Publications

2012

Asner, Gregory P., Mascaro, Joseph, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Vieilledent, Ghislain, Vaudry, Romuald, Rasamoelina, Maminiaina, Hall, Jefferson S., and van Breugel, Michiel. 2012. “A universal airborne LiDAR approach for tropical forest carbon mapping.” Oecologia. 168 (4):1147–1160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2165-z

Beckman, Noelle G., Neuhauser, Claudia, and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2012. “The interacting effects of clumped seed dispersal and distance-and-density-dependent mortality on seedling recruitment patterns.” Journal of Ecology. 100 (4):862–873. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01978.x

Bin, Yue, Ye, Wanhui, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wu, Linfang, Lian, Juyu, and Cao, Honglin. 2012. “Unimodal tree size distributions possibly result from relatively strong conservatism in intermediate size classes.” PLoS ONE. 7:e52596. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052596

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2012. “Still rethinking the value of high wood density.” American Journal of Botany. 99 (1):165–168. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1100324

Lin, Dunmei, Lai, Jiangshan, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Mi, Xiangcheng, and Ma, Keping. 2012. “Topographic Variation in Aboveground Biomass in a Subtropical Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest in China.” Plos One. 7 (10):1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048244

Schnitzer, Stefan A., Mangan, Scott A., Dalling, James W., Baldeck, Claire A., Hubbell, Stephen P., Ledo, Alicia, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Tobin, Michael F., Aguilar, Salomo´n, Brassfield, David, Hernandez, Andres, Lao, Suzanne, Perez, Rolando, Valdes, Oldemar, and Yorke, Suzanne Rutishauser. 2012. “Liana Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.” PLoS ONE. 7 (12):1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052114

van Putten, Bram, Visser, Marco D., Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Jansen, Patrick A. 2012. “Distorted-distance models for directional dispersal: a general framework with application to a wind-dispersed tree.” Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3 (4):642–652. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00208.x

2011

Beckman, Noelle G. and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Linking fruit traits to variation in predispersal vertebrate seed predation, insect seed predation, and pathogen attack.” Ecology. 92 (11):2131–2140. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2378.1

Chisholm, Ryan A. and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “A theoretical model linking interspecific variation in density dependence to species abundances.” Theoretical Ecology. 4 (2):241–253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-011-0119-z

Jones, F. Andrew, Erickson, David L., Bernal, Moises A., Bermingham, Eldredge, Kress, W. John, Herre, Edward Allen, Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2011. “The Roots of Diversity: Below Ground Species Richness and Rooting Distributions in a Tropical Forest Revealed by DNA Barcodes and Inverse Modeling.” PLoS ONE. 6 (9):1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024506

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Temperature explains global variation in biomass among humid old-growth forests.” Global Ecology and Biogeography. 21 (10):998–1006. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00740.x

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Cross-Section Mass: An Improved Basis for Woody Debris Necromass Inventory.” Silva Fennica. 45 (2):291–298.Mascaro, Joseph, Asner, G. P., Muller-Landau, Helene C., van Breugel, Michiel, Hall, Jefferson S., and Dahlin, K. 2011. “Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.” Biogeosciences. 8 (6):1615–1629. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1615-2011

Mascaro, Joseph, Detto, Matteo, Asner, Gregory P., and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Evaluating uncertainty in mapping forest carbon with airborne LiDAR.” Remote Sensing of Environment. 115 (12):3770–3774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.07.019

Visser, Marco D., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Rutten, Gemma, and Jansen, Patrick A. 2011. “Tri-trophic interactions affect density dependence of seed fate in a tropical forest palm.” Ecology Letters. 14 (11):1093–1100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01677.x

Jones, F. Andrew, Erickson, David L., Bernal, Moises A., Bermingham, Eldredge, Kress, W. John, Herre, Edward Allen, Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2011. “The Roots of Diversity: Below Ground Species Richness and Rooting Distributions in a Tropical Forest Revealed by DNA Barcodes and Inverse Modeling.” PLoS ONE. 6 (9):1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024506

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Temperature explains global variation in biomass among humid old-growth forests.” Global Ecology and Biogeography. 21 (10):998–1006. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00740.x

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Cross-Section Mass: An Improved Basis for Woody Debris Necromass Inventory.” Silva Fennica. 45 (2):291–298.

