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My research interests are on the study of biodiversity, particularly on macroecology, metacommunity ecology, biogeography and spatial ecology. I have worked mostly with bats, bat ectoparasites and rodents, but I consider my research to be question oriented rather than system oriented, and now I am concentrating on investigating diversity issues with plant data. I am particularly interested in the role that historical events and stochastic processes have on traditional biogeographic patterns (like broad scale species richness gradients), and community level patterns (like species coexistence and species turnover).
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Chemical properties of foliar metabolomes represent a key axis of functional trait variation in forests of the tropical Andes
Chadwick, S., Henderson, D., Forrister, D. L., Cayola, L., Fuentes, A., Alvestegui, B., Muchhala, N., Tello, J. S., Volf, M., Myers, J. A. & Sedio, B. E., Jan 21 2026, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 293, 2063, 20251721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trait-based species selection for restoration: A case study from tropical landscapes dominated by bracken
Gallegos, S. C., López, C. L., Naoki, K., Soliz, A., Fuentes, A. F., Mayta, C., Cayola, L., Tello, J. S. & Hensen, I., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 1, e70224.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests
McMichael, C. N. H., Bush, M. B., ter Steege, H., Piperno, D. R., Gosling, W. D., Nascimento, M. N., Lombardo, U., de Souza Coelho, L., do Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Castilho, C. V., Wittmann, F., Guevara-Andino, J. E., Magnusson, W. E., Salomão, R. P., Phillips, O. L., Revilla, J. D. C., Irume, M. V. & Martins, M. P. & 157 others, , Nov 25 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 47, e2514040122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale
Correa, S. B., Coronado-Franco, K. V., Jézéquel, C., Rodrigues, A. C., Evans, K. O., Granger, J. J., Steege, H. T., do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., Wittmann, F., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Castilho, C. V., Guevara, J. E., de Jesus Veiga Carim, M., Phillips, O. L., Piedade, M. T. F., Demarchi, L. O. & Schöngart, J. & 128 others, , 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 3, e2414416122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests
Ter Steege, H., Poorter, L., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Fortunel, C., Magnusson, W. E., Phillips, O. L., Pos, E., Luize, B. G., Baraloto, C., Guevara, J. E., Endara, M. J., Baker, T. R., Umaña, M. N., van der Sande, M., Pombo, M. M., McGlone, M., Draper, F. C., do Amaral, I. L., Coelho, L. D. S. & Wittmann, F. & 211 others, , Mar 3 2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, p. 355 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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