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159. McCulloch, L.A., Dalling, J.W., Zalamea, P-C. (2024) Seed permeability: an essential trait for classifying seed dormancy type. Seed Science Research, in press.

158. Edwards, J.D., Krichels, A.H., Seyfried, G.S., Dalling, J.W., Kent, A.D., Yang, W.H. (2024) Soil microbial community response to ectomycorrhizal dominance in diverse neotropical montane forests. Mycorrhiza, in press.

157. Medina-Vega, J.A., Zuleta, D., Aguilar, S… Dalling, J.W.,…et al. (2024) Tropical tree ectomycorrhiza are distributed independently of soil nutrients. Nature Ecology Evolution, in press.

156. Dalling, J.W., Garcia, E., Espinosa, C., Pizano, C., Ferrer, A., Lira Viana, J. (2024). Zombie leaves: Novel repurposing of senescent fronds in the tree fern Cyathea rojasiana in a tropical montane forest. Ecology, in press.

155. Zalamea, P-C., Sarmiento, C., Arnold, E.A., Kuo, V., Delevich, C., Davis, A.S., Brown, T., Dalling, J.W. (2023) Decadal survival of tropical pioneer seeds in the soil seedbank is accompanied by fungal infection and dormancy release. Functional Ecology, in press.

154. Ferrer, A., Dalling, J.W. (2023) Wood inhabiting fungi and wood decomposition. Barro Colorado Island Centenary Volume, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, in press.

153. Harms, K.E., Dalling, J.W. (2023) Damage tolerance and resprouting of large-seeded trees and lianas on BCI: Traits at the extreme end of the seed-size continuum. Barro Colorado Island Centenary Volume, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, in press.

152. Zalamea, P-C., Sarmiento, C., Dalling, J.W. (2023) Cecropia: a myrmecophytic genus of dioecious pioneer trees. Barro Colorado Island Centenary Volume, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, in press.

151. Dalling, J.W. (2023) Dimensions of niche differentiation within the BCI pioneer tree community. Barro Colorado Island Centenary Volume, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, in press.

150. Dalling, J.W. (2023) Alseis blackiana: an oxymoronic shade-tolerant pioneer tree species. Barro Colorado Island Centenary Volume, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, in press.

149. Harrington, A.H., Sarmiento, C., Zalamea, P-C., Dalling, J.W., Davis, A.S., Arnold, A.E. (2023) Acrogenospora terricola sp. nov., a fungal species associated with seeds of pioneer trees in the soil seedbank of a lowland forest in Panama. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005558.

148. Seyfried G, Corrales Osorio A.C., Kent A, Dalling J.W, Yang W.H. (2023) Watershed-scale variation in potential fungal community contributions to ectomycorrhizal biogeochemical syndromes. Ecosystems,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00788-z.

147. Waite, C.E., van der Heijden, G.M., Field, R., Burslem, D.F., Dalling, J.W., Nilus, R., Rodríguez‐Ronderos, M.E., Marshall, A.R. and Boyd, D.S. (2023). Landscape‐scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics. Journal of Ecology, 111:77-89.

146. Law, S., Flores‐Moreno, H., Cheesman, A.W., Clement, R., Rosenfield, M., Yatsko, A., Cernusak, L.A., Dalling, J.W., Canam, T., Abo Iqsaysa, I. and Duan, E.S. (2023). Wood traits explain microbial but not termite‐driven decay in Australian tropical rainforest and savanna. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14090

145. Zanne, A.E., Habacuc-Flores, F-M., Powell, J.R., Cornwell, W.K., Dalling, J.W., Austin, A.T. et al. (2022) Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates. Science, 377:1440-1445.

144. Bauters, M., Grau, O., Doetterl, S…,Dalling, J.W…, Janssens, I.A. (2022) Tropical wood stores substantial amounts of nutrients, but we have limited understanding why. Biotropica, 54:596-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13069

143. Aguirre-Guttierez, J., Berenguer, E., Oliveras, I…Dalling, J.W…, Malhi, Y. (2022) Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6:878-889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01747-6

142. Ferrer, A., Heath, K., Mosquera, S., Suarez, Y., Dalling, J.W. (2022) Assembly of wood-inhabiting archaeal, bacterial and fungal communities along a salinity gradient: common taxa are broadly distributed but locally abundant in preferred habitats. FEMS microbiology Ecology, fica040. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac040

141. Duncanson, L., Kellner, J.R., Armston, J… Dalling, J.W…, Zgraggen, C. (2022) Above ground biomass density models for NASA’s global ecosystems dynamics investigation (GEDI) lidar mission. Remote Sensing of Environment, 270:112845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845

140. Dalling, J.W., Davis, A.S. (2022) Understanding biotic stresses affecting seed germination and seedling emergence. In press in Advances in seed science and technology for more sustainable crop production, eds. J. Buitink and O. Leprince. Burleigh Dodds Science Press.