Mascaro, Joseph, Asner, G. P., Muller-Landau, Helene C., van Breugel, Michiel, Hall, Jefferson S., and Dahlin, K. 2011. “Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.” Biogeosciences. 8 (6):1615–1629. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1615-2011

Mascaro, Joseph, Detto, Matteo, Asner, Gregory P., and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2011. “Evaluating uncertainty in mapping forest carbon with airborne LiDAR.” Remote Sensing of Environment. 115 (12):3770–3774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.07.019

Visser, Marco D., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Rutten, Gemma, and Jansen, Patrick A. 2011. “Tri-trophic interactions affect density dependence of seed fate in a tropical forest palm.” Ecology Letters. 14 (11):1093–1100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01677.x

2010

Comita, Liza S., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Aguilar, Salomo´n, and Hubbell, Stephen P. 2010. “Asymmetric density dependence shapes species abundances in a tropical tree community.” Science. 329 (5989):330–332. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1190772

DeWalt, Saara J., Schnitzer, Stefan A., Chave, Jerome, Bongers, Frans, Burnham, Robyn J., Cai, Zhiquan, Chuyong, George B., Clark, David B., Ewango, Corneille E. N., Gerwing, Jeffrey J., Gortaire, Esteban, Hart, Terese, Ibarra-Manriquez, Guillermo, Ickes, Kalan, Kenfack, David, Macia, Manuel J., Makana, Jean-Remy, Martinez-Ramos, Miguel, Mascaro, Joseph, Moses, Sainge, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Parren, Marc P. E., Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Perez-Salicrup, Diego, Putz, Francis E. et al. 2010. “Annual rainfall and seasonality predict pan-tropical patterns of liana density and basal area.” Biotropica. 42 (3):309–317. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00589.x

Jansen, Patrick A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2010. “Bushmeat hunting and climate: An indirect link.” Science. 327 (5961):30. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.327.5961.30-a

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2010. “Comparison of decay classification, knife test, and two penetrometers for estimating wood density of coarse woody debris.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40 (12):2313–2321. https://doi.org/10.1139/X10-170

Larjavaara, Markku and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2010. “Rethinking the value of high wood density.” Functional Ecology. 24 (4):701–705. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01698.x

Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2010. “The tolerance-fecundity trade-off and the maintenance of diversity in seed size.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (9):4242–4247. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0911637107

2009

Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2009. “CARBON CYCLE Sink in the African jungle.” Nature. 457 (7232):969–970. https://doi.org/10.1038/457969a

Valencia, Renato, Condit, Richard S., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Hernandez, Consuelo, and Navarrete, Hugo. 2009. “Dissecting biomass dynamics in a large Amazonian forest plot.” Journal of Tropical Ecology. 25 (5):473–482. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467409990095

Wright, S. Joseph, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Portillo-Quintero, C., and Davies, D. 2009. “The future of Southeast Asian forests and their species.” in Prepare for impact! : when people and environment collide in the tropics / Natasha Stacey, 91–108. Darwin, N.T.: Charles Darwin University Press.

Wright, S. Joseph, Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Schipper, Jan. 2009. “The Future of Tropical Species on a Warmer Planet.” Conservation Biology. 23 (6):1418–1426. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01337.x

2008

Chave, Jerome, Condit, Richard S., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Thomas, Sean C., Ashton, Peter S., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Co, Leonardo L., Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart James, Esufali, Shameema, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Feeley, Kenneth J., Foster, Robin B., Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hall, Pamela, Hart, Terese B., Hernandez, Consuelo, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kiratiprayoon, Somboon, LaFrankie, James V., Loo de Lao, Suzanne, Makana, Jean-Remy, Noor, Md Nur Supardi et al. 2008. “Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities.” Plos Biology. 6 (3):e45. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060045

Jansen, Patrick A., Bohlman, Stephanie A., Garzon-Lopez, Carol X., Olff, Han, Muller-Landau, Helene C., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2008. “Large-scale spatial variation in palm fruit abundance across a tropical moist forest estimated from high-resolution aerial photographs.” Ecography. 31 (1):33–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05151.x

Jones, F. Andrew and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2008. “Measuring long-distance seed dispersal in complex natural environments: an evaluation and integration of classical and genetic methods.” Journal of Ecology. 96 (4):642–652. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01400.x

Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2008. “Colonization-related tradeoffs in tropical forests and their role in the maintenance of plant species diversity.” in Tropical forest community ecology, edited by Carson, Walter P. and Schnitzer, Stefan A., 182–195. Oxford: John Wiley and Sons.Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Calderon, Osvaldo, Condit, Richard S., and Hubbell, Stephen P. 2008. “Interspecific variation in primary seed dispersal in a tropical forest.” Journal of Ecology. 96 (4):653–667. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01399.x

Poorter, L., Wright, S. Joseph, Paz, H., Ackerly, David D., Condit, Richard S., Ibarra-Manriquez, G., Harms, Kyle Edward, Licona, J. C., Martinez-Ramos, Miguel, Mazer, S. J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Pena-Claros, M., Webb, Campbell O., and Wright, I. J. 2008. “Are functional traits good predictors of demographic rates? Evidence from five Neotropical forests.” Ecology. 89 (7):1908–1920. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-0207.1

Venable, D. L., Flores-Martinez, Arturo, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Barron-Gafford, Greg, and Becerra, Judith X. 2008. “Seed dispersal of desert annuals.” Ecology. 89 (8):2218–2227. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-0386.1

