Muscarella lab

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

Aguirre-Gutierrez, Jesus; Diaz, Sandra; Rifai, Sami W.; Corral-Rivas, Jose Javier et al.

Part of Science, 2025

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Contrasting Seasonal Variation of Photosynthesis in Evergreen and Deciduous Tree Species From a Tropical Forest

Tiwari, Rakesh; Hegde, Balachandra; Hegde, Shrihari; Bandaru, Peddiraju et al.

Part of Physiologia Plantarum, 2025

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A spatio-temporal model of embolism propagation in leaf vein networks

Lu, Diane; Smith-Martin, Chris M.; Muscarella, Robert; Uriarte, Maria et al.

Part of AoB Plants, 2025

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Soil eDNA reflects regionally dominant species rather than local composition of tropical tree communities

Borras Sayas, Francesc; Iacovino, Ottavia; Uriarte, Maria; Zimmerman, Jess K. et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025

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Intraspecific Trait Variation in Tree Species Responds to Environmental Heterogeneity at Range-Wide but Not Local Scales

Arroyo, Eva; Muscarella, Robert; Uriarte, Maria

Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025

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Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic

Garcia Criado, Mariana; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Elmendorf, Sarah C. et al.

Part of Nature, p. 653-661, 2025

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Drone microrelief analysis to predict the presence of naturally regenerated seedlings

Hüttnerová, Tereza; Muscarella, Robert; Surový, Peter

Part of Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2024

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Survival, growth, and functional traits of tropical wet forest tree seedlings across an experimental soil moisture gradient in Puerto Rico

Matlaga, David; Lammerant, Roel; Hogan, J. Aaron; Uriarte, Maria et al.

Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2024

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Height-diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico

Chatzopoulos, Paschalis; Lammerant, Roel; Thompson, Jill; Uriarte, María et al.

Part of Biotropica, 2024

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Chronic Winds Reduce Tropical Forest Structural Complexity Regardless of Climate, Topography, or Forest Age

Ankori-Karlinsky, Roi; Hall, Jazlynn; Murphy, Lora; Muscarella, Robert et al.

Part of Ecosystems, p. 479-491, 2024

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