Publications

Selected Publications

Muller-Landau, H. C. and S. J. Wright, editors.  2024.  The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science (Volumes 1 and 2). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.26048527

Web page for this edited volume and the chapters within it: https://striresearch.si.edu/books/bci100/

Muller-Landau, H. C., and S. J. Wright. 2024. Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years of Plant and Ecosystem Science at Barro Colorado. Chapter 98 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 821-835. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Looking_Forward_to_the_Next_100_Years_of_Plant_and_Ecosystem_Science_at_Barro_Colorado/26882656?file=50816532

Cushman, K. C., M. Detto, M. García, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2022. Soils and topography control natural disturbance rates and thereby forest structure in a lowland tropical landscape. Ecology Letters 25:1126-1138.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13978

Muller-Landau, H. C., K. C. Cushman, E. E. Arroyo, I. Martinez Cano, K. J. Anderson-Teixeira, and B. Backiel. 2021. Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass. New Phytologist 229:3065-3087. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17084  (Commissioned Tansley review)

Muller-Landau, H. C. and S. W. Pacala.  2020.  What determines the abundance of lianas and vines?  Pages 239-264 in Unsolved Problems in Ecology, edited by A. Dobson, D. Tilman, and R. D. Holt. Princeton University Press.  Awarded the Smithsonian Secretary’s Research Prize for 2020. 

Martínez Cano I, E. Shevliakova, S. Malyshev, S. J. Wright, M. Detto, S. W. Pacala, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2020.  Allometric constraints and competition enable the simulation of size structure and carbon fluxes in a dynamic vegetation model of tropical forests (LM3PPA-TV). Global Change Biology 26:4478-4494.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15188

Rutishauser, E., S. J. Wright, R. Condit, S. P. Hubbell, S. J. Davies, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2020.  Testing for changes in biomass dynamics in large-scale forest datasets.  Global Change Biology 26:1485-1498.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14833  

Broekman, M. J. E., H. C. Muller-Landau, M. D. Visser, E. Jongejans, S. J. Wright, and H. de Kroon.  2019.  Signs of stabilisation and stable coexistence.  Ecology Letters 22:1957-1975.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13349

Muller-Landau, H. C. and M. D. Visser.  2019.  How do lianas and vines influence competitive differences and niche differences among tree species? Concepts and a case study in a tropical forest.  J. Ecology 107:1469-1481.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13119

Detto, M. and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2016.  Rates of formation and dissipation of clumping reveal lagged responses in tropical tree populations.  Ecology 97:1170-1181.  https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1505.1

Larjavaara, M. and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2010.  Rethinking the value of high wood density.  Functional Ecology 24:701-705. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01698.x

Muller-Landau, H. C.  2010.  The tolerance-fecundity tradeoff and the maintenance of diversity in seed size.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:4242-4247.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0911637107


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2025

Mosig, Clemens, Janusch Vajna-Jehle, Miguel D. Mahecha, Yan Cheng, Henrik Hartmann, David Montero, Samuli Junttila, Stéphanie Horion, Mirela Beloiu Schwenke, Michael J. Koontz, ….[many authors]…   Helene C. Muller-Landau,… [many authors]…  Teja Kattenborn.   2026.  deadtrees.earth — An open-access and interactive database for centimeter-scale aerial imagery to uncover global tree mortality dynamics.  Remote Sensing of Environment 332:115027.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.115027

Magee, Lukas J., Daniel J. B. Smith, David Bauman,  Po-Ju Ke,  Helene C. Muller-Landau,  Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira,  Jessica Shue,  David A. Orwig,  Sean McMahon,  Stephanie Bohlman,  Raelene M. Crandall,  Ben Weinstein,  Sergio Marconi,  Jeremy W. Lichstein,  James F. Gillooly,  Robert Bagchi,  Joseph A. LaManna,  Daniel J. Johnson. 2025. Memories of Trees Past: Coexistence Implications of Legacy Conspecific Density Dependence. Ecology Letters 28(10): e70197. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70197

Araujo, Raquel Fernandes, Evan M. Gora, Carlos H. S. Celes, Stephen P. Yanoviak, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2025. Quantifying patterns of lightning-caused canopy disturbances via integration of drone imagery and field surveys. Biotropica 57: e70083. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70083

Jousse, Maximiliane, Salomon Aguilar, Hector Barrios, Davilio Chami, Daisy H. Dent, Iran Dogirama, Homilia Flaco, Matthias Kunz, Joseph Levitan, Edison Degaiza, Wiyan Valdespino, David Mitre, Edilberto Mosquera, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Alexis Ortega, Rolando Perez, Jorge Valdes, Juan-Carlos Villarreal, Camilo Alejo, and Catherine Potvin. 2025. Insights into the forests of Darién, Panama, from the new 10 ha Bacurú Drõa plot established through participatory methods within an Emberá territory. Conservation Science and Practice: e70163. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70163

