Robert Muscarella

Uppsala University — Sweden

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

34h-index8.6kcitations99works4.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(42), Species Distribution and Climate Change(24), Plant and animal studies(20), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(19), Forest ecology and management(19)

Publications96 total

Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
Tropical forest trees with higher thermal optima of photosynthesis exhibit lower PSII heat stability
Journal of Experimental Botany·2026
Tropical forest trees with higher thermal optima of photosynthesis exhibit lower PSII heat stability
2026
Tropical forest trees with higher thermal optima of photosynthesis exhibit lower PSII heat stability
2026Open Access
Large differences in photorespiration and its temperature response among temperate trees
2025Open Access
Intraspecific Trait Variation in Tree Species Responds to Environmental Heterogeneity at Range‐Wide but Not Local Scales
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Soil eDNA reflects regionally dominant species rather than local composition of tropical tree communities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025Open Access
Contrasting Seasonal Variation of Photosynthesis in Evergreen and Deciduous Tree Species From a Tropical Forest
Physiologia Plantarum·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic
Nature·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
A spatio-temporal model of embolism propagation in leaf vein networks
AoB Plants·2025Open Access
Sensitivity of Amazonian Wetland Forests to Drought
2025Open Access
Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Science·2025· 27 citedOpen Access
Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests
Nature·2025· 17 citedOpen Access
Tropical forest trees with higher thermal optima of photosynthesis exhibit lower PSII heat stability
2025Open Access
Contrasting seasonal plasticity of photosynthesis in evergreen and deciduous tree species from a tropical forest
2024
Damage to tropical forests caused by cyclones is driven by wind speed but mediated by topographical exposure and tree characteristics
Global Change Biology·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Survival, growth, and functional traits of tropical wet forest tree seedlings across an experimental soil moisture gradient in Puerto Rico
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Chronic Winds Reduce Tropical Forest Structural Complexity Regardless of Climate, Topography, or Forest Age
Ecosystems·2024· 9 cited
Drone microrelief analysis to predict the presence of naturally regenerated seedlings
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico
Biotropica·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

María Uriarte(28), Jess K. Zimmerman(19), Nathan G. Swenson(12), Jill Thompson(10), Frans Bongers(9), Jefferson S. Hall(7), Madelon Lohbeck(7), Miguel Martínez‐Ramos(7), Michiel van Breugel(7), Lourens Poorter(6), Justin M. Becknell(6), Pedro H. S. Brancalion(6), Robin L. Chazdon(6), Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez(6), Saara J. DeWalt(6), Juan Manuel Dupuy(6), Mário M. Espírito‐Santo(6), Ricardo G. César(6), José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni(6), Deborah Kennard(6)