Megabiota lab

 

Key papers

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Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Girardin, C.A.J., Amezquita, F.F., Durand, L., Huaraca Huasco, W., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, M.C., da Costa, A.C.L., Rocha, W., Meir, P., Galbraith, D. and Malhi, Y. (2015) Source and sink carbon dynamics and carbon allocation in the Amazon basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. PDF

 

Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Girardin, C.A.J., Farfan Amezquita, F., Galiano Cabrera, D., Huaraca Huasco, W., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, M.C., Rocha, W., Feldpausch, T.R., Mendoza, A.L.M., da Costa, A.C.L., Meir, P., Phillips, O.L. and Malhi, Y. (2015) Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia. Nature, 519: 78-82. PDF

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Girardin, C.A.J., Malhi, Y., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Meir, P., del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, A.C.L., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Farfán Amézquita, F. and Rowland, L. (2016) Seasonal trends of Amazonian rainforest phenology, net primary productivity and carbon allocation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

 

​Cleveland, C.C., Taylor, P., Chadwick, K.D., Dahlin, K.L., Doughty, C.E., Malhi, Y., Smith, W.K., Sullivan, B.W., Wieder, W.R. and Townsend, A.R. (2015) A comparison of plot-based, satellite and Earth system model estimates of tropical forest net primary production. Global Biogochemical Cycles.

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Malhi, Y., Doughty, C.E., Goldsmith, G.R., Girardin, C.A.J., Marthews, T.R., Aguila-Pasquel, J., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Brando, P., da Costa, A.C.L., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Amezquita, F.F., Galbraith, D.R., Quesada, C.A., Rocha, W., Salinas-Revilla, N., Silverio, D., Meir, P. and Phillips, O.L. (2015) The linkages between photosynthesis, productivity, growth and biomass in lowland Amazonian forests. Global Change Biology.

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Rowland, L., da Costa, A.C.L., Galbraith, D.R., Oliveira, R.S., Binks, O.J., Oliveira, A.A.R., Pullen, A.M., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Vasconcelos, S.S., Ferreira, L.V., Malhi, Y., Grace, J., Mencuccini, M. and Meir, P. (2015) Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation. Nature.

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Rowland, L., Harper, A., Christoffersen, B.O., Galbraith, D.R., Imbuzeiro, H.M.A., Powell, T.L., Doughty, C., Levine, N.M., Malhi, Y., Saleska, S.R., Moorcroft, P.R., Meir, P. and Williams, M. (2015) Modelling climate change responses in tropical forests: similar productivity estimates across five models, but different mechanisms and responses. Geoscientific Model Development, 8: 1097-1110.

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Araujo-Murakami, A., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Arroyo, L., Heredia, J.P., Flores, M., Sibler, R., Mendizabal, L.M., Pardo-Toledo, E., Vega, M., Moreno, L., Rojas-Landivar, V.D., Halladay, K., Girardin, C.A.J., Killeene, T.J. and Malhi, Y. (2014) The productivity, allocation and cycling of carbon in forests at the dry margin of the Amazon forest in Bolivia. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 55-69. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests.

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da Costa, A.C.L., Metcalfe, D.B., Doughty, C.E., de Oliveira, A.A.R., Neto, G.F.C., da Costa, M.C., de Athaydes Silva Junior, J., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Almeida, S., Galbraith, D.R., Rowland, L.M., Meir, P. and Malhi, Y. (2014)Ecosystem respiration and net primary productivity after 8-10 years of experimental through-fall reduction in an eastern Amazon forest. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 7-24. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Girardin, C.A.J., Chung Gutierrez, J.A., Navarro-Aguilar, G.E., Quesada, C.A., Hidalgo, C.G., Reyna Huaymacari, J.M., Halladay, K., del Castillo Torres, D., Phillips, O. and Malhi, Y. (2014) The seasonal cycle of productivity, metabolism and carbon dynamics in a wet aseasonal forest in north-west Amazonia (Iquitos, Peru). Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 71-83. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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Doughty, C.E., Malhi, Y., Araujo-Murakami, A., Metcalfe, D.B., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Arroyo, L., Heredia, J.P., Pardo-Toledo, E., Mendizabal, L.M., Rojas-Landivar, V.D., Martinez, M., Valencia, M., Rivero, R. and Vare, L. (2014) Allocation trade-offs dominate the response of tropical forest growth to seasonal and interannual drought. Ecology, 95(8): 2192-2201. PDF

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Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., da Costa, M.C., de Oliveira, A.A.R., Netoc, G.F.C., Silva, J.A., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Almeida, S.S., Quesada, C.A., Girardin, C.A.J., Halladay, K., da Costa, A.C.L. and Malhi, Y. (2014) The production, allocation and cycling of carbon in a forest on fertile terra preta soil in eastern Amazonia compared with a forest on adjacent infertile soil. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 41-53. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..PDF

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Gatti, L.V., Gloor, M., Miller, J.B. Doughty, C.E., Malhi, Y., Domingues, L.G., Basso, L.S., Martinewski, A., Correia, C.S.C., Borges, V.F., Freitas, S., Braz, R., Anderson, L.O., Rocha, H., Grace, J., Phillips, O.L. and Lloyd, J. (2014) Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements.Nature, 506: 76-80.