Ward, Rachel E., Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng,  Kate Abernethy,  Stephen Adu-Bredu,  Luzmilla Arroyo,  Andrew Bailey,  Jos Barlow,  Erika Berenguer,  Liana Chesini-Rossi,  Percival Cho,  Cecilia A. L. Dahlsjö,  Eder Carvalho das Neves,  Bianca de Oliveira Sales,  William Farfan-Rios,  Joice Nunes Ferreira,  Renata Freitag,  Cécile Girardin,  Walter Huaraca Huasco,  Carlos A. Joly,  Yadvinder Malhi,  Beatriz Marimon,  Ben Hur Marimon Junior,  Alexandra C. Morel,  Helene C. Muller-Landau,  Karine da Silva Peixoto,  Simone Reis,  Terhi Riutta,  Norma Salinas,  Marina Seixas,  Miles R. Silman,  Lara M. Kueppers. 2025. Forest age rivals climate to explain reproductive allocation patterns in forest ecosystems globally. Ecology Letters 28: e70191. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70191

Gora, Evan M, Ian R. McGregor, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, K. C. Cushman, Vanessa E. Rubio, Gisele Biem Mori, Martin J. P. Sullivan, Matthew W. Chmielewski, and Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert. 2025. Storms Are an Important Driver of Change in Tropical Forests. Ecology Letters 28: e70157. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70157

Gora, Evan M., Helene C. Muller-Landau, K. C. Cushman, Jeannine H. Richards, Phillip M. Bitzer, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, Pabloa Narvaez, and Stephen P. Yanoviak.  2025.  How some tropical trees benefit from being struck by lightning: evidence for Dipteryx oleifera and other large-statured trees.  New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70062   

Duque, Alvaro, Luisa F. Gómez-Correa, Andrés Alberto Barona-Colmenares, Nicolás Castaño, Stuart Davies, Daniel Zuleta, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2025.  Local scale carbon stock measurements, including deep soil layers, in a terra firme forest in northwestern Amazon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 41(2):1-10.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467424000270 

Viblanc, Vincent A., and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2025. Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long-Term Studies. Ecology Letters, 28: e70072. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70072 

2025 data publications

Ramos, P., P. Villareal, L. F. Pitcher, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2025. Annual woody debris dynamics census data for the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.60635/C3C884

Ramos, P., P. Villareal, E. M. Gora, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2025. Woody debris long transect census data for the 50-ha plot, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.60635/C37G66

2024

Wright, S. Joseph, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2024. A Century of Plant and Ecosystem Research at Barro Colorado. Chapter 1 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 3-16. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Looking_Forward_to_the_Next_100_Years_of_Plant_and_Ecosystem_Science_at_Barro_Colorado/26882656?file=50816532

Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Jens-Christian Svenning. 2024. An Introduction to Landscape-Level Variation Across  the Barro Colorado Nature Monument. Chapter 2 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 19-27. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/An_Introduction_to_Landscape-Level_Variation_Across_the_Barro_Colorado_Nature_Monument/26814820?file=50799321

Meakem, Victoria, S. Joseph Wright, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Variation in Forest Structure, Dynamics, and Composition Across 108 ha of Large Forest Plots on Barro Colorado Island. Chapter 8 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 71-78. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Variation_in_Forest_Structure_Dynamics_and_Composition_Across_108_ha_of_Large_Forest_Plots_on_Barro_Colorado_Island/26809618?file=50799315

Wright, S. Joseph, Osvaldo Calderón, Andres Hernández, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Flower and Seed Production, Seedling Dynamics, and Tree Life Cycles. Chapter 10 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 91-101. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Flower_and_Seed_Production_Seedling_Dynamics_and_Tree_Life_Cycles/26882626?file=50800179

Piponiot, Camille, Richard Condit, Stephen P. Hubbell, Rolando Pérez, Suzanne Lao, Salomon Aguilar, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Woody Biomass Stocks and Fluxes in the Barro Colorado Island 50-ha Plot. Chapter 53 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 475-485. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Woody_Biomass_Stocks_and_Fluxes_in_the_Barro_Colorado_Island_50-ha_Plot/26882404?file=50817315

Muller-Landau, Helene C., Camille Piponiot, Rolando Pérez, Salomon Aguilar, Suzanne Lao, David Mitre, and Richard Condit. 2024. Forest Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in a Broader Context: Insights and Opportunities Associated with the Central Panama Plot Network. Chapter 54 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 487-498. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Forest_Biomass_Carbon_Stocks_and_Fluxes_in_a_Broader_Context_Insights_and_Opportunities_Associated_with_the_Central_Panama_Plot_Network/26880790?file=50817642

Muller-Landau, Helene C., and S. Joseph Wright. 2024. The Importance and Diversity of Dominant Plant Species of Barro Colorado Island, and the Value of Focal Species Accounts. Chapter 69 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 617-628. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/The_Importance_and_Diversity_of_Dominant_Plant_Species_of_Barro_Colorado_Island_and_the_Value_of_Focal_Species_Accounts/26880826?file=50817549

Williamson, Cecelia, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Socratea exorrhiza: The Walking Palm. Chapter 76 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 671-677. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/_i_Socratea_exorrhiza_i_The_Walking_Palm/26880847?file=50817477

Muller-Landau, Helene C., and S. Joseph Wright. 2024. Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years of Plant and Ecosystem Science at Barro Colorado. Chapter 98 in The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright, pp. 821-835. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/chapter/Looking_Forward_to_the_Next_100_Years_of_Plant_and_Ecosystem_Science_at_Barro_Colorado/26882656?file=50816532

