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e-mail: jhomeie@gwdg.de
Research interests
- Ecology and conservation of tropical forests
- Plant species composition and ecosystem dynamics
- Factors influencing species composition, functional diversity, productivity and carbon storage of tropical forest ecosystems
- Experimental nutrient manipulation (NUMEX) in Ecuador as a simulation of global change
Curriculum vitae
Education:
1999 - 2004 PhD studies at the Department of Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Degree obtained: Dr. rer. nat.
Thesis title: Baumdiversität, Waldstruktur und Wachstumsdynamik zweier tropischer Bergregenwälder in Ecuador und Costa Rica
Work experience:
2005 - Post doc at the Department of Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Germany
1999 - 2004 Scientific assistant at the Department of Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Publications
Publications Google Scholar
Publications ResearchGate
in press
Pierick K, Link RM, Báez S, Velescu A, Wilcke W, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2024) Above- and belowground strategies of tropical montane tree species are coordinated and driven by small-scale nitrogen availability. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14554.
2024
Guillen Otero T, Kessler M & Homeier J (2024) Fern mycorrhizae do not respond to fertilization in a tropical montane forest. Plant-Environment Interactions 5 (2): e10139. DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10139.
2023
Acosta-Rojas, DC, Barczyk M, Espinosa CI, Farwig N, Homeier J, Tiede Y, Tinoco B, Velescu A, Wilcke W, Neuschulz EL & Schleuning M (2023) Abiotic factors similarly shape the distribution of fruit, seed and leaf traits in tropical fleshy-fruited tree communities. Acta Oecologica 121: 103953. DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2023.103953.
Alvarez P, Velescu A, Pierick K, Homeier J & Wilcke W (2023) The carbon stable isotope ratio of dissolved organic matter as a tool to identify its sources and transformations in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador. Environmental Science & Technology 57: 14983-14993. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01623.
Cornejo X, Homeier J & Ulloa Ulloa C (2023) Heisteria austroecuadorica (Erythropalaceae): A new species from southeastern Ecuador. Phytotaxa 599(3): 201-206. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.599.3.7.
Laughlin DC, Siefert A, Fleri J, Tumber-Davila JT, Hammond WM, Sabatini FM, Damasceno G, Aubin I, Field R, Hatim MZ, Jansen S, Lenoir J, Lens F, McCarthy JK, Niinemets U, Phillips OL, Attorre F, Bergeron Y, Bruun HH, Byun C, Ćušterevska R, Dengler J, De Sanctis M, Dolezal J, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Herault B, Homeier J, Kattge J, Meir P, Mencuccini M, Noroozi J, Nowak A, Penuelas J, Schmidt M, Škvorc Z, Sultana F, Ugarte RM & Bruelheide H (2023) Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth. New Phytologist 240: 1774-1787. DOI: 10.1111/nph.19276.
Macas-Serrano J, Homeier J, López F & Benítez A (2023) Efectos de la adición de nutrientes sobre la diversidad taxonómica y funcional de briófitos en bosques montanos tropicales. Bosques Latitud Cero 13(1): 25-36. DOI: 10.54753/blc.v13i1.1589.
Pierick K, Link R, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2023) Elevational trends of tree fine root traits in species-rich tropical Andean forests. Oikos 2023: e08975. DOI: 10.1111/oik.08975.
Schön JE, Tiede YC, Becker M, Donoso DA, Homeier J, Limberger O, Bendix J, Farwig N & Brandl R (2023) Effects of leaf traits of tropical trees on the abundance and body mass of herbivorous arthropod communities. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0288276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288276
Wurz A, Bendix J, Homeier J, Matt F, Paladines P, Serrano F & Farwig N (2023) A hidden gem in the Tumbesian Dry Forest in southern Ecuador: Estacíon Científica Laipuna. Ecotropica 25: 202301. https://doi.org/10.30427/ecotrop202301.
2022
Acosta-Rojas DC, Barczyk M, Espinosa CI, Gusmán J, Peña J, Neuschulz EL, Schleuning M & Homeier J (2022) Guía de campo de plantas dispersadas por animales: frutos y semillas en el Parque Nacional Podocarpus y sus cercanías. DOI: 10.5678/vnkb-t219.
Báez S, Cayuela L, Macía MJ, Alvarez-Davila E, Apaza-Quevedo A, Arnelas I, Baca-Cortes N, Bañares-de Dios G, Bauters M, Ben SaadiS, Blundo C, Cabrera M, Castaño F, Cayola L, de AledoJG, Espinosa CI, Fadrique B, Farfán-Rios W, Fuentes A, Garnica-Díaz C, González M, González D, Hensen I, Hurtado AB, Jadán O, Lippok D, Loza MI, Maldonado C, Malizia L, Matas-Granados L, Myers JA, Norden N, Oliveras Menor I, Pierick K, Ramírez-Angulo H, Salgado-Negret B, Schleuning M, Silman M, Solarte-Cruz ME, Tello JS, Verbeeck H, Vilanova E, Weithmann G & Homeier J (2022) FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants. Scientific Data 9: 511. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01626-6.
Báez S, Fadrique B, Feeley K, Homeier J (2022) Changes in tree functional composition across topographic gradients and through time in a tropical montane forest. PLoS ONE 17(4): e026350. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263508.
Dueñas JF T, Hempel S, Rillig MC, Homeier J, Suárez JP & Camenzind (2022) Root associated fungal lineages of a tropical montane forest show contrasting sensitivities to the long-term addition of nitrogen and phosphorus. Environmental Microbiology Reports 14: 775-784. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13121.
Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kemppinen J and 400 others including Homeier J (2022) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology 28(9): 3110-3144. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16060.
Leuschner C & Homeier J (2022) Global forest biodiversity: Current state, trends, and threats. Progress in Botany 83: 125-159. DOI: 10.1007/124_2022_58.
Ostertag R, Restrepo C, Dalling JW, Martin PH, Abiem I, Aiba SI, Alvarez Dávila E, Aragón R, Ataroff M, Chapman H, Cueva-Agila A, Fadrique B, Fernandez R, González G, Gotsch SG, Häger A, Homeier J, Iñiguez Armijos CA, Llambí LD, Moore GW, Naesborg RR, Poma López LN, Pompeu PV, Powell JR, Ramirez Correa JA, Scharnagl K, Tobón C, Williams CB (2021) Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate. Biotropica 54(2): 309-326. DOI: 10.1111/btp.13044.
Weigand A, Homeier J, Lehnert M & Kessler M (2022) Influence of increasing nutrient availability on fern and lycophyte diversity. American Fern Journal 112(1):17-35. DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444-112.1.17
2021
Bendix J, Aguirre N, Beck E, Bräuning A, Brandl R, Breuer L, Böhning-Gaese K, de Paula MD, Hickler T, Homeier J, Inclán D, Leuschner C, Neuschulz EL, Schleuning M, Suarez JP, Trachte K, Wilcke W, Windhorst D & Farwig N (2021) A research framework for projecting ecosystem change in highly diverse tropical mountain ecosystems. Oecologia 195: 589-600. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04852-8.
Dantas de Paula M, Forrest M, Langam L, Bendix J, Homeier J, Velescu A, Wilcke W & Hickler T (2021) Nutrient cycling drives plant community trait assembly and ecosystem functioning in a tropical mountain biodiversity hotspot. New Phytologist 232: 551-566. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17600.
Duque A, Peña MA, Cuesta F, González-Caro S, Kennedy P, Phillips OL, Calderón M, Blundo C, Carilla J, Cayola L, Farfán-Ríos W, Fuentes A, Grau R, Homeier J, Loza-Rivera MI, Malhi Y, Malizia A, Malizia L, Martínez-Villa JA, Myers J, Osinaga-Acosta O, Peralvo M, Pinto E, Saatchi S, Silman M, Tello S, Terrán-Váldez A, Feeley KJ (2021) Mature Andean forests as globally important carbon sinks and future carbon refuges. Nature Communications 12: 2138. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22459-8.
Homeier J (2021) Die Vernichtung der tropischen Regenwälder. In: Lozán JL, Breckle SW, Graßl H & Kasang D (Hrsg.). Warnsignal Klima: Boden & Landnutzung. S. 184-189.
Homeier J & Leuschner C (2021) Factors controlling the productivity of tropical Andean forests: Climate and soil are more important than tree diversity. Biogeosciences 18(4): 1525-1541. DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-1525-2021.
Homeier J, Seeler T, Pierick K & Leuschner C (2021) Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests. Scientific Reports 11: 9993. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89190-8.
Limberger O, Homeier J, Farwig N, Pucha Cofrep F, Fries A, Leuschner C, Trachte K & Bendix J (2021) Classification of tree functional types in megadiverse tropical mountain forests from leaf optical metrics and functional traits for two related ecosystem functions. Forests 12(5): 649. DOI: 10.3390/f12050649.
Nowak P, Kine PK, Homeier J, Leuschner C, Miehe G, Kluge J (in press) A first plot-based elevational assessment of species densities, life forms and leaf traits of seed plants in the Southeast Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot, North Myanmar. Plant Ecology and Diversity 13(5/6): 437-450. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2020.1846218.
Pierick K, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2021) Topography as a factor driving small-scale variation in tree fine root traits and root functional diversity in a species-rich tropical montane forest. New Phytologist 230(1): 129-138. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17136.
Sabatini FM, Lenoir J, Hattab T, Arnst EA, Chytry M, Dengler J, and 104 others including Homeier J (2021) sPlotOpen – An environmentally-balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:1740-1764. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13346.
Velescu A, Homeier J, Bendix J, Valarezo C & Wilcke W (2021) Response of water-bound fluxes of potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium to nutrient additions in an Ecuadorian tropical montane forest. Forest Ecology and Management 501: 119661. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119661.
Wallis CIB, Tiede YC, Beck E, Böhning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Donoso DA, Espinosa CI, Fries A, Homeier J, Inclan D, Leuschner C, Maraun M, Mikolajewski K, Neuschulz EL, Scheu S, Schleuning M, Suarez JP, Tinoco BA, Farwig N & Bendix J (2021) Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on geo-resources rather than on the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Scientific Reports 11: 24530. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03488-1.
2020
Dueñas JF, Camenzind T, Roy J, Hempel S, Homeier J, Suárez JP & Rillig MC (2020) Moderate phosphorus addition consistently affect community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador. New Phytologist 227(5): 1505-1518. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16641.
Graefe S, Rodrigo R, Cueva E, Butz P, Werner FA & Homeier J (2020) Impact of disturbance on forest structure and species composition in a tropical dry forest of South Ecuador. Ecotropica. 22:202002. DOI: 10.30427/ecotrop202002.
