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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, Illinois, US

2000-08-16 to present | Professor (Plant Biology)
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James Dalling

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Panama, Panamá, PA

1992-07-15 to 2000-07-15 | postdoc/research associate
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

1988-10-01 to 1992-04-15 | PhD (Plant Sciences)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, GB

1985-10-01 to 1988-06-01 | BA (Plant Sciences)
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Life history is a key driver of temporal fluctuations in tropical tree abundances

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2025-01-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422348122
Contributors: Kenneth Jops; James W. Dalling; James P. O’Dwyer
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Wood nutrients: Underexplored traits with functional and biogeochemical consequences

New Phytologist
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.20193
Contributors: James W. Dalling; Manuel R. Flores, III; Katherine D. Heineman
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Seed permeability: an essential trait for classifying seed dormancy type

Seed Science Research
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258524000059
Contributors: Lindsay A. McCulloch; James W. Dalling; Paul-Camilo Zalamea
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Zombie leaves: Novel repurposing of senescent fronds in the tree fern Cyathea rojasiana in a tropical montane forest

Ecology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4248
Contributors: James W. Dalling; Evidelio Garcia; Carlos Espinosa; Camila Pizano; Astrid Ferrer; Jéssica Lira Viana
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Decadal survival of tropical pioneer seeds in the soil seed bank is accompanied by fungal infection and dormancy release

Functional Ecology
2023-12-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14476
Contributors: Paul‐Camilo Zalamea; Carolina Sarmiento; A. Elizabeth Arnold; Venus Kuo; Carolyn Delevich; Adam S. Davis; Thomas A. Brown; James W. Dalling
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Wood traits explain microbial but not termite‐driven decay in Australian tropical rainforest and savanna

Journal of Ecology
2023-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14090
Contributors: Stephanie Law; Habacuc Flores‐Moreno; Alexander W. Cheesman; Rebecca Clement; Marc Rosenfield; Abbey Yatsko; Lucas A. Cernusak; James W. Dalling; Thomas Canam; Isra Abo Iqsaysa et al.
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Landscape‐scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics

Journal of Ecology
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14015
Contributors: Catherine E. Waite; Geertje M. F. van der Heijden; Richard Field; David F. R. P. Burslem; James W. Dalling; Reuben Nilus; M. Elizabeth Rodríguez‐Ronderos; Andrew R. Marshall; Doreen S. Boyd
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Acrogenospora terricola sp. nov., a fungal species associated with seeds of pioneer trees in the soil seed bank of a lowland forest in Panama

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
2022-10-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005558
Contributors: Alison H. Harrington; Carolina Sarmiento; Paul-Camilo Zalamea; James W. Dalling; Adam S. Davis; A. Elizabeth Arnold
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Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Science
2022-09-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abo3856
Contributors: Amy E. Zanne; Habacuc Flores-Moreno; Jeff R. Powell; William K. Cornwell; James W. Dalling; Amy T. Austin; Aimée T. Classen; Paul Eggleton; Kei-ichi Okada; Catherine L. Parr et al.
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Tropical wood stores substantial amounts of nutrients, but we have limited understanding why

Biotropica
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13069
Contributors: Marijn Bauters; Oriol Grau; Sebastian Doetterl; Katherine D. Heineman; James W. Dalling; Cecilia M. Prada; Marco Griepentrog; Yadvinder Malhi; Terhi Riutta; Marina Scalon et al.
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Interspecific wood trait variation predicts decreased carbon residence time in changing forests

Functional Ecology
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13936
Contributors: Sierra B. Perez; Jennifer M. Fraterrigo; James W. Dalling
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Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate

Biotropica
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13044
Contributors: Rebecca Ostertag; Carla Restrepo; James W. Dalling; Patrick H. Martin; Iveren Abiem; Shin‐ichiro Aiba; Esteban Alvarez‐Dávila; Roxana Aragón; Michelle Ataroff; Hazel Chapman et al.
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Soil fertility and water availability effects on trait dispersion and phylogenetic relatedness of tropical terrestrial ferns