139. Viana, J., Dalling, J.W. (2022) Soil fertility and water availability effects on trait dispersion and phylogenetic relatedness of tropical terrestrial ferns. Oecologia, 198:733-748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05131-w

138. Ostertag, R., Restrepo, C., Dalling, J.W., Martin, P.H., …Pompeu, P.V. (2022) Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate. Biotropica, 54:309-326. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/btp.13044

137. Perez, S., Fraterrigo, J.M., Dalling, J.W. (2022) Interspecific wood trait variation predicts decreased carbon residence time in changing forests. Functional Ecology, 36:674-685 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13936

136. Schnitzer, S.A., DeFilippis, D.M., Visser, M., Estrada-Villegas, S., Dalling, J.W. …Garcia-Leon, M. (2021) Local canopy disturbance as an explanation for long-term increases in liana abundance. Ecology Letters 24:2635-2647. doi 10.1111/3l3.13881

135. Dalling, J.W., Cernusak, L.A., Chen, Y-Y, Slot, M., Sarmiento, C., Zalamea, P-C. (2021) The effect of climate change on regeneration of plants from seeds in tropical wet forests. Chapter 12, pages 157-168 in Plant Regeneration from seeds: a global warming perspective eds. C.C. Baskin and J. Baskin, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823731-1.00017-2.

134. Seyfried, G.S., Canham, C.C., Dalling, J.W., Yang, W.H (2021) The effects of tree-mycorrhizal type on soil organic matter properties from neighborhood to watershed scales. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 161:108385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108385

133. Prada, C.M., Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2021) Growth responses of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal seedlings to low nitrogen availability in a tropical montane forest. Functional Ecology, doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13901

132. Seyfried, G.S., Dalling, J.W., Yang, W.H. (2021) Mycorrhizal type effects on leaf litter decomposition depend on litter quality and environmental context. Biogeochemistry, 155:21-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00810-x

131. Zalamea, P-C., Sarmiento, C., Arnold, A.E., Davis, A.S., Ferrer, A., Dalling, J.W. (2021). Closely related tree species support distinct communities of seed-associated fungi in a lowland tropical forest. Journal of Ecology, 109:1858-1872. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13611

130. Dalling, J.W., Prada, C.M., Heineman, K.D., Andersen, K.M., Morris, A., Pardo, J., Hollenbeck, E., Caballero, P., Espinosa, C., García, E., Turner, B.L. (2021) Introduction to the Fortuna Forest Reserve: soil and climate effects on the tree communities of a premontane tropical forest. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 112:1-34. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14315990

129. Lira Viana, J., Dalling, J.W. (2021) Diversity and Ecology of the Ferns in Fortuna. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 112:237-270. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14315990

128. Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2021) Soils of the Fortuna Forest Reserve. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 112:47-136. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14315990

127. Dalling, J.W., Turner, B.L. (2021) Foreward: Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama: interacting effects of climate and soils on the biota of a wet premontane tropical forest. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, v-viii. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14315990

126. Ruzi, S.A., Zalamea, P-C., Roche, D.P., Achury, R., Dalling, J.W., Suarez, A.V. (2021) Can variation in seed removal patterns of Neotropical pioneer tree species be explained by local ant community composition? Biotropica, 53:619-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12904

125. Heineman, K., Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2021) Multiple stem frequency is positively associated with soil and tissue nutrient concentrations in Panamanian tropical forests. Journal of Ecology, 109:1633-1648. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13585

124. Fadrique, B., Veldman, J.W., Dalling, J.W., Clark, L.G., Montti, L., Ruiz-Sanchez, E., Rother, D.C., Ely, F., Farfan-Ríos, W., Gagnon, P., Prada, C.M., Camargo García, J. M., Saha, S., Veblen, T.T., Londoño, X., Feeley, K.J., Rockwell, C.A. (2020) Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring. Biotropica, doi.org/10.1111/btp.12737

123. Palma, A.C., Winter, K., Aranda, J., Dalling, J.W., Cheesman, A.W., Turner, B.L., Cernusak, L.A. (2020) Why are tropical conifers disadvantaged in fertile soils? Comparison of Podocarpus guatemalensis with an angiosperm pioneer, Ficus insipida. Tree Physiology, doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa027.

122. Lira Viana, J., Dalling, J.W. (2020) Compositional variation in understory fern and palm communities along a soil fertility and rainfall gradient in lower montane tropical forest. Journal of Vegetation Science, doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12947

121. Corrales, A., Xu, H., Orijel-Garibay, R., Alfonso-Corrado, C., Williams-Linera, G., Chu, C., Clark Tapia, C., Dalling, J.W., Jusino, M., Truong, C., Liu, Y., Smith, M. (2020) Root fungal communities associated with two closely related Juglandaceae species with a disjunct distribution in the tropics. Fungal Ecology, doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101023

120. Harms, K.E., Dalling, J.W., Sánchez de Stapf, M.N. (2020) Trade-offs tip toward litter trapping: Insights from a little-known Panamanian cloud-forest treelet. Plants, People, Planet, DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10161 pdf

119. Jones, J.M., Heath, K.D., Ferrer, A.H., Dalling, J.W. (2020) Habitat specific effects of bark on wood decomposition: influences of fragmentation, nitrogen concentration, and microbial community composition. Functional Ecology, 34:1123-1133.

