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  • 2021 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Rebecca Ostertag is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Hilo in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on the ecological dynamics and conservation of forest systems.

Their work concentrates on several subfields of study including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Key topics addressed by their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Ostertag has published in several frequent venues, among which are:

  • Biotropica
  • New Phytologist
  • PLoS Biology
  • Pacific Science
  • Communications Biology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ostertag include:

  • "Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world," 2022, New Phytologist
  • "Hawai'i forest review: Synthesizing the ecology, evolution, and conservation of a model system," 2021, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • "Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity," 2023, Communications Biology
  • "Tree Canopies Reflect Mycorrhizal Composition," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests," 2022, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Susan Cordell
  • Lawren Sack
  • Christian P. Giardina
  • Creighton M. Litton
  • Nicole DiManno

Rebecca Ostertag has been recognized as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America since 2021.

Best Publications

  • Neotropical secondary forest succession : changes in structural and functional characteristics

    Manuel R Guariguata;Rebecca Ostertag;Rebecca Ostertag

  • The Potential for Carbon Sequestration Through Reforestation of Abandoned Tropical Agricultural and Pasture Lands

    W. L. Silver;W. L. Silver;R. Ostertag;R. Ostertag;A. E. Lugo

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

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

  • Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.

    Joseph A. LaManna;Scott A. Mangan;Alfonso Alonso;Norman A. Bourg;Norman A. Bourg

  • Litter quality versus soil microbial community controls over decomposition: a quantitative analysis.

    Cory C. Cleveland;Sasha C. Reed;Adrienne B. Keller;Diana R. Nemergut

  • Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Ana Sofia Vaz;Joaquim S. Silva;Joaquim S. Silva;Marcela van Loo

  • Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Canopy Biodiversity in Hawaiian Lowland Rainforests

    Kimberly M. Carlson;Gregory P. Asner;R. Flint Hughes;Rebecca Ostertag

  • EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY ON FINE‐ROOT DYNAMICS IN HAWAIIAN MONTANE FORESTS

    Rebecca Ostertag

  • Soil organic matter dynamics during 80 years of reforestation of tropical pastures

    Erika Marin-Spiotta;Whendee L. Silver;Christopher W. Swanston;Rebecca. Ostertag

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Early stages of root and leaf decomposition in Hawaiian forests: effects of nutrient availability.

    Rebecca Ostertag;Sarah E. Hobbie

  • Planting Seedlings in Tree Islands Versus Plantations as a Large-Scale Tropical Forest Restoration Strategy

    Karen D. Holl;Rakan A. Zahawi;Rebecca J. Cole;Rebecca Ostertag

  • LONG-TERM PATTERNS IN TROPICAL REFORESTATION: PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION

    E. Mar¡n-Spiotta;R. Ostertag;W L Silver

  • CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PLANT COMMUNITY DYNAMICS FOLLOWING REFORESTATION OF TROPICAL PASTURE

    Whendee L. Silver;Whendee L. Silver;Lara M. Kueppers;Ariel E. Lugo;Rebecca Ostertag;Rebecca Ostertag

  • Litterfall and Decomposition in Relation to Soil Carbon Pools Along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence in Puerto Rico

    Rebecca Ostertag;Erika Marín-Spiotta;Whendee L. Silver;Jodie Schulten

  • Using plant functional traits to restore Hawaiian rainforest

    Rebecca Ostertag;Laura Warman;Susan Cordell;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Foliar nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation responses after fertilization: an example from nutrient-limited Hawaiian forests

    Rebecca Ostertag

  • Forest Floor Decomposition Following Hurricane Litter Inputs in Several Puerto Rican Forests

    Rebecca Ostertag;Frederick N. Scatena;Whendee L. Silver

  • BELOWGROUND EFFECTS OF CANOPY GAPS IN A TROPICAL WET FOREST

    Rebecca Ostertag

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Cordell
Susan Cordell US Forest Service
Lawren Sack
Lawren Sack University of California, Los Angeles
Christian P. Giardina
Christian P. Giardina US Forest Service
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Sean M. McMahon
Sean M. McMahon Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Fangliang He
Fangliang He University of Alberta
Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences

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