Leandro Valle Ferreira

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

Jingjing Liang, Thomas W. Crowther, Nicolas Picard et al. · Science · 2016 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Reforestation, Biodiversity Loss, Biodiversity +15

Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests

Jos Barlow, Toby Gardner, Ivanei S. Araujo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Biodiversity Loss, Engineering, Secondary Forests +17

Changes in the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forests: Evidence from Long-Term Plots

Oliver L. Phillips, Yadvinder Malhi, Níro Higuchi et al. · Science · 1998 · 890 citations

Reforestation, Carbon Sequestration, Biogeochemistry +14

RAIN FOREST FRAGMENTATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF AMAZONIAN TREE COMMUNITIES

William F. Laurance, Leandro Valle Ferreira, Judy M. Rankin-de Mérona et al. · Ecology · 1998 · 790 citations

Biodiversity, Forest Health, Tree Mortality +7

Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation

Lucy Rowland, Antônio C. L. da Costa, David Galbraith et al. · Nature · 2015 · 676 citations · Full text

Reforestation, Carbon Sequestration, Forest Health +8