118. Dalling, J.W., Davis, A.S., Arnold, A.E., Sarmiento, C., Zalamea, P-C. (2020) Extending plant defense theory to seeds. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 51:123-141. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012120-115156

117. Ferrer, A., Heath, K.D., Canam, T., Dalling, J.W. (2020) Differences in the rate and process of wood decay are associated with distinct fungal communities in terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats in the tropical eastern Pacific. Ecology, doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3097

116. Jones, J.M., Heineman, K., Dalling, J.W. (2019) Soil and species effects on bark nutrient storage in a premontane tropical forest. Plant and Soil, 438: 347-360

115. Thompson J.B., Slot, M., Dalling, J.W., Winter, K., Turner, B.L., Zalamea, P.C. (2019). Species‐specific effects of phosphorus addition on tropical tree seedling response to elevated CO₂. Functional Ecology, 33:1871-1881

114. Maccracken Stump, S., Sarmiento, C., Zalamea, P-C., Dalling, J.W., Davis, A.S., Shaffer, J.P., Arnold, A.E. (2019) Colonization of seeds by soilborne fungi: linking seed dormancy-defense syndromes, evolutionary constraints, and fungal traits. In press in Seed Endophytes – Biology and Biotechnology, Ed White J.

113. Zalamea, P-C., Dalling, J.W., Sarmiento, C., Arnold, A.E., Delevich, C., Berhow, M.A., Ndobegang, A., Griffenberg, S., Davis, A.S. (2018) Dormancy-defense syndromes and trade-offs between physical and chemical defenses in seeds. Ecology, 99:1988-1998

112. Zalamea, P.C., Sarmiento, C., Dalling, J.W., Arnold, A.E. and Davis, A.S. (2018). Tropical pioneer seeds have different dormancy-defense syndromes that help them to survive in the soil seed bank. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 99:1-3.

111. Shaffer, J., Zalamea, P-C., Sarmiento, C., Gallery, R., Dalling, J.W., Davis, A.S., Baltrus, D., Arnold, A.E. (2018) Context dependent and variable effects of endohyphal bacteria on interactions between fungi and seeds. Fungal Ecology, 36: 117-127.

110. Jones, J.M., Heath, K.D., Ferrer, A.H., Brown, S.P., Canam, T., Dalling, J.W. (2018) Wood decomposition in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics: contrasting biotic and abiotic processes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95:fiy223.

109. Sarmiento, C., Zalamea, P-C., Dalling, J.W., Davis A., Stump, S., Uren, J., Arnold, A.E. (2017). Soilborne fungi have host affinity and host-specific effects on seed germination and survival in a lowland tropical forest. PNAS, 114:11458-11463.

108. Ma, M., Dalling, J.W., Ma, Z., Zhou, X. (2017) Soil environmental factors drive seed density across vegetation types on the Tibetan Plateau. Plant and Soil, 419:349-361.

107. Ruzi, S.A., Roche, D.P., Zalamea, P-C., Robison, A.C., Dalling, J.W. (2017) Species identity influences secondary removal of seeds of neotropical pioneer tree species. Plant Ecology 218:983-995

106. Tiansawat, P., Beckman, N., Dalling, J.W. (2017) Pre-dispersal seed predators and fungi differ in their effect on Luehea seemannii capsule development, seed germination, and dormancy across two Panamanian forests. Biotropica 49:871-880

105. Prada, C.M., Morris, A., Andersen, K.M., Turner, B.L., Caballero, P., Dalling, J.W. (2017) Soils and rainfall drive landscape-scale changes in the diversity and functional composition of tree communities in premontane tropical forest.Journal of Vegetation Science 28:859-870

104. Corrales, A., Turner, B.L., Tedersoo, L., Anslan, S., Dalling, J.W. (2017) Nitrogen addition alters ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and soil enzyme activities in a tropical montane forest Fungal Ecology 27:14-23

103. Turner, B.L., Zalamea, P-C., Condit, R., Winter, K., Wright, S.J., Dalling, J.W. (2016) No evidence that boron influences tree species distributions in lowland tropical forests of Panama. New Phytologist 214:108-119

102. Davis, A.S., Fu, X., Schutte, B.J., Berhow, M.A., Dalling, J.W. (2016) Interspecific variation in persistence of buried weed seeds follows trade-offs among physiological, chemical and physical seed defences. Ecology and Evolution 6:6836-6845

