Publications

Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests

2018. Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 2, pages 1104–1111

Maga Gei, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Lourens Poorter, Frans Bongers, Janet I. Sprent, Mira D. Garner, T. Mitchell Aide, José Luis Andrade, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, George A. L. Cabral, Ricardo Gomes César, Robin L. Chazdon, Rebecca J. Cole, Gabriel Dalla Colletta, Ben de Jong, Julie S. Denslow, Daisy H. Dent, Saara J. DeWalt, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, Mário Marcos do Espírito Santo, G. Wilson Fernandes, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes, Bryan Finegan, Vanessa Granda Moser, Jefferson S. Hall, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, André B. Junqueira, Deborah Kennard, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, Susan G. Letcher, Madelon Lohbeck, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Jorge A. Meave, Duncan N. L. Menge, Francisco Mora, Rodrigo Muñoz, Robert Muscarella, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Edith Orihuela-Belmonte, Rebecca Ostertag, Marielos Peña-Claros, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Daniel Piotto, Peter B. Reich, Casandra Reyes-García, Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez, I. Eunice Romero-Pérez, Lucía Sanaphre-Villanueva, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Naomi B. Schwartz, Arlete Silva de Almeida, Jarcilene S. Almeida-Cortez, Whendee Silver, Vanessa de Souza Moreno, Benjamin W. Sullivan, Nathan G. Swenson, Maria Uriarte, Michiel van Breugel, Hans van der Wal, Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Hans F. M. Vester, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Jess K. Zimmerman & Jennifer S. Powers 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0559-6

Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

2016. Science Advances, vol. 2, no. 5, e1501639

Chazdon, R.L. Broadbent, E. N. Rozendaal, D. M. A. Bongers, F. Zambrano, A. M. A. Aide, T. M. Balvanera, P. Becknell, J. M. Boukili, V. Brancalion, P. H. S. Craven, D. Almeida-Cortez, J. S. Cabral, G. A. L. De Jong, B. Denslow, J. S. Dent, D. H. Dewalt, S. J. Dupuy, J. M. Duran, S. M. Espirito-Santo, M. M. Fandino, M. C. Cesar, R. G. Hall, J. S. Hernandez-Stefanoni, J. L. Jakovac, C. C. , Junqueira, A. B. Kennard, D. Letcher, S. G. Lohbeck, M. Martinez-Ramos, M. Massoca, P. Meave, J. A. Mesquita, R. Mora, F. Munoz, R. Muscarella, R. Nunes, Y. R. F. Ochoa-Gaona, S. Orihuela-Belmonte, E. Pena-Claros, M. Perez-Garcia, E. A. Piotto, D. Powers, J. S. Rodriguez-Velazquez, J. Romero-Perez, I. E. Ruiz, J. Saldarriaga, J. G. Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. Schwartz, N. B. Steininger, M. K. Swenson, N. G. Uriarte, M. Van Breugel, M. Van Der Wal, H. Veloso, M. D. M. Vester, H. Vieira, I. C. G. Bentos, T. V. Williamson, G. B. Poorter, L.

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501639

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

2016. Nature, 530 (7589), p.211.

Lourens Poorter, Frans Bongers, T. Mitchell Aide, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Vanessa Boukili, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Eben N. Broadbent, Robin L. Chazdon, Dylan Craven, Jarcilene S. de Almeida-Cortez, George A. L. Cabral, Ben H. J. de Jong, Julie S. Denslow, Daisy H. Dent, Saara J. DeWalt, Juan M. Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, Mario M. Espírito-Santo, María C. Fandino, Ricardo G. César, Jefferson S. Hall, José Luis Hernandez-Stefanoni, Catarina C. Jakovac, André B. Junqueira, Deborah Kennard, Susan G. Letcher, Juan-Carlos Licona, Madelon Lohbeck, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Paulo Massoca, Jorge A. Meave, Rita Mesquita, Francisco Mora, Rodrigo Muñoz, Robert Muscarella, Yule R. F. Nunes, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Alexandre A. de Oliveira, Edith Orihuela-Belmonte, Marielos Peña-Claros, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Daniel Piotto, Jennifer S. Powers, Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez, I. Eunice Romero-Pérez, Jorge Ruíz, Juan G. Saldarriaga, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Naomi B. Schwartz, Marc K. Steininger, Nathan G. Swenson, Marisol Toledo, Maria Uriarte, Michiel van Breugel, Hans van der Wal, Maria D. M. Veloso, Hans F. M. Vester, Alberto Vicentini, Ima C. G. Vieira, Tony Vizcarra Bentos, G. Bruce Williamson & Danaë M. A. Rozendaal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16512 

Environmental gradients and the evolution of successional habitat specialization: a test case with 14 Neotropical forest sites

2015. Journal of Ecology, 103(5), pp.1276-1290. 

Susan G. Letcher, Jesse R. Lasky, Robin L. Chazdon, Natalia Norden, S. Joseph Wright, Jorge A. Meave, Eduardo A. P erez-Garc ıa, Rodrigo Mu~noz, Eunice Romero-Perez, Ana Andrade, Jos e Luis Andrade, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Tony V. Bentos, Radika Bhaskar, Frans Bongers, Vanessa Boukili, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Ricardo G. Cesar, Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, Dylan Craven, Alexander DeFrancesco, Juan M. Dupuy, Bryan Finegan, Eugenio Gonzalez-Jimenez, Jefferson S. Hall, Kyle E. Harms, Jose Luis Hern andez-Stefanoni, Peter Hietz, Deborah Kennard, Timothy J. Killeen, Susan G. Laurance, Edwin E. Lebrija-Trejos, Madelon Lohbeck, Miguel Mart ınez-Ramos, Paulo E. S. Massoca, Rita C. G. Mesquita, Francisco Mora, Robert Muscarella, Horacio Paz, Fernando Pineda-Garcıa, Jennifer S. Powers, Ruperto Quesada-Monge, Ricardo R. Rodrigues, Manette E. Sandor, Lucıa Sanaphre-Villanueva, Elisabeth Sch€uller, Nathan G.Swenson, Alejandra Tauro, Marıa Uriarte, Michiel van Breugel, Orlando Vargas-Ramırez, Ricardo A. G. Viani, Amanda L. Wendt and G. Bruce Williamson

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12435  

The potential of secondary forests

2015. Science, 348(6235), pp.642-643.

Frans Bongers, Robin Chazdon, Lourens Poorter & Marielos Peña-Claros