Knoke T, Paul C, Rammig A, Hildebrandt P, Härtl F, Peters T, Richter M, Diertl KH, Calvas B, Castro LM, Ochoa S, Valle-Carrión LA, Hamer U, Tischer A, Potthast K, Windhorst D, Homeier J, Wilcke W, Velescu A, Gerique A, Pohle P, Adams J, Breuer L, Mosandl R, Beck E, Weber M, Silva B, Stimm B, Verburg P & Bendix J (2020) Accounting for multiple ecosystem services in a simulation of land-use decisions: Does it reduce tropical deforestation? Global Change Biology 26(4): 3402-2420. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15003.
Lembrechts JJ, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, De Frenne P, Kopecký M and 167 others including Homeier J (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near‐surface temperature. Global Change Biology 26(11): 6616-6629. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123.
Malizia A, Blundo C, Carilla J, Osinaga Acosta O, Cuesta F, Duque A, Aguirre N, Aguirre Z, Ataroff M, Baez S, Calderón-Loor M, Cayola L, Cayuela L, Cedillo H, Farfan Ríos W, Feeley KJ, Fuentes AF, Gámez Álvarez LE, Grau HR, Homeier J, Jadan O, Llambi LD, Loza Rivera MI, Macía MJ, Malhi Y, Malizia LR, Peralvo M, Pinto E, Tello JS, Silman M, & Young KR (2020) Elevation and latitude drives structure and tree species composition in Andean forests: results from a large-scale plot network. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231553. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231553.
2019
Bruelheide H, Dengler J, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Purschke O, Hennekens S, and 171 others including Homeier J (2019) sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 161-186. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12710.
Hauck M, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2019) Klimawandel und Vegetation - Eine globale Übersicht. Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg.
Quitián M, Santillán V, Bender IMA, Espinosa CI, Homeier J, Böhning-Gaese K, Schleuning M & Neuschulz EL (2019) Functional responses of avian frugivores to variation in fruit resources between natural and fragmented forests. Functional Ecology 33(3): 399-410. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13255.
Quitián M, Santillán V, Espinosa CI, Homeier J, Böhning-Gaese K, Schleuning M & Neuschulz EL (2019) Direct and indirect effects of plant and frugivore diversity on structural and functional components of bird fruit removal. Oecologia 189(2):435-445. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4324-y.
Wallis CIB, Homeier J, Peña J, Brandl R, Farwig N, Bendix J (2019) Modeling tropical montane forest biomass, productivity and canopy traits with multispectral remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment 225: 75-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.021.
2018
Báez S & Homeier J (2018) Functional traits determine tree growth and ecosystem productivity of a tropical montane forest: Insights from a long-term nutrient manipulation experiment. Global Change Biology 24(1): 399-409 . DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13905.
Bastin JF, Rutishauser E, Kellner J, Saatchi S, Pelissier R, and 130 others including Homeier J (2018) Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 1300-1313. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12.
Bruelheide H, Dengler J, Purschke O, Lenoir J, Jiménez-Alfaro B, and 99 others including Homeier J (2018) Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1906-1917. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8.
Von der Arktis bis zu den Tropen: Forscher stellen Vegetationsdatenbank vor
Cárate-Tandalla D, Camenzind T, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2018) Contrasting species responses to continued nitrogen and phosphorus addition in tropical montane forest tree seedlings. Biotropica 50(2): 234-245. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12518.
Fadrique B, Báez S, Duque A, Malizia A, Blundo C, Carilla J, Osinaga-Acosta O, Malizia L, Silman M, Farfán-Rios W, Malhi Y, Young KR, Cuesta F, Homeier J, Peralvo M, Pinto E, Jadan O, Aguirre N, Aguiire Z & Feeley KJ (2018) Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change. Nature 564: 207-212. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0715-9.
Tropische Bäume in den Anden weichen dem Klimawandel aus
González-Jaramillo VH, Fries A, Zeilinger J, Homeier J, Oñate-Valdivieso F, Paladines-Benitez J, Bendix J (2018) Estimation of aboveground biomass in a tropical mountain forest in southern Ecuador using airborne LiDAR data. Remote Sensing 10(5): 660. DOI: 10.3390/rs10050660.
Martinson G, Pommerenke B, Brandt FB, Homeier J, Burneo JI & Conrad R (2018) Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis is the dominant methanogenic pathway in Neotropical tank bromeliad wetlands. Environmental Microbiology Reports 10(1): 33-39. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12602.
Quitián M, Santillán V, Espinosa CI, Homeier J, Böhning-Gaese K, Schleuning M & Neuschulz EL (2018) Elevation-dependent effects of forest fragmentation on plant-frugivore interaction networks in the tropical Andes. Ecography 41(9): 1497-1506. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03247.
Slik JWF, Franklin J, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Field R, Aguilar S, and 182 other including Homeier J (2018) Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forest. PNAS 115 (8): 1837-1842. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1714977115.
2017
Delavaux CS, Camenzind T, Homeier J, Jiménez-Paz R, Ashton M & Queenborough SA (2017) Nutrient enrichment effects on mycorrhizal fungi in an Andean tropical montane forest. Mycorrhiza 27(4): 311-319. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0749-5.
Homeier J, Báez S, Hertel D & Leuschner C (2017) Editorial: Tropical forest ecosystem responses to increasing nutrient availability. Frontiers in Earth Science 5:27. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2017.00027. Frontiers in Earth Science: Tropical forest ecosystem responses to increasing nutrient availability
Homeier J, Kurzatkowski D & Leuschner C (2017) Stand dynamics of the drought-affected floodplain forests of Araguaia River, Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecosystems 4:10. DOI: 10.1186/s40663-017-0097-8.