101. Turner, B.L., Bielnicka, A., Dalling, J.W., Wolf, J.A. (2016) Interference by iron in the determination of boron in Mehlich III extracts and total element digests of tropical forest soils. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2016.1228952

100. Ledo, A., Schnitzer, S.A., Wright, S.J., Dalling, J.W., Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2016) Lianas and soil nutrients predict fine-scale distribution of above-ground biomass in a tropical moist forest Journal of Ecology 104:1819-1828

99. Baldeck, C.A., Kembel, S.W., Yavitt, J.B., John, R., Turner, B.L., Madawala, S., Guantilleke, N., Gunatilleke, S., Bunyavejchewin, S., Kiratiprayoon, S., Yaacob, A., Supardi, M.N.N., Valencia, R., Navarrete, H., Davies, S.J., Chuyong, G.B., Kenfack, D., Thomas, D.W., Dalling J.W. (2016) Phylogenetic turnover along local environmental gradients in tropical forest communities. Oecologia 182:547-557

98. Dalling, J.W., Cernusak, L.A., Winter, K., Aranda, J., Garcia, M., Virgo, A., Cheesman, A.W., Baresch, A., Jaramillo, C., Turner B.L. (2016) Two tropical conifers show strong growth and water-use efficiency responses to altered CO2concentration. Annals of Botany 118:1113-1125

97. Zalamea, P-C, Turner, B.L., Winter, K., Jones, F.A., Sarmiento, C., Dalling, J.W. (2016) Seedling growth responses to phosphorus reflect adult distribution patterns of tropical trees New Phytologist 212:400-408

96. Brown, S.P, Ferrer, A., Dalling, J.W., Heath, K.D. (2016) Don’t put all your eggs in one basket: a cost-effective and powerful method to optimize primer choice for rRNA environmental community analyses using the Fluidigm Access Array Molecular Ecology Resources 16:946-956

95. Heineman, K., Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2016) Variation in wood nutrients along a tropical soil fertility gradient New Phytologist 211:440-454

94. Corrales, A., Mangan, S.A., Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2016) An ectomycorrhizal nitrogen economy facilitates monodominance in a neotropical forest Ecology Letters 19:383-392

93. Corrales, A., Arnold, A.E., Ferrer, A.H., Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2016) Variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in tropical montane forests. Mycorrhiza, doi: 10.1007/s00572-015-0641-8

92. Tymen, B., Réjou-Méchain, M., Dalling, J.W., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T.R., Norden, N., Phillips, O.L., Turner, B.L., Viers, J., Chave, J. (2016) Evidence for arrested succession in a liana-infested Amazonian forest. Journal of Ecology 104:149-159

91. Dalling, J.W, Heineman, K., González, G. and Ostertag, R. (2015) Geographic, environmental and biotic sources of variation in the nutrient relations of tropical montane forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 32:368-383

90. Dalling, J.W, Heineman, K., Lopez, O.R., Wright, S.J., Turner, B.L.(2015) Nutrient availability in tropical rain forests: the paradigm of phosphorus limitation. In press, In Tropical tree physiology: adaptations and responses in a changing environment. pp 261-273

89. Heineman, K., Caballero, P., Morris, A., Velasquez, C., Serrano, K., Gonzalez, J., Mayorga, L., Corre, M.D., Dalling, J.W. (2015) Variation in litterfall along a precipitation and soil fertility gradient in a Panamanian lower montane forest. Biotropica, 47:300-309

88. Zalamea, P-C., Sarmiento, C., Arnold, A.E., Davis, A., Dalling, J.W. (2015) Do soil microbes and abrasion by soil particles influence persistence and loss of physical dormancy in seeds of tropical pioneers? Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00799

87. Steidinger, B., Turner, B.L., Corrales, A., Dalling, J.W. (2014) Variability in potential to exploit different soil organic phosphorus compounds among tropical montane tree species. Functional Ecology, 29: 121-130

86. Andersen, K.M., Turner, B.L., Dalling, J.W. (2014) Seedling performance trade-offs influencing habitat filtering along a soil nutrient gradient in tropical forest. Ecology, 95:3399-3413.

85. Tiansawat, P., Davis, A.S., Berhow, M.A., Zalamea, P-C., Dalling, J.W. (2014) Investment in seed physical defense is associated with species’ light requirement for regeneration and seed persistence: Evidence from Macaranga species in Borneo. Plos One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099691.

