Studying the processes shaping tropical plant communities
at local, regional, and global scales
at local, regional, and global scales
photos by Christian Ziegler
Labs news
May 2026 - We received a Constellation Grant from Yale Planetary Solutions for a new project entitled Harnessing Natural Regeneration for Large-Scale Forest Restoration in Tropical Landscapes.
May 2026 - Congratulations to María Alejandra on graduating with her Master of Forest Science degree. Next stop, a PhD program in Germany, working with Dr. Bettina Engelbrecht!
September 2025 - We received a new seed grant from Envisioning Artificial Intelligence at Yale for our project entitled Using Text-Based Trait Profiles for AI Species Identification in Hyperdiverse Plant Communities. This project will build on our previous seed grant on AI-powered Identification of Tropical Tree Seedlings using Hyperspectral and 3D Data, integrating image and text-based information to enhance species identification and the collection of species-specific ecological data in diverse plant communities.
June 2024 - Check out our new paper on within-species variation in drought resistance of tropical trees in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. We combined field experiments at 4 sites, functional traits measurements, and estimates of gene flow to assess responses to water availability in 16 species across a strong rainfall gradient in Panama. And the results were not what we expected....
February 2024 - New paper out in Nature on Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities, with collaborator Lisa Hülsmann and many others, examining conspecific negative density dependence across 23 ForestGEO plots.
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195 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511 USA
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