Oecologia
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05131-w
Contributors: Jéssica Lira Viana; James William Dalling
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Growth responses of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal seedlings to low soil nitrogen availability in a tropical montane forest

Functional Ecology
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13901
Contributors: Cecilia M. Prada; Benjamin L. Turner; James W. Dalling
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Mycorrhizal type effects on leaf litter decomposition depend on litter quality and environmental context

Biogeochemistry
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-021-00810-x
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2-s2.0-85106064960

Part of ISSN: 1573515X 01682563
Contributors: Seyfried, G.S.; Dalling, J.W.; Yang, W.H.
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The effects of tree-mycorrhizal type on soil organic matter properties from neighborhood to watershed scales

Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108385
Contributors: Georgia S. Seyfried; Charles D. Canham; James W. Dalling; Wendy H. Yang
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Closely related tree species support distinct communities of seed‐associated fungi in a lowland tropical forest

Journal of Ecology
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13611
Contributors: Paul‐Camilo Zalamea; Carolina Sarmiento; A. Elizabeth Arnold; Adam S. Davis; Astrid Ferrer; James W. Dalling; Liesje Mommer
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Fungal communities associated with roots of two closely related Juglandaceae species with a disjunct distribution in the tropics

Fungal Ecology
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101023
Contributors: Adriana Corrales; Han Xu; Roberto Garibay-Orijel; Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado; Guadalupe Williams-Linera; Chengjin Chu; Camille Truong; Michelle A. Jusino; Ricardo Clark-Tapia; James W. Dalling et al.
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Nutrient availability predicts multiple stem frequency, an indicator of species resprouting capacity in tropical forests

Journal of Ecology
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13585
Contributors: Katherine D. Heineman; Benjamin L. Turner; James W. Dalling; Julieta Rosell
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Can variation in seed removal patterns of Neotropical pioneer tree species be explained by local ant community composition?

Biotropica
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12904
Contributors: Selina A. Ruzi; Paul‐Camilo Zalamea; Daniel P. Roche; Rafael Achury; James W. Dalling; Andrew V. Suarez
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Compositional variation in understorey fern and palm communities along a soil fertility and rainfall gradient in a lower montane tropical forest

Journal of Vegetation Science
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12947
Contributors: Jéssica Lira Viana; Benjamin Luke Turner; James William Dalling; David Zeleny
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Contribution of fungal and invertebrate communities to wood decay in tropical terrestrial and aquatic habitats

Ecology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3097
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2-s2.0-85089549484

Part of ISSN: 19399170 00129658
Contributors: Ferrer, A.; Heath, K.D.; Canam, T.; Flores, H.D.; Dalling, J.W.
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Extending Plant Defense Theory to Seeds

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
2020 | Book
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012120-115156
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2-s2.0-85095776710

Part of ISSN: 15452069 1543592X
Contributors: Dalling, J.W.; Davis, A.S.; Arnold, A.E.; Sarmiento, C.; Zalamea, P.-C.
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Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring

Biotropica
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12737
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2-s2.0-85079708289

Part of ISSN: 17447429 00063606
Contributors: Fadrique, B.; Veldman, J.W.; Dalling, J.W.; Clark, L.G.; Montti, L.; Ruiz-Sanchez, E.; Rother, D.C.; Ely, F.; Farfan-Ríos, W.; Gagnon, P. et al.
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Habitat-specific effects of bark on wood decomposition: Influences of fragmentation, nitrogen concentration and microbial community composition

Functional Ecology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13547
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2-s2.0-85080981276

Part of ISSN: 13652435 02698463
Contributors: Jones, J.M.; Heath, K.D.; Ferrer, A.; Dalling, J.W.
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Why are tropical conifers disadvantaged in fertile soils? Comparison of Podocarpus guatemalensis with an angiosperm pioneer, Ficus insipida

Tree Physiology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/TREEPHYS/TPAA027
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2-s2.0-85085904753

Part of ISSN: 17584469 0829318X
Contributors: Palma, A.C.; Winter, K.; Aranda, J.; Dalling, J.W.; Cheesman, A.W.; Turner, B.L.; Cernusak, L.A.
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Trade‐offs tip toward litter trapping: Insights from a little‐known Panamanian cloud‐forest treelet