Homeier J, Salazar L, Chinchero MA, Moritz S, Trogisch S, Unger M, Kessler M, Kluge J, Navarrete H & Leuschner C (2017) Diversidad de plantas vasculares en relación con factores edafológicos y climáticos en los bosques de la Reserva Biosfera Sumaco y sus alrededorescon las condiciones ambientales en los bosques de la Reserva Biósfera Sumaco. In: Torres B, Vargas JC, Arteaga Y, Torres A, & Lozano P (eds) Gente, bosque y biodiversidad: El rol del bosque sobre la biodiversidad y las poblaciones rurales. Universidad Estatal Amazónica. Programa economía de recursos naturales y desarrollo empresarial. Puyo, Ecuador, 279 pp., chapter 10, pp 203-218.
Mathez-Stiefel SL, Peralvo M, Báez S, Rist S, Buytaert W, Cuesta F, Fadrique B, Feeley KJ, Groth AAP, Homeier J, Llambi LD, Locatelli B, López Sandoval MF, Maliza A & Young KR (2017) Research priorities for the conservation and sustainable governance of Andean forest landscapes. Mountain Research and Development 37(3): 323-339. DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00093.1.
Paulick S, Dislich C, Homeier J, Fischer R & Huth A (2017) The carbon fluxes in different successional stages: modelling the dynamics of tropical montane forests in South Ecuador. Forest Ecosystems 4:5. DOI: 10.1186/s40663-017-0092-0.
Tapia-Armijos MF, Homeier J, Draper Munt D (2017) Spatio-temporal analysis of the human footprint in South Ecuador: Influence of human pressure on ecosystems and effectiveness of protected areas. Applied Geography 78: 22-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.10.007.
Wallis CIB, Brehm G, Donoso D, Fiedler K, Homeier J, Paulsch D, Süßenbach D, Tiede Y, Brandl R, Farwig N & Bendix J (2017) Remote sensing improves prediction of tropical montane species diversity but performance differs among taxa. Ecological Indicators 83: 538-549. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.022
2016
Camenzind T, Homeier J, Dietrich K, Hempel S, Hertel D, Krohn A, Leuschner C, Oelmann Y, Olsson PA, Suarez JP, Rillig MC (2016) Opposing effects of nitrogen versus phosphorus additions on mycorrhizal fungal abundance along an elevational gradient in tropical montane forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 93: 37-47. DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.011.
Camenzind T, Papathanasiou HJ, Förster A, Dietrich K, Hertel D, Homeier J, Oelmann Y, Olsson PA, Suárez JP, Rillig MC (2016) Inreases in soil aggregation following phosphorus addition in a tropical premontane forest are not driven by root and arbuscular mycorrhizal fundal abundances. Frontiers in Earth Science 3:89. DOI:10.3389/feart.2015.00089.
Fadrique B & Homeier J (2016) Elevation and topography influence community structure, biomass and host tree interactions of lianas in tropical montane forests of southern Ecuador. Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 958-968. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12427.
Spannl S, Homeier J & Bräuning A (2016) Nutrient-induced modification of wood anatomical traits of Alchornea lojaensis (Euphorbiaceae). Frontiers in Earth Science 4:50. DOI:10.3389/feart.2016.00050.
Tiede Y, Homeier J, Cumbicus N, Peña J, Albrecht J, Ziegenhagen B, Bendix J, Brandl R & Farwig N (2016) Phylogenetic niche conservatism does not explain elevational patterns of species richness, phylodiversity and family age of tree assemblages in Andean rainforest. Erdkunde 70(1): 83-106. DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2016.01.06.
Wagner FH, Hérault B, Bonal D, Stahl C, Anderson LO, Baker TR, Becker SG, Beeckman H, Souza DB, Botosso PC, Bowman DMJS, Bräuning A, Brede B, Brown FI, Camarero JJ, Camargo PB, Carvalho FA, Castro W, Chagas RK, Chave J, Chidumayo EN, Clark DB, Clark DA, Costa FRC, Couralet C, da Silva Mauricio PH, Dalitz D, de Castro VR, de Oliveira ED, de Souza Arruda L, Devineau JL, dos Santos Saraiva R, Drew DM, Dünisch O, Durigan G, Elifurah E, Fedele M, Felfili JM, Ferreira-Fedel L, Figueiredo Filho A, Guimarães Finger CAG, Franco AC, Freitas Júnior JL, Gliniars R, Graça PMLA, Grifiths AD, Grogan J, Guan K, Homeier J, Kanieski MR, Kho LK, Koenig J, Kohler SV, Krepkowski J, Lemos-Filho JP, Lieberman D, Lieberman ME, Lisi CS, López Ayala JL, Maeda EE, Malhi Y, Maria VRB, Maza Chamba H, Mbwambo L, Melgaço KLL, Mendivelso HAC, Murphy BP, O'Brien JJ, Oberbauer SF, Ohashi S, Okada N, Pélissier R, Prior L, Ross M, Rossatto DR, Rossi V, Rowland L, Rutishauser E, Santana H, Schulze M, Selhorst D, Silveira M, Spannl S, Swaine MD, Toledo JJ, Toledo MM, Toledo M, Toma T, Tomazello Filho M, Valdez Hernández JI, Verbesselt J, Vieira SA, Vincent G, Volkmer de Castilho C, Volland F, Worbes M, Zanon MLB & Aragão LEOC (2016) Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forest. Biogeosciences 13: 2537-2562. DOI:10.5194/bg-13-2537-2016.
