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2009

Gloor M, Phillips OL, Lloyd JJ, Lewis SL, Malhi Y, Baker TR, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Peacock J, Almeida S, de Oliveira ACA, I. Amaral, L. Arroyo, G. Aymard, O. Banki, L. Blanc, D. Bonal, P. Brando, K.-J. Chao, J. Chave, N. Davila, T. Edwin, J. Espejo, A. di Fiore, T. Feldpausch, A. Freitas, R. Herrera, N. Higuchi, E. Honorio, E. Jiménez, T. Killeen, W. Laurance, C. Mendoza, A. Monteagudo, A. Andrade, D. Neill, D. Nepstad, P. Núñez Vargas, M.C. Penuela, A. Peña Cruz, A. Prieto, N. Pitman, C. Quesada, R. Salamão, M. Schwarz, J. Stropp, F. Ramírez, H. Ramírez, A. Rudas, H. ter Steege, N. Silva, A. Torres, J. Terborgh, R. Vásquez, G. van der Heijden.; 2009.; Does the disturbance hypothesis explain the biomass increase in basin-wide Amazon forest plot data?  Global Change Biology 15: 2418-2430. (+)

Phillips OL., Aragão LE., Lewis SL., Fisher JB., Lloyd JL., López-González G., Malhi Y., Monteagudo A., Peacock J., Quesada CS., van der Heijden GM., Almeida S., Amaral I., Arroyo L., Aymard G., Baker TR., Bánki O., Blanc L., Bonal D., Brando P., Chave J., Alves de Oliveira AC., Dávila Cardozo N., Czimczik CI., Feldpausch TR., Freitas MA., Gloor EU., Higuchi N., Jiménez E., Lloyd G., Meir P., Mendoza C., Morel A., Neill DA., Nepstad D, Patiño A., Peñuela MC., Prieto A., Ramírez F., Schwarz M., Silva JE., Silveira M., Sota Thomas A., ter Steege H., Stropp J., Vásquez R., Zelazowski P., Alvarez Dávila E., Andelman S., Andrade A., Chao KJ., Erwin T., Di Fiore A., Honorio E., Keeling HC., Killeen TJ., Laurance WF., Peña Cruz A., Pitman NCA., Núñez Vargas P., Ramírez-Angulo H., Rudas A., Salamão R., Silva N., Terborgh J., Torres-Lezama A. Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest. Science. 2009, 323: 1344- 1347. Abstract | Full text

Chao, K-J., Phillips, OL., Baker, TR., Peacock, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Vásquez Martínez, R., Monteagudo, A., Torres-Lezama, A. 2009.  After trees die: quantities and determinants of necromass across Amazonia.  Biogeosciences 6: 1615-1626. (+)

Chao KJ., Phillips OL., Monteagudo A., Torres-Lezama A., Vásquez-Martínez R. How do trees die? Mode of death in northern Amazonia. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2009, 20: 260–268. (+)

L. O. Anderson, Y. Malhi, R. J. Ladle, L. E. O. C. Aragao, Y. Shimabukuro, O. L. Phillips, T. Baker, A. C. L. Costa, J. S. Espejo, N. Higuchi, W. F. Laurance, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, A. Monteagudo, P. Nunez Vargas, J. Peacock, C. A. Quesada, and S. Almeida.  2009. Influence of landscape heterogeneity on spatial patterns of wood productivity, wood specific density and above ground biomass in Amazonia.  Biogeosciences 6: 2039-2083. (+)

Fyllas N., Patiño S., Baker TR., Paiva R., Schwarz M., Arneth A., Czimczik C., Herrera R., Horna V., Mercado LM., Quesada CA., Santos A., Hilke I., Raessler M., Arroyo L., Jimenez EM., Luizão FJ., Neill DA., Silva N., Priante Filho N.,
Prieto A., Rudas A., Silviera M., Viera I., Peña Cruz A., Malhi Y., Phillips OL., Lloyd J.  Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazon forest: phylogeny, soils and climate. Biogeosciences Discussions. 2009; 6: 1–64. (+)

