Paul‐Camilo Zalamea

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute — PA

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

16h-index931citations48works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(20), Plant and animal studies(15), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(10), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(9), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(7)

Publications46 total

Seed survival in tropical pioneer trees is unrelated to conspecific distance but linked to fungal infection
Oikos·2025
Incorporating microbiome analyses can enhance conservation of threatened species and ecosystem functions
The Science of The Total Environment·2025· 3 cited
Insights on Seed Defenses and Seed Dormancy from the Trees of Barro Colorado Island
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
<i>Cecropia</i>: A Myrmecophytic Genus of Dioecious Pioneer Trees
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Seed permeability: an essential trait for classifying seed dormancy type
Seed Science Research·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Decadal survival of tropical pioneer seeds in the soil seed bank is accompanied by fungal infection and dormancy release
Functional Ecology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
A Global Assessment of the State of Plant Health
Plant Disease·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Acrogenospora terricola sp. nov., a fungal species associated with seeds of pioneer trees in the soil seed bank of a lowland forest in Panama
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Molecular Systematics, Species Concepts, and Myrmecophytism in <i>Cecropia</i> (Cecropieae: Urticaceae): Insights from Restriction-Site Associated DNA
Systematic Botany·2022· 3 cited
Effect of climate change on regeneration of plants from seeds in tropical wet forests
Elsevier eBooks·2022· 3 cited
Closely related tree species support distinct communities of seed‐associated fungi in a lowland tropical forest
Journal of Ecology·2021· 17 citedOpen Access
Can variation in seed removal patterns of Neotropical pioneer tree species be explained by local ant community composition?
Biotropica·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Closely related tree species support distinct communities of seed‐associated fungi in a lowland tropical forest"
2020Open Access
Extending Plant Defense Theory to Seeds
Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2020· 102 citedOpen Access
Species‐specific effects of phosphorus addition on tropical tree seedling response to elevated CO<sub>2</sub>
Functional Ecology·2019· 9 citedOpen Access
Colonization of Seeds by Soilborne Fungi: Linking Seed Dormancy-Defense Syndromes, Evolutionary Constraints, and Fungal Traits
2019· 3 cited
Wood and soil nutrient concentrations affect fungal decomposition of wood
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2018
Context-dependent and variable effects of endohyphal bacteria on interactions between fungi and seeds
Fungal ecology·2018· 22 citedOpen Access
Tropical Pioneer Seeds Have Different Dormancy‐Defense Syndromes That Help Them to Survive in the Soil Seed Bank
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2018Open Access
Dormancy‐defense syndromes and tradeoffs between physical and chemical defenses in seeds of pioneer species
Ecology·2018· 34 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Carolina Sarmiento(24), James W. Dalling(23), Adam S. Davis(15), A. Elizabeth Arnold(14), Patrick Heuret(13), Pablo R. Stevenson(6), Éric Nicolini(5), Véronique Letort(4), Benjamin L. Turner(3), Klaus Winter(3), Justin P. Shaffer(3), Mark A. Berhow(3), Santiago Madriñán(3), Manuel Rodríguez(3), Simon Maccracken Stump(2), Rachel E. Gallery(2), David A. Baltrus(2), Sofia Gripenberg(2), S. Joseph Wright‬(2), Carolyn A. Delevich(2)