Andy Hector

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute — PA

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

85h-index53.2kcitations361works13.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(170), Plant and animal studies(72), Species Distribution and Climate Change(43), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(39), Forest ecology and management(39)

Publications358 total

Tropical forest carbon sequestration accelerated by nitrogen
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
Science·2025· 15 cited
Life-history variation mediates the importance of population structure to the short-term dynamics of plant populations worldwide
2025Open Access
Distinguishing Short‐Term Versus Long‐Term Responses in Cover‐Class Structured Community Dynamics: A Test With Grassland Drought Response
Ecology Letters·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Seasonal Sheep Grazing Does Not Enhance Stable or Total Soil Carbon Stocks in a Long‐Term Calcareous Grassland Experiment
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities
Science Advances·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
Nature Communications·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities
2025Open Access
Current estimates of population resilience do not predict resilience to directional environmental shifts
2025Open Access
Using dynamic documents to mend cracks in the reproducible research pipeline
Journal of Ecology·2025Open Access
Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure
Science·2025· 28 citedOpen Access
Tree diversity reduces pathogen damage in temperate forests: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Forest Ecology and Management·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events
Nature·2024· 106 citedOpen Access
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate
Journal of Ecology·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 54 citedOpen Access
Author response for "The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate"
2024
Variation in precipitation drives differences in interactions and short-term transient instability between grassland functional groups: a stage-structured community approach
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Tree diversity reduces pathogen damage in temperate forests: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2024
No enhancement of soil carbon persistence by sheep grazing in a long-term calcareous grassland experiment
2024Open Access
Differential responses of community‐level functional traits to mid‐ and late‐season experimental drought in a temperate grassland
Journal of Ecology·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Bernhard Schmid(17), Michel Loreau(16), Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen(14), Helge Bruelheide(10), Peter B. Reich(9), Forest Isbell(8), Yann Hautier(8), John H. Lawton(7), David Tilman(6), Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos(6), Julia Koricheva(6), Carl Beierkuhnlein(5), Maria C. Caldeira(5), Ari Jumpponen(5), Asher Minns(5), Christa P. H. Mulder(5), S. J. Otway(5), J. S. Pereira(5), Andreas Y. Troumbis(5), John N. Griffin(5)