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4944
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Overview

Bryan Finegan is affiliated with the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center in Costa Rica. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on tropical forest ecology and recovery.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several publications in peer-reviewed journals. Notable papers include Multidimensional tropical forest recovery (2021, Science), Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession (2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences), How forest structure varies with elevation in old growth and secondary forest in Costa Rica (2020, Forest Ecology and Management), and Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests (2022, Science Advances).

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Finegan include:

  • Diego Delgado
  • Catarina C. Jakovac
  • Masha T. van der Sande
  • Frans Bongers
  • Jorge A. Meave

Publishing activities appear concentrated in specific scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Bryan Finegan's research contributions cover several subfields within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology

The main scientific topics addressed in Finegan's work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems

This body of research reflects a comprehensive engagement with the dynamics of tropical forest ecosystems, including processes of succession, recovery, and the influence of environmental gradients. The collaboration with a range of coauthors highlights a multidisciplinary approach across ecological and conservation disciplines.

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Pattern and process in neotropical secondary rain forests: the first 100 years of succession

    Bryan Finegan

  • Rates of change in tree communities of secondary Neotropical forests following major disturbances

    Robin L Chazdon;Susan G Letcher;Michiel van Breugel;Michiel van Breugel;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Integrating Agricultural Landscapes with Biodiversity Conservation in the Mesoamerican Hotspot

    Celia A. Harvey;Oliver Komar;Robin Chazdon;Bruce G. Ferguson

  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests

    L. Poorter;M. T. van der Sande;J. Thompson;E. J. M. M. Arets

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

    Danaë Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Esteban Álvarez-Dávila

  • Does functional trait diversity predict above‐ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses

    Bryan Finegan;Marielos Peña-Claros;Alexandre de Oliveira;Nataly Ascarrunz

  • Successional dynamics in Neotropical forests are as uncertain as they are predictable

    Natalia Norden;Héctor A. Angarita;Frans Bongers;Miguel Martínez-Ramos

  • Linking functional diversity and social actor strategies in a framework for interdisciplinary analysis of nature's benefits to society.

    S. Diaz;F. Quétier;D.M. Cáceres;S.F. Trainor

  • The management potential of neotropical secondary lowland rain forest

    Bryan Finegan

  • A novel statistical method for classifying habitat generalists and specialists.

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Anne Chao;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Shang-Yi Lin

  • Biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes of Mesoamerica: Past, present and future

    Fabrice A. J. DeClerck;Robin Chazdon;Karen D. Holl;Jeffrey C. Milder

  • Biodiversity and climate determine the functioning of neotropical forests.

    Lourens Poorter;Masha T. van der Sande;Eric J. M. M. Arets;Nataly Ascarrunz

  • Integrating Landsat TM and SRTM-DEM derived variables with decision trees for habitat classification and change detection in complex neotropical environments

    Steven E. Sesnie;Steven E. Sesnie;Paul E. Gessler;Bryan Finegan;Sirpa Thessler

  • Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

    Lourens Poorter;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;Jarcilene S. de Almeida-Cortez

  • Composition and Dynamics of Functional Groups of Trees During Tropical Forest Succession in Northeastern Costa Rica

    Robin L. Chazdon;Bryan Finegan;Robert S. Capers;Beatriz Salgado-Negret

  • Criteria and Indicators for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Management: Conservation of Biodiversity

    N.E. Stork;T.J.B. Boyle;V. Dale;H. Eeley

  • Diameter increment patterns among 106 tree species in a logged and silviculturally treated Costa Rican rain forest

    Bryan Finegan;Marlen Camacho;Nelson Zamora

  • Structural and floristic heterogeneity in a 30-year-old Costa Rican rain forest restored on pasture through natural secondary succession

    Bryan Finegan;Diego Delgado

  • Forest succession

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Frequent Co-Authors

Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Celia A. Harvey
Celia A. Harvey Monteverde Institute
Lisette P. Waits
Lisette P. Waits University of Idaho
Marielos Peña-Claros
Marielos Peña-Claros Wageningen University & Research
Miguel Martínez-Ramos
Miguel Martínez-Ramos National Autonomous University of Mexico
Lourens Poorter
Lourens Poorter Wageningen University & Research
Lee A. Vierling
Lee A. Vierling University of Idaho
Fabrice DeClerck
Fabrice DeClerck Bioversity International
Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez
Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez University of Idaho

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