Helene Muller-Landau

Publications

• Individual tree damage dominates mortality risk factors across six tropical forests
• Strong temporal variation in treefall and branchfall rates in a tropical forest is related to extreme rainfall: results from 5 years of monthly drone data for a 50 ha plot
• Soils and topography control natural disturbance rates and thereby forest structure in a lowland tropical landscape
• Carbon cycling in mature and regrowth forests globally
• Cost-effective and accurate monitoring of flowering across multiple tropical tree species over two years with a time series of high-resolution drone imagery and deep learning
• From raw data to publication: Introducing data editing at Ecology Letters
• Variation in trunk taper of buttressed trees within and among five lowland tropical forests
• Leaf turgor loss point shapes local and regional distributions of evergreen but not deciduous tropical trees
• Tree crown damage and its effects on forest carbon cycling in a tropical forest
• Testing for changes in biomass dynamics in large‐scale forest datasets
• Quantifying Leaf Phenology of Individual Trees and Species in a Tropical Forest Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Images
• Insights into regional patterns of Amazonian forest structure, diversity, and dominance from three large terra-firme forest dynamics plots
• Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities
• Role of tree size in moist tropical forest carbon cycling and water deficit responses
• Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests
• Tree species vary widely in their tolerance for liana infestation: A case study of differential host response to generalist parasites
• Functional traits of tropical trees and lianas explain spatial structure across multiple scales
• Simulating environmentally‐sensitive tree recruitment in vegetation demographic models
• Interspecific and intraspecific variation of tree branch, leaf and stomatal traits in relation to topography in an aseasonal Amazon forest
• Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass
• Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama
• Integrating high resolution drone imagery and forest inventory to distinguish canopy and understory trees and quantify their contributions to forest structure and dynamics
• ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network
• Global patterns of forest autotrophic carbon fluxes
• Signs of stabilisation and stable coexistence
• Modeling the topographic influence on aboveground biomass using a coupled model of hillslope hydrology and ecosystem dynamics
• Modeling the topographic influence on aboveground biomass using a coupled model of hillslope hydrology and ecosystem dynamics
• Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world
• Liana optical traits increase tropical forest albedo and reduce ecosystem productivity
• Pantropical geography of lightning‐caused disturbance and its implications for tropical forests
• A mechanistic and empirically supported lightning risk model for forest trees
• How do lianas and vines influence competitive differences and niche differences among tree species? Concepts and a case study in a tropical forest
• Allometric constraints and competition enable the simulation of size structure and carbon fluxes in a dynamic vegetation model of tropical forests (LM3PPA‐TV)
• A host–parasite model explains variation in liana infestation among co‐occurring tree species
• Tree diversity in relation to maximum tree height: evidence for the harshness hypothesis of species diversity gradients
• Growth and reproduction respond differently to climate in three Neotropical tree species
• Dead Wood Necromass in a Moist Tropical Forest: Stocks, Fluxes, and Spatiotemporal Variability
• Quantifying the role of wood density in explaining interspecific variation in growth of tropical trees
• 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
• Resource acquisition and reproductive strategies of tropical forest in response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
• Interspecific variation in tropical tree height and crown allometries in relation to life history traits
• Drought-induced mortality patterns and rapid biomass recovery in a terra firme forest in the Colombian Amazon
• A phenology model for tropical species that flower multiple times each year
• Surviving in a Cosexual World: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dioecy in Tropical Trees
• Lightning is a major cause of large tree mortality in a lowland neotropical forest
• Strong temporal variation in treefall and branchfall rates in a tropical forest is explained by rainfall: results from five years of monthly drone data for a 50-ha plot
• Wind shapes the growth strategies of trees in a tropical forest
• Wind shapes the growth strategies of trees in a tropical forest
• Supplementary material to "Strong temporal variation in treefall and branchfall rates in a tropical forest is explained by rainfall: results from five years of monthly drone data for a 50-ha plot"
