2021
Dimitar Z Epihov, Kristin Saltonstall, Sarah A Batterman, Lars O Hedin, Jefferson S Hall, Michiel van Breugel, Jonathan R Leake, David J Beerling (2021). Legume–microbiome interactions unlock mineral nutrients in regrowing tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (11). doi: 118/11/e2022241118.short
Sergio Estrada-Villegas, Jefferson S Hall, Michiel van Breugel, Stefan A Schnitzer (2021). Lianas do not reduce tree biomass accumulation in young successional tropical dry forests. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-04877-z
2020
Laura E Boeschoten, Michiel van Breugel, Mario Bailon, Johana Balbuena, Miguel Nuñez, Arturo Cerezo, Jefferson S Hall (2020). Framework species approach proves robust in restoring forest on fire prone invasive grass: A case study from Panama. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. doi: 10.1080/10549811.2020.1746915
Michael J.W. Boyle, Tom R. Bishop, Sarah H. Luke, Michiel van Breugel, Theodore A. Evans, Marion Pfeifer, Tom M. Fayle, Stephen R. Hardwick, R. Isolde Lane‐Shaw, Kalsum M. Yusah, Imogen C.R. Ashford, Oliver S. Ashford, Emma Garnett, Edgar C. Turner, Clare L. Wilkinson, Arthur Y.C. Chung, Robert M. Ewers (2020). Localised climate change defines ant communities in human‐modified tropical landscapes. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13737
Sergio Estrada‐Villegas, Jefferson S. Hall, Michiel van Breugel, Stefan A. Schnitzer (2020). Lianas reduce biomass accumulation in early successional tropical forests. Ecological Society of America. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2989
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Alex Thiam Koon Yee, Hugh Tiang Wah Tan, Michiel van Breugel (2020). Functional traits that moderate tropical tree recruitment during post‐windstorm secondary succession. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13347
Jens Kattge [and many others, including M. van Breugel] (2020). TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26 (1). doi: 10.1111/gcb.14904
2019
Jennifer H Levy-Varon, Sarah A Batterman, David Medvigy, Xiangtao Xu, Jefferson S Hall, Michiel van Breugel, Lars O Hedin (2019). Tropical carbon sink accelerated by symbiotic dinitrogen fixation. Nature Communications, 10 (1). doi:
Benjamin J Adams, Evan M Gora, Michiel van Breugel, Sergio Estrada‐Villegas, Stefan A Schnitzer, Jefferson S Hall, Stephen P Yanoviak (2019). Do lianas shape ant communities in an early successional tropical forest? Biotropica, 51(6). doi: 10.1111/btp.12709
Lourens Poorter [and many others, including M. van Breugel] (2019). Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0882-6
Li Fang Ng, Li Theng Ng, Michiel van Breugel, Barry Halliwell, Jan Gruber (2019). Mitochondrial DNA Damage Does Not Determine C. elegans Lifespan. Frontiers in Genetics, 10. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00311
Yee, A.T.K., H.R. Lai, K.Y. Chong, L. Neo, C.Y. Koh, S.Y. Tan, W.W. Seah, J. Loh, R. Lim, M. van Breugel & H.T.W. Tan. Hugh (2019). Short-term responses in a secondary tropical forest after a severe windstorm event. Journal of Vegetation Science. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12753
Poorter [and 79 others, including M. van Breugel] (2019). Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0882-6
Rozendaal, D.M.A. [and 76 others, including M. van Breugel] Biodiversity resilience of Neotropical secondary forests. Science Advances, 5(3): eaau3114. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3114
Van Breugel, M., D. Craven, H.R. Lai, M. Baillon, B.L. Turner & J.S. Hall (2019). Soil nutrients and dispersal limitation shape compositional variation in secondary tropical forests across multiple scales. Journal of Ecology, 107(2): 566-581. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13126
Mayoral, C., van Breugel, M., B.L. Turner, G.P. Asner, N.R., Vaughn & Jefferson S. Hall (2019). Effect of microsite quality and species composition on tree growth: A semi-empirical modeling approach. Forest Ecology & Management. Forest Ecology and Management, 432, 534-545. doi. 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.047
2018
Batterman, S, J.S. Hall, B. Turner, L. Hedin, J. K. LaHaela Walter, P. Sheldon & M. van Breugel (2018). Phosphatase activity and nitrogen fixation reflect species differences not nutrient trading or nutrient balance across tropical rainforest trees. Ecology Letters 21: 1486–1495. doi. 10.1111/ele.13129.
Craven, D.J., J.S. Hall , G.P. Berlyn, M.S. Ashton & M. van Breugel (2018). Habitat filtering limits functional diversity during succession in a wet tropical secondary forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 29(3): 511-520. doi. 10.1111/jvs.12632
Gei, M. [and 68 others, including M. van Breugel](2018). Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1104–1111. doi. 10.1038/s41559-018-0559-6.
