Christopher Baraloto
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Overview
overview
- Christopher is broadly interested in the mechanisms and underlying patterns of plant species distributions, their relationship with ecosystem structure and function, and their response to resource exploitation and global change. He works primarily in the diverse lowland forests of South America, with principal research sites in French Guiana, Peru and Brazil.
Publications
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2021At each site its diversity: DNA barcoding reveals remarkable earthworm diversity in neotropical rainforests of French GuianaFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103932 Web of Science: 000656563500006
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2021Root anatomy helps to reconcile observed root trait syndromes in tropical tree speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1659 Web of Science: 000653217700001
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2021Resolving whole-plant economics from leaf, stem and root traits of 1467 Amazonian tree speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.08284 Web of Science: 000649456600001
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2021Revisiting the hyperdominance of Neotropical tree species under a taxonomic, functional and evolutionary perspectiveFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88417-y Web of Science: 000656453000030
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2021Amazon tree dominance across forest strataFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01418-y Web of Science: 000635876400002
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2021Evidence of elemental homeostasis in fine root and leaf tissues of saplings across a fertility gradient in tropical montane forest in Hainan, China. PLANT AND SOIL.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04802-y Web of Science: 000610479000006
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2021Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests (vol 11, 5515, 2020)Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20537-x Web of Science: 000665646800004
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2020Surprising low diversity of the plant pathogen Phytophthora in Amazonian forests. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 22:5019-5032.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15099 Web of Science: 000600370300009
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2020Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18996-3 Web of Science: 000590820100001
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2020Environmental determinants of leaf litter ant community composition along an elevational gradient. BIOTROPICA. 53:97-109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12849 Web of Science: 000575552800001
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2020Morphological variation of fine root systems and leaves in primary and secondary tropical forests of Hainan Island, China. ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE. 77.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13595-020-00977-7 Web of Science: 000560383900001
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2020Independent evolutionary changes in fine-root traits among main clades during the diversification of seed plants. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 228:541-553.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.16729 Web of Science: 000547743200001
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2020Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests. SCIENCE. 368:869-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw7578 Web of Science: 000537569500042
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2020Tree communities and soil properties influence fungal community assembly in neotropical forests. BIOTROPICA. 52:444-456.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12747 Web of Science: 000510472700001
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2020Relative Efficiency of Pitfall Trapping vs. Nocturnal Hand Collecting in Assessing Soil-Dwelling Spider Diversity along A Structural Gradient of Neotropical Habitats. DIVERSITY-BASEL. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/d12020081 Web of Science: 000519115400019
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2020Disentangling the effects of environment and ontogeny on tree functional dimensions for congeneric species in tropical forests. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 226:385-395.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.16393 Web of Science: 000510216500001
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2019Evidence for trait-based community assembly patterns in hardwood hammock forests. ECOSPHERE. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2956 Web of Science: 000510015700005
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2019Evolutionary diversity is associated with wood productivity in Amazonian forests. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 3:1754-1761.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-1007-y Web of Science: 000500728800025
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2019Precipitation mediates sap flux sensitivity to evaporative demand in the neotropics. OECOLOGIA. 191:519-530.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04513-x Web of Science: 000493775700004
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2019Fungi of French Guiana gathered in a taxonomic, environmental and molecular dataset. SCIENTIFIC DATA. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0218-z Web of Science: 000490560100002
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2019Coordinated community structure among trees, fungi and invertebrate groups in Amazonian rainforests. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47595-6 Web of Science: 000478743700049
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2019A spatiotemporal natural-human database to evaluate road development impacts in an Amazon trinational frontier. SCIENTIFIC DATA. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0093-7 Web of Science: 000472446000001
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2019The Amazonas-trap: a new method for sampling plant-inhabiting arthropod communities in tropical forest understoryFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/eea.12797 Web of Science: 000477015000004
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2019Dominant tree species drive beta diversity patterns in western Amazonia. ECOLOGY. 100.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2636 Web of Science: 000462934100009
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2019Trait-based community assembly pattern along a forest succession gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forest. ECOSPHERE. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2719 Web of Science: 000472716600053
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2019Imaging spectroscopy predicts variable distance decay across contrasting Amazonian tree communities. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 107.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13067 Web of Science: 000458616400017
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2019sPlot - A new tool for global vegetation analyses. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. 30:161-186.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12710 Web of Science: 000466421500001
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2019Habitats shape taxonomic and functional composition of Neotropical ant assemblages. OECOLOGIA. 189.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04341-z Web of Science: 000460033700019
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2019Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14413 Web of Science: 000453370700005
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2018A methodology to derive global maps of leaf traits using remote sensing and climate data. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 218.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.09.006 Web of Science: 000449449800006
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2018Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 2.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8 Web of Science: 000450904100018
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2018Understanding the recruitment response of juvenile Neotropical trees to logging intensity using functional traits. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/eap.1776 Web of Science: 000451913200006
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2018Divergent Secondary Metabolites and Habitat Filtering Both Contribute to Tree Species Coexistence in the Peruvian Amazon. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00836 Web of Science: 000435670900001
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2018Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 218:1015-1024.