Malhado ACM., Whittaker RJ., Malhi Y., Ladle RJ., ter Steege H., Aragão LEOC., Quesada CA., Araujo AM., Phillips OL., Peacock J., Lopez-Gonzalez G., Baker TR., Butt N., Anderson LO., Arroyo L., Almeida S., Higuchi N., Killeen T., Monteagudo A., Neill D., Pitman N., Prieto A., Salomão R., Silva N., Vásquez Martínez R., Laurance WF, Alexiades, MN., Ramírez A H. (2009) Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees. Biogeosciences 6; 1577-1590. (+)

Malhado ACM., Malhi Y., Whittaker RJ., Ladle RJ., ter Steege H., Aragão LEOC., Quesada CA., Araujo AM., Phillips OL., Peacock J., Lopez-Gonzalez G., Baker TR., Butt N., Anderson LO., Arroyo L., Almeida S., Higuchi N., Killeen T., Monteagudo A., Neill D., Pitman N., Prieto A., Salomão R., Silva N., Vásquez-Martínez R., Laurance WF. (2009) Spatial trends in leaf size of Amazonian rainforest trees. Biogeosciences 6, 1563-1576. (+)

van der Heijden G., Phillips OL. Environmental effects on Neotropical liana species richness. Journal of Biogeography. 2009; (in press). (+)

Baker TR., Phillips OL., Laurance WF., Pitman NCA., Almeida S., Arroyo L., DiFiore A., Erwin T., Higuchi N., Killeen TJ., Laurance SG., Nascimento H., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Silva JNM., Malhi Y., López Gonzalez G., Peacock J., Quesada CA., Lewis SL., Lloyd J. Do species traits determine patterns of wood production in Amazonian forests?. Biogeosciences. 2009; 6: 297-307. (+)

Malhi Y., Aragão LEOC., Galbraith D., Huntingford C., Fisher R., Zelazowski P., Sitche S., McSweeney C., Meir P. Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest. Proceedings of the National Academy os Sciences. 2009; pnas.0804619106. (+)

Malhi Y., Aragão LEOC., Metcalfe DB., Paiva R., Quesada CA., Almeida S., Anderson L., Brandok P., Chambers JQ., da Costa ACL., Hutyra LR., Oliveira P., Patiño S., Pyle EH, Robertson AL, Teixeira LM. Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests. Global Change Biology. 2009. (+)

Aragão LEOC., Malhi Y., Metcalfe DB., Silva-Espejo JE., Jiménez E., Navarrete D., Almeida S., Costa ACL., Salinas N., Phillips OL., Anderson LO., Baker TR., Goncalvez PH., Huamán-Ovalle J., Mamani-Solórzano M., Meir P., Monteagudo A., Peñuela MC., Prieto A., Quesada CA., Rozas-Dávila A., Rudas A., Silva Junior JA., Vásquez R. Above- and below-ground net primary productivity across ten Amazonian forests on contrasting soils. Biogeosciences Discussions. 2009; 6: 2441-2488. (+)

Laurance SGW., Laurance WF., Nascimento HEM., Andrade A., Fearnside PM., Rebello ERG., Condit R. Long-term variation in Amazon forest dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2009; 20: 323–333. (+)


2008

Keeling HC., Baker TR., Monteagudo A., Vasquez Martinez R., Phillips OL. Contrasting patterns of diameter and biomass increment across tree functional goups in Amazonian forests. Oecologia. 2008; 158:521-534. (+)

Phillips OL., Lewis SL., Baker TR., Chao KJ., Higuchi N. The changing Amazon Forest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 2008; Ser.B. 363: 1819-1828. (+)

Honorio EN., Pennington TR., Freitas LA., Nebel G., Baker TR. Análisis de la composición florística de los bosques de Jenaro Herrera, Loreto, Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología. 2008; 15(1): 53-60. (+)

van der Heijden GM., Phillips OL. What controls liana success in Neotropical forests?. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2008; 17: 372-383. (+)

van der Heijden GM., Healey JR., Phillips OL. Infestation of trees by lianas in a tropical forest in Amazonian Peru. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2008; 19: 747-756. (+)

