2013) Amy L. Freestone et al.   ECOLOGY

Does relatedness matter? Phylogenetic density-dependent survival of seedlings in a tropical forest

(2013) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   ECOLOGY

Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   NATURE

Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees

(2013) R. Condit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

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

Precision of host sanctions in the fig tree-fig wasp mutualism: consequences for uncooperative symbionts

(2012) K. Charlotte Jandér et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Arthropod Diversity in a Tropical Forest

(2012) Y. Basset et al.   SCIENCE

Sources of variation in the nesting success of understory tropical birds

(2011) Jeffrey D. Brawn et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Transpiration modulates phosphorus acquisition in tropical tree seedlings

(2011) L. A. Cernusak et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

White Band Disease (type I) of Endangered Caribbean Acroporid Corals is Caused by Pathogenic Bacteria

(2011) David I. Kline et al.   Scientific Reports

Impact of elevated N input on soil N cycling and losses in old-growth lowland and montane forests in Panama

(2010) Marife D. Corre et al.   ECOLOGY

Pre-reproductive survival in a tropical bird and its implications for avian life histories

(2010) Corey E. Tarwater et al.   ECOLOGY

High-temperature tolerance of a tropical tree,Ficus insipida: methodological reassessment and climate change considerations

(2010) G. Heinrich Krause et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2010) Laura L. Ingwell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Negative plant–soil feedback predicts tree-species relative abundance in a tropical forest

(2010) Scott A. Mangan et al.   NATURE

Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama

(2010) A. J. Crawford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chemically rich seaweeds poison corals when not controlled by herbivores

(2010) D. B. Rasher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Asymmetric Density Dependence Shapes Species Abundances in a Tropical Tree Community

(2010) L. S. Comita et al.   SCIENCE

Shore fishes and biogeographic subdivisions of the Tropical Eastern Pacific

(2009) DR Robertson et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Plant DNA barcodes and a community phylogeny of a tropical forest dynamics plot in Panama

(2009) W. J. Kress et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Great American Schism: Divergence of Marine Organisms After the Rise of the Central American Isthmus

(2008) H.A. Lessios   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Evolutionary Ecology of Figs and Their Associates: Recent Progress and Outstanding Puzzles

(2008) Edward Allen Herre et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Resource partitioning for soil phosphorus: a hypothesis

(2008) Benjamin L. Turner   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY