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66
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1646
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition. Science 355(6328): 925-931. DOI: 10.1126/science.aal0157

Overview

Hans ter Steege is affiliated with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these areas. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

Their work covers broad topics related to ecological and biological studies. Key themes in their research include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Ecology and Management, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Hans ter Steege has published research in various scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, and Ecology.

Recent publications highlight different aspects of biodiversity and forest ecology. Notable papers include:

  • Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system (2024) published in Nature
  • The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa (2020) published in Ecology
  • Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora (2020) published in Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Oliver L. Phillips, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Timothy R. Baker, and Ted R. Feldpausch.

Hans ter Steege has also authored books published by Nomos, including "Automatisierte Rechtsanwendung und ihre Grenzen" (2022) and "Organisationspflichten und Organisationsverschulden" (2022).

In 2020, they were awarded the William S. Cooper Award by The Ecological Society of America for work on the persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition, which was detailed in a Science publication.

Best Publications

  • A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    J. H. C. Cornelissen;S. Lavorel;E. Garnier;S. Diaz

  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity

    C. Hoorn;F. P. Wesselingh;H. ter Steege;M. A. Bermudez

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

    Hans Ter Steege;Hans Ter Steege;Nigel C.A. Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Christopher Baraloto

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 Neotropical tree species.

    Jérôme Chave;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Timothy R. Baker;Tomás A. Easdale

  • Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia

    Hans ter Steege;Nigel C. A. Pitman;Oliver L. Phillips;Jerome Chave

  • Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

  • A null‐model for significance testing of presence‐only species distribution models

    Niels Raes;Hans ter Steege

  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests

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

  • Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

    T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

  • Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics

    J.W. Ferry Slik;Gary Paoli;Krista L. McGuire;Iêda Leão Amaral

  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

    Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • A spatial model of tree α-diversity and tree density for the Amazon

    Hans Ter Steege;Nigel Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Hernan Castellanos

  • An analysis of the floristic composition and diversity of Amazonian forests including those of the Guiana Shield

    Hans Ter Steege;Daniel Sabatier;Hernan Castellanos;Tinde Van Andel

  • Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system

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  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

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  • Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites

    Edward T.A. Mitchard;Ted R. Feldpausch;Ted R. Feldpausch;Roel J.W. Brienen;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

  • Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Nigel C. A. Pitman
Nigel C. A. Pitman Field Museum of Natural History
Rafael P. Salomão
Rafael P. Salomão Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Jérôme Chave
Jérôme Chave Paul Sabatier University
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds

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