Lars Markesteijn

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos — Spain

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(23), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(19), Plant and animal studies(12), Forest ecology and management(12), Tree-ring climate responses(6)

Publications56 total

A new tree species from seasonally dry tropical forest in southern Ecuador, Spirotheca zapotillana sp. nov. (Malvaceae), resolves a putatively disjunct distribution
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new tree species from seasonally dry tropical forest in southern Ecuador, Spirotheca zapotillana sp. nov. (Malvaceae), resolves a putatively disjunct distribution
PhytoKeys·2025Open Access
Lithology modulates the response of litter decomposition to precipitation in Mediterranean forests
2025Open Access
The effect of lithology on leaf litter decomposition of Pinus pinaster forests along a Mediterranean precipitation gradient
2024Open Access
Widespread variation in functional trait–vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient
Functional Ecology·2022· 10 cited
Do prey shape, time of day, and plant trichomes affect the predation rate on plasticine prey in tropical rainforests?
Biotropica·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Functional responses of mangrove fauna to forest degradation
Marine and Freshwater Research·2022· 13 cited
Weissflog et al. - Daytime but not plant trichomes provide herbivores with enemy-free space: of plasticine caterpillars, superheroes, and natural enemies.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021Open Access
Weissflog et al. - Daytime but not plant trichomes provide herbivores with enemy-free space: of plasticine caterpillars, superheroes, and natural enemies.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021Open Access
Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015–16 El Niño
Global Change Biology·2021· 41 cited
Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015-16 El Niño - dataset and code
Figshare·2021Open Access
Natural enemies affect plant diversity and density dependence along a tropical precipitation gradient
2019
The hydraulic efficiency–safety trade‐off differs between lianas and trees
Ecology·2019· 91 citedOpen Access
The role of herbivorous insects and pathogens in the regeneration dynamics of Guazuma ulmifolia in Panama
Nature Conservation·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Seed predation by insects across a tropical forest precipitation gradient
Ecological Entomology·2018· 16 citedOpen Access
Fungal pathogens and insect herbivores mediate seedling dynamics and diversity patterns along a tropical forest humidity gradient
2018
How does grazing management influence the functional diversity of oak woodland ecosystems? A plant trait approach
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2018· 18 cited
Soil carbon stocks across tropical forests of Panama regulated by base cation effects on fine roots
Biogeochemistry·2018· 53 citedOpen Access
Data from: The hydraulic efficiency–safety trade-off differs between lianas and trees
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling·2018Open Access
Effects of the 2015-2016 El Niño on seedling dynamics across a rainfall gradient on Central Panama
2017
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Frequent Co-authors

Lourens Poorter(23), Frank J. Sterck(12), Owen T. Lewis(10), F. Schieving(9), Marisol Toledo(8), Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht(7), Anita Weissflog(6), S. Joseph Wright‬(4), Lawren Sack(4), Frans Bongers(4), Liza S. Comita(4), John R. Healey(4), Christopher Baraloto(3), Fernando Valladares(3), Stefan A. Schnitzer(3), Daniela Cusack(3), Benjamin L. Turner(3), F. Andrew Jones(3), Annette Aiello(3), Inga Geipel(3)