Ordway, E.M., M.M. Keller, M. Longo, R. Negron-Juarez, Y. Feng, H. Stouter, I.N. Rivera, A. Alencar, A. Bey, R.K. Braghiere, A. Cardoso, K.D. Chadwick, J.D Fuentes, R. Eckert, L. Fatoyinbo, A. Ferraz, L. Guild, M.S. Johnson, E. Kane, L.S. Koutika, Y. Li, J. Liu, I.B. Mccubbin, F. Meunier, C.E. Miller, H.C. Muller-Landau, T. Nkuintchua, M. Nunes, L.B.S. Takougoum, M.J. Santos, F.D. Schneider, M. Simard, B. Sonke, C. Terrer, M. von Essen, M.Y. Wong, S.R. Worden, X. Xiao, V. Zaunbrecher, M. Bauters, P. Boeckx, J. Bowen, I. Chiari, O. Csillik, G. Diez, M. Doroso, D.D. Pugley, W. Hubau, A.E. Ochoa, E. Gora, A. Hoyt, J.C. Jintiach, V. Maqque, C. Perryman, Z. Pierrat, L. Saraiva, D. Singh, I. Tanshi, J. Thompson, and H. Verbeeck. 2025. The PANGEA Scoping Study Final Report. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2405

Jackson, Toby D., P. Bittencourt, J. Poffley, J. Anderson, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Pablo A. R. Ramos, L. Rowland, and D. Coomes. 2024. Wind Shapes the Growth Strategies of Trees in a Tropical Forest. Ecology Letters 27: e14527. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14527

2024 data publications

Lipsky, D., L. Pitcher, J. C. Osorio-Ospina, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2024Hyperspectral Reflectance Data for Flowers, Fruits, Bark, and Leaves of Plants on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org10.60635/C37W2T

Vásquez, V., M. García, M. Hernández, and H. Muller-Landau. 2024. Smithsonian ForestGEO San Lorenzo and Panama Small Plots Aerial Photogrammetry Orthomosaics, Digital Surface Models, Point Clouds and Raw Images for 2015-2024. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.60635/C36P46

Vásquez, V., M. García, M. Hernández, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Barro Colorado Island AVA Plot Aerial Photogrammetry (2018-2024): Orthomosaics, Digital Surface Models, Point Clouds, and Raw Images. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.60635/C3G59D

Vásquez, V., P. Villarreal, P. Ramos, A. Hernández, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2024.  Parque Natural Metropolitano metrop plot tree crown map and liana map 2024. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. urn:uuid:7b9ade01-0454-4be4-ac4d-9458de86c7b3.

Vásquez, V., M. García, M. Hernández, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Barro Colorado Island 50-ha Plot Aerial Photogrammetry (2018-2024): Orthomosaics, Digital Surface Models, Point Clouds, Raw Images, and Globally/Locally Aligned Timeseries. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.60635/C3KW2X

Ramos, P., P. Villareal, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2024. 2019 Height-Diameter Allometry Data for Palm Species on the Barro Colorado Island 50-ha Plot. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.25021787.v1

Ramos, P., P. Villareal, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2024. Tree height allometry data for 5109 trees in twenty-four small ForestGEO plots in Panama, 2011-2020. Smithsonian Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.60635/C3H59Q 

2023

Lee, C. K. F., G. Song, H. C. Muller-Landau, S. Wu, S. J. Wright, K. C. Cushman, R. F. Araujo, S. Bohlman, Y. Zhao, Z. Lin, Z. Sun, P. C. Y. Cheng, M. K.-P. Ng, and J. Wu. 2023. Cost-effective and accurate monitoring of flowering across multiple tropical tree species over two years with a time series of high-resolution drone imagery and deep learning. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 201: 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.05.022

Thrall, P. H., J. Chase, J. Drake, N. Espuno, S. Hello, V. Ezenwa, B. Han, A. Mori, and H. Muller-Landau. 2023. From raw data to publication: Introducing data editing at Ecology Letters. Ecology Letters 26: 829-830. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14210

Vásquez, V., M. García, M. Hernández, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2023. Barro Colorado Island 50-ha plot aerial photogrammetry orthomosaics and digital surface models for 2018-2023: Globally and locally aligned time series. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.24782016

Garcia, M., V. Vásquez, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2023. Barro Colorado whole-island aerial photogrammetry products for 2018-2023. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.24757284

Vásquez, V., K. C. Cushman, P. Ramos, C. Williamson, P. Villareal, L. F. Gomez Correa, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2023. Barro Colorado Island 50-ha plot crown maps: manually segmented and instance segmented. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.24784053

2022

Zuleta, D., H. C. Muller-Landau, A. Duque, N. Caro, D. Cardenas, N. Castaño, J. D. León-Peláez, and K. J. Feeley. 2022. Interspecific and intraspecific variation of tree branch, leaf and stomatal traits in relation to topography in an aseasonal Amazon forest. Functional Ecology 36:2955-2968. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14199

Fang, Y., L. R. Leung, C. D. Koven, G. Bisht, M. Detto, Y. Cheng, N. McDowell, H. Muller-Landau, S. J. Wright, and J. Q. Chambers. 2022. Modeling the topographic influence on aboveground biomass using a coupled model of hillslope hydrology and ecosystem dynamics. Geoscientific Model Development 15: 7879-7901. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7879-2022

Needham, J. F., G. Arellano, S. J. Davies, R. A. Fisher, V. Hammer, R. G. Knox, D. Mitre, H. C. Muller-Landau, D. Zuleta, and C. D. Koven. 2022. Tree crown damage and its effects on forest carbon cycling in a tropical forest. Global Change Biology, 28: 5560-5574. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16318

