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The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation
- W. Laurance, J. L. Camargo, +13 authors T. Lovejoy
- Geography
- 2011
Abstract We synthesize findings to date from the world’s largest and longest-running experimental study of habitat fragmentation, located in central Amazonia. Over the past 32 years, Amazonian forest… Expand
Alternative successional pathways in the Amazon Basin
- R. Mesquita, Kalan Ickes, G. Ganade, G. B. Williamson
- Biology
- 1 August 2001
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Successional pathways were evaluated in two Amazonian secondary forest communities with different land-use histories. Sites which had been clearcut without subsequent use were… Expand
Measuring wood specific gravity...Correctly.
- G. B. Williamson, M. Wiemann
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of botany
- 1 March 2010
The specific gravity (SG) of wood is a measure of the amount of structural material a tree species allocates to support and strength. In recent years, wood specific gravity, traditionally a… Expand
Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests
- L. Poorter, F. Bongers, +62 authors D. Rozendaal
- Medicine, Environmental Science
- Nature
- 11 February 2016
Land-use change occurs nowhere more rapidly than in the tropics, where the imbalance between deforestation and forest regrowth has large consequences for the global carbon cycle. However,… Expand
Amazonian Tree Mortality During the 1997 El Niño Drought
- G. B. Williamson, W. Laurance, +4 authors L. Pohl
- Biology
- 18 October 2000
In 1997, the Amazon Basin experienced an exceptionally severe El Nino drought. We assessed ef- fects of this rare event on mortality rates of trees in intact rain forest based on data from permanent… Expand
Just how insoluble are monoterpenes?
- J. D. Weidenhamer, F. Macias, N. Fischer, G. B. Williamson
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
- 1 August 1993
Prior generalizations about the ecological roles of monoterpenes may be misleading if based on the presumed insolubility of monoterpenes in water. We determined the aqueous solubility of 31… Expand
High temperature of forest fires under pines as a selective advantage over oaks
- G. B. Williamson, Edwin M. Black
- Geography
- Nature
- 17 November 1981
In many temperate ecosystems succession from pine forest to hardwoods is interrupted by fire, resulting in a fire climax dominated by pines1–3. As natural selection operates through both processes of… Expand
Positive Feedbacks among Forest Fragmentation, Drought, and Climate Change in the Amazon
- W. Laurance, G. B. Williamson
- Environmental Science
- 14 December 2001
Abstract: The Amazon basin is experiencing rapid forest loss and fragmentation. Fragmented forests are more prone than intact forests to periodic damage from El Nino–Southern Oscillation ( ENSO)… Expand
In search of allelopathy in the Florida scrub: The role of terpenoids
- N. Fischer, G. B. Williamson, J. D. Weidenhamer, D. R. Richardson
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
- 1 June 1994
The hypothesis was tested that allelopathic agents released from fire-sensitive plants of the Florida scrub community deter the invasion of fireprone sandhill grasses. The structures of the… Expand
Effects of a strong drought on Amazonian forest fragments and edges
- W. Laurance, G. B. Williamson, +4 authors L. Pohl
- Biology, Geography
- 1 November 2001
Little is known about how climatic variability affects fragmented forests and their abrupt edges. We contrasted effects of the 1997 El Nino drought between fragmented and continuous forests in… Expand