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10161
Contributors: Kyle E. Harms; James W. Dalling; María N. Sánchez de Stapf
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Colonization of seeds by soilborne fungi: Linking seed dormancy-defense syndromes, evolutionary constraints, and fungal traits

Seed Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology
2019 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10504-4_22
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2-s2.0-85085906407
Contributors: Stump, S.M.; Sarmiento, C.; Zalamea, P.-C.; Dalling, J.W.; Davis, A.S.; Shaffer, J.P.; Arnold, A.E.
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Soil and species effects on bark nutrient storage in a premontane tropical forest

Plant and Soil
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-019-04026-9
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2-s2.0-85063200761

Part of ISSN: 15735036 0032079X
Contributors: Jones, J.M.; Heineman, K.D.; Dalling, J.W.
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Species-specific effects of phosphorus addition on tropical tree seedling response to elevated CO<inf>2</inf>

Functional Ecology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13421
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2-s2.0-85071379831

Part of ISSN: 13652435 02698463
Contributors: Thompson, J.B.; Slot, M.; Dalling, J.W.; Winter, K.; Turner, B.L.; Zalamea, P.-C.
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Context-dependent and variable effects of endohyphal bacteria on interactions between fungi and seeds

Fungal Ecology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.008
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2-s2.0-85054456813

Part of ISSN: 17545048
Contributors: Shaffer, J.P.; Zalamea, P.-C.; Sarmiento, C.; Gallery, R.E.; Dalling, J.W.; Davis, A.S.; Baltrus, D.A.; Arnold, A.E.
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Dormancy-defense syndromes and tradeoffs between physical and chemical defenses in seeds of pioneer species

Ecology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2419
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2-s2.0-85052644817

Part of ISSN: 00129658
Contributors: Zalamea, P.-C.; Dalling, J.W.; Sarmiento, C.; Arnold, A.E.; Delevich, C.; Berhow, M.A.; Ndobegang, A.; Gripenberg, S.; Davis, A.S.
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Pioneer species

Encyclopedia of Ecology
2018 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63768-0.00534-5
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2-s2.0-85079259925
Contributors: Dalling, J.W.
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Wood decomposition in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics: Contrasting biotic and abiotic processes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiy223
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2-s2.0-85062668264

Part of ISSN: 15746941 01686496
Contributors: Jones, J.M.; Heath, K.D.; Ferrer, A.; Brown, S.P.; Canam, T.; Dalling, J.W.
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Nitrogen addition alters ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and soil enzyme activities in a tropical montane forest

Fungal Ecology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.004
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2-s2.0-85017350191

Part of ISSN: 17545048
Contributors: Corrales, A.; Turner, B.L.; Tedersoo, L.; Anslan, S.; Dalling, J.W.
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No evidence that boron influences tree species distributions in lowland tropical forests of Panama

New Phytologist
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14322
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2-s2.0-85002808082

Part of ISSN: 14698137 0028646X
Contributors: Turner, B.L.; Zalamea, P.-C.; Condit, R.; Winter, K.; Wright, S.J.; Dalling, J.W.
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Pre-dispersal seed predators and fungi differ in their effect on Luehea seemannii capsule development, seed germination, and dormancy across two Panamanian forests

Biotropica
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12473
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2-s2.0-85021777300

Part of ISSN: 17447429 00063606
Contributors: Tiansawat, P.; Beckman, N.G.; Dalling, J.W.
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Soil environmental factors drive seed density across vegetation types on the Tibetan Plateau

Plant and Soil
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3348-0
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2-s2.0-85025609304

Part of ISSN: 15735036 0032079X
Contributors: Ma, M.; Dalling, J.W.; Ma, Z.; Zhou, X.
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Soilborne fungi have host affinity and host-specific effects on seed germination and survival in a lowland tropical forest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1706324114
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2-s2.0-85032204291