Cushman, K. C., M. Detto, M. García, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2022. Soils and topography control natural disturbance rates and thereby forest structure in a lowland tropical landscape. Ecology Letters 25:1126-1138.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13978

Hanbury-Brown, A. R., T. L. Powell, H. C. Muller-Landau, S. J. Wright, and L. M. Kueppers. 2022.  Simulating environmentally-sensitive tree recruitment in vegetation demographic models. New Phytologist 253:78-93.  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18059

Piponiot, C., K. J. Anderson-Teixeira, S. J. Davies, D. Allen, N. A. Bourg, D. F. R. P. Burslem, D. Cárdenas, C.-H. Chang-Yang, G. Chuyong, S. Cordell, H. S. Dattaraja, Á. Duque, S. Ediriweera, C. Ewango, Z. Ezedin, J. Filip, C. P. Giardina, R. Howe, C.-F. Hsieh, S. P. Hubbell, F. M. Inman-Narahari, A. Itoh, D. Janík, D. Kenfack, K. Král, J. A. Lutz, J.-R. Makana, S. M. McMahon, W. McShea, X. Mi, M. Bt. Mohamad, V. Novotný, M. J. O’Brien, R. Ostertag, G. Parker, R. Pérez, H. Ren, G. Reynolds, M. D. Md Sabri, L. Sack, A. Shringi, S.-H. Su, R. Sukumar, I. F. Sun, H. S. Suresh, D. W. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, J. Vandermeer, Y. Wang, I. M. Ware, G. D. Weiblen, T. J. S. Whitfeld, A. Wolf, T. L. Yao, M. Yu, Z. Yuan, J. K. Zimmerman, D. Zuleta, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2022. Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world. New Phytologist. 234:1664-1677. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17995

Zuleta, D., G. Arellano, H. C. Muller-Landau, S. M. McMahon, S. Aguilar, S. Bunyavejchewin, D. Cárdenas, C.-H. Chang-Yang, A. Duque, D. Mitre, M. Nasardin, R. Pérez, I. F. Sun, T. L. Yao, and S. J. Davies. 2022. Individual tree damage dominates mortality risk factors across six tropical forests. New Phytologist 233:705-721. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17832

Meunier, F., M. D. Visser, A. Shiklomanov, M. C. Dietze, J. A. Guzmán Q, G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, H. P. T. De Deurwaerder, S. M. Krishna Moorthy, S. A. Schnitzer, D. C. Marvin, M. Longo, C. Liu, E. N. Broadbent, A. M. Almeyda Zambrano, H. C. Muller-Landau, M. Detto, and H. Verbeeck. 2022. Liana optical traits increase tropical forest albedo and reduce ecosystem productivity. Global Change Biology 28:227-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15928

Ramos, P., P. Villareal, R. Condit, K. C. Cushman, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2022.  Annual dendrometer data from the Barro Colorado Island 50-ha forest dynamics plot for 2015-2020. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare.  https://doi.org/10.25573/data.19985066.v1

Cushman, K. C., H. C. Muller-Landau, M. Detto, and M. Garcia.  2022.  Datasets for “Soils and topography control natural disturbance rates and thereby forest structure in a lowland tropical landscape”. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare.  https://doi.org/10.25573/data.17102600.v1

2021

Muller-Landau, H. C., K. C. Cushman, E. E. Arroyo, I. Martinez Cano, K. J. Anderson-Teixeira, and B. Backiel. 2021. Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass. New Phytologist 229:3065-3087. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17084 (Commissioned Tansley review)

Araujo, R. F., S. Grubinger, C. H. S. Celes, R. I. Negrón-Juárez, M. Garcia, J. P. Dandois, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2021. Strong temporal variation in treefall and branchfall rates in a tropical forest is related to extreme rainfall: results from 5 years of monthly drone data for a 50-ha plot. Biogeosciences 18:6517-6531. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6517-2021

Cushman, K. C., S. Bunyavejchewin, D. Cardenas, R. Condit, S. J. Davies, A. Duque, S. P. Hubbell, S. Kiratiprayoon, S. K. Y. Lum, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2021. Variation in trunk taper of buttressed trees within and among five lowland tropical forests. Biotropica 53:1442-1453. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12994

Banbury Morgan, R., V. Herrmann, N. Kunert, B. Bond-Lamberty, H. C. Muller-Landau, and K. J. Anderson-Teixeira. 2021. Global patterns of forest autotrophic carbon fluxes. Global Change Biology 27:2840-2855.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15574

Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., V. Herrmann, R. Banbury Morgan, B. Bond-Lamberty, S. C. Cook-Patton, A. E. Ferson, H. C. Muller-Landau, and M. M. H. Wang. 2021. Carbon cycling in mature and regrowth forests globally. Environmental Research Letters 16:053009.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abed01

Kunert, N., J. Zailaa, V. Herrmann, H. C. Muller-Landau, S. J. Wright, R. Pérez, S. M. McMahon, R. C. Condit, S. P. Hubbell, L. Sack, S. J. Davies, and K. J. Anderson-Teixeira. 2021. Leaf turgor loss point shapes local and regional distributions of evergreen but not deciduous tropical trees. New Phytologist 230:485-496  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17187  