Lai, H.R., J.S. Hall, S.A. Batterman, B. Turner & M. van Breugel (2018). Nitrogen fixer abundance has no effect on biomass recovery during tropical secondary forest succession. Journal of Ecology 106(4): 1415-1427. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12979
2017
Lai, H.R., J.S. Hall, B. Turner & M. van Breugel (2017). Liana effects on biomass dynamics strengthen during secondary forest succession. Ecology 98(4), 1062-1070. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1734.
Muscarella, R., M. Lohbeck, M. Martínez-Ramos, L. Poorter, J.E. Rodríguez-Velázquez, M. van Breugel & F. Bongers (2017). Demographic drivers of functional composition dynamics. Ecology, in press. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1990.
Mayoral, C., M. van Breugel, A. Cerezo & J.S. Hall (2017). Survival and growth of five Neotropical timber species in monocultures and mixtures. Forest Ecology and Management 403: 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.002.
Rozendaal, D.M.A. [and 18 others, including M. van Breugel] (2017)]. Demographic drivers of aboveground biomass dynamics during secondary succession in Neotropical dry and wet forests. Ecosystems 20 (2), 340-353. doi: 10.1007/s10021-016-0029-4.
2016
Caughlin, T.T., S.J. Graves, G.P. Asner, M. van Breugel, J.S. Hall, R.E. Martin, M.S. Ashton, S.A. Bohlman (2016). A single hyperspectral image can accurately predict growth rates of twenty tropical tree species. Ecological Applications 26 (8), 2367-2373. doi: 10.1002/eap.1436
Chazdon, R.L., [and 59 others, including M. van Breugel] (2016). Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics. Science Advances 2: e1501639. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501639.
Poorter, L. [and 64 others, including M. van Breugel] (2016). Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests. Nature 530, 211–214. doi: 10.1038/nature16512
2015
Barry, K.E., S. A. Schnitzer, M. van Breugel & J. S. Hall (2015). Rapid Liana Colonization and Community Development along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence. Biotropica, 47(6): 672–680. doi: 10.1111/btp.12259
Craven, D., J.S. Hall, G.P. Berlyn, M.S. Ashton & M. van Breugel (2015). Changing gears during succession: shifting functional strategies in young tropical secondary forests. Oecologia 179: 293-305. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3339-x
Norden, N., H.A. Angarita, F. Bongers, M. Martínez-Ramos, I. Granzow-de la Cerda, M. van Breugel, E. Lebrija-Trejos, J.A. Meave, J. Vandermeer, G.B. Williamson, B. Finegan, R. Mesquita, R.L. Chazdon (2015). Successional dynamics in Neotropical forests are as uncertain as they are predictable. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112: 8013-8018.
Letcher, S.G., [and 55 others, including M. van Breugel] (2015). Environmental gradients and the evolution of successional habitat specialization: a test case with 14 Neotropical forest sites. Journal of Ecology, 103: 1276–1290. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12435.
van Breugel P., R. Kindt, J.-P.B. Lillesø, M. van Breugel (2015). Environmental Gap Analysis to Prioritize Conservation Efforts in Eastern Africa. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0121444.
Falster D.S., (and 95 others, including M. van Breugel] (2015). BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants. Ecology 96(5): 1445.
2014
Lohbeck, M., L. Poorter, M. Martínez-Ramos, J. Rodriguez-Velázquez, M. van Breugel, F. Bongers (2014). Changing drivers of species dominance during tropical forest succession. Functional Ecology, 28: 1052–1058
2013
Batterman, S.A., L.O. Hedin, M. van Breugel, J. Ransijn, D.J. Craven & J.S. Hall (2013). Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession. Nature, 502: 224–227
Van Breugel, M., J.S. Hall, D.J. Craven, M. Bailon, A. Hernandez, M. Abbene, & P. van Breugel (2013). Succession of ephemeral secondary forests and their limited role for the conservation of floristic diversity in a human-modified tropical landscape. PLoS ONE, 8(12): e82433
Zimmermann, B., A. Zimmermann, H.L. Scheckenbach, T.Schmid, J.S. Hall & M. van Breugel (2013). Changes in rainfall interception along a secondary forest succession gradient in lowland Panama. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17: 4659-4670
Asner, G.P., J. Mascaro, C. Anderson, D.E. Knapp, R.E. Martin, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, M. van Breugel, S. Davies, J.S. Hall, H.C. Muller-Landau, C. Potvin, W. Sousa, J. Wright and E. Bermingham (2013). High fidelity national carbon mapping for resource management and REDD+. Carbon Balance and Management 2013, 8:7
2012
Lohbeck, M., L. Poorter, H. Paz, L. Pla, M. van Breugel, M. Martínez-Ramos & F. Bongers (2012).
Functional diversity changes during tropical forest succession. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 14 (2): 89-96
Martínez-Ramos, M. [and 54 others, including M. van Breugel] (2012). Manejo de bosques tropicales: bases científicas para la conservación, restauración y aprovechamiento de ecosistemas en paisajes Rurales. Investigación Ambiental Ciencia y Politica Publica 4: 111 – 129.
Letcher, S., R. Chazdon, A. Andrade, F. Bongers, M. van Breugel, B. Finegan, S. Laurance, R. Mesquita, M.