• Wind Shapes the Growth Strategies of Trees in a Tropical Forest
• Positive effects of neighborhood complementarity on tree growth in a Neotropical forest
• How do size distributions relate to concurrently measured demographic rates? Evidence from over 150 tree species in Panama: Supporting Data
• Detecting and projecting changes in forest biomass from plot data
• Functional composition drives ecosystem function through multiple mechanisms in a broadleaved subtropical forest
• Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks
• Cross-section mass: An improved basis for woody debris necromass inventory
• Rates of formation and dissipation of clumping reveal lagged responses in tropical tree populations
• CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change
• Improving estimates of biomass change in buttressed trees using tree taper models
• Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees
• Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests
• Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees
• Distorted-distance models for directional dispersal: a general framework with application to a wind-dispersed tree
• Liana Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
• A universal airborne LiDAR approach for tropical forest carbon mapping
• Linking fruit traits to variation in predispersal vertebrate seed predation, insect seed predation, and pathogen attack
• Tree diversity, tree height and environmental harshness in eastern and western North America
• Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks
• Supplementary material to "Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks"
• Erratum
• Cross-section mass: an improved basis for woody debris necromass inventory
• Unimodal Tree Size Distributions Possibly Result from Relatively Strong Conservatism in Intermediate Size Classes
• Topographic Variation in Aboveground Biomass in a Subtropical Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest in China
• Ecology: Plant diversity rooted in pathogens
• Evaluating uncertainty in mapping forest carbon with airborne LiDAR
• Space, time and complexity in plant dispersal ecology
• Hydrological Networks and Associated Topographic Variation as Templates for the Spatial Organization of Tropical Forest Vegetation
• Fitting Ecological Process Models to Spatial Patterns Using Scalewise Variances and Moment Equations
• Still rethinking the value of high wood density
• Stabilization of species coexistence in spatial models through the aggregation–segregation effect generated by local dispersal and nonspecific local interactions
• Correction: Topographic Variation in Aboveground Biomass in a Subtropical Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest in China
• A theoretical model linking interspecific variation in density dependence to species abundances
• Space, time and complexity in plant dispersal ecology
• Carbon stocks in primary and secondary tropical forests in Singapore
• Measuring tree height: a quantitative comparison of two common field methods in a moist tropical forest
• Temperature explains global variation in biomass among humid old-growth forests
• Seed arrival in tropical forest tree fall gaps
• Rates of formation and dissipation of clumping reveal lagged responses in tropical tree populations
• Negative density dependence of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment in a Neotropical palm
• Size-related scaling of tree form and function in a mixed-age forest
• Cascading effects of defaunation on the coexistence of two specialized insect seed predators
• How do size distributions relate to concurrently measured demographic rates? Evidence from over 150 tree species in Panama
• Intraspecific variation in seed dispersal of a Neotropical tree and its relationship to fruit and tree traits
• The Roots of Diversity: Below Ground Species Richness and Rooting Distributions in a Tropical Forest Revealed by DNA Barcodes and Inverse Modeling
• The interacting effects of clumped seed dispersal and distance- and density-dependent mortality on seedling recruitment patterns
• Tri-trophic interactions affect density dependence of seed fate in a tropical forest palm
• Spatial variability in tropical forest leaf area density from multireturn lidar and modeling
• High-fidelity national carbon mapping for resource management and REDD+
• Asymmetric Density Dependence Shapes Species Abundances in a Tropical Tree Community
• Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
• Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
• Annual and spatial variation in seedfall and seedling recruitment in a Neotropical forest
• Seed dispersal of woody plants in tropical forests: concepts, examples and future directions
• Gap-dependent recruitment, realized vital rates, and size distributions of tropical trees
• Theoretical perspectives on evolution of long-distance dispersal and the example of specialized pests
• Seed dispersal of desert annuals
• How seed dispersal affects interactions with specialized natural enemies and their contribution to the maintenance of diversity