84. Lobo, E., Dalling, J.W. (2014) Spatial scale and sampling resolution affect measures of gap disturbance in a lowland tropical forest: implications for understanding forest regeneration and carbon storage Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 281:20133218

83. Baldeck, C.A., Harms, K.E., Yavitt, J.B., John, R., Turner, B.L., Valencia, R., Navarrete, H., Bunyavejchewin, S., Kiratiprayoon, S., Yaacob, A., Supardi, M.N.N., Davies, S.J., Hubbell, S.P., Chuyong, G.B., Kenfack, D., Thomas, D.W., Dalling, J.W. (2013) Habitat filtering across tree life stages in tropical forest communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 280:20130548

82. Baldeck, C.A., Kembel, S.W., Harms, K.E., Yavitt, J.B., John, R., Turner, B.L., Chuyong, G.B., Kenfack, D., Thomas, D.W., Madawala, S., Gunatilleke, N., Gunatilleke, S., Bunyavejchewin, S., Kiratiprayoon, S., Yaacob, A., Nur Supardi, M. Valencia, R., Navarrete, H., Davies, S.J. Dalling, J.W. (2013) A taxonomic comparison of local habitat niches of tropical trees. Oecologia, 173: 1491-1498

81. Lobo, E., Dalling, J.W. (2013) Effects of topography, soil type and forest age on the frequency and size distribution of canopy gap disturbances in a tropical forest Biogeosciences 10:6769-6781

80. Meyer, V., Saatchi, S.S., Chave, J., Dalling, J.W., Bohlman, S., Fricker, G.A., Robinson, C., Neumann, M. (2013) Detecting tropical forest biomass dynamics from repeated airborne Lidar measurements. Biogeosciences, 10: 5421-5438

79. Tiansawat, P., Dalling, J.W. (2013) Differential seed germination response to the ratio of red to far-red light in temperate and tropical species. Plant Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s11258-013-0205-y

78. Cernusak, L., Winter, K., Dalling, J.W., Holtum, J., Jaramillo, C., Korner, C., Leakey, A., Norby, R., Poulter, B., Turner, B.L., Wright, S.J. (2013) Tropical forest responses to increasing [CO2]: current knowledge and opportunities for future research Functional Plant Biology, doi/10.1071/FP12309

77. Dalling, J.W., Winter, K., Andersen, K.M., and Turner, B.L (2013) Artefacts of the pot environment on soil nutrient availability: implications for the interpretation of ecological studies. Plant Ecology, 214: 329-338

76. Baldeck, C.A., Harms, K.E., Yavitt, Y.B., John, R., Turner, B.L., Valencia, R., Navarrete, H., Davies, S.J., Chuyong, G.B., Kenfack, D., Thomas, D.W., Madawala, S., Gunatilleke, N., Gunatilleke, S., Bunyavejchewin, S., Kiratiprayoon, S. Yaacob, A., Nur Supardi, M.A., Dalling, J.W. (2013) Soil resources and topography shape local tree community structure in tropical forests Proceedings Royal Society Series B, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2532

75. Schnitzer, S.A., Mangan, S.A., Dalling, J.W., Baldeck, C.A., Hubbell, S.P., Ledo, A., Muller-Landau, H., Tobin, M.F., Aguilar,S., Brassfield, D., Hernandez, A., Lao, S., Perez, R., Valdez, O., Rutishauser Yorke, S. (2012) Liana abundance, diversity and distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Plos One, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052114

74. Dalling, J.W., Schnitzer, S.A., Baldeck, C., Harms, K.E., John, R., Mangan, S.A., Lobo, E., Yavitt, J.B., and Hubbell, S.P. (2012) Resource-based habitat associations in a neotropical liana community. Journal of Ecology 100:1174-1182

73. Andersen, K., Turner, B.L., and Dalling, J.W. (2012) Trait-based community assembly of understory palms along a soil nutrient gradient in a lower montane tropical forest Oecologia 168:519-531

72. Lasso, E., Dalling, J.W, and Bermingham, E. (2012) Tropical understory Piper shrubs maintain high levels of genotypic diversity despite frequent asexual recruitment. Biotropica 44:35-43

71. Lasso, E., Dalling, J.W, and Bermingham, E. (2011) Strong spatial genetic structure in five tropical Piper species: should the Baker-Federov hypothesis be revived for tropical shrubs?Ecology and Evolution 1:502-516

70. Punyasena, S., Dalling, J.W, Jaramillo, C., and Turner, B.L. (2011) Comment on the “The response of vegetation on the Andean flank of western Amazonia to Pleistocene climate change Science 333:1825

69. Dalling, J.W., Davis, A.S., Schutte, B.J., and Arnold, A.E. (2011) Seed survival in soil: Interacting effects of predation, dormancy and the soil microbial community. Journal of Ecology 99:89-95

68. Pizano, C., Mangan, S.A., Herre, E.A., Eom, A-H., and Dalling, J.W. (2011) Above and below-ground interactions drive habitat segregation between two cryptic species of the tropical pioneer genus Trema. Ecology 92:47-56

67. Dalling, J. W., Barkan, P., Bellingham, P.J., Healey, J.R., Tanner, E.V.J., Toro Murillo, J. (2011) Ecology and distribution of neotropical Podocarpaceae. In Challenging Angiosperm dominance: Podocarpaceae in Tropical Forests Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 95:43-56

