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• Pre-dispersal seed predation could help explain premature fruit drop in a tropical forest.

  Authors:Eleanor E. Jackson, S. Joseph Wright, Osvaldo Calderón, James M. Bullock, Tom Oliver, and Sofia GripenbergFrom:The Journal of Ecology (Vol. 110, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2022396 words Report, Brief articl...

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• What makes a leaf tough? Patterns of correlated evolution between leaf toughness traits and demographic rates among 197 shade-tolerant woody species in a neotropical forest

  Authors:Jared W. Westbrook, Kaoru Kitajima, J. Gordon Burleigh, W. John Kress, David L. Erickson, and S. Joseph WrightFrom:The American Naturalist (Vol. 177, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2011 Author abstract, Rep...

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• Sources of variation in foliar secondary chemistry in a tropical forest tree community

  Authors:Brian E. Sedio, Juan C. Rojas Echeverri, Cristopher A. Boya P., and S. Joseph WrightFrom:Ecology (Vol. 98, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2017221 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Long-term fertilization determines different metabolomic profiles and responses in saplings of three rainforest tree species with different adult canopy position

  Authors:Albert Gargallo-Garriga, S. Joseph Wright, Jordi Sardans, Miriam Perez-Trujillo, Michal Oravec, Kristyna Vecerova, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 11, 20179,208 words Report 1610LBackground Tropical rainforests are frequently limited by soil nutrient availability. However, the response of the metabolic phenotypic plasticity of trees to an increase of soil nutrient availabilities is poorly...

• Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Human Disturbance on Seed Dispersal by Animals

  Authors:Matthias Schleuning, Pierre Michel Forget, Pedro Jordano, Joanna E. Lambert, Anna Traveset, S. Joseph Wright, et al.From:Conservation Biology (Vol. 26, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2012400 words Report

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• Drought acclimation of an understory shrub (Psychotria limonensis; Rubiaceae) in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Panama

  Authors:Stephen S. Mulkey, S. Joseph Wright, and Alan P. SmithFrom:The American Journal of Botany (Vol. 78, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 1991143 words Article

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• Biogeochemistry drives diversity in the prokaryotes, fungi, and invertebrates of a Panama forest

  Authors:Michael Kaspari, Jelena Bujan, Michael D. Weiser, Daliang Ning, Sean T. Michaletz, He Zhili, et al.From:Ecology (Vol. 98, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 2017281 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Does mammal community composition control recruitment in neotropical forests? Evidence from Panama

  Authors:Nigel M. Asquith, S. Joseph Wright, and Maria J. ClaussFrom:Ecology (Vol. 78, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19973,903 words Article Patterns of seed predation, germination, and seedling herbivory were investigated in Panamanian forests. We hypothesized that seed and seedling survival would vary with differences in mammal community composition. We...

• Growth responses to soil water potential indirectly shape local species distributions of tropical forest seedlings

  Authors:Stefan J. Kupers, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Andres Hernandez, S. Joseph Wright, Christian Wirth, Nadja Ruger, et al.From:The Journal of Ecology (Vol. 107, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2019357 words Article

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• Tropical tree height and crown allometries for the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama: a comparison of alternative hierarchical models incorporating interspecific variation in relation to life history traits

  Authors:Isabel MartInez Cano, Helene C. Muller-Landau, S. Joseph Wright, Stephanie A. Bohlman, and Stephen W. PacalaFrom:Biogeosciences (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20, 2019311 words Author abstract, Bri...

  Tree allometric relationships are widely employed for estimating forest biomass and production and are basic building blocks of dynamic vegetation models. In tropical forests, allometric relationships are often...

• The El Nino southern oscillation, variable fruit production, and famine in a tropical forest

  Authors:S. Joseph Wright, Claudio Carrasco, Osvaldo Calderon, and Steven PatonFrom:Ecology (Vol. 80, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  July 199910,637 words Article We tested the hypothesis that the El Nino Southern Oscillation influences forest-wide fruit production, which, in turn, limits frugivorous and granivorous mammals on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. Observations of...

• Seed polyphenols in a diverse tropical plant community

  Authors:Sofia Gripenberg, Jadranka Rota, Jorma Kim, S. Joseph Wright, Nancy C. Garwood, Evan C. Fricke, et al.From:The Journal of Ecology (Vol. 106, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2018353 words Report

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• Coexistence in tropical forests through asynchronous variation in annual seed production

  Authors:Jacob Usinowicz, S. Joseph Wright, and Anthony R. IvesFrom:Ecology (Vol. 93, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2012 Author abstract, Rep...

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• Ecological interpretation of leaf carbon isotope ratios: influence of respired carbon dioxide

  Authors:Leonel da Silviera, Lobo Sternberg, Stephen S. Mulkey, and S. Joseph WrightFrom:Ecology (Vol. 70, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 1989190 words Article

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• Covariation in Plant Functional Traits and Soil Fertility within Two Species-Rich Forests

  Authors:Xiaojuan Liu, Nathan G. Swenson, S. Joseph Wright, Liwen Zhang, Kai Song, Yanjun Du, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 3, 20126,685 words Article 1490LAuthor(s): Xiaojuan Liu 1 , 5 , Nathan G. Swenson 2 , S. Joseph Wright 3 , Liwen Zhang 4 , Kai Song 1 , Yanjun Du 1 , Jinlong Zhang 1 , Xiangcheng Mi 1 , Haibao Ren 1 , Keping Ma 1 , * Introduction The...

• Lianas and soil nutrients predict fine-scale distribution of above-ground biomass in a tropical moist forest

  Authors:Alicia Ledo, Janine B. Illian, Stefan A. Schnitzer, S. Joseph Wright, James W. Dalling, David F. R. P. Burslem, et al.From:The Journal of Ecology (Vol. 104, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2016417 words Report

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• Operational Tree Species Mapping in a Diverse Tropical Forest with Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy

  Authors:Claire A. Baldeck, Gregory P. Asner, Robin E. Martin, Christopher B. Anderson, David E. Knapp, James R. Kellner, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 8, 201510,234 words Article 1590LRemote identification and mapping of canopy tree species can contribute valuable information towards our understanding of ecosystem biodiversity and function over large spatial scales. However, the extreme challenges...

• Evaluating the Success of Conservation Actions in Safeguarding Tropical Forest Biodiversity.

  Authors:Thomas M. Brooks, S. Joseph Wright, and Douglas SheilFrom:Conservation Biology (Vol. 23, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 1, 2009610 words Report

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• The Status of the Panama Canal Watershed and Its Biodiversity at the Beginning of the 21 st Century

  Authors:RICHARD CONDIT, W. DOUGLAS ROBINSON, ROBERTO IBANEZ, SALOMON AGUILAR, AMELIA SANJUR, RAUL MARTINEZ, et al.From:BioScience (Vol. 51, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20017,592 words Article LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL STUDIES REVEAL A DIVERSE FLORA AND FAUNA NEAR THE PANAMA CANAL, HARBORED WITHIN A CORRIDOR OF FOREST STRETCHING FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO THE PACIFIC, BUT DEFORESTATION, LAND DEGRADATION, EROSION, AND...

• Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age and position in two tropical pioneer tree species

  Authors:Kaoru Kitajima, Stephen S. Mulkey, Mirna Samaniego, and S. Joseph WrightFrom:The American Journal of Botany (Vol. 89, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2002217 words Author abstract

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