2015
Báez S, Malizia A, Carilla J, Blundo C, Aguilar M, Aguirre N, Aguirre Z, Álvarez E, Cuesta F, Duque A, Farfán-Rios W, García-Cabrera K, Grau R, Homeier J, Linares-Palomino R, Malizia L, Melo-Cruz O, Osinaga O, Phillips O, Reynel C, Silman MR, Feeley KJ (2015) Large-scale patterns of turnover and basal area change in Andean Forests. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126594. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126594.
Cárate Tandalla D, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2015) Performance of seedlings of a shade-tolerant tropical tree species after moderate addition of N and P. Frontiers in Earth Science 3:75. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2015.00075
Crowther TW, Glick HB, Covey K, Bettigole C, Maynard DS, Thomas SM, Smith J, Hintler G, Jetz W, Tuanmu M, Duguid M, Salas C, Stam C, Piotto D, Tavani R, Green S, Bruce G, Williams SJ, Wiser S, Huber M, Hengeveld GM, Tikhonova E, Borchardt P, Li C, Powrie L, Fischer M, Hemp A, Homeier J, Cho P, Vibrans AC, Umane P, Piao S, Ashton M & Bradford MA (2015) Mapping tree density at a global scale. Nature 525: 201-205. DOI: 10.1038/nature14967.
Kurzatkowski D, Leuschner C & Homeier J (2015) Effects of flooding on forest structure, tree composition and aboveground biomass in the semi-deciduous transition forests of the Araguaia floodplain, Brazil. Acta Oecologica 69: 21-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2015.08.002.
Salazar L, HomeierJ, Kessler K, AbrahamczykS,LehnertM, Krömer T & Kluge J (2015) Diversity patterns of ferns along elevational gradients in Andean tropical forests. Plant Ecology and Diversity 8(1):13-24. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.843036.
Slik JWF, Arroyo-RodríguezV, Aiba S-I, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Ashton P, Balvanera P, Bastian M, Bellingham PJ, van den Berg E, Bernacci L, Conceição Bispo P, Blanc L, Böhning-Gaese K, Boeckx P, Bongers F, Boyle B, Bradford M, Brearley FQ, Breuer Ndoundou Hockemba M, Bunyavejchewin S, Calderado Leal Matos D, Castillo-Santiago M, Catharino ELM, Chai S-L, Chen Y, Colwell R, Chazdo R, Clark C, Clark DB, Clark DA, Culmsee H, Damas K, Dattaraja HS, Dauby G, Davidar P, DeWalt SJ, Doucet JL, DuqueA, DuriganG, Eichhorn K, Eisenlohr PV, Eler E, Ewango C, Farwig N, Feeley K, FerreiraL, Field R, de Oliveira Filho AT, Fletcher C, Forshed O, Franco G, Fredriksson G, Gillespie T, Gillet J-F, AmarnathG, Griffith DM, Grogan J, Gunatilleke N, Harris D, Harrison R, Hector A, Homeier J, ImaiN, Itoh A, Jansen PA, JolyCA, de Jong BHJ, KartawinataK, KearsleyE, Kelly DL, KenfackD, Kessler M, Kitayama K, Kooyman R, Larney E, Laumonier Y, Laurance S, Laurance W, Lawes MJ, do Amaral IL, Letcher SG, Lindsell J, Lu X, Mansor A, Marjokorpi A, MartinEH, Meilby H, Melo FPL, Metcalfe D, Medjibe VP, Metzger JP, Millet J, Mohandass D, Montero JC, de Morisson Valeriano M, Mugerwa B, Nagamasu H, Nilus R, Ochoa-Gaona S, Onrizal, Page N, Parolin P, Parren M, Parthasarathy N, Paudel E, Permana A, Piedade MTF, Pitman N, Poorter L, Poulsen A, Poulsen J, Powers J, Prasad RC, Puyravaud JP, Razafimahaimodison JC, Reitsma J, dos Santos JR, Spironello WR, Romero-Saltos H, Rovero F, Rozak A, Ruokolainen K, Rutishauser E, Saiter F, Saner P, Santos BA, Santos F, Sarker SK, Satdichanh M, Schmitt CB, Schöngart J, Schulze M, Suganuma MS, Sheil D, da Silva Pinheiro E, Sist P, Stevart T, Sukumar R, Sun F, Sunderland T, Suresh HS, Suzuki E, Tabarelli M, Tang J, Targhetta N, Theilade I, Thomas DW, Tchouto P, Hurtado J, Valencia R, van Valkenburg J, Van Do T, Vasquez R, Verbeeck H, Adekunle V, Vieira SA, Webb C, Whitfeld T, Wich S, Williams J, Wittmann F, Wöll H, Yang X, Yao YA, Yap S, Yoneda T, Zahawi RA, Zakaria R, Zang R (2015) An estimate of the number of tropical tree species. PNAS 112 (24): 7472-7477. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423147112.
Tapia-Armijos MF, Homeier J, Espinosa CI, Leuschner C, de la Cruz M (2015) Deforestation and forest fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s – losing a hotspot of biodiversity. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0133701. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133701.
