Here is a list of our publications. For a most up-to-date list visit the Google Scholar page
Peer-reviewed publications
Jakovac CC, Meave JA, Bongers F, Letcher SG, Dupuy JM, Piotto D & 30+ authors. 2022. Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests. Science Advances 8: eabn1767.
Wieczynski DJ, Díaz S, Durán SM, Fyllas NK, Salinas N, Martin RE, Shenkin A, Silman MR, Asner GP, Bentley LP, Malhi Y, Enquist BJ & Savage VM. 2022. Improving landscape-scale productivity estimates by integrating trait-based models and remotely-sensed foliar-trait and canopy-structural data. Ecography 2022: e06078.
Calvo-Rodríguez S, Sánchez-Azofeifa GA, Durán SM, Espírito-Santo MM & Nunes YRF. 2021. Dynamics of carbon accumulation in tropical dry forests under climate change extremes. Forests 12: f1210106.
Huang C, Durán SM, Hu K, Li HJ, Swenson NG, Enquist BJ. 2021. A synoptic sensing approach to assess episodic climate effects on a seasonally dry tropical forest. Ecosphere 12: e03824.
Stan KD, Sánchez-Azofeifa GA, Durán SM, Guzmán JA, Hesketh M, Laakso K, Portillo-Quintero C, Rankine C, Dotterl S. 2021. Tropical dry forest resilience & water use efficiency: an analysis of productivity under climate change. Environmental Research Letters 16: 054027
Kitzes J, Blake R, Bombaci S, Chapman M, Durán SM, Huang T, Joseph M, Lapp S, Marconi S, Oestreich W, Rhinehart T, Schweiger A, Song Y, Surasinghe T, Yang D, Yule K. 2021. Expanding NEON biodiversity surveys with instrumentation & machine learning approaches. Ecosphere 12: e03795
Poorter L, Craven D, Jakovac CC, van der Sande MT, Amissah L, Bongers F…& 30+ authors. 2021. Multidimensional tropical forest recovery. Science 374: 1370-1376.
Nagy RC, Balch JK, Bissell EK, Cattau ME, Glenn NF, Halpern BS & 30+ authors. 2021. Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data capable community. Ecosphere 12: e03833
Poorter L, Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Almeida-Cortez JS, Almeyda-Zambrano AM, Alvarez FS…& 30+ authors. 2021. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e2003405118.
Durán SM, Martin RE, Díaz S, Maitner BS, Malhi Y, Salinas N, Shenkin A, Silman MR, Wieczynski DJ, Asner GP, Bentley LP, Savage VM, Enquist BJ. Informing trait-based ecology by assessing remotely sensed functional diversity across a broad tropical temperature gradient. 2019. Science Advances 5: eaaw8114
Poorter L, Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Almeida-Cortez JS, Almeyda-Zambrano AM, Alvarez FS…& 30+ authors. 2019. Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 928-934.
Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Aide MT, Alvarez-Dávila E, Ascarrunz N, Balvanera P… & 30+ authors. 2019. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests. Sciences Advances 5: eauu3114. Full text
Wieczynski DJ, Boyle B, Buzzard V, Durán SM, Henderson A, Hulfshof C, Kerkhoff AJ, McCarthy M, Michaletz SM, Swenson N, Asner GP, Patrick-Bentley L, Enquist BJ, Savage VM. 2019. Climate shapes & shifts forest functional biodiversity worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116: 587-592. Full text
Gei M, Rozendaal DMA, Poorter L, Bongers F, Sprent JI, Garner MD… & 30+ authors. 2018. Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1104-1111. Full text
Maitner B, Boyle B, Casler N, Condit R, Donoghue II J, Durán SM et al. 2018. The BIEN R package: A tool to access the Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN) Database. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:373-379. Full text
Sánchez-Azofeifa GA, Guzmán-Quesada JA, Vega-Araya M, Campos-Vargas C, Durán SM, D’Souza N et al. 2017. Can terrestrial laser scanners and hemispherical photographs predict tropical dry forest succession with liana abundance? Biogeosciences 14: 977-988. Full text
Cao S, Sanchez-Azofeifa A, Durán SM, Calvo-Rodríguez. 2016. Estimation of aboveground net primary productivity in secondary tropical dry forests using the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach (CASA) model. Environmental Research Letters 11: 075004. Full text
Calvo-Rodríguez S, Sánchez-Azofeifa GA, Durán SM, Espirito-Santo MM. 2017. Assessing ecosystem services in Neotropical dry forests: a systematic review. Environmental Conservation 44: 34-43. Full text
Chazdon RL, Broadbent EN, Rozendaal DMA, Bongers, F, Almeyda-Zambrano AM, Aid…& 30+ authors. 2016. Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics. Science Advances 5: e1501639. Full text
Poorter L, Bongers F, Aide MT, Almeyda-Zambrano AM, Balvanera P, Becknell…& 30+ authors. 2016. Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests. Nature 530:211-214. Full text
Durán SM, Sánchez-Azofeifa GA. 2015. Liana effects on carbon storage and uptake in mature and secondary tropical forests. In Biodiversity of Lianas (pp. 43-55). Springer International Publishing. Full text
Reisen F, Durán SM, Flannigan M, Elliot C, Rideout K. 2015. Widlfire smoke and public health risk. International Journal of Wildland Fire 24: 1029-1044. Full text
Durán SM, Sánchez-Azofeifa GA, Ríos RS, Gianoli E. 2015. The relative importance of climate, stand variables and liana abundance for carbon storage in tropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24:939-949. Full text
Durigon J, Durán SM, Gianoli E. 2013. Global distribution of root climbers is positively associated with precipitation and negatively associated with seasonality. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29 (4): 357-360. Full text
Durán SM, Gianoli E. 2013. Carbon stocks in tropical forests decrease with liana density. Biology Letters 9 (4): 20130301. Full text
Durán SM, Lentijo GM, López AM, Botero JE. 2009. New records on the distribution and habitat use of Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis). Neotropical Ornithology: 285-290. Full text
Durán SM, Kattan G. 2005. A test of the utility of exotic tree plantations for understory birds and food resources in the Colombian Andes. Biotropica 37: 128-133. Full text
Farji-Brener AG, Durán SM, Valerio A, Herbas E, Castañeda M, Ochoa J, Romo M. 2005. The seeds of Campsiandra angustifolia (Fabaceae: Caesalpiniodeae) as a reflex of selective pressures on dispersal and establishment. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 53, 63-71. Full text
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Scientific reports, proceedings & government documents
Durán SM, Flannigan M, Reisen F, Elliot C, Rideout K. 2015. Evidence review: wildlife smoke and public health risk. BC Centre for disease control. Provincial Health Services. 1-27. Full text
Sánchez-Clavijo LM, Vélez JG, Durán SM, García R, Botero JE. 2010. Estudio de biodiversidad en los paisajes cafeteros de Támesis, Antioquia. Boletín No. 35, Cenicafé.
Sánchez-Clavijo LM, Botero JE, Vélez JG, Durán SM, García R. 2009. Estudio regional de la biodiversidad en los paisajes cafeteros del Valle del Cauca. Boletín No. 34, Cenicafé.
Durán SM, Koper N. The role of Wildlife Management Areas for grassland songbird conservation. Pp 61-67 In: Proceedings of the 7th Annual Parks & Protected Areas forum, Manitoba, Canada.
Sánchez-Clavijo, LM, Vélez JG, Durán SM, García R, Botero JE. 2008. Estudio regional de la biodiversidad en los paisajes cafeteros de Santander. Boletín técnico No. 31. Cenicafé.
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