• The Ecology and Evolution of Seed Dispersal: A Theoretical Perspective
• The evolution of dispersal and seed size in plant communities
• Nonrandom processes maintain diversity in tropical forests
• Are functional traits good predictors of demographic rates? Evidence from five neotropical forests
• Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models
• The tolerance-fecundity trade-off and the maintenance of diversity in seed size
• Beta-diversity in tropical forest trees
• Life history trade-offs in tropical trees and lianas
• Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth and mortality in tropical forests
• Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities
• The effects of density, spatial pattern, and competitive symmetry on size variation in simulated plant populations
• Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area
• Role of dispersal in the recruitment limitation of neotropical pioneer species
• Understanding strategies for seed dispersal by wind under contrasting atmospheric conditions
• Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 neotropical tree species
• Sampling the species composition of a landscape
• Relationships Among Ecologically Important Dimensions of Plant Trait Variation in Seven Neotropical Forests
• Sampling the Species Composition of a Landscape
• The Uncertain Future of Tropical Forest Species1
• Dissecting biomass dynamics in a large Amazonian forest plot
• Carbon cycle: Sink in the African jungle
• PERSPECTIVE: Rethinking the value of high wood density
• Predicting the Long-Term Effects of Hunting on Plant Species Composition and Diversity in Tropical Forests
• The Future of Tropical Species on a Warmer Planet
• The Future of Tropical Forest Species1
• Spatial patterns of seed dispersal, their determinants and consequences for recruitment
• Comparing Classical Community Models: Theoretical Consequences for Patterns of Diversity
• Interspecific and Inter-site Variation in Wood Specific Gravity of Tropical Trees
• Large-scale spatial variation in palm fruit abundance across a tropical moist forest estimated from high-resolution aerial photographs
• The emergence of diversity in plant communities
• Comparison of decay classification, knife test, and two penetrometers for estimating wood density of coarse woody debris
• Differential Effects of Hunting on Pre-Dispersal Seed Predation and Primary and Secondary Seed Removal of Two Neotropical Tree Species
• The Plight of Large Animals in Tropical Forests and the Consequences for Plant Regeneration
• When do localized natural enemies increase species richness?
• Interspecific variation in primary seed dispersal in a tropical forest
• The Ecology and Evolution of Seed Dispersal: A Theoretical Perspective
• Size symmetry of competition alters biomass–density relationships
• Seeds of understanding of plant diversity
• The Effects of Density, Spatial Pattern, and Competitive Symmetry on Size Variation in Simulated Plant Populations
• Comment on "From Plant Traits to Plant Communities: A Statistical Mechanistic Approach to Biodiversity"
• Comparing Classical Community Models: Theoretical Consequences for Patterns of Diversity
• Measuring long-distance seed dispersal in complex natural environments: an evaluation and integration of classical and genetic methods
• Bushmeat Hunting and Climate: An Indirect Link
• Estimation of sticking and contact efficiencies in aggregation of phytoplankton: The 1993 SIGMA tank experiment
• Estimation of sticking and contact efficiencies in aggregation of phytoplankton: The 1993 SIGMA tank experiment
• Forest Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in a Broader Context: Insights and Opportunities Associated with the Central Panama Plot Network
• The Importance and Diversity of Dominant Plant Species of Barro Colorado Island, and the Value of Focal Species Accounts
• Variation in Forest Structure, Dynamics, and Composition Across 108 ha of Large Forest Plots on Barro Colorado Island
• An Introduction to Landscape-Level Variation Across the Barro Colorado Nature Monument
• Socratea exorrhiza: The Walking Palm
• Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years of Plant and Ecosystem Science at Barro Colorado
• Woody Biomass Stocks and Fluxes in the Barro Colorado Island 50-ha Plot
• Flower and Seed Production, Seedling Dynamics, and Tree Life Cycles
• Supplementary material to "Interspecific variation in tropical tree height and crown allometries in relation to life history traits"
• Memories of trees past: coexistence implications of legacy conspecific density dependence
• Assessing the impact of lightning on regional disturbance regimes across a tropical forest gradient
• Local scale carbon stock measurements, including deep soil layers, in a terra firme forest in northwestern Amazon
• How some tropical trees benefit from being struck by lightning: evidence for Dipteryx oleifera and other large‐statured trees
• Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long‐Term Studies