Davies, S. J., I. Abiem, K. Abu Salim, S. Aguilar, D. Allen, A. Alonso, K. Anderson-Teixeira, A. Andrade, G. Arellano, P. S. Ashton, P. J. Baker, M. E. Baker, J. L. Baltzer, Y. Basset, P. Bissiengou, S. Bohlman, N. A. Bourg, W. Y. Brockelman, S. Bunyavejchewin, D. F. R. P. Burslem, M. Cao, D. Cárdenas, L.-W. Chang, C.-H. Chang-Yang, K.-J. Chao, W.-C. Chao, H. Chapman, Y.-Y. Chen, R. A. Chisholm, C. Chu, G. Chuyong, K. Clay, L. S. Comita, R. Condit, S. Cordell, H. S. Dattaraja, A. A. de Oliveira, J. den Ouden, M. Detto, C. Dick, X. Du, Á. Duque, S. Ediriweera, E. C. Ellis, N. L. E. Obiang, S. Esufali, C. E. N. Ewango, E. S. Fernando, J. Filip, G. A. Fischer, R. Foster, T. Giambelluca, C. Giardina, G. S. Gilbert, E. Gonzalez-Akre, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, Z. Hao, B. C. H. Hau, F. He, H. Ni, R. W. Howe, S. P. Hubbell, A. Huth, F. Inman-Narahari, A. Itoh, D. Janík, P. A. Jansen, M. Jiang, D. J. Johnson, F. A. Jones, M. Kanzaki, D. Kenfack, S. Kiratiprayoon, K. Král, L. Krizel, S. Lao, A. J. Larson, Y. Li, X. Li, C. M. Litton, Y. Liu, S. Liu, S. K. Y. Lum, M. S. Luskin, J. A. Lutz, H. T. Luu, K. Ma, J.-R. Makana, Y. Malhi, A. Martin, C. McCarthy, S. M. McMahon, W. J. McShea, H. Memiaghe, X. Mi, D. Mitre, M. Mohamad, L. Monks, H. C. Muller-Landau, P. M. Musili, J. A. Myers, A. Nathalang, K. M. Ngo, N. Norden, V. Novotny, M. J. O’Brien, D. Orwig, R. Ostertag, K. Papathanassiou, G. G. Parker, R. Pérez, I. Perfecto, R. P. Phillips, N. Pongpattananurak, H. Pretzsch, H. Ren, G. Reynolds, L. J. Rodriguez, S. E. Russo, L. Sack, W. Sang, J. Shue, A. Singh, G.-Z. M. Song, R. Sukumar, I. F. Sun, H. S. Suresh, N. G. Swenson, S. Tan, S. C. Thomas, D. Thomas, J. Thompson, B. L. Turner, A. Uowolo, M. Uriarte, R. Valencia, J. Vandermeer, A. Vicentini, M. Visser, T. Vrska, X. Wang, X. Wang, G. D. Weiblen, T. J. S. Whitfeld, A. Wolf, S. J. Wright, H. Xu, T. L. Yao, S. L. Yap, W. Ye, M. Yu, M. Zhang, D. Zhu, L. Zhu, J. K. Zimmerman, and D. Zuleta. 2021. ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. Biological Conservation 253:108907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907

Garcia, M., J. P. Dandois, R. F. Araujo, S. Grubinger, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2021. Color orthomosaics of the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, for 2014-2019. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.16869259.v2

Garcia, M., J. P. Dandois, R. F. Araujo, S. Grubinger, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2021. Surface elevation models and associated canopy height change models for the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, for 2014-2019. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.14417933

Araujo, R. F., S. Grubinger, M. Garcia, J. P. Dandois, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2021. Shapefiles of canopy disturbances for the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, for 2014-2019. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian Figshare. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.14417915

2020

Araujo R. F., J. Q. Chambers, C. H. S. Celes, H. C. Muller-Landau, A. P. F. de Santos, F. Emmert, G. H. P. M. Ribeiro, B. Oliva Gimenez, A. J. N. Lima, M. A. A. Campos, and N. Higuchi. 2020. Integrating high resolution drone imagery and forest inventory to distinguish canopy and understory trees and quantify their contributions to forest structure and dynamics. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0243079. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243079

Gora, E. M., J. C. Burchfield, H. C. Muller-Landau, P. M. Bitzer, and S. P. Yanoviak.  2020.  Pantropical geography of lightning-caused disturbance and its implications for tropical forests.  Global Change Biology 26:5017-5026. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15227

Martínez Cano I, E. Shevliakova, S. Malyshev, S. J. Wright, M. Detto, S. W. Pacala, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2020.  Allometric constraints and competition enable the simulation of size structure and carbon fluxes in a dynamic vegetation model of tropical forests (LM3PPA-TV). Global Change Biology 26:4478-4494.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15188

Muller-Landau, H. C. and S. W. Pacala.  2020.  What determines the abundance of lianas and vines?  Pages 239-264 in Unsolved Problems in Ecology, edited by A. Dobson, D. Tilman, and R. D. Holt. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvs9fh2n.23  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341845219_What_Determines_the_Abundance_of_Lianas_and_Vines   Awarded the Smithsonian Secretary’s Research Prize for 2020. 