66. Cernusak, L., Adie, H., Bellingham, P.J., Biffin, E., Brodribb, T.J., Coomes, D.A., Dalling, J.W., Dickie, I.A., Enright, N.J., Kitayama, K., Ladd, P.G., Lambers, H., Lawes, M.J., Lusk, C.H., Morley, R.J., and Turner, B.L. (2011) Podocarpaceae in tropical forests: a synthesis. In Challenging Angiosperm dominance: Podocarpaceae in Tropical Forests. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 95:189-196

65. Andersen, K., Corre, M., Turner, B.L., and Dalling, J.W. (2010) Plant-soil associations in lower montane tropical forest: physiological acclimation and herbivore-mediated responses to nitrogen addition. Functional Ecology 24:1171-1180

64. Wright, S.J. Kitajima, K., Kraft, N.J.B, Reich, P.B., Wright, I.J., Bunker, D.E., Condit, R., Dalling, J.W., Davies, S.J., Diaz, S., Engelbrecht, B.M.J., Harms, K.E., Hubbell, S.P., Marks, C.O., Ruiz-Jaen, M.C., Salvador, C.M., and Zanne, A.E. (2010) Functional traits and the growth-mortality tradeoff in tropical trees. Ecology 91:3664-3674

63. Gallery, R.E., Moore, D.J.P., and Dalling, J.W. (2010) Interspecific variation in susceptibility to fungal pathogens in seeds of ten tree species in the neotropical genus Cecropia. Journal of Ecology 98:147-155

62. Andersen, K., Turner, B.L., and Dalling, J.W. (2010) Soil-based habitat partitioning in understory palms in lower montane tropical forests Journal of Biogeography 37:278-292

61. Dalling, J.W., Pearson, T.R.H., Ballesteros, J., Sanchez, E., and Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2009) Habitat partitioning among neotropical pioneers: a consequence of differential susceptibility to browsing herbivores? Oecologia 161:361-370

60. Sanchez, E., Gallery, R., and Dalling, J.W. (2009) The importance of nurse logs as a substrate for the regeneration of pioneer tree species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Journal of Tropical Ecology 25:429-437

59. Lasso, E., Engelbrecht, B.M.J., and Dalling, J.W. (2009) When sex is not enough: the ecological correlates of resprouting capacity in congeneric tropical forest shrubs Oecologia 161:43-56

58. U’Ren, J.M., Dalling, J.W., Gallery, R.E., Maddison, D.R., Davis, E.C., Gibson, C.M., and Arnold A.E. (2009) Diversity and evolutionary origins of fungi associated with seeds of a neotropical pioneer tree: a case study for analyzing fungal environmental samples. Mycological Research, 113:432-449

57. Dalling, J.W., and Brown T.A. (2009) Long-term persistence of pioneer seeds in tropical rain forest soil seed banks American Naturalist 173:531-535

56. Berberis, I.M., and Dalling, J.W. (2008) The effect of light, seed size and biomass removal on cotyledon reserve use and root biomass in Gustavia superba seedlings Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:607-617

55. Daws, M.I., Crabtree, L.M., Dalling, J.W., Mullins, C.E., and Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2008) Germination responses to water potential in neotropical pioneers suggest larger seeded species take more risks. Annals of Botany 102:945-951

54. Marthews, T.R., Mullins C.E., Dalling, J.W., and Burslem, D.F.R.P (2008) Burial and secondary dispersal of small seeds in a tropical forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:595-605

53. Dalling, J.W., and John R. C. (2008) Recruitment limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer species. Chapter 14, Pages 242-253 in Tropical Forest Community Ecology (Eds: Carson WP and Schnitzer SA), Blackwell Science

52. Dalling, J.W., and Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2008) Anthropogenic Disturbance in Tropical Forests: Towards a functional understanding of seedling responses. Chapter 16, Pages 332-351 in Seedlings: Ecology and Evolution (Ed. Leck, M). Cambridge University Press

51. Dalling, J.W. (2008) Pioneer species In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier Press

50. Kluger, C.G., Dalling, J.W., Gallery, R.E., Sanchez, E., Weeks-Galindo, C., and Arnold A.E. (2008) Prevalent host-generalism among fungi association with the seeds of four neotropical pioneer species. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:351-354

49. Gallery, R.E., Dalling J.W., Wolfe, B.T., and Arnold A.E. (2007) The influence of litter, seed bank density and fungi on Cecropia seed survival. Chapter 22, Pages 479-498 in Frugivory and Seed Dispersal: Theory and Application in a Changing World Volume 4 (Eds: Wescott D, Dennis A, and Schupp EW), CABI

48. Kikuchi, D.W., Lasso, E., Dalling, J.W., and Nur, N. (2007) Pollinators and pollen dispersal of Piper dilatatum on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:603-606