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2018Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8.
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2017Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest compositionFull Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aal0157 Web of Science: 000395181700033
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2017Intraspecific leaf trait variability along a boreal-to-tropical community diversity gradientFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172495 Web of Science: 000395934400023
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2017Carbon uptake by mature Amazon forests has mitigated Amazon nations' carbon emissionsFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13021-016-0069-2 Web of Science: 000452073600001
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2017Economically important species dominate aboveground carbon storage in forests of southwestern Amazonia. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 22.Full Text via DOI: 10.5751/ES-09297-220240 Web of Science: 000404997600031
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2017Geographical Variation in Community Divergence: Insights from Tropical Forest Monodominance by Ectomycorrhizal Trees. AMERICAN NATURALIST. 190:S105-S122.
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2016Amazon forest response to repeated droughts. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 30.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005133 Web of Science: 000382582400001
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2016Carbon recovery dynamics following disturbance by selective logging in Amazonian forests. ELIFE. 5.Full Text via DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21394 Web of Science: 000392106600001
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2016Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 283.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1587 Web of Science: 000390404200010
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2016Evolutionary patterns of volatile terpene emissions across 202 tropical tree species. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 6:2854-2864.
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2016GuiaTreeKey, a multi-access electronic key to identify tree genera in French Guiana. PHYTOKEYS. 27-44.Full Text via DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.68.8707 Web of Science: 000381355900003
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2016Habitat Endemism in White-sand Forests: Insights into the Mechanisms of Lineage Diversification and Community Assembly of the Neotropical Flora. BIOTROPICA. 48:24-33.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12301 Web of Science: 000372510300003
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2016Interdependency of plants and animals in controlling the sodium balance of ecosystems and the impacts of global defaunation. ECOGRAPHY. 39:204-212.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01589 Web of Science: 000368793700011
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2016Low Phylogenetic Beta Diversity and Geographic Neo-endemism in Amazonian White-sand ForestsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12298 Web of Science: 000372510300004
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2016Phylogenetic Overdispersion in Lepidoptera Communities of Amazonian White-sand Forests. BIOTROPICA. 48:101-109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/btp.12294 Web of Science: 000372510300010
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2016Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests. SCIENCE. 354.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8957 Web of Science: 000387816500036
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2016Rare species contribute disproportionately to the functional structure of species assemblages. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 283.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0084 Web of Science: 000375965600014
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2016Taxonomic and functional composition of arthropod assemblages across contrasting Amazonian forests. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY. 85:227-239.
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2016There's no place like home: seedling mortality contributes to the habitat specialisation of tree species across Amazonia. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 19:1256-1266.
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2016Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 22:3996-4013.
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2015Rapid tree carbon stock recovery in managed Amazonian forests (vol 25, pg R787, 2015)Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.059 Web of Science: 000363359500034
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2015BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plantsFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/14-1889.1 Web of Science: 000419794700001
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2015Day-time vs. night-time sampling does not affect estimates of spider diversity across a land use gradient in the NeotropicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202-43.3.413 Web of Science: 000365558100013
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2015Drought tolerance as predicted by leaf water potential at turgor loss point varies strongly across species within an Amazonian forest. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 29:1268-1277.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12452 Web of Science: 000362395400004
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2015Effects of road infrastructure on forest value across a tri-national Amazonian frontier. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 191:674-681.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.024 Web of Science: 000364257100076
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2015Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species. SCIENCE ADVANCES. 1.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500936 Web of Science: 000216599300024
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2015Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 103:978-989.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12401 Web of Science: 000356630600020
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2015Optimal strategies for sampling functional traits in species-rich forests. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 29:1325-1331.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12433 Web of Science: 000362395400010
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2015Phylogenetic diversity of Amazonian tree communities. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS. 21:1295-1307.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12357 Web of Science: 000362795700003
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2015The Tropical managed Forests Observatory: a research network addressing the future of tropical logged forestsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12125 Web of Science: 000345761800018
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2014Estimating tropical tree diversity indices from forestry surveys: A method to integrate taxonomic uncertaintyFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.045 Web of Science: 000341340100028
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2014Wood specific gravity and anatomy of branches and roots in 113 Amazonian rainforest tree species across environmental gradientsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.12632 Web of Science: 000331737900019
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2014Logging in bamboo-dominated forests in southwestern Amazonia: Caveats and opportunities for smallholder forest managementFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.022 Web of Science: 000332051400023
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2014Leaf synchrony and insect herbivory among tropical tree habitat specialistsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0290-y Web of Science: 000330995100006
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2014Environmental factors predict community functional composition in Amazonian forestsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12160 Web of Science: 000328555600017
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2014Trade-offs among forest value components in community forests of southwestern AmazoniaFull Text via DOI: 10.5751/ES-06911-190456 Web of Science: 000347440700023
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2013Strong coupling of plant and fungal community structure across western Amazonian rainforestsFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.66 Web of Science: 000323385600015
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2013Insect herbivores, chemical innovation, and the evolution of habitat specialization in Amazonian treesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/12-1920.1 Web of Science: 000322336600011
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2013Toward Trait-Based Mortality Models for Tropical ForestsFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063678 Web of Science: 000319036100046
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2013Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity EcosystemsFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001569 Web of Science: 000319669800011
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2013Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora. SCIENCE. 342:325-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.1243092 Web of Science: 000325755100034
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2012Differences in volatile terpene composition between the bark and leaves of tropical tree speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.07.003 Web of Science: 000309317900009
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2012Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02020.x Web of Science: 000309391500018
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2012Is climate a stronger driver of tree growth than disturbance? A comment on Toledo et al. (2011)Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01895.x Web of Science: 000307554300001
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2012Contrasting taxonomic and functional responses of a tropical tree community to selective loggingFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02164.x Web of Science: 000306477000013
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2012Herbivory, growth rates, and habitat specialization in tropical tree lineages: implications for Amazonian beta-diversityFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/11-0397.1 Web of Science: 000307302400016
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2012Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01966.x Web of Science: 000302623200011
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2012Quantifying the importance of local niche-based and stochastic processes to tropical tree community assemblyFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/11-0944.1 Web of Science: 000303650500009
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2012The decomposition of Shannon's entropy and a confidence interval for beta diversityFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19267.x Web of Science: 000301537200005
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2012A comparison of two common flight interception traps to survey tropical arthropodsFull Text via DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.216.3332 Web of Science: 000309080700005
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2012Phylogenetic density dependence and environmental filtering predict seedling mortality in a tropical forestFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01705.x Web of Science: 000297637800005
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2011Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01883.x Web of Science: 000296425000014
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2011Functional traits of individual trees reveal ecological constraints on community assembly in tropical rain forestsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19110.x Web of Science: 000289740200008
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2011WITHIN-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION OF TRUNK AND BRANCH XYLEM DENSITY IN TROPICAL TREESFull Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000034 Web of Science: 000285747900019