Koven, C. D., R. G. Knox, R. A. Fisher, J. Q. Chambers, B. O. Christoffersen, S. J. Davies, M. Detto, M. C. Dietze, B. Faybishenko, J. Holm, M. Huang, M. Kovenock, L. M. Kueppers, G. Lemieux, E. Massoud, N. G. McDowell, H. C. Muller-Landau, J. F. Needham, R. J. Norby, T. Powell, A. Rogers, S. P. Serbin, J. K. Shuman, A. L. S. Swann, C. Varadharajan, A. P. Walker, S. J. Wright, and C. Xu. 2020. Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Biogeosciences 17:3017-3044. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3017-2020

Gora, E. M., H. C. Muller-Landau, J. C. Burchfield, P. M. Blitzer, S. P. Hubbell, and S. P. Yanoviak.  2020.  A mechanistically and empirically supported lightning risk model for forest trees.  Journal of Ecology 108:1956-1966.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13404

Rutishauser, E., S. J. Wright, R. Condit, S. P. Hubbell, S. J. Davies, and H. C. Muller-Landau.  2020.  Testing for changes in biomass dynamics in large-scale forest datasets.  Global Change Biology 26:1485-1498.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14833   

Yanoviak, S. P., E. M. Gora, P. M. Bitzer, J. C. Burchfield, H. C. Muller-Landau, M. Detto, S. Paton, S. P. Hubbell. 2020. Lightning is a major cause of large tree mortality in a lowland Neotropical forest. New Phytologist 225:1936-1944.  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16260

2019

Park, John Y., H. C. Muller-Landau, J. W. Lichstein, S. W. Rifai, J. P. Dandois, and S. A. Bohlman.  2019.  Quantifying leaf phenology of individual trees and species in a tropical forest using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images.  Remote Sensing 11:1534.  https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11131534

Broekman, M. J. E., H. C. Muller-Landau, M. D. Visser, E. Jongejans, S. J. Wright, and H. de Kroon. 2019. Signs of stabilisation and stable coexistence. Ecology Letters 22:1957-1975. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13349

Muller-Landau, H. C. and M. D. Visser.  2019.  How do lianas and vines influence competitive differences and niche differences among tree species? Concepts and a case study in a tropical forest.  J. Ecology 107:1469-1481.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13119

Gora, Evan M., Kneale, Riley C., Larjavaara, Markku, and Muller-Landau, Helene. 2019. “Dead Wood Necromass in a Moist Tropical Forest: Stocks, Fluxes, and Spatiotemporal Variability.” Ecosystems. 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00341-5

Martínez Cano, Isabel, Muller-Landau, Helene, Wright, S. J., Bohlman, Stephanie A., and Pacala, Stephen W. 2019. “Tropical tree height and crown allometries for the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama: a comparison of alternative hierarchical models incorporating interspecific variation in relation to life history traits.” Biogeosciences. 16 (4):847–862. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-847-2019

Wright, S. J., Calderón, Osvaldo, and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2019. “A phenology model for tropical species that flower multiple times each year.” Ecological Research. 34 (1):20–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.1017

2018

Cano, Isabel Martínez, Muller-Landau, Helene, Wright, S. J., Bohlman, Stephanie A., and Pacala, Stephen W. 2018. “Interspecific variation in tropical tree height and crown allometries in relation to life history traits.” Biogeosciences Discussions. 1–25. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2018-314

Detto, Matteo, Wright, S. J., Calderón, Osvaldo, and Muller-Landau, Helene. 2018. “Resource acquisition and reproductive strategies of tropical forest in response to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation.” Nature Communications. 9 (1):913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03306-9

Fisher, Rosie A., Koven, Charles D., Anderegg, William R. L., Christoffersen, Bradley O., Dietze, Michael C., Farrior, Caroline, Holm, Jennifer A., Hurtt, George, Knox, Ryan G., Lawrence, Peter J., Lichststein, Jeremy W., Longo, Marcos, Matheny, Ashley M., Medvigy, David, Muller-Landau, Helene, Powell, Thomas L., Serbin, Shawn P., Sato, Hisashi, Shuman, Jacquelyn, Smith, Benjamin, Trugman, Anna T., Viskari, Toni, Verbeeck, Hans, Weng, Ensheng, Xu, Chonggang et al. 2018. “Vegetation Demographics in Earth System Models: a review of progress and priorities.” Global Change Biology. 24 (1):35–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13910

McDowell, Nate, Allen, Craig D., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Brando, Paulo, Brienen, Roel, Chambers, Jeff, Christoffersen, Brad, Davies, Stuart, Doughty, Chris, Duque, Alvaro, Espirito-Santo, Fernando, Fisher, Rosie, Fontes, Clarissa G., Galbraith, David, Goodsman, Devin, Grossiord, Charlotte, Hartmann, Henrik, Holm, Jennifer, Johnson, Daniel J., Kassim, Abd Rahman, Keller, Michael, Koven, Charlie, Kueppers, Lara, Kumagai, Tomo’omi, Malhi, Yadvinder et al. 2018. “Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests.” The New Phytologist. 219 (3):851–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15027

Meakem, Victoria, Tepley, Alan J., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Herrmann, Valentine, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Hubbell, Stephen P., Condit, Richard, and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2018. “Role of tree size in moist tropical forest carbon cycling and water deficit responses.” New Phytologist. 219 (3):947–958. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14633

Muller-Landau, Helene C. and Visser, Marco D. 2018. “How do lianas and vines influence competitive differences and niche differences among tree species? Concepts and a case study in a tropical forest.” Journal of Ecology. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13119