Wright, S. Joseph, Trakhtenbrot, Ana, Bohrer, Gil, Detto, Matteo, Katul, Bagriel G., Horvitz, Nir, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Jones, F. Andrew, and Nathan, Ran. 2008. “Understanding strategies for seed dispersal by wind under contrasting atmospheric conditions.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105 (49):19084–19089. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0802697105

2007

Beckman, Noelle G. and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2007. “Differential effects of hunting on pre-dispersal seed predation and primary and secondary seed removal of two Neotropical tree species.” Biotropica. 39 (3):328–339. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00273.x

Marks, Christian O. and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2007. “Comment on: From plant traits to plant communities: A statistical mechanistic approach to biodiversity.” Science. 316 (5830):1425. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1140190

Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2007. “Predicting the long-term effects of hunting on plant species composition and diversity in tropical forests.” Biotropica. 39 (3):372–384. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00290.x

Muller-Landau, Helene C. and Adler, Frederick R. 2007. “How seed dispersal affects interactions with specialized natural enemies and their contribution to diversity maintenance.” in Seed Dispersal: Theory and its application in a Changing World, edited by Dennis, Andrew J., Schupp, E. W., Green, R. A., and Westcott, D. A., 407–426. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Wright, I. J., Ackerly, D. D., Bongers, F., Harms, Kyle Edward, Ibarra-Manriquez, G., Martinez-Ramos, M., Mazer, S. J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Paz, H., Pitman, N. C. A., Poorter, L., Silman, M. R., Vriesendorp, C. F., Webb, C. O., Westoby, M., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2007. “Relationships Among Ecologically Important Dimensions of Plant Trait Variation in Seven Neotropical Forests.” Annals of Botany. 99 (5):1003–1015. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcl066

Wright, S. Joseph, Stoner, Kathryn E., Beckman, Noelle G., Corlett, Richard T., Dirzo, Rodolfo, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Nunez-Iturri, Gabriela, Peres, Carlos A., and Wang, Benjamin C. 2007. “The plight of large animals in tropical forests and the consequences for plant regeneration.” Biotropica. 39 (3):289–291. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00293.x

2006

Chave, Jé, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Baker, Timothy R., Easdale, Tomás A., Steege, Hans ter, and Webb, Campbell O. 2006. “Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 neotropical tree species.” Ecological Applications. 16 (6):2356–2367. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2356:RAPVOW]2.0.CO

Gilbert, Benjamin, Wright, S. Joseph, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Kitajima, Kaoru, and Hernandez, Andres. 2006. “Life History Trade-Offs in Tropical Trees and Lianas.” Ecology. 1281–1288. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1281:LHTITT]2.0.CO

Muller-Landau, Helene C., Condit, Richard S., Chave, Jerome, Thomas, Sean C., Bohlman, Stephanie A., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Davies, Stuart James, Foster, Robin B., Gunatilleke, Savitri, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Harms, Kyle Edward, Hart, Terese, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kassim, Abd Rahman, LaFrankie, James V., Lee, Hua Seng, Losos, Elizabeth Claire, Makana, Jean-Remy, Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I-Fang, Nur Supardi, M. N., Tan, Sylvester, Thompson, Jill et al. 2006. “Testing Metabolic Ecology Theory for Allometric Scaling of Tree Size, Growth and Mortality in Tropical Forests.” Ecology Letters. 9 (5):575–588. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00904.x

Muller-Landau, Helene C., Condit, Richard S., Harms, Kyle Edward, Marks, Christian O., Thomas, Sean C., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chuyong, George B., Co, Leonardo, Davies, Stuart James, Foster, Robin B., Gunatilleke, Savitri, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Hart, Terese, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kassim, Abd Rahman, Kenfack, David, LaFrankie, James V., Lagunzad, Daniel, Lee, Hua Seng, Losos, Elizabeth Claire, Makana, Jean-Remy, Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro, Samper, Cristian K., Sukumar, Raman et al. 2006. “Comparing Tropical Forest Tree Size Distributions With the Predictions of Metabolic Ecology and Equilibrium Models.” Ecology Letters. 9 (5):589–602. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00915.x

Wills, Christopher, Harms, Kyle Edward, Condit, Richard S., King, David A., Thompson, Jill, He, Fangliang, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Ashton, Peter S., Losos, Elizabeth Claire, Comita, Liza, Hubbell, Stephen P., LaFrankie, James V., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Dattaraja, H. S., Davies, Stuart James, Esufali, Shameema, Foster, Robin B., Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hall, Pamela, Itoh, Akira, John, Robert, Kiratiprayoon, Somboon, de Lao, Suzanne Loo, Massa, Marie et al. 2006. “Nonrandom Processes Maintain Diversity in Tropical Forests.” Science. 527–531. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1117715

Wright, S. Joseph and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2006. “The Uncertain Future of Tropical Forest Species.” Biotropica. 443–446. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00177.x

Wright, S. Joseph and Muller-Landau, Helene C. 2006. “The Future of Tropical Forest Species.” Biotropica. 287–301. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00154.x