An integrative approach to identify the impacts of multiple metal contamination sources on the Eastern Andean foothills of the Ecuadorian Amazonia

MV Capparelli, GM Moulatlet… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, several concerns have been raised over metal contamination in the upper
Amazon basin. Rivers that flow from the high Andes to the lowland Amazon are threatened …

Neutral‐based processes overrule niche‐based processes in sha** tropical montane orchid communities across spatial scales

E Parra‐Sanchez, OA Pérez‐Escobar… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical montane forests (TMF) are characterised by high endemism, species richness and
turnover across elevations. A key question is how niche‐based processes, via adaptation of …

Intraspecific variation in traits and tree growth along an elevational gradient in a subtropical forest

MN Umaña, NG Swenson - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
A conspicuous feature of natural communities is that individuals within species exhibit broad
variation in their phenotype. While the phenotypic differences among species are prominent …

Biotic pressures and environmental heterogeneity shape beta‐diversity of seedling communities in tropical montane forests

MK Barczyk, DC Acosta‐Rojas, CI Espinosa… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many theories have been proposed to explain the high diversity of plants in the tropics.
However, we lack an understanding of the processes that drive plant diversity and …

Species evenness‐area relationships in fragmented landscapes

J Liu, A Becker‐Scarpitta, C Wu… - Journal of Biogeography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The relationship between habitat area and species evenness quantifies species
relative abundance distribution changes across habitat fragments, providing more …

Woody plant subregions of the Amazon forest

KJP Silva‐Souza, AF Souza - Journal of Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Amazon forest covers 7.5 million km2 in nine countries, hosts 25% of the global
biodiversity and is a major contributor to the biogeochemical and climatic functioning of the …