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Girardin, C.A.J., Malhi, Y., Feeley, K.J., Rapp, J.M., Silman, M.R., Meir, P., Huaraca Huasco, W., Salinas, N., Mamani, M., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Garcia Cabera, K., Farfan Rios, W., Metcalfe, D.B., Doughty, C.E. and Arago, L.E.O.C. (2014) Seasonality of above-ground net primary productivity along an Andean, altitudinal transect in Peru. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 30(06): 503-519.

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Girardin, C.A.J., Silva Espejob, J.E., Doughty, C.E., Huaraca Huasco, W., Metcalfe, D.B., Durand-Baca, L., Marthews, T.R., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Farfán-Rios, W., García-Cabrera, K., Halladay, K., Fisher, J.B., Galiano-Cabrera, D.F., Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Eguiluz-Mora, L., Salinas-Revilla, N., Silman, M.R., Meir, P. and Malhi, Y. (2014) Productivity and carbon allocation in a tropical montane cloud forest in the Peruvian Andes. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 107-123. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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Gurdak, D.J., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Rozas-Dávila, A., Huasco, W.H., Cabrera, K.G., Doughty, C.E., Farfan-Rios, W., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Silman, M.R. and Malhi, Y. (2014) Assessing above-ground woody debris dynamics along a gradient of elevation in Amazonian cloud forests in Peru: balancing above-ground inputs and respiration outputs. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 143-160. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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Huaraca Huasco, W., Girardin, C.A.J., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Baca, L.D., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Cabrera, D.G., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Davila, A.R., Marthews, T.R., Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Mora, L.E., Farfán-Rios, W., Cabrera, K.G., Halladay, K., Salinas-Revilla, N., Silman, M.R., Meir, P. and Malhi, Y. (2014)Seasonal production, allocation and cycling of carbon in two mid-elevation tropical montane forest plots in the Peruvian Andes. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 125-142. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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Malhi, Y., Farfán Amézquita, F., Doughty, C.E., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Girardin, C.A.J., Metcalfe, D.B., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Eguiluz-Mora, L., Marthews, T.R., Halladay, K., Quesada, C.A., Robertson, A.L., Fisher, J.B., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Rojas-Villagra, C.M., Pelaez-Tapia, Y., Salinas, N., Meir, P. and Phillips, O.L. (2014) The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 85-105. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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Rocha, W., Metcalfe, D.B., Doughty, C.E., Brando, P., Silvério, D., Halladay, K., Nepstad, D.C., Balch, J.K. and Malhi, Y. (2014) Ecosystem productivity and carbon cycling in intact and annually burnt forest at the dry southern limit of the Amazon rainforest (Mato Grosso, Brazil). Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 25-40. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..

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Metcalfe, D.B., Asner, G.P., Martin, R.E., Silva Espejo, J.E., Huasco, W.H., Farfán Amézquita, F.F., Carranza-Jimenez, L., Galiano Cabrera, D.F., Baca, L.D., Sinca, F., Huaraca Quispe, L.P., Taype, I.A., Mora, L.E., Dávila, A.R., Solórzano, M.M., Puma Vilca, B.L., Laupa Román, J.M., Guerra Bustios, P.C., Revilla, N.S., Tupayachi, R., Girardin, C.A.J., Doughty, C.E. and Malhi, Y. (2013) Herbivory makes major contributions to ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling in tropical forests. Ecology Letters.

 

Rowlands, L., Malhi, Y., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Farfan-Amezquita, F., Halladay, K., Doughty, C.E., Meir, P. and Philips, O.L. (2013) The sensitivity of wood production to seasonal and interannual variations in climate in a lowland Amazonian rainforest. Oceologica.

 

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Doughty, C.E. (2011) An in situ leaf and branch level warming experiment in the Amazon. Biotropica, 43(6): 658-665. PDF

 

Malhi, Y., Doughty, C. and Galbraith, D. (2011) The allocation of ecosystem net primary productivity in tropical forests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 366(1582).

 

Doughty, C.E., Flanner, M.G. and Goulden, M.L. (2010) Effect of smoke on subcanopy shaded light, canopy temperature, and carbon dioxide uptake in an Amazon rainforest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24(3). PDF

 

Doughty, C.E. and Goulden, M.L. (2008) Are tropical forests near a high temperature threshold. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113. PDF

 

Doughty, C.E. and Goulden, M.L. (2008) Seasonal patterns of tropical forest leaf area index and CO2 exchange.Journal of Geophysical Research, 113. PDF

 

Doughty, C.E., Goulden, M.L., Miller, S.D. and da Rocha, H.R. (2006) Circadian rhythms constrain leaf and canopy gas exchange in an Amazonian forest. Geophysical Research Letters, 33. PDF