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Overview

James W. Dalling is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans several areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science.

The main fields of study for Dalling include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their work explores various subfields, notably:

  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology

Dalling's research covers topics such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

The scientist has published multiple papers in a variety of journals, with selected recent publications including:

  • "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission," 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates," 2022, Science
  • "Extending Plant Defense Theory to Seeds," 2020, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • "Local canopy disturbance as an explanation for long-term increases in liana abundance," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dalling frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Paul-Camilo Zalamea
  • Carolina Sarmiento
  • Wendy H. Yang
  • David F. R. P. Burslem
  • Astrid Ferrer

Their publications appear often in notable venues such as:

  • Biotropica
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Soil nutrients influence spatial distributions of tropical tree species

    Robert John;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling;Kyle Edward Harms;Kyle Edward Harms;Joseph B. Yavitt

  • Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

    S. Joseph Wright;Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Peter B. Reich

  • The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: evidence for an alternative pathway of gap‐phase regeneration

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;James W. Dalling;Walter P. Carson

  • Seed size, growth rate and gap microsite conditions as determinants of recruitment success for pioneer species

    James W. Dalling;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • GERMINATION ECOLOGY OF NEOTROPICAL PIONEERS: INTERACTING EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND SEED SIZE

    T. R. H. Pearson;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Christopher Mullins;J. W. Dalling;J. W. Dalling

  • Role of dispersal in the recruitment limitation of neotropical pioneer species

    J. W. Dalling;J. W. Dalling;H. C. Muller-Landau;S. J. Wright;S. P. Hubbell;S. P. Hubbell

  • Seed dispersal, seedling establishment and gap partitioning among tropical pioneer trees.

    J. W. Dalling;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Katia Silvera

  • DISPERSAL PATTERNS AND SEED BANK DYNAMICS OF PIONEER TREES IN MOIST TROPICAL FOREST

    James W. Dalling;M. D. Swaine;Nancy C. Garwood

  • Seed survival in soil: interacting effects of predation, dormancy and the soil microbial community

    James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling;Adam S. Davis;Brian J. Schutte;A. Elizabeth Arnold

  • Soil resources and topography shape local tree community structure in tropical forests

    Claire A. Baldeck;Kyle E. Harms;Kyle E. Harms;Joseph B. Yavitt;Robert John

  • Topographic position affects the water regime in a semideciduous tropical forest in Panama

    Matthew I. Daws;Christopher E. Mullins;David F.R.P. Burslem;Steven R. Paton

  • Growth dynamics of root and shoot hydraulic conductance in seedlings of five neotropical tree species: scaling to show possible adaptation to differing light regimes.

    Melvin T. Tyree;Virginia Velez;James W Dalling

  • Liana abundance, diversity, and distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Scott A. Mangan;Scott A. Mangan;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling;Claire A. Baldeck

  • Soil seed bank community dynamics in seasonally moist lowland tropical forest, Panama

    James W Dalling;M. D. Swaine;Nancy C. Garwood

  • Acclimation of tropical tree seedlings to excessive light in simulated tree‐fall gaps

    G. H. Krause;O. Y. Koroleva;James W Dalling;K. Winter

  • DAMAGE AND HERBIVORY TOLERANCE THROUGH RESPROUTING AS AN ADVANTAGE OF LARGE SEED SIZE IN TROPICAL TREES AND LIANAS

    Kyle E. Harms;James W. Dalling

  • An ectomycorrhizal nitrogen economy facilitates monodominance in a neotropical forest.

    Adriana Corrales;Scott A. Mangan;Scott A. Mangan;Benjamin L. Turner;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling

  • Differences in seed germination responses may promote coexistence of four sympatric Piper species

    M. I. Daws;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Lora M Crabtree;P. Kirkman

  • Seed dispersal patterns produced by white-faced monkeys: implications for the dispersal limitation of neotropical tree species

    Elisabet V. Wehncke;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Robin B. Foster;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling

  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

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  • Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings

    Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht;Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling;Timothy R. H. Pearson;Robert L. Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Kyle E. Harms
Kyle E. Harms Louisiana State University
A. Elizabeth Arnold
A. Elizabeth Arnold University of Arizona
David F. R. P. Burslem
David F. R. P. Burslem University of Aberdeen
Adam S. Davis
Adam S. Davis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stefan A. Schnitzer
Stefan A. Schnitzer Marquette University
Matthew I. Daws
Matthew I. Daws Alcoa (United States)

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