47. John, R.C., Dalling, J.W., Harms, K.E., Yavitt, J.B., Stallard, R.F., Mirabello, M., Hubbell, S.P., Valencia, R., Navarrete, H., Vallejo, M., and Foster, R.B. (2007) Soil nutrients influence spatial distributions of tropical tree species. PNAS, 104:864-869

46. Gallery, R., Dalling J.W., and Arnold, A.E (2007) Diversity, host affinity and distribution of seed-infecting fungi: a case-study with neotropical Cecropia. Ecology, 83:582-588

45. Engelbrecht B.M.J, Dalling J.W., Pearson T.R.H, Wolf R.L., Galvez D.A., Koehler T., Ruiz M.C., Kursar T.A. (2006) Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings. Oecologia, 148:258-269

44. Daws, M.I., Pearson, T.R.H., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Mullins, C.E., and Dalling, J.W. (2005) Interactions of topographic position, litter, and seed size on seedling demography in a semi-deciduous tropical forest in Panama. Plant Ecology, 179:93-105

43. Dalling, J.W., and Burslem D.F.R.P. (2005) Role of life-history and performance trade-offs in the equalization and differentiation of tropical tree species. Pages 65-88 in Biotic Interactions in the Tropics (Burslem D., Pinard, M., and Hartley, S. editors). Cambridge University Press, UK

42. Fornara D.A. and Dalling J.W. (2005) Seed bank dynamics in five Panamanian forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21:223-226

41. Fornara D.A., and Dalling J.W. (2005) Post-dispersal removal of seeds of pioneer species from five Panamanian forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21:79-84

40. Wehncke E.V., and Dalling J.W. (2005) Post-dispersal removal and germination of seeds dispersed by Cebus capuchinus. Biotropica, 37:73-80

39. Dalling J.W. (2004) The fate of seed banks: factors affecting seed survival for light-demanding species in tropical forests. Pages 31-44 in Seed Fate: Predation, dispersal and seedling establishment (Forget, PM., Lambert, JE., Hulme, PE., and Vander Wall, S. editors). CABI, Wallingford, UK

38. Muller-Landau, H., Dalling, J.W., Harms, K.E., and Wright, S.J. (2004) Seed dispersal and density-dependent seed and seedling survival in Trichilia tuberculata and Miconia argentea. Pages 340-362 In E.C. Losos, and E.G. Leigh Jr. (eds.) Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Large-scale Plot network. Chicago University Press, Chicago.

37. Dalling J.W., Winter K. and Hubbell S.P. (2004) Variation in growth responses of neotropical pioneer species to simulated gaps. Functional Ecology, 18:725-736 online supplement

36. Yesson, C., Russell, S.J., Parrish, T., Dalling, J.W., and Garwood, N.C. (2004) A phylogenetic framework for Trema (Celtidaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 248:85-109.

35. Silvera, K., Skillman, J.B., and Dalling, J.W. (2003). Seed germination, seedling growth and habitat partitioning in two morphotypes of the tropical pioneer tree Trema micrantha in a seasonal forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology19:27-34.

34. Pearson, T.R.H., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Mullins C.E., and Dalling J.W. (2003) Functional significance of photoblastic germination in neotropical pioneer trees: A seed’s eye view. Functional Ecology 17:394-402.

33. Wehncke, E.V., Hubbell S.P., Foster R.B., and Dalling J.W. (2003) Seed dispersal patterns produced by white-faced monkeys: Implications for the dispersal limitation of neotropical tree species. Journal of Ecology 91:677-685.

32. Pearson, T.R.H., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Goeriz, R.E., and Dalling, J.W. (2003) Interactions of gap size and herbivory on establishment, growth and survival of three species of neotropical pioneer trees. Journal of Ecology 91:785-796.

31. Pearson, T.R.H., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Goeriz R.E., and Dalling, J.W. (2003) Regeneration niche partitioning in neotropical pioneers: effects of gap size, seasonal drought and herbivory on growth and survival. Oecologia 137:456-465.

30. Daws, M.I., Mullins, C.E., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Paton, S., and Dalling, J.W. (2002). Topographic position affects the water regime in a semideciduous tropical forest in Panama. Plant and Soil 238:79-90.

29. Velasquez-Runk, J. and Dalling, J.W. (2002). La artesania de la tagua y el cocobolo en las comunidades Wounaan y Embera de Darien. Pp. 187-192 in S. Heckado-Moreno (ed.) Panama: Puente Biologico. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

28. Daws, M.I., Burslem, D.F.R.P, Crabtree, L.M., Kirkman, P., Mullins, C.E., and Dalling, J.W. (2002). Differences in seed germination responses may promote coexistence of four sympatric Piper species. Functional Ecology 16:258-267.

27. Dalling, J.W. (2002) Ecologia de semillas. Pp. 345 – 375 in M. Guariguata and G. Kattan (eds.) Ecologia y conservacion de Bosques Neotropicales. Libro Universitario Regional, Cartago, Costa Rica.