Werner FA & Homeier J (2015) Is tropical montane forest heterogeneity promoted by a resource-driven feedback cycle? Evidence from nutrient relations, herbivory and litter decomposition along a topographical gradient. Functional Ecology 29: 430-440. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12351.
Wittich B, Homeier J & Leuschner C (2015) In situ study of ammonium, nitrate and glycine uptake by the saplings of six Ecuadorian tropical montane tree species. Journal of Tropical Ecology 31:139-152. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467414000650.
2014
Camenzind T, Hempel S, Homeier J, Horn S, Velescu A, Wilcke W & Rillig MC (2014) Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest. Global Change Biology 20: 3646-3659. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12618.
Kessler M, Güdel R, Salazar L, Homeier J & Kluge J (2014) Impact of mycorrhization on the abundance, growth and leaf nutrient status of ferns along a tropical elevational gradient. Oecologia 175:887-900. DOI:10.1007/s00442-014-2941-7.
Kessler M, Salazar L, Homeier J & Kluge J (2014) Species richness-productivity relationships of tropical terrestrial ferns at regional and local scales. Journal of Ecology 102: 1623-1633. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12299.
Leuschner C & Homeier J (2014) Tropische Regenwälder und temperate Laubwälder – Ein struktureller und funktionaler Vergleich. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 26:119-135.
2013
Hamer U, Potthast K, Wilcke W, Wullaert H, Valarezo C, Sandmann D, Maraun M, Scheu S & Homeier J (2013) Future regulating (supporting) services: Matter turnover and nutrient additions. In: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S & Wilcke W (eds) Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 221, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. chapter 22, pp 297-313.
Homeier J, Werner FA, Gawlik J, Peters T, Diertl KHJ & Richter M (2013) Plant diversity and its relevance for the provision of ecosystem services. In: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S & Wilcke W (eds) Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 221, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. chapter 8, pp 93-106.
Homeier J, Leuschner C, Bräuning A, Cumbicus NL, Hertel D, Martinson GO, Spannl S & Veldkamp E (2013) Effects of increased nutrient addition on the productivity of montane forests and implications for the carbon cycle. In: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S & Wilcke W (eds) Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 221, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. chapter 23, pp 315-329.
Jantz N, Homeier J, León-Yánez S, Moscoso A & Behling H (2013) Trapping pollen in the tropics - Comparing modern pollen rain spectra of different pollen traps and surface samples across Andean vegetation zones. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193: 57-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.01.011
Kottke I, Setaro S, Haug I, Herrera P, Cruz D, Fries A, Gawlik J, Homeier J, Werner F, Gerique A & Suárez JP (2013) Mycorrhiza networks promote biodiversity and stabilize the tropical mountain rain forest ecosystem – perspectives for understanding complex communities. In: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S & Wilcke W (eds) Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 221, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.chapter 14, pp 187-203.
Leuschner C, Zach A, Moser G, Homeier J, Graefe S, Hertel D, Wittich B, Soethe N, Iost S, Röderstein M, Horna V & Wolf K (2013) The carbon balance of tropical mountain forests along an altitudinal transect, Southern Ecuador. In: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S & Wilcke W (eds) Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 221, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. chapter 10, pp 117-139.
Unger M, Homeier J & Leuschner C (2013) Relationships among leaf area index, below-canopy light availability and tree diversity along a transect from tropical lowland to montane forests in NE Ecuador. Tropical Ecology 54(1):33-45.
Wullaert H, Bigalke M, Homeier J, Cumbicus N, Valarezo C & Wilcke W (2013) Short-term response of the Ca cycle of a montane forest in Ecuador to low experimental CaCl2 additions. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 176: 892-903. DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201300146
2012
Homeier J, Hertel D, Camenzind T, Cumbicus NL, Maraun M, Martinson GO, Poma LN, Rillig MC, Sandmann D, Scheu S, Veldkamp E, Wilcke W, Wullaert H & Leuschner C (2012) Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs – Rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47128. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047128
Homeier J (2012) Ecuador forest plots database. In: Dengler, J., Oldeland, J., Jansen, F., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Finckh, M., Glöckler, F., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Peet, R.K., Schaminée, J.H.J. (2012) Eds.]: Vegetation databases for the 21st century. – Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 446.
Karger DN, Kluge J, Abrahamczyk S, Salazar L, Homeier J, Lehnert M, Amoroso VB & Kessler M (2012) Bryophyte cover on trees as proxy for relative air humidity in the tropics. Ecological Indicators 20: 277-281. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.026
Werner FA, Homeier J, Oesker M, Boy J (2012) Epiphytic biomass of a tropical Andean forest varies with topography. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28: 23-31. doi:10.1017/S0266467411000526
Wittich B, Horna V, Homeier J & Leuschner C (2012) Altitudinal decrease in photosynthetic capacity in tropical trees: A case study from Ecuador and a pantropical literature analysis. Ecosystems 15: 958-973. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9556-9
2011
Laurance WF, Useche DC, Shoo LP, Herzog SK, Kessler M, Escobar F, Brehm G, Axmacher JC, Chen IC, Arellano Gámez L, Hietz P, Fiedler K, Pyrcz T, Wolf J, Merkord CL, Cardelus C, Marshall A, Ah-Peng C, Aplet GH, del Coro Arizmendi M, Baker WJ, Barone J, Brühl CA, Bussmann RW, Cicuzza D, Eilu G, Favila ME, Hemp A, Hemp C, Homeier J, Huey RB, Hurtado J, Jankowski J, Kattán G, Kluge J, Krömer T, Lees D, Lehnert M, Longino JT, Lovett J, Martin PH, Patterson B, Pearson R, Peh, KSH, Richardson B, Richardson M, Samways M, Senbeta F, Smith TB, Utteridge T, Watkins JE, Wilson R, Williams SE & Thomas CD (2011) Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota. Biological Conservation 144(1): 548-557. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.010
Wolf K, Veldkamp E, Homeier J & Martinson GO (2011) Nitrogen availability links forest productivity, soil nitrous oxide and nitric oxide fluxes of a tropical montane forest in southern Ecuador. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 25(4): GB4009. doi:10.1029/2010GB003876
2010
Berg C.C. & Homeier J (2010) Three new species of South American Moraceae. Blumea 55:196-200.