Visser, Marco D., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Schnitzer, Stefan A., Kroon, Hans de, Jongejans, Eelke, and Wright, S. J. 2018. “A host?parasite model explains variation in liana infestation among co-occurring tree species.” Journal of Ecology. 106 (6):2435–2445. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12997

2017

Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, and Camarero, J. Julio. 2017. “Growth and reproduction respond differently to climate in three Neotropical tree species.” Oecologia. 184 (2):531–541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3879-3

Bruijning, Marjolein, Visser, Marco D., Muller-Landau, Helene, Wright, S. Joseph, Comita, Liza S., Hubbell, Stephen P., de Kroon, Hans, and Jongejans, Eelke. 2017. “Surviving in a Cosexual World: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dioecy in Tropical Trees.” American Naturalist. 189 (3):https://doi.org/10.1086/690137

Clark, Adam Thomas, Detto, Matteo, Muller-Landau, Helene, Schnitzer, Stefan A., Wright, S. Joseph, Condit, Richard, and Hubbell, Stephen P. 2017. “Functional traits of tropical trees and lianas explain spatial structure across multiple scales.” Journal of Ecology. 106:795–806. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12804

Duque, Alvaro, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Valencia, Renato, Cardenas, Dairon, Davies, Stuart, de Oliveira, Alexandre, Pérez, Álvaro J., Romero-Saltos, Hugo, and Vicentini, Alberto. 2017. “Insights into regional patterns of Amazonian forest structure, diversity, and dominance from three large terra-firme forest dynamics plots.” Biodiversity and Conservation. 26 (3):669–686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1265-9

Francis, Emily J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Visser, Marco D., Iida, Yoshiko, Fletcher, Christine, Hubbell, Stephen P., and Kassim, Abd Rahman. 2017. “Quantifying the role of wood density in explaining interspecific variation in growth of tropical trees.” Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26 (10):1078–1087. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12604

Marks, Christian O., Muller-Landau, Helene, and Tilman, David. 2017. “Tree diversity in relation to maximum tree height: evidence for the harshness hypothesis of species diversity gradients.” Ecology Letters. 30 (3):398–399. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12737

Peguero, Guille, Muller-Landau, Helene, Jansen, Patrick A., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2017. “Cascading effects of defaunation on the coexistence of two specialized insect seed predators.” Journal of Animal Ecology. 86 (1):136–146. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12590

Visser, Marco D., Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2017. [Dataset] “R-code from “Tree species vary widely in their tolerance for liana infestation: a case study of differential host response to generalist parasites”.” Distributed by Smithsonian Research Online. https://doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32629

Visser, Marco D., Schnitzer, Stefan A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Jongejans, Eelke, de Kroon, Hans, Comita, Liza S., Hubbell, Stephen P., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2017. “Tree species vary widely in their tolerance for liana infestation: A case study of differential host response to generalist parasites.” Journal of Ecology. 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12815

Zuleta, Daniel, Duque, Alvaro, Cardenas, Dairon, Muller-Landau, Helene, and Davies, Stuart. 2017. “Drought-induced mortality patterns and rapid biomass recovery in a terra firme forest in the Colombian Amazon.” Ecology. 98 (10):2538–2546. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1950

2016

Augspurger, Carol K., Franson, Susan E., Cushman, Katherine C., and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2016. “Intraspecific variation in seed dispersal of a Neotropical tree and its relationship to fruit and tree traits.” Ecology and Evolution. 6 (4):1128–1142. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1905

Chen, Yuxin, Wright, S. Joseph, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Hubbell, Stephen P., Wang, YongFan, and Yu, Shixiao. 2016. “Positive effects of neighborhood complementarity on tree growth in a Neotropical forest.” Ecology. 97 (3):776–785. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0625.1

Chiang, Jyh-Min, Spasojevic, Marko J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Sun, I. F., Lin, Yiching, Su, Sheng-Hsin, Chen, Zueng-Sang, Chen, Chien-Teh, Swenson, Nathan G., and McEwan, Ryan W. 2016. “Functional composition drives ecosystem function through multiple mechanisms in a broadleaved subtropical forest.” Oecologia. 182 (3):829–840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3717-z

Detto, Matteo and Muller-Landau, Helene. 2016. “Stabilization of species coexistence in spatial models through the aggregation-segregation effect generated by local dispersal and nonspecific local interactions.” Theoretical population biology. 112:97–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2016.08.008

Detto, Matteo and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2016. “Rates of formation and dissipation of clumping reveal lagged responses in tropical tree populations.” Ecology. 97 (5):1170–1181. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1505.1

Lima, Renato A. F., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Prado, Paulo I., and Condit, Richard. 2016. “How do size distributions relate to concurrently measured demographic rates? Evidence from over 150 tree species in Panama.” Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32 (03):179–192. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467416000146

Marks, Christian O., Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Tilman, David. 2016. “Tree diversity, tree height and environmental harshness in eastern and western North America.” Ecology Letters. 19 (7):743–751. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12608

Visser, Marco D., Bruijning, Marjolein, Wright, S. Joseph, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Jongejans, Eelke, Comita, Lisa, and de Kroon, Hans. 2016. “Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees.” Functional Ecology. 30:168–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12621

