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A Common But Overlooked New Species in the Hyper-Diverse Genus Inga Mill. from the Northwestern Amazon

scientific article published on 6 September 2019

A novel DNA-based microfluorimetric method to evaluate antimalarial drug activity.

scientific article published in February 2004

Allelochemic function for a primary metabolite: the case of l‐tyrosine hyper‐production in Inga umbellifera (Fabaceae) ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2006

Antifungal depsidone metabolites from Cordyceps dipterigena, an endophytic fungus antagonistic to the phytopathogen Gibberella fujikuroi ⬇️

scientific article published on January 28, 2012

Antifungal leaf-surface metabolites correlate with fungal abundance in sagebrush populations

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Antileishmanial constituents of the Panamanian endophytic fungus Edenia sp. ⬇️

scientific article published on December 2008

Bioactive constituents from three Vismia species

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Bioactivity of fungal endophytes as a function of endophyte taxonomy and the taxonomy and distribution of their host plants

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Causes and Consequences of Monodominance in Tropical Lowland Forests

scientific article published on 26 July 2002

Chemical Constituents of the New Endophytic Fungus Mycosphaerella sp. nov. and Their Anti-parasitic Activity ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 March 2019

Chemical constituents of the new endophytic fungus Mycosphaerella sp. nov. and their anti-parasitic activity ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Chemocoding as an identification tool where morphological- and DNA-based methods fall short: Inga as a case study.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Cinnamoyl glucosides of catechin and dimeric procyanidins from young leaves of Inga umbellifera (Fabaceae).

scientific article published in February 2004

Coevolutionary arms race versus host defense chase in a tropical herbivore-plant system

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Coibanoles, a new class of meroterpenoids produced by Pycnoporus sanguineus ⬇️

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Colonization of Tropical Rain Forest Leaves by Epiphylls: Effects of Site and Host Plant Leaf Lifetime

scientific article published on 09 May 2006

Communities of fungal endophytes in tropical forest grasses: highly diverse host- and habitat generalists characterized by strong spatial structure

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Comparative drought-resistance of seedlings of 28 species of co-occurring tropical woody plants

scientific article published on 17 June 2003

Consequences of interspecific variation in defenses and herbivore host choice for the ecology and evolution of Inga, a speciose rainforest tree.

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Contrasting mechanisms of secondary metabolite accumulation during leaf development in two tropical tree species with different leaf expansion strategies

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Corrigendum to “Cinnamoyl glucosides of catechin and dimeric procyanidins from young leaves of Inga umbellifera (Fabaceae)” [Phytochemistry 65 (2004) 351–358]

scientific article published on 12 May 2004

Culturing and direct PCR suggest prevalent host generalism among diverse fungal endophytes of tropical forest grasses

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Current ambient concentrations of ozone in Panama modulate the leaf chemistry of the tropical tree Ficus insipida

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Delayed Greening in Tropical Leaves: An Antiherbivore Defense?

scientific article published on 04 May 2006

Desiccation tolerance of five tropical seedlings in panama. Relationship to a field assessment of drought performance

scientific article published on July 2003

Dispersal assembly of rain forest tree communities across the Amazon basin.

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Divergence in structure and activity of phenolic defenses in young leaves of two co-occurring Inga species

scientific article published on 25 October 2005

Divergent evolution in antiherbivore defences within species complexes at a single Amazonian site

scientific article published on 02 June 2015

Diverse patterns of stored water use among saplings in seasonally dry tropical forests

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

Do differences in understory light contribute to species distributions along a tropical rainfall gradient? ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Do pathogens limit the distributions of tropical trees across a rainfall gradient?

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Does flood tolerance explain tree species distribution in tropical seasonally flooded habitats?

scientific article published on 13 May 2003

Does leaf shedding protect stems from cavitation during seasonal droughts? A test of the hydraulic fuse hypothesis

scientific article published on 4 July 2016

Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests

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Drought until death do us part: a case study of the desiccation-tolerance of a tropical moist forest seedling-tree, Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch

scientific article published on November 2002

Ecology. On tropical forests and their pests

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Flood tolerance of four tropical tree species

scientific article published on December 1999

Food quality, competition, and parasitism influence feeding preference in a neotropical lepidopteran

scientific article published on December 2006

Galloyl depsides of tyrosine from young leaves of Inga laurina

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Herbivores as drivers of negative density dependence in tropical forest saplings

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

High herbivore pressure favors constitutive over induced defense

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Interannual variation in rainfall, drought stress and seedling mortality may mediate monodominance in tropical flooded forests

scientific article published on 10 August 2007

Interspecific variation in xylem vulnerability to cavitation among tropical tree and shrub species

scientific article published on December 2005

Logging from Rivers May Control Human Invasions

Lutein epoxide cycle, light harvesting and photoprotection in species of the tropical tree genus Inga.

scientific article published on 17 January 2008

Minor alkaloids from Guatteria dumetorum with antileishmanial activity

scientific article published on February 2006

Mycoleptodiscins A and B, Cytotoxic Alkaloids from the Endophytic Fungus Mycoleptodiscus sp. F0194 ⬇️

scientific article published on April 5, 2013

New cytotoxic naphthopyrane derivatives from Adenaria floribunda

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Novel cassane and cleistanthane diterpenes from Myrospermum frutescens: absolute stereochemistry of the cassane diterpene series.

scientific article published on October 2004

Pests vs. drought as determinants of plant distribution along a tropical rainfall gradient

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Phenolics lie at the centre of functional versatility in the responses of two phytochemically diverse tropical trees to canopy thinning

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Photosynthetic induction times in shade-tolerant species with long and short-lived leaves

scientific article published on March 1993

Plant traits in relation to the performance and distribution of woody species in wet and dry tropical forest types in Panama

scientific article published on 25 March 2013

Quantitative and qualitative shifts in defensive metabolites define chemical defense investment during leaf development in Inga, a genus of tropical trees.

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings

scientific article published on 3 March 2006

The effect of symbiotic ant colonies on plant growth: a test using an Azteca-Cecropia system

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The effects of weather on fungal abundance and richness among 25 communities in the Intermountain West

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The evolution of antiherbivore defenses and their contribution to species coexistence in the tropical tree genus Inga

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

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The relative roles of environment, history and local dispersal in controlling the distributions of common tree and shrub species in a tropical forest landscape, Panama

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The role of plant secondary metabolites in shaping regional and local plant community assembly

scientific article published on 20 March 2021

Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution

scientific article published on 07 October 2008

Tracking of Host Defenses and Phylogeny During the Radiation of Neotropical -Feeding Sawflies (Hymenoptera; Argidae)

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

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