Bodner F., Brehm G, Homeier J, Strutzenberger P & Fiedler K (2010) Caterpillars and host plant records of 59 species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from a montane rainforest in southern Ecuador. Journal of Insect Science 10:67 available online: insectscience.org/10.67.
Homeier J, Breckle SW, Günter S, Rollenbeck RT & Leuschner C (2010) Tree diversity, forest structure and productivity along altitudinal and topographical gradients in a species-rich Ecuadorian montane tropical rain forest. Biotropica 42(2): 140-148.
Homeier J, Englert F, Leuschner C, Weigelt P & Unger M (2010) Factors controlling the abundance of lianas along an altitudinal transect of tropical moist forests in Ecuador. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 1399-1405.
Oesker M, Homeier J, Dalitz H & Brujinzeel LA (2010) Spatial heterogeneity of canopy throughfall quantity and quality in a tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador. in: Bruijnzeel LA, Scatena FN & Hamilton LS (eds.): Tropical montane cloud forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, chapter 42, pp 393-401.
Unger M., Leuschner C. & Homeier J (2010) Variability of indices of macronutrient availability in soils at different spatial scales along an elevation transect in tropical moist forests (NE Ecuador). Plant and Soil 336: 443-458.
Wullaert H, Homeier J, Valarezo C & Wilcke W (2010) Response of the N and P cycles of an old-growth montane forest in Ecuador to experimental low-level N and P amendments. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 1434-1445.
2009
Dislich C, Günter S, Homeier J, Schröder B & Huth A (2009) Simulating forest dynamics of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Erdkunde 63(4): 347-364.
Fries A, Rollenbeck R, Göttlicher D, Nauss, T, Homeier J, Peters T, & Bendix J (2009) Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization. Erdkunde 63(4): 321-335
Göttlicher D, Obregon A, Homeier J, Rollenbeck R, Nauss T & Bendix J (2009) Land-cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modeling. Int. J. Remote Sensing 30(8): 1867-1886.
2008
Bräuning A, Homeier J, Beck E & Günter S (2008) Growth dynamics of trees in tropical mountain ecosystems. In: Beck E, Bendix J, Kottke I, Makeschin F & Mosandl R (eds.) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 198, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, chapter 21, pp 291-302.
Brehm G, Homeier J, Fiedler K, Kottke I, Illig J, Nöske NM, Werner FA & Breckle SW (2008) Mountain rain forests in Southern Ecuador - limited knowledge and diverging patterns. In: Beck E, Bendix J, Kottke I, Makeschin F & Mosandl R (eds.) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 198, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, chapter 2, pp 15-23.
Gradstein SR, Homeier J & Gansert D (eds.) (2008) The tropical mountain forest – Patterns and processes in a biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Ecology Series Vol. 2, Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 217 pp.
Gradstein SR, Kessler M, Lehnert M, Abiy M, Homeier J, Mandl N, Makeschin F & Richter M (2008) Vegetation, climate, and soil of the unique Purdiaea forest of southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 14:15-26.
Homeier J (2008) The influence of topography on forest structure and regeneration dynamics in an Ecuadorian montane forest. In: Gradstein SR, Homeier J & Gansert D (eds.) The tropical mountain forest – Patterns and processes in a biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Ecology Series Vol. 2, Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp 97-107.
Homeier J & Breckle S-W (2008) Gap-dynamics in a tropical lower montane forest in South Ecuador. In: Beck E, Bendix J, Kottke I, Makeschin F & Mosandl R (eds.) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 198, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, chapter 23, pp 311-317.
Homeier J, Werner FA, Gradstein SR, Breckle S-W & Richter M (2008) Potential vegetation and floristic composition of Andean forests in South Ecuador, with a focus on the RBSF. In: Beck E, Bendix J, Kottke I, Makeschin F & Mosandl R (eds.) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 198, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, chapter 10.1, pp 87-100.
Oesker M, Dalitz H, Günter S, Homeier J & Matezki S (2008) Spatial heterogeneity patterns: gorges and crests. In: Beck E, Bendix J, Kottke I, Makeschin F & Mosandl R (eds.) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 198, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, chapter 18, pp 267-274.
Soethe N, Wilcke W, Homeier J, Lehmann J & Engels C (2008) Plant growth along the altitudinal gradient – role of plant nutritional status, fine root activity and soil properties. In: Beck E, Bendix J, Kottke I, Makeschin F & Mosandl R (eds.) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies Vol. 198, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, chapter 17, pp 259-266.
Ulloa U C & Homeier J (2008) Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae), una especie nueva de los Andes sur orientales del Ecuador. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 65(29): 383-387.