Butt N., Malhi Y., Phillips OL, New M. Floristic and functional affiliations of woody plants with climate in Western Amazonia. Journal of Biogeography. 2008; 35: 939–950. (+)

Chao KJ., Phillips OL., Baker TR. Wood density and stocks of coarse woody debris in a northwest Amazonian landscape. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 2008; 38: 795-805. (+)

Chao KJ., Phillips OL., Gloor E., Monteagudo A., Lezama AT., Vásquez Martínez R. Growth and wood density predict tree mortality in Amazon forests. Journal of Ecology. 2008; 96: 281-292. (+)


2007


Keeling HC., Phillips OL. The global relationship between forest productivity and biomass. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2007; 16: 618-631. (+)

Keeling HC., Phillips OL. A calibration method for the crown illumination index for assessing forest light environments. Forest Ecology and Management. 2007; 242: 431-437. (+)

Peacock J., Baker TR., Lewis SL., Lopez-Gonzalez G., Phillips OL. The RAINFOR database: Monitoring forest biomass and dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2007; 18: 535-542. (+)

Phillips OL., Vásquez R., Monteagudo A., Baker TR. 20 años de cambios en los bosques del sur-oeste de la Amazonía. Q’EUÑA, Sociedad Botánica del Cusco. 2007; 1: 29-36. (+)

Baker TR., Honorio EN., Phillips OL., Martin J, van der Heijden GM., Garcia M, Silva Espejo J. Low stocks of coarse woody debris in a southwest Amazonian forest. Oecologia. 2007;152(3):495-504. (+)


2006

Malhi Y., Wood D., Baker TR., Wright J., Phillips OL., Cochrane T., Meir P., Chave J., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Higuchi N., Killeen TJ., Laurance SG., Laurance WF., Lewis SL., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Núñez Vargas P., Pitman NC., Quesada CA., Salomão R., Silva JN., Lezama AT., Terborgh J., Vásquez Martínez R., Vicenti B. The regional variation of aboveground live biomass in old-growth Amazonian forests. Global Change Biology. 2006; 12: 1–32. (+)

Phillips OL., Rose S., Monteagudo A., Núñez Vargas P. Resilience of Southwestern Amazon Forests to Anthropogenic Edge Effects. Conservation Biology. 2006; 20(6): 1698–1710. (+)


2005


Phillips OL., Vásquez Martínez R., Monteagudo A., Baker TR., Núñez Vargas P. Large lianas as hyperdynamic elements of the tropical forest canopy. Ecology. 2005; 86:1250-1258. (+)


2004


Baker TR., Phillips OL., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Di Fiore A., Erwin T., Higuchi N., Killeen TJ., Laurance SG., Laurance, WF., Lewis SL., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Núñez Vargas P., Pitman NC., Silva JN., Vásquez Martínez R. Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2004; Series B 359: 353-365. (+)

Baker TR., Phillips OL., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Di Fiore A., Killeen TJ., Laurance SG., Laurance, WF., Lewis SL., Lloyd J., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Patiño S., Pitman NC., Silva JN., Vásquez Martínez R. Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology. 2004; 10:545-562. (+)

Harley P., Vasconcelos P., Vierling L., Pinheiro CS., Greenberg J., Guenther A., Klinger L., Soares Almeida S., Neill DA., Baker TR., Phillips OL., Malhi Y. Variation in potential for isoprene emissions among Neotropical forest sites. Global Change Biology. 2004; 10:630-650. (+)

Lewis SL., Phillips OL., Baker TR., Lloyd J., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Higuchi N., Laurance WF., Neill DA., Silva JN., Terborgh J., Lezama AT., Vásquez Martínez R., Brown S., Chave J., Kuebler C., Núñez Vargas P., Vinceti B. Concerted changes in tropical forest structure and dynamics: evidence from 50 South American long-term plots. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2004; Series B 359:421-436. (+)

Lewis SL., Malhi Y., Phillips OL. Fingerprinting the impacts of global change on tropical forests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2004; Series B 359:337-462. (+)