2015

Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart James, Bennett, Amy C., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M., Alonso, Alfonso, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bourg, Norman A., Broadbent, Eben N., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Deng, Xiaobao, Detto, Matteo et al. 2015. “CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change.” Global Change Biology. 21 (2):528–549. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12712

Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., McGarvey, Jennifer C., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Park, Janice Y., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Herrmann, Valentine, Bennett, Amy C., So, Christopher V., Bourg, Norman A., Thompson, Jonathan R., McMahon, Sean M., and McShea, William J. 2015. “Size-related scaling of tree form and function in a mixed-age forest.” Functional Ecology. 29 (12):1587–1602. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12470

Detto, Matteo, Asner, Gregory P., Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Sonnentag, Oliver. 2015. “Spatial Variability in Tropical Forest Leaf Area Density from Multireturn LiDAR and Modeling.” Journal of Geophysical Research. G. Biogeosciences. 120 (2):294–309. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002774

2014

Chave, Jé, Réjou-Méchain, Maxime, Búrquez, Alberto, Chidumayo, Emmanuel, Colgan, Matthew S., Delitti, Welington B. C., Duque, Alvaro, Eid, Tron, Fearnside, Philip M., Goodman, Rosa C., Henry, Matieu, Martínez-Yrízar, Angelina, Mugasha, Wilson A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Nelson, Bruce W., Ngomanda, Alfred, Nogueira, Euler M., Ortiz-Malavassi, Edgar, Pélissier, Raphaël, Ploton, Pierre, Ryan, Casey M., Saldarriaga, Juan G., and Vieilledent, Ghislain. 2014. “Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees.” Global Change Biology. 20 (10):3177–3190. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12629

Cushman, K. C., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Condit, Richard S., and Hubbell, Stephen P. 2014. “Improving estimates of biomass change in buttressed trees using tree taper models.” Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5 (6):573–582. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12187

Jansen, Patrick A., Visser, Marco D., Wright, S. Joseph, Rutten, Gemma, and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2014. “Negative density dependence of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment in a Neotropical palm.” Ecology Letters. 17 (9):1111–1120. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12317

Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2014. “Ecology: Plant diversity rooted in pathogens.” Nature. 44–45. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12851

Muller-Landau, Helene C., Detto, Matteo, Chisholm, Ryan A., Hubbell, Stephen P., and Condit, Richard S. 2014. “Detecting and projecting changes in forest biomass from plot data.” in Forests and global change, edited by Coomes, David A., Burslem, David F. R. P., and Simonson, William D., 381–416. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.Réjou-Méchain, M., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Detto, Matteo, Thomas, S. C., Le Toan, T., Saatchi, S. S., Barreto-Silva, J., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Butt, N., Brockelman, W. Y., Cao, M., Cárdenas, D., Chiang, J. M., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, K., Condit, Richard S., Dattaraja, H. S., Davies, Stuart James, Duque, A., Esufali, S., Ewango, C., Fernando, R. H. S., Fletcher, C. D., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. et al. 2014. “Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks.” Biogeosciences Discussions. 11 (4):5711–5742. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-5711-2014

Robledo-Arnuncio, Juan J., Klein, Etienne K., Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Santamaria, Luis. 2014. “Space, time and complexity in plant dispersal ecology.” Movement Ecology. 2:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-014-0016-3

2013

Asner, Gregory P., Mascaro, Joseph, Anderson, Christopher, Knapp, David E., Martin, Roberta E., Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty, van Breugel, Michiel, Davies, Stuart James, Hall, Jefferson S., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Potvin, Catherine Jeanne, Sousa, Wayne, Wright, S. Joseph, and Bermingham, Eldredge. 2013. “High-fidelity national carbon mapping for resource management and REDD+.” Carbon Balance and Management. 8 (7):1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-0680-8-7

Chisholm, Ryan A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Abdul Rahman, Kassim, Bebber, Daniel P., Bin, Yue, Bohlman, Stephanie A., Bourg, Norman A., Brinks, Joshua, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Honglin, Cao, Min, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard S., Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Chang, Li-Wan, Duque, Alvaro, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hao, Zhanqing, Harrison, Rhett D., Howe, Robert et al. 2013. “Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests.” Journal of Ecology. 101 (5):1214–1224. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12132

Detto, Matteo and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2013. “Fitting Ecological Process Models to Spatial Patterns Using Scalewise Variances and Moment Equations.” American Naturalist. 181 (4):E68–E82. https://doi.org/10.1086/669678

Detto, Matteo, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Mascaro, Joseph, and Asner, Gregory P. 2013. “Hydrological Networks and Associated Topographic Variation as Templates for the Spatial Organization of Tropical Forest Vegetation.” PLoS ONE. 8 (10):1–13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076296

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2013. “Measuring tree height: a quantitative comparison of two common field methods in a moist tropical forest.” Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4 (9):793–801. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12071

Ngo, Kang Min, Turner, Benjamin L., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Davies, Stuart James, Larjavaara, Markku, Nik Hassan, Nik Faizu bin, and Lum, Shawn K. Y. 2013. “Carbon stocks in primary and secondary tropical forests in Singapore.” Forest Ecology and Management. 296:81–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.02.004

Puerta-Piñero, Carolina, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Calderón, Osvaldo, and Wright, S. Joseph. 2013. “Seed arrival in tropical forest tree fall gaps.” Ecology. 94 (7):1552–1562. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1012.1