Wilcke W, Oelmann Y, Schmitt A, Valarezo C, Zech W & Homeier J (2008) Soil properties and tree growth along an altitudinal transect in Ecuadorian tropical montane forest. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 171(2): 220-230.
2007
Homeier J & Werner FA (2007) Spermatophyta. Checklist of the Reserva Biológica San Francisco (Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe, S-Ecuador). In: Liede-Schumann S & Breckle SW (eds) Provisional Checklists of Flora and Fauna of the San Francisco valley and its surroundings (Estación Científica San Francisco), Southern Ecuador. Ecotropical Monographs 4: 15-58.
2006
Bendix J, Homeier J, Cueva E, Emck P, Breckle SW, Richter M & Beck E (2006) Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest. Int J Biometeorol (50(6): 370-384.
Cueva Ortiz E, Homeier J, Breckle S-W, Bendix J, Emck P, Richter M & Beck E (2006) Seasonality in an evergreen tropical mountain rain forest in southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 12(2): 69-85.
2005
Breckle SW, Breckle U, Homeier J & Scheffer A (2005) Mineral deficiences in a pine plantation in Southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 11: 79-85.
Haug I, Weiß M, Homeier J, Oberwinkler F & Kottke I (2005) Russulaceae and Thelephoraceae form ectomycorrhizas with members of the Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador. New Phytol 165(3):923-936.
Homeier J (2005) Graffenrieda emarginata (Ruiz & Pav) Triana In: Schütt P, Weisgerber H, Lang U, Roloff A & Stimm B (Hrsg) Enzyklopädie der Holzgewächse. ecomed-Verlag Landsberg/Lech – München. 42. Erg. Lfg. 12/05, 4p.
Homeier J (2005) Purdiaea nutans Planch In: Schütt P, Weisgerber H, Lang U, Roloff A & Stimm B (Hrsg) Enzyklopädie der Holzgewächse. ecomed-Verlag Landsberg/Lech – München. 42. Erg. Lfg. 12/05, 4p.
Homeier J, Dalitz H & Breckle SW (2005) Tree species composition and forest structure of the premontane rain forest in the Reserva Biológica Alberto Brenes Costa Rica In: Veste M, Wucherer W & Homeier J (eds) Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext Festschrift zum 65 Geburtstag von Prof Dr S-W Breckle. p175-186.
Veste M, Wucherer W & Homeier J (eds) (2005) Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext Festschrift zum 65 Geburtstag von Prof Dr S-W Breckle. Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen. 310pp.
Werner FA, Homeier J & Gradstein SR (2005) Diversity of vascular epiphytes on isolated remnant trees in the montane forest belt of southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 11: 21-40.
Wilcke W, Hess T, Bengel C, Homeier J, Valarezo C & Zech W (2005) Coarse woody debris in a montane forest in Ecuador: mass, C and nutrient storage and turnover. For Ecol Management 205:139-147.
2004
Dalitz H & Homeier J (2004) Visual Plants - Image based tool for plant diversity research. Lyonia 6(1):49-62.
Dalitz H, Homeier J, Salazar HA & Wolter A (2004) Spatial heterogeneity generating plant diversity? In: Breckle S-W Schweizer B & Fangmeier A (eds) Results of worldwide ecological studies Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium of the AFW Schimper-Foundation October 2002. Verlag Günter Heimbach. p199-213.
Haug I, Lempe J, Homeier J, Weiß M, Setaro S, Oberwinkler F & Kottke I (2004) Graffenrieda emarginata (Melastomataceae) forms mycorrhizas with Glomeromycota and with a member of the Hymenoscyphus ericae aggregate in the organic soil of a neotropical mountain rain forest. Can J Bot 82(3):340-356.
Homeier J (2004) Baumdiversität, Waldstruktur und Wachstumsdynamik zweier tropischer Bergregenwälder in Ecuador und Costa Rica. Dissertation Universität Bielefeld. Dissertationes Botanicae 391. 207pp.
Homeier J & Breckle S-W (2004) Growth of some frequent tree species from an Ecuadorian montane forest In: Breckle SW, Schweizer B & Fangmeier A (eds) Results of worldwide ecological studies. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium of the AFW Schimper-Foundation October 2002. Verlag Günter Heimbach. p375-379.
Homeier J, Dalitz H & Breckle S-W (2004) Visual Plants - a database as a tool for the determination of tropical plants In: Breckle SW, Schweizer B & Fangmeier A (eds) Results of worldwide ecological studies. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium of the AFW Schimper-Foundation October 2002. Verlag Günter Heimbach. p371-374.
Kottke I, Beck A, Oberwinkler F, Homeier J & Neill D (2004) Arbuscular endomycorrhizas are dominant in the organic soil of a neotropical montane cloud forest. J Trop Ecol 20:125-129.
2003
Brehm G, Homeier J & Fiedler K (2003) Beta-diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera Geometridae) in an Andean montane rainforest. Diversity and Distributions 9(5):351-366
2002
Homeier J, Breckle SW, Dalitz H, Leyers C & Ortiz R (2002) Demography, spatial distribution and growth of three arborescent palm species in a tropical premontane rain forest in Costa Rica. Ecotropica 8:239-247.
Homeier J, Dalitz H & Breckle S-W (2002) Waldstruktur und Baumartendiversität im montanen Regenwald der Estación Científica San Francisco in Südecuador. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 14:109-118.
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