List of works - Jürgen Homeier

A plot-based elevational assessment of species densities, life forms and leaf traits of seed plants in the south-eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, North Myanmar

scientific article published in 2020

A research framework for projecting ecosystem change in highly diverse tropical mountain ecosystems

scientific article published on 30 January 2021

Accounting for multiple ecosystem services in a simulation of land-use decisions: Does it reduce tropical deforestation?

scientific article published on 19 January 2020

Altitudinal Change in the Photosynthetic Capacity of Tropical Trees: A Case Study from Ecuador and a Pantropical Literature Analysis

article

An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

scientific article published on June 2015

Author Correction: Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Bryophyte cover on trees as proxy for air humidity in the tropics

scientific article published in 2012

Caterpillars and host plant records for 59 species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from a montane rainforest in southern Ecuador

scientific article

Changes in tree functional composition across topographic gradients and through time in a tropical montane forest

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

Classification of Tree Functional Types in a Megadiverse Tropical Mountain Forest from Leaf Optical Metrics and Functional Traits for Two Related Ecosystem Functions

scientific article published on 20 May 2021

Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Coarse woody debris in a montane forest in Ecuador: mass, C and nutrient stock, and turnover

scholarly article by Wolfgang Wilcke et al published February 2005 in Forest Ecology and Management

Contrasting species responses to continued nitrogen and phosphorus addition in tropical montane forest tree seedlings

article

Correction: Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s--Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s - Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Direct and indirect effects of plant and frugivore diversity on structural and functional components of fruit removal by birds

article

Diversity patterns of ferns along elevational gradients in Andean tropical forests

article published in 2013

Editorial: Tropical Forest Ecosystem Responses to Increasing Nutrient Availability

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Effects of flooding on trees in the semi-deciduous transition forests of the Araguaia floodplain, Brazil

article

Effects of soil chemistry on tropical forest biomass and productivity at different elevations in the equatorial Andes

scientific article

Elevation and topography influence community structure, biomass and host tree interactions of lianas in tropical montane forests of southern Ecuador

scholarly article by Belén Fadrique & Jürgen Homeier published 13 June 2016 in Journal of Vegetation Science

Elevation-dependent effects of forest fragmentation on plant-bird interaction networks in the tropical Andes

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Elevational trends of tree fine root traits in species‐rich tropical Andean forests

scientific article published in 2022

Epiphytic biomass of a tropical montane forest varies with topography

scientific article published in 2011

Factors controlling the abundance of lianas along an altitudinal transect of tropical forests in Ecuador

scholarly article by Jürgen Homeier et al published March 2010 in Forest Ecology and Management

Factors controlling the productivity of tropical Andean forests: climate and soil are more important than tree diversity

scientific article published in 2021

FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants

scientific article published in 2022

Functional responses of avian frugivores to variation in fruit resources between natural and fragmented forests

article

Functional traits determine tree growth and ecosystem productivity of a tropical montane forest: Insights from a long-term nutrient manipulation experiment.

scientific article

Global maps of soil temperature

scientific article published on 30 December 2021

Global maps of soil temperature

Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities

article

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

article

Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

article

Heisteria austroecuadorica (Erythropalaceae): A new species from southeastern Ecuador

scientific article published in 2023

Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis is the dominant methanogenic pathway in neotropical tank bromeliad wetlands

scientific article

Impact of mycorrhization on the abundance, growth and leaf nutrient status of ferns along a tropical elevational gradient

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Increases in Soil Aggregation Following Phosphorus Additions in a Tropical Premontane Forest are Not Driven by Root and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Abundances

article

Is tropical montane forest heterogeneity promoted by a resource-driven feedback cycle? Evidence from nutrient relations, herbivory and litter decomposition along a topographical gradient

article

Land‐cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modelling

scholarly article by D. Göttlicher et al published 20 April 2009 in International Journal of Remote Sensing

Large-scale patterns of turnover and Basal area change in Andean forests. ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests

scientific article published on 11 May 2021

Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate

Mapping tree density at a global scale

scientific article

Mature Andean forests as globally important carbon sinks and future carbon refuges

scientific article

Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae), a new species of the Andes of Ecuador

scholarly article by Carmen Ulloa Ulloa & Jürgen Homeier published 17 December 2008 in Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid

Modeling tropical montane forest biomass, productivity and canopy traits with multispectral remote sensing data

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Moderate phosphorus additions consistently affect community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest

scientific article

Nutrient cycling drives plant community trait assembly and ecosystem functioning in a tropical mountain biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published on 06 July 2021

Nutrient enrichment effects on mycorrhizal fungi in an Andean tropical montane Forest

scientific article published on 06 December 2016

Nutrient-Induced Modifications of Wood Anatomical Traits of Alchornea lojaensis (Euphorbiaceae)

scientific article published on 02 May 2016

Opposing effects of nitrogen versus phosphorus additions on mycorrhizal fungal abundance along an elevational gradient in tropical montane forests

article

Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

scientific article published in 2018

Performance of Seedlings of a Shade-Tolerant Tropical Tree Species after Moderate Addition of N and P

article

Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests. ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Representativeness of tree diversity in the modern pollen rain of Andean montane forests

Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Governance of Andean Forest Landscapes

scholarly article by Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel et al published August 2017 in Mountain Research and Development

Response of the N and P cycles of an old-growth montane forest in Ecuador to experimental low-level N and P amendments

article

Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth

scientific article published on 24 September 2023

Russulaceae and Thelephoraceae form ectomycorrhizas with members of the Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador

scientific article published in March 2005

Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest

scientific article

Short-term response of the Ca cycle of a montane forest in Ecuador to low experimental CaCl2additions

article

Simulating forest dynamics of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador

article

Soil properties and tree growth along an altitudinal transect in Ecuadorian tropical montane forest

scholarly article by Wolfgang Wilcke et al published April 2008 in Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Spatial heterogeneity of throughfall quantity and quality in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador

scholarly article

Species richness-productivity relationships of tropical terrestrial ferns at regional and local scales

article

Stand dynamics of the drought-affected floodplain forests of Araguaia River, Brazilian Amazon

article

The carbon fluxes in different successional stages: modelling the dynamics of tropical montane forests in South Ecuador

scholarly article by Sebastian Paulick et al published 11 May 2017 in Forest Ecosystems

Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization

scholarly article by Andreas Fries et al published 2009 in Erdkunde

Three new species of South American Moraceae ⬇️

scientific article

Topography as a factor driving small-scale variation in tree fine root traits and root functional diversity in a species-rich tropical montane forest

scientific article published on 05 December 2020

Trapping pollen in the tropics — Comparing modern pollen rain spectra of different pollen traps and surface samples across Andean vegetation zones

Tree Diversity, Forest Structure and Productivity along Altitudinal and Topographical Gradients in a Species-Rich Ecuadorian Montane Rain Forest

article

Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs--rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Variability of indices of macronutrient availability in soils at different spatial scales along an elevation transect in tropical moist forests (NE Ecuador)

scholarly article by Malte Unger et al published 30 July 2010 in Plant and Soil

Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change

scientific article published in Nature

sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

article

sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

List of works by Jürgen Homeier

A plot-based elevational assessment of species densities, life forms and leaf traits of seed plants in the south-eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, North Myanmar

A research framework for projecting ecosystem change in highly diverse tropical mountain ecosystems

Accounting for multiple ecosystem services in a simulation of land-use decisions: Does it reduce tropical deforestation?

Altitudinal Change in the Photosynthetic Capacity of Tropical Trees: A Case Study from Ecuador and a Pantropical Literature Analysis

An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

Author Correction: Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change

Bryophyte cover on trees as proxy for air humidity in the tropics

Caterpillars and host plant records for 59 species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from a montane rainforest in southern Ecuador

Changes in tree functional composition across topographic gradients and through time in a tropical montane forest

Classification of Tree Functional Types in a Megadiverse Tropical Mountain Forest from Leaf Optical Metrics and Functional Traits for Two Related Ecosystem Functions

Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests ⬇️

Coarse woody debris in a montane forest in Ecuador: mass, C and nutrient stock, and turnover

Contrasting species responses to continued nitrogen and phosphorus addition in tropical montane forest tree seedlings

Correction: Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s--Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s - Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

Direct and indirect effects of plant and frugivore diversity on structural and functional components of fruit removal by birds