Part of ISSN: 10916490 00278424
Contributors: Sarmiento, C.; Zalamea, P.-C.; Dalling, J.W.; Davis, A.S.; Simon, S.M.; U'Ren, J.M.; Arnold, A.E.
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Soils and rainfall drive landscape-scale changes in the diversity and functional composition of tree communities in premontane tropical forest

Journal of Vegetation Science
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12540
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2-s2.0-85018552195

Part of ISSN: 16541103 11009233
Contributors: Prada, C.M.; Morris, A.; Andersen, K.M.; Turner, B.L.; Caballero, P.; Dalling, J.W.
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Species identity influences secondary removal of seeds of Neotropical pioneer tree species

Plant Ecology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-017-0745-7
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2-s2.0-85021700793

Part of ISSN: 15735052 13850237
Contributors: Ruzi, S.A.; Roche, D.P.; Zalamea, P.-C.; Robison, A.C.; Dalling, J.W.
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An ectomycorrhizal nitrogen economy facilitates monodominance in a neotropical forest

Ecology Letters
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12570
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2-s2.0-84959933218

Part of ISSN: 14610248 1461023X
Contributors: Corrales, A.; Mangan, S.A.; Turner, B.L.; Dalling, J.W.
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket: a cost-effective and powerful method to optimize primer choice for rRNA environmental community analyses using the Fluidigm Access Array

Molecular ecology resources
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12507
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2-s2.0-85028271086

Part of ISSN: 17550998
Contributors: Brown, S.P.; Ferrer, A.; Dalling, J.W.; Heath, K.D.
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Erratum: Investment in Seed Physical Defence Is Associated with Species' Light Requirement for Regeneration and Seed Persistence: Evidence from Macaranga Species in Borneo (PLoS ONE (2014) 9:6 (e99691) DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0099691)

PLoS ONE
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144756
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2-s2.0-84958214196

Part of ISSN: 19326203
Contributors: Tiansawat, P.; Davis, A.S.; Berhow, M.A.; Zalamea, P.-C.; Dalling, J.W.
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Evidence for arrested succession in a liana-infested Amazonian forest

Journal of Ecology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12504
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2-s2.0-84954425773

Part of ISSN: 13652745 00220477
Contributors: Tymen, B.; Réjou-Méchain, M.; Dalling, J.W.; Fauset, S.; Feldpausch, T.R.; Norden, N.; Phillips, O.L.; Turner, B.L.; Viers, J.; Chave, J.
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Geographic, environmental and biotic sources of variation in the nutrient relations of tropical montane forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467415000619
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2-s2.0-84947791730

Part of ISSN: 14697831 02664674
Contributors: Dalling, J.W.; Heineman, K.; González, G.; Ostertag, R.
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Interference by Iron in the Determination of Boron by ICP-OES in Mehlich-III Extracts and Total Element Digests of Tropical Forest Soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2016.1228952
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2-s2.0-85003013471

Part of ISSN: 15322416 00103624
Contributors: Turner, B.L.; Bielnicka, A.W.; Dalling, J.W.; Wolf, J.A.
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Interspecific variation in persistence of buried weed seeds follows trade-offs among physiological, chemical, and physical seed defenses

Ecology and Evolution
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2415
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2-s2.0-84988625397

Part of ISSN: 20457758
Contributors: Davis, A.S.; Fu, X.; Schutte, B.J.; Berhow, M.A.; Dalling, J.W.
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Lianas and soil nutrients predict fine-scale distribution of above-ground biomass in a tropical moist forest

Journal of Ecology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12635
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2-s2.0-84992060899

Part of ISSN: 13652745 00220477
Contributors: Ledo, A.; Illian, J.B.; Schnitzer, S.A.; Wright, S.J.; Dalling, J.W.; Burslem, D.F.R.P.
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Phylogenetic turnover along local environmental gradients in tropical forest communities

Oecologia
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3686-2
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2-s2.0-84976291723

Part of ISSN: 00298549
Contributors: Baldeck, C.A.; Kembel, S.W.; Harms, K.E.; Yavitt, J.B.; John, R.; Turner, B.L.; Madawala, S.; Gunatilleke, N.; Gunatilleke, S.; Bunyavejchewin, S. et al.
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