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2010Functional explanations for variation in bark thickness in tropical rain forest treesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01736.x Web of Science: 000284589400005
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2010Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rain forest treesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01517.x Web of Science: 000283157500002
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2010Modeling decay rates of dead wood in a neotropical forestFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1602-8 Web of Science: 000280962200023
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2010Growth responses of neotropical trees to logging gapsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01826.x Web of Science: 000279405100012
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2010Fine-scale Microhabitat Heterogeneity in a French Guianan ForestFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00620.x Web of Science: 000279438900005
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2010Integrating functional diversity into tropical forest plantation designs to study ecosystem processesFull Text via DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009110 Web of Science: 000276507800004
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2010Functional trait variation and sampling strategies in species-rich plant communitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01600.x Web of Science: 000273455500024
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2009Diversity of the Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by 55 Species of Tropical Trees: a Survey in French GuianaFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9718-1 Web of Science: 000273086100009
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2009Identification of Amazonian Trees with DNA BarcodesFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007483 Web of Science: 000270880700009
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2009Dynamics of aboveground carbon stocks in a selectively logged tropical forestFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/08-1572.1 Web of Science: 000269075200003
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2009Disentangling regional and local tree diversity in the AmazonFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05811.x Web of Science: 000264880300006
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2009Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon BasinFull Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-545-2009 Web of Science: 000265743200004
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2007A trait database for Guianan rain forest trees permits intra- and inter-specific contrastsFull Text via DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007058 Web of Science: 000250097700011
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2007Seed size, seedling morphology, and response to deep shade and damage in neotropical rain forest treesFull Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.6.901 Web of Science: 000249830600001
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2007Future crop tree damage in a certified community forest in southwestern AmazoniaFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.028 Web of Science: 000246268100003
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2007Seasonal water stress tolerance and habitat associations within four neotropical tree generaFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[478:SWSTAH]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000245668400021
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2007Ecological limitations of reduced-impact logging at the smallholder scaleFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.11.002 Web of Science: 000243761700033
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2006Differential seedling growth response to soil resource availability among nine neotropical tree speciesFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003439 Web of Science: 000239975200001
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2005Seed mass, seedling size and neotropical tree seedling establishmentFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01041.x Web of Science: 000233287500012
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2005Performance trade-offs among tropical tree seedlings in contrasting microhabitatsFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/04-1956 Web of Science: 000231373600021
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2004Microhabitat associations and seedling bank dynamics in a neotropical forestFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1691-3 Web of Science: 000224999800015
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Book Chapter
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Correction
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2021TRY plant trait database - Enhanced coverage and open access (vol 26, pg 119, 2020). GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 1318-1318.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15482 Web of Science: 000618255200016
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2020Morphological variation of fine root systems and leaves in primary and secondary tropical forests of Hainan Island, China (vol 77, 76, 2020). ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13595-020-01013-4 Web of Science: 000593032400001
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2020Quantifying Tropical Plant Diversity Requires an Integrated Technological Approach. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 1100-1109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.003 Web of Science: 000591286200012
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2019Botanic gardens are an untapped resource for studying the functional ecology of tropical plants. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0390 Web of Science: 000450501500005
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2017Maximising Synergy among Tropical Plant Systematists, Ecologists, and Evolutionary Biologists. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 258-267.
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2015A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 1406-1419.
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Research
research interests
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Functional Traits and Community Assembly
Plant-insect interactions and beta-diversity of Amazonian tree lineages
Biodiversity, global change and forest management
Integrative studies of socio-ecological resilience, conservation and development
Our lab is broadly interested in the mechanisms underlying patterns of plant species distributions, their relationship with ecosystem structure and function, and their response to resource exploitation and global change. We work primarily in the diverse lowland forests of South America, with principal research sites in French Guiana, Peru and Brazil. Current research focuses on four themes.
principal investigator on
- Dissertation Research: Asymmetric character displacement in evolutionary-novel Anolis lizards. awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2018
- Research Support Agreement with USDA-ARS SHRS awarded by Agricultural Research Service 2016 - 2017
Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U01: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
- BSC3941-U01: Biological Sciences Research Internship Spring Term 2019
- BSC4915-U01: Honors Research Fall Term 2019
- BSC4915-U01: Honors Research Spring Term 2019
Contact
full name
- Christopher Baraloto
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7322-8581 (confirmed)
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publication subject areas
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Cell Biology
- Engineering
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics & Heredity
- Geology
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
- Plant Sciences
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
- Zoology