Diversity patterns of ferns along elevational gradients in Andean tropical forests

Editorial: Tropical Forest Ecosystem Responses to Increasing Nutrient Availability

Effects of flooding on trees in the semi-deciduous transition forests of the Araguaia floodplain, Brazil

Effects of soil chemistry on tropical forest biomass and productivity at different elevations in the equatorial Andes

Elevation and topography influence community structure, biomass and host tree interactions of lianas in tropical montane forests of southern Ecuador

Elevation-dependent effects of forest fragmentation on plant-bird interaction networks in the tropical Andes

Elevational trends of tree fine root traits in species‐rich tropical Andean forests

Epiphytic biomass of a tropical montane forest varies with topography

Factors controlling the abundance of lianas along an altitudinal transect of tropical forests in Ecuador

Factors controlling the productivity of tropical Andean forests: climate and soil are more important than tree diversity

FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants

Functional responses of avian frugivores to variation in fruit resources between natural and fragmented forests

Functional traits determine tree growth and ecosystem productivity of a tropical montane forest: Insights from a long-term nutrient manipulation experiment.

Global maps of soil temperature

Global maps of soil temperature

Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

Heisteria austroecuadorica (Erythropalaceae): A new species from southeastern Ecuador

Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis is the dominant methanogenic pathway in neotropical tank bromeliad wetlands

Impact of mycorrhization on the abundance, growth and leaf nutrient status of ferns along a tropical elevational gradient

Increases in Soil Aggregation Following Phosphorus Additions in a Tropical Premontane Forest are Not Driven by Root and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Abundances

Is tropical montane forest heterogeneity promoted by a resource-driven feedback cycle? Evidence from nutrient relations, herbivory and litter decomposition along a topographical gradient

Land‐cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modelling

Large-scale patterns of turnover and Basal area change in Andean forests. ⬇️

Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests

Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate

Mapping tree density at a global scale

Mature Andean forests as globally important carbon sinks and future carbon refuges

Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae), a new species of the Andes of Ecuador

Modeling tropical montane forest biomass, productivity and canopy traits with multispectral remote sensing data

Moderate phosphorus additions consistently affect community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador

Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest

Nutrient cycling drives plant community trait assembly and ecosystem functioning in a tropical mountain biodiversity hotspot

Nutrient enrichment effects on mycorrhizal fungi in an Andean tropical montane Forest

Nutrient-Induced Modifications of Wood Anatomical Traits of Alchornea lojaensis (Euphorbiaceae)

Opposing effects of nitrogen versus phosphorus additions on mycorrhizal fungal abundance along an elevational gradient in tropical montane forests

Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

Performance of Seedlings of a Shade-Tolerant Tropical Tree Species after Moderate Addition of N and P

Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests. ⬇️

Representativeness of tree diversity in the modern pollen rain of Andean montane forests

Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Governance of Andean Forest Landscapes

Response of the N and P cycles of an old-growth montane forest in Ecuador to experimental low-level N and P amendments

Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth

Russulaceae and Thelephoraceae form ectomycorrhizas with members of the Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador

Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest

Short-term response of the Ca cycle of a montane forest in Ecuador to low experimental CaCl2additions

Simulating forest dynamics of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador

Soil properties and tree growth along an altitudinal transect in Ecuadorian tropical montane forest

SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature

Spatial heterogeneity of throughfall quantity and quality in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador

Species richness-productivity relationships of tropical terrestrial ferns at regional and local scales

Stand dynamics of the drought-affected floodplain forests of Araguaia River, Brazilian Amazon

The carbon fluxes in different successional stages: modelling the dynamics of tropical montane forests in South Ecuador

Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization

Three new species of South American Moraceae ⬇️

Topography as a factor driving small-scale variation in tree fine root traits and root functional diversity in a species-rich tropical montane forest

Trapping pollen in the tropics — Comparing modern pollen rain spectra of different pollen traps and surface samples across Andean vegetation zones

Tree Diversity, Forest Structure and Productivity along Altitudinal and Topographical Gradients in a Species-Rich Ecuadorian Montane Rain Forest

Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs--rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest

Variability of indices of macronutrient availability in soils at different spatial scales along an elevation transect in tropical moist forests (NE Ecuador)

Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change

sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses