Andean grasslands are as productive as tropical cloud forests by Oliveras, I, Girardin, C, Doughty, C, Cahuana, N, Arenas, C, Oliver, V, Huaraca Huasco, W, Malhi, Y

“…We aim to assess net primary productivity (NPP) and carbon cycling in Andean tropical alpine grasslands (puna) and compare it with NPP of tropical montane cloud forests. …”

Patterns and drivers of riverine particulate organic carbon transport in an Andean valley by Clark, K, Kathryn E Clark

“…The suspended sediment yield for the valley (960 – 1200 t km^-2 yr^-1) was consistent with those for the Andean portion of the Madre de Dios River into which the Kosñipata River drains. …”

Establishing the position and drivers of the eastern Andean treeline with automated transect sampling by Zelazowski, P, Jozefowicz, S, Feeley, KJ, Malhi, Y

“…The eastern Andean treeline (EATL) is the world’s longest altitudinal ecotone and plays an important role in biodiversity conservation in the context of land use/cover and climate change. …”

Mature Andean forests as globally important carbon sinks and future carbon refuges by Duque, A, Peña, MA, Cuesta, F, González-Caro, S, Kennedy, P, Phillips, OL, Calderón-Loor, M, Blundo, C, Carilla, J, Cayola, L, Farfán-Ríos, W, Fuentes, A, Grau, R, Homeier, J, Loza-Rivera, MI, Malhi, Y, Malizia, A, Malizia, L, Martínez-Villa, JA, Myers, JA, Osinaga-Acosta, O, Peralvo, M, Pinto, E, Saatchi, S, Silman, M, Tello, JS, Terán-Valdez, A, Feeley, KJ

“…It is largely unknown how South America’s Andean forests affect the global carbon cycle, and thus regulate climate change. …”

Changes in forest structure and composition after fire in tropical montane cloud forests near the Andean treeline by Oliveras, I, Malhi, Y, Salinas, N, Huaman, V, Flores, E, Kala-Mamani, J, Quintano-Loaiza, J, Cuba-Torres, I, Lizarraga-Morales, N, Román-Cuesta, R

Disrupted montane forest recovery hinders biodiversity conservation in the tropical Andes by Christmann, T, Palomeque, X, Armenteras, D, Wilson, SJ, Malhi, Y, Oliveras Menor, I

“…<strong>Aim<br></strong> Andean montane forests are biodiversity hotspots and large carbon stores and they provide numerous ecosystem services. …”

Carbon dynamics and woody growth in Fitzroya cupressoides forests of southern Chile and their environmental correlates, from seasonal to decadal timescales by Urrutia Jalabert, R

“…The study was focused on medium-age and old-growth forests growing in the Coastal Range (Alerce Costero National Park, AC) and the Andean Cordillera (Alerce Andino National Park, AA) of southern Chile, respectively. …”

The evolutionary assembly of forest communities along environmental gradients: recent diversification or sorting of pre-adapted clades? by Linan, AG, Myers, JA, Edwards, CE, Zanne, AE, Smith, SA, Arellano, G, Cayola, L, Farfan-Ríos, W, Fuentes, AF, García-Cabrera, K, González-Caro, S, Loza, MI, Macía, MJ, Malhi, Y, Nieto-Ariza, B, Salinas, N, Silman, M, Tello, JS

“…We test our approach using data from over 500 Andean forest plots. We found that species turnover between communities at different elevations is dominated by the replacement of clades that originated before the uplift of the Central Andes. …”

Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity by Clark, K, West, A, Hilton, R, Asner, G, Quesada, C, Silman, M, Saatchi, S, Farfan-Rios, W, Martin, R, Horwath, A, Halladay, K, New, M, Malhi, Y

“…In this study, we assess the geomorphic role of a rare, large-magnitude landslide-triggering event and consider its effect on mountain forest ecosystems and the erosion of organic carbon in an Andean river catchment. Proximal triggers such as large rain storms are known to cause large numbers of landslides, but the relative effects of such low-frequency, high-magnitude events are not well known in the context of more regular, smaller events. …”

Fine root dynamics and morphological traits in tropical forest ecosystems by Huaraca Huasco, W

“…At a regional scale, this thesis investigates the vertical distribution and seasonal variation of fine root carbon stock, productivity, mortality, and residence time in lowland Amazon rainforests and Andean montane forests. In addition, this thesis examines how fine root morphological traits are related to soil properties and climatic variables from lowland to montane forests.…”