S. Joseph Wright‬

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute — PA

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(265), Plant and animal studies(154), Forest ecology and management(115), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(91), Species Distribution and Climate Change(72)

Publications571 total

Species functional traits affect regional and local dominance across western Amazonian forests
Journal of Ecology·2025Open Access
Drying suppresses fine root production to 1 m depths and alters root traits in four distinct tropical forests
New Phytologist·2025Open Access
Author response for "Species functional traits affect regional and local dominance across western Amazonian forests"
2025
Constraining Light‐Driven Plasticity in Leaf Traits With Observations Improves the Prediction of Tropical Forest Demography, Structure, and Biomass Dynamics
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
<scp>TropiRoot</scp> 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Decomposing leaf mass into metabolic and structural components explains divergent patterns of trait variation within and among plant species
Oecologia·2025· 1 cited
Seed Production and 22 Years of Climatic Changes in an Everwet Neotropical Forest
Ecology Letters·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter
Forest Ecosystems·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Statistical power and the detection of global change responses: The case of leaf production in old‐growth forests
Ecology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Data from TropiRoot 1.0 database: tropical root characteristics across environments
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)·2025Open Access
Putting seedlings on the map: Trade‐offs in demographic rates between ontogenetic size classes in five tropical forests
Ecology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Species functional traits affect regional and local dominance across western Amazonian forests"
2024
A Stand-Level, Water-Addition Experiment
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Flower and Seed Production, Seedling Dynamics, and Tree Life Cycles
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
The Importance and Diversity of Dominant Plant Species of Barro Colorado Island, and the Value of Focal Species Accounts
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024Open Access
Variation in Forest Structure, Dynamics, and Composition Across 108 ha of Large Forest Plots on Barro Colorado Island
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science (Volumes 1 and 2)
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years of Plant and Ecosystem Science at Barro Colorado
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Insights from a Long-term, Factorial Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Addition Experiment Conducted in a Mature Lowland Tropical Forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Dynamics of a Late-Stage Secondary Forest on Barro Colorado Island
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Stephen P. Hubbell(9), Kyle E. Harms(8), Helene C. Muller‐Landau(8), Osvaldo Calderón(7), Ian J. Wright(6), Benjamin L. Turner(6), Mark Westoby(4), Peter B. Reich(4), Richard Condit(4), Kaoru Kitajima(4), Lourens Poorter(4), Jens Kattge(3), Johannes H. C. Cornelissen(3), Stuart J. Davies(3), Sandra Dı́az(3), Andrés Hernández(3), María Uriarte(3), Nathan G. Swenson(3), Jill Thompson(3), Joseph B. Yavitt(3)