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List of works by Susan G Letcher

A novel statistical method for classifying habitat generalists and specialists

scientific article published in June 2011

Aboveground and belowground competition affect seedling performance and allometry in a tropical monsoon forest

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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

scientific article published on June 2015

Associations between plant composition/diversity and the abiotic environment across six vegetation types in a biodiversity hotspot of Hainan Island, China

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Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Biogeographical patterns of liana abundance and diversity

scholarly article published 18 October 2014

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

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

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Demographic drivers of successional changes in phylogenetic structure across life-history stages in plant communities

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Disturbance regime changes the trait distribution, phylogenetic structure and community assembly of tropical rain forests

scholarly article by Yi Ding et al published 21 December 2011 in Oikos

Diversity, distribution and dynamics of large trees across an old-growth lowland tropical rain forest landscape

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Drought diminishes aboveground biomass accumulation rate during secondary succession in a tropical forest on Hainan Island, China

scientific article published in 2023

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

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Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests

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Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate and topography

scientific article published in January 2024

Increasing Liana Abundance and Basal Area in a Tropical Forest: The Contribution of Long-distance Clonal Colonization

Juvenile tree growth in relation to light availability in second-growth tropical rain forests

scholarly article by Mary Beth Palomaki et al published 1 February 2006 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests

scientific article published on 28 May 2018

Lianas and self-supporting plants during tropical forest succession

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Life History Traits of Lianas During Tropical Forest Succession

Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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Opposing mechanisms affect taxonomic convergence between tree assemblages during tropical forest succession.

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Patterns of liana succession in tropical forests

Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Phylogenetic community structure during succession: Evidence from three Neotropical forest sites

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Phylogenetic structure of angiosperm communities during tropical forest succession

scientific article published on 2 October 2009

Rapid Recovery of Biomass, Species Richness, and Species Composition in a Forest Chronosequence in Northeastern Costa Rica

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Rates of change in tree communities of secondary Neotropical forests following major disturbances

scientific article published on February 2007

Recovery of floristic diversity and basal area in natural forest regeneration and planted plots in a Costa Rican wet forest

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Recovery of woody plant diversity in tropical rain forests in southern China after logging and shifting cultivation

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Relaxation of putative plant defenses in a tropical agroecosystem

scientific article published on 01 May 2021

Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests

scientific article published in July 2022

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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The Tree Biodiversity Network (BIOTREE-NET): prospects for biodiversity research and conservation in the Neotropics

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The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

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Three decades of annual growth, mortality, physical condition, and microsite for ten tropical rainforest tree species

scholarly article by Deborah A. Clark et al published 7 July 2018 in Ecology

Tree functional traits as predictors of microburst‐associated treefalls in tropical wet forests

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

Variations and Trade-offs in Functional Traits of Tree Seedlings during Secondary Succession in a Tropical Lowland Rain Forest

scholarly article by Xinghui Lu et al published 19 June 2014 in Biotropica

Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

scientific article published on 22 April 2019