Martínez-Ramos & G. Williamson (2012). Phylogenetic community structure during succession: evidence from three Neotropical forest sites. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 14(2): 79-87
Van Breugel, M., P. van Breugel, P. Jansen, M. Martínez-Ramos & F. Bongers (2012). The relative importance of above- versus belowground competition for tree growth during early succession of a tropical moist forest. Plant Ecology 213 (1): 25-34
Asner, G. P. , J. Mascaro, H.C. Muller-Landau, G. Vieilledent, R.Vaudry, M. Rasamoelina, J. Hall & M. van Breugel (2012). A Universal Airborne LiDAR Approach for Tropical Forest Carbon Mapping. Oecologia 168:1147–1160
2011
Van Breugel, M., J. Ransijn, D.J. Craven, F. Bongers & J.S. Hall (2011). Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models. Forest Ecology and Management 262 (8): 1648-1657
Van Breugel, M., J.S. Hall, D.J. Craven, T.G. Gregoire, A. Park, D.H. Dent, M.H. Wishnie, E. Mariscal, J. Deago, D. Ibarra, N. Cedeño & M.S. Ashton (2011). Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1580-1589
Visser, M.D., E. Jongejans, M. van Breugel, P.A. Zuidema, Y.-Y. Chen, A. R. Kassim & H.de Kroon (2011). Strict mast fruiting for a tropical dipterocarp tree: A demographic cost-benefit analysis of delayed reproduction and seed predation. Journal of Ecology 99: 1033–1044
Mascaro, J., G. P. Asner, H.C. Muller-Landau, M. van Breugel, J.S. Hall, & K. Dahlin (2011). Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Biogeosciences 8: 1615-1629
Paul, Gillian S. F. Montagnini, G.P. Berlyn, D.J. Craven, M. van Breugel & J.S. Hall (2011). Comparisons of foliar herbivory and leaf defense traits among native tree species in a young plantation of Central Panama. New Forests, 3: 69-87
Neumann-Cosel, L., B. Zimmermann, J.S. Hall, M.van Breugel & H. Elsenbeer (2011). Soil carbon dynamics under young tropical secondary forests on former pastures—A case study from Panama. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1625-1633
Hassler, S., B. Zimmermann, M.van Breugel, J.S. Hall & H. Elsenbeer (2011). Recovery of saturated hydraulic conductivity under secondary succession on former pasture in the humid tropics. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1634-1642
Hall, J.S., B.E. Love, E.J. Garen, J.L. Slusser, K. Saltonstall, S.Mathias, M. van Breugel, D.Ibarra, E.W. Bork, D. Spaner, M.H. Wishnie & M.S. Ashton (2011). Tree plantations on farms: Evaluating growth and potential for success. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1675-1683
2010
Park, A.D., M. van Breugel, M.S. Ashton, M. Wishnie, E.Mariscal, J.Deago, D. Ibarra, N. Cedeño, & J.S. Hall (2010). Local and regional environmental variation influences the growth of tropical trees in selection trials in the Republic of Panama. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 12-21
2008
Brienen, R.J.W., E. Lebrija-Trejos, M. van Breugel, E.A. Pérez-García, F. Bongers, J.A. Meave & M. Martínez-Ramos (2008) The Potential of tree rings for the study of forest succession in southern Mexico. Biotropica 41: 186-195
Chazdon, R.L., C.A. Harvey, O. Komar, D.M. Griffith, B.G. Ferguson, M. Martínez-Ramos, H. Morales, R. Nigh, L. Soto-Pinto, M. van Breugel & S.M. Philpott (2008). Beyond reserves: A research agenda for conserving biodiversity in human-modified tropical landscapes. Biotropica 41: 142-153
Harvey, C.A., O. Komar, R. Chazdon, B.G. Ferguson, B. Finegan, D.M. Griffith, M. Martínez-Ramos, H. Morales, R. Nigh, L. Soto-Pinto, M. Van Breugel & M. Wishnie (2008). Integrating agricultural landscapes with biodiversity conservation in the Mesoamerican hotspot. Conservation Biology 22: 815
López-Toledo, L., M. Martínez, M. van Breugel & F.J. Sterck (2008). Soil and light effects on the sapling performance of the shade-tolerant species Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae) in a Mexican tropical rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24: 629–637
2007
Dekker, M., M. van Breugel & F. J. Sterck (2007). Effective height development of four co-occurring species in the gap-phase regeneration of Douglas fir monocultures under nature-oriented conversion. Forest Ecology and Management 238: 189-198, doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.012
Chazdon, R. L., S. Letcher, M. van Breugel, M. Martínez-Ramos, F. Bongers & B. Finegan (2007). Rates of change in tree communities of secondary Neotropical forests following major disturbances. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 362: 273-289
Van Breugel, M., F. Bongers & M. Martínez-Ramos (2007). Species Dynamics during early secondary forest succession: recruitment, mortality and species turnover. Biotropica 39: 610-619
2006
Van Breugel, M., M. Martínez-Ramos & F. Bongers (2006). Community dynamics during early secondary succession in Mexican tropical rain forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 663-674