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  • 2022Journal Article Research Paper
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e0263508"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS One"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","17"],["dc.contributor.author","Báez, Selene"],["dc.contributor.author","Fadrique, Belén"],["dc.contributor.author","Feeley, Kenneth"],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jürgen"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-05-02T08:09:27Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-05-02T08:09:27Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.description.abstract","Understanding variation in tree functional traits along topographic gradients and through time provides insights into the processes that will shape community composition and determine ecosystem functioning. In montane environments, complex topography is known to affect forest structure and composition, yet its role in determining trait composition, indices on community climatic tolerances, and responses to changing environmental conditions has not been fully explored. This study investigates how functional trait composition (characterized as community-weighted moments) and community climatic indices vary for the tree community as a whole and for its separate demographic components (i.e., dying, surviving, recruiting trees) over eight years in a topographically complex tropical Andean forest in southern Ecuador. We identified a strong influence of topography on functional composition and on species’ climatic optima, such that communities at lower topographic positions were dominated by acquisitive species adapted to both warmer and wetter conditions compared to communities at upper topographic positions which were dominated by conservative cold adapted species, possibly due to differences in soil conditions and hydrology. Forest functional and climatic composition remained stable through time; and we found limited evidence for trait-based responses to environmental change among demographic groups. Our findings confirm that fine-scale environmental conditions are a critical factor structuring plant communities in tropical forests, and suggest that slow environmental warming and community-based processes may promote short-term community functional stability. This study highlights the need to explore how diverse aspects of community trait composition vary in tropical montane forests, and to further investigate thresholds of forest response to environmental change."],["dc.description.abstract","Understanding variation in tree functional traits along topographic gradients and through time provides insights into the processes that will shape community composition and determine ecosystem functioning. In montane environments, complex topography is known to affect forest structure and composition, yet its role in determining trait composition, indices on community climatic tolerances, and responses to changing environmental conditions has not been fully explored. This study investigates how functional trait composition (characterized as community-weighted moments) and community climatic indices vary for the tree community as a whole and for its separate demographic components (i.e., dying, surviving, recruiting trees) over eight years in a topographically complex tropical Andean forest in southern Ecuador. We identified a strong influence of topography on functional composition and on species’ climatic optima, such that communities at lower topographic positions were dominated by acquisitive species adapted to both warmer and wetter conditions compared to communities at upper topographic positions which were dominated by conservative cold adapted species, possibly due to differences in soil conditions and hydrology. Forest functional and climatic composition remained stable through time; and we found limited evidence for trait-based responses to environmental change among demographic groups. Our findings confirm that fine-scale environmental conditions are a critical factor structuring plant communities in tropical forests, and suggest that slow environmental warming and community-based processes may promote short-term community functional stability. This study highlights the need to explore how diverse aspects of community trait composition vary in tropical montane forests, and to further investigate thresholds of forest response to environmental change."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0263508"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/107383"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-561"],["dc.relation.eissn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights.uri","http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"],["dc.title","Changes in tree functional composition across topographic gradients and through time in a tropical montane forest"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2022Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Scientific Data"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Báez, Selene"],["dc.contributor.author","Cayuela, Luis"],["dc.contributor.author","Macía, Manuel J."],["dc.contributor.author","Álvarez-Dávila, Esteban"],["dc.contributor.author","Apaza-Quevedo, Amira"],["dc.contributor.author","Arnelas, Itziar"],["dc.contributor.author","Baca-Cortes, Natalia"],["dc.contributor.author","Bañares de Dios, Guillermo"],["dc.contributor.author","Bauters, Marijn"],["dc.contributor.author","Ben Saadi, Celina"],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jürgen"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-09-01T09:50:06Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-09-01T09:50:06Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract\n We introduce the FunAndes database, a compilation of functional trait data for the Andean flora spanning six countries. FunAndes contains data on 24 traits across 2,694 taxa, for a total of 105,466 entries. The database features plant-morphological attributes including growth form, and leaf, stem, and wood traits measured at the species or individual level, together with geographic metadata (i.e., coordinates and elevation). FunAndes follows the field names, trait descriptions and units of measurement of the TRY database. It is currently available in open access in the FIGSHARE data repository, and will be part of TRY’s next release. Open access trait data from Andean plants will contribute to ecological research in the region, the most species rich terrestrial biodiversity hotspot."],["dc.description.sponsorship"," Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung https://doi.org/10.13039/100005156"],["dc.description.sponsorship","Living Earth Collaborative, Washington University in Saint Louis"],["dc.description.sponsorship"," iDIV 501100020056"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/s41597-022-01626-6"],["dc.identifier.pii","1626"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/113622"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-597"],["dc.relation.eissn","2052-4463"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2017Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","323"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Mountain Research and Development"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","37"],["dc.contributor.author","Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan"],["dc.contributor.author","Peralvo, Manuel"],["dc.contributor.author","Báez, Selene"],["dc.contributor.author","Rist, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Buytaert, Wouter"],["dc.contributor.author","Cuesta, Francisco"],["dc.contributor.author","Fadrique, Belén"],["dc.contributor.author","Feeley, Kenneth J."],["dc.contributor.author","Groth, Aaron A. P."],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jürgen"],["dc.contributor.author","Llambí, Luis D."],["dc.contributor.author","Locatelli, Bruno"],["dc.contributor.author","Sandoval, Maria Fernanda López"],["dc.contributor.author","Malizia, Agustina"],["dc.contributor.author","Young, Kenneth R."],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:42:46Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:42:46Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00093.1"],["dc.identifier.issn","0276-4741"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14926"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/78078"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Governance of Andean Forest Landscapes"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2017Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","399"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Global Change Biology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","409"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","24"],["dc.contributor.author","Báez, Selene"],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jürgen"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:28:41Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:28:41Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/gcb.13905"],["dc.identifier.issn","1354-1013"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/76382"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Functional traits determine tree growth and ecosystem productivity of a tropical montane forest: Insights from a long-term nutrient manipulation experiment"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2018Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","207"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","7735"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Nature"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","212"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","564"],["dc.contributor.author","Fadrique, Belén"],["dc.contributor.author","Báez, Selene"],["dc.contributor.author","Duque, Álvaro"],["dc.contributor.author","Malizia, Agustina"],["dc.contributor.author","Blundo, Cecilia"],["dc.contributor.author","Carilla, Julieta"],["dc.contributor.author","Osinaga-Acosta, Oriana"],["dc.contributor.author","Malizia, Lucio"],["dc.contributor.author","Silman, Miles"],["dc.contributor.author","Farfán-Ríos, William"],["dc.contributor.author","Malhi, Yadvinder"],["dc.contributor.author","Young, Kenneth R."],["dc.contributor.author","Cuesta C., Francisco"],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jurgen"],["dc.contributor.author","Peralvo, Manuel"],["dc.contributor.author","Pinto, Esteban"],["dc.contributor.author","Jadan, Oswaldo"],["dc.contributor.author","Aguirre, Nikolay"],["dc.contributor.author","Aguirre, Zhofre"],["dc.contributor.author","Feeley, Kenneth J."],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:10:00Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:10:00Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/s41586-018-0715-9"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1476-4687"],["dc.identifier.issn","0028-0836"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/73822"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2017Journal Article Editorial Contribution (Editorial, Introduction, Epilogue)
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","27"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Earth Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","5"],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jürgen"],["dc.contributor.author","Báez, Selene"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-02-26T10:51:38Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-02-26T10:51:38Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/feart.2017.00027"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/12618"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.title","Editorial"],["dc.title.subtitle","Tropical Forest Ecosystem Responses to Increasing Nutrient Availability"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.subtype","editorial_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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