Malhi Y., Baker TR., Phillips OL., Almeida S., Alvarez E., Arroyo L., Chave J., Czimczik CI., Di Fiore A., Higuchi N., Killeen TJ., Laurance SG., Laurance WF., Lewis SL., Mercado LM., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Pitman NC., Quesada CA., Silva JN., Vásquez Martínez R., Terborgh J., Vinceti B., Lloyd J. The above-ground wood productivity and net primary productivity of 100 Neotropical forests. Global Change Biology. 2004; 10:563-591. (+)

Malhi Y., Phillips OL. Tropical forests and global atmospheric change: a synthesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2004; Series B 359: 549–555. (+)

Miles L., Grainger A., Phillips OL. The impact of global climate change on tropical forest biodiversity in Amazonia. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2004; 13: 553-563. (+)

Phillips OL., Baker TR., Arroyo L., Higuchi N., Killeen TJ., Laurance WF., Lewis SL., Lloyd J., Malhi Y., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Núñez Vargas P., Silva JN., Terborgh J., Vásquez Martínez R., Alexiades M., Almeida S., Brown S., Chave J., Comiskey JA., Czimczik CI., Di Fiore A., Erwin T., Kuebler C., Laurance SG., Nascimento HE., Olivier J., Palacios W., Patiño S., Pitman NC., Quesada CA., Saldias M., Lezama AT., Vinceti B. Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2004; Series B 359:381-407. (+)


2003


Phillips OL., Núñez Vargas P, Monteagudo AL., Peña Cruz A, Chuspe Zans M-E., Sánchez W.G., Yli-Halla M., Rose S. (2003). Habitat association among Amazonian tree species: a landscape-scale approach. Journal of Ecology 91:757-775. (+)

Phillips OL., Vásquez Martínez R., Núñez Vargas P., Monteagudo A., Chuspe Zans ME., Sánchez WG., Peña Cruz A., Timaná M., Yli-Halla M., Rose S. Efficient plot-based floristic assessment of tropical forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 2003; 19:629–645. (+)

Phillips OL., Baker TR. Manual de campo para el establecimiento y remedición de parcelas permanentes (traducido por Monteagudo A.) Cantua. 2003; 12:85-93.


2002


Malhi Y., Phillips OL., Lloyd J., Baker TR., Wright J., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Frederiksen T., Grace J., Higuchi N., Killeen TJ., Laurance WF., Leaño C., Lewis SL., Meir P., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Núñez Vargas P., Panfil S., Patiño S., Pitman NC., Quesada CA., Rudas A., Salomão R., Saleska S., Silva JN., Silveira M., Sombroek WG., Valencia R., Vásquez Martínez R., Vieira IC., Vinceti B. An international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of Amazonian forests (RAINFOR). Journal of Vegetation Science. 2002; 13:439-450. (+)

Phillips OL., Vásquez Martínez R., Arroyo L., Baker TR., Killeen TJ., Lewis SL., Malhi Y., Monteagudo A., Neill DA., Núñez Vargas P., Alexiades M., Cerón C., Di Fiore A., Erwin T., Jardim A., Palacios W., Saldias M., Vinceti, B. Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests. Nature. 2002; 418:770-774. (+)

Phillips OL., Malhi Y., Vinceti B., Baker TR., Lewis SL., Higuchi N., Laurance WF., Núñez Vargas P., Vásquez Martínez R., Laurance SG., Ferreira LV., Stern M., Brown S., Grace J. Changes in growth of tropical forests: evaluating potential biases. Ecological Applications. 2002; 12:576-587. (+)


1998


Phillips OL., Malhi Y., Higuchi N., Laurance WF., Nuñez Vargas P., Vásquez Martinez R., Laurance SG., Ferriera LV., Stern M., Brown S., Grace J. Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forest: evidence from long-term plots. Science. 1998; 282: 439-442. (+)

1994

Phillips, O.L., & Gentry, A.H.  1994.  Increasing turnover through time in tropical forests.  Science 263: 954-958.(+)

Phillips, O.L., Hall, P., Gentry, A.H., Sawyer, S.A., & Vásquez, R.  1994.  Dynamics and species richness of tropical forests.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) 91: 2805-2809.  (+)