26. Dalling, J.W. and Hubbell S.P. (2002) Seed size, growth rate and gap microsite conditions as determinants of recruitment success for pioneer species. Journal of Ecology 90:557-568.

25. Dalling, J.W., Muller-Landau, H.C., Wright, S.J., and Hubbell, S.P. (2002) Role of dispersal in the recruitment limitation of neotropical pioneer species. Journal of Ecology 90:714-727.

24. Pearson, T.R.H., Burslem, D.F.R.P, Mullins, C.E., and Dalling, J.W. (2002) Germination ecology of neotropical pioneers: Interacting effects of environmental conditions and seed size. Ecology 83:2798-2807.

23. Dalling, J.W., Winter, K., Nason, J.D., Hubbell, S.P., Murawski, D.A., and Hamrick, J.L. (2001). The unusual case of Alseisblackiana: A shade-persistent pioneer tree? Ecology 82:933-945.

22. Krause, G.H., Koroleva O.Y., Dalling, J.W., and Winter, K. (2001). Acclimation of tropical tree seedlings to excessive light in simulated tree-fall gaps. Plant, Cell and Environment 24:1345-1352.

21. Harms, K.E. and Dalling, J.W. (2000). Successful bruchid beetle and seedling emergence from a single diaspore of Attaleabutyracea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16:319-325.

20. Schnitzer, S.A., Dalling, J.W., and Carson, W.P. (2000). The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: Evidence for an alternative pathway of gap-phase regeneration. Journal of Ecology 88:655-666.

19. Dalling, J.W. and Harms, K.E. (1999). Damage tolerance and cotyledonary resource use in the tropical tree Gustavia superba. Oikos 85:257-264.

18. Dalling, J.W., Lovelock, C.E., and Hubbell, S.P. (1999). Growth responses of two neotropical pioneer seedlings to simulated forest gap environments. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15:827-839.

17. Dalling, J.W., Swaine, M.D., and Garwood, N.C. (1998) Dispersal patterns and seed bank dynamics of pioneer tree species in moist tropical forest, Panama. Ecology 79:564-578.

16. Tyree, M.T., Velez, V., and Dalling, J.W. (1998) Growth dynamics of root and shoot hydraulic conductance in seedlings of five neotropical tree species: Scaling to show possible adaptation to differing light regimes. Oecologia 114:293-298.

15. Dalling J.W., Hubbell, S.P., and Silvera, K. (1998). Seed dispersal, seedling emergence and gap partitioning in gap-dependent tropical tree species. Journal of Ecology 86:674-689.

14. Dalling, J.W. and Denslow, J.S. (1998). Changes in soil seed bank composition along a chronosequence of lowland secondary tropical forest, Panama. Journal of Vegetation Science 9:669-678.

13. Dalling, J.W. and Wirth, R. (1998). Dispersal of Miconia argentea seeds by the leaf-cutting ant, Atta colombica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14:705-710.

12. Harms, K.E., Dalling, J.W., and Aizprua, R. (1997). Cotyledonary resprouting capacity of Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 29:234-237.

11. Harms, K.E. and Dalling, J.W. (1997). Damage and herbivory tolerance through resprouting as an advantage of large seed size in tropical trees and lianas. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:481-490.

10. Dalling, J.W., Harms, K.E., and Aizprua, R. (1997) Seed damage tolerance and seedling resprout ability of Prioria copaifera (‘El Cativo’). Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:617-621.

9. Dalling, J.W., Swaine, M.D., Garwood, N.C. (1997) Soil seed bank community dynamics in seasonally moist lowland forest, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:659-680.

8. Dalling, J.W., Harms, K.E., Candenado, I., and Eberhard, J. (1996). Natural history and uses of vegetable ivory (Phytelephus seemannii) in Panama. Principes 40:16-23.

7. Dalling, J.W. and Tanner, E.V.J. (1995). An experimental study of regeneration on landslides in montane forest in Jamaica. Journal of Ecology 83:55-64.

6. Dalling, J.W., Swaine, M.D., and Garwood, N.C. (1995). Effect of soil depth on seedling emergence in tropical soil seed-bank investigations. Functional Ecology 9:119-121.

5. Harms, K.E. and Dalling, J.W. (1995). Seasonal consistency in germination timing in the palm Scheelia zonensis. Principes 39:104-106.

4. Dalling, J.W. (1995). Effects of litter removal and soil scarification on seed germination in a Jamaican montane rain forest. Caribbean Journal of Science 31:223-230.

3. Dalling, J.W. (1994). The vegetation colonization on landslides in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. Biotropica 26:392-399.

2. Dalling, J.W. and Iremonger, S.F. (1994) Landslide disturbance in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Science 30:290-292.

1. Bellingham, P.J., Kapos, V., Varty, N., Healey, J.R., Tanner, E.V.J., Kelly, D.L., Dalling, J.W., Burns, L.S., Lee, D., and Sidrak, G. (1992). Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: The effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8:217-223.