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Peer-reviewed articles

Guitet, S., D. Sabatier, O. Brunaux, B. Hérault, M. Aubry-Kientz, J.-F. Molino, and C. Baraloto. 2014. Estimating tropical tree diversity indices from forestry surveys: A method to integrate taxonomic uncertainty. Forest Ecology and Management 328:270-281. pdf

Wagner, F., V. Rossi, C. Baraloto, D. Bonal, C. Stahl, and B. Hérault. 2014. Are Commonly Measured Functional Traits Involved in Tropical Tree Responses to Climate? International Journal of Ecology. pdf

Sist, P., E. Rutishauser, M. Peña-Claros, A. Shenkin, B. Hérault, L. Blanc, C. Baraloto, F. Baya, F. Benedet, and K. E. Silva. 2014. The Tropical managed Forests Observatory: a research network addressing the future of tropical logged forests. Applied Vegetation Science in press. pdf

Baraloto, C., P. Alverga, G. Barnes, I. Brasil, W. Castro, I. Moll, H. Duenas, D. Kenji, H. medeiros, S. Murphy, H. Ramos, C. Rockwell, A. Shenkin, M. Silveira, J. Southworth, G. Vasquez, and S. Perz. 2014. Contrasting forest value metrics in community forests of southwestern Amazonia. Ecology & Society in press.

Fortunel, C., J. Ruelle, J. Beauchêne, P.V.A. Fine, and C. Baraloto. 2014. Wood specific gravity and anatomy of branches and roots in 113 Amazonian rainforest tree species across environmental gradients. New Phytologist. pdf

Rockwell, C., K. Kainer, C. Staudhammer, and C. Baraloto. 2014. Logging in bamboo-dominated forests in southwestern Amazonia: Caveats and opportunities for smallholder forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 315: 202-210. pdf

Fortunel, C., C. E. T. Paine, N. J. B. Kraft, P. V. A. Fine, and C. Baraloto. 2014. Environmental factors predict community functional composition in Amazonian forests. Journal of Ecology 102: 145-155. pdf

Lamarre, G., I. Mendoza, P.V.A. Fine, and C. Baraloto. 2014. Contrasting patterns in leaf synchrony and herbivory rates among tropical tree habitat specialists. Plant Ecology. pdf

ter Steege, H., N. Pitman, D. Sabatier, C. Baraloto et al. 2013. Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora. Science. pdf

Peay, K., C. Baraloto and P.V.A. Fine. 2013. Strong coupling of plant and fungal structure across Amazonian rainforests. ISME J. 7: 1851-1861. pdf

Fine, P.V.A., M. R. Metz, J. Lokvam, I. Mesones, J. Milagros Ayarza Zuñiga, G. P. A. Lamarre, M. Vásquez Pilco and C. Baraloto. 2013. Insect herbivores, chemical innovation and the evolution of habitat specialization in Amazonian trees. Ecology 94:1764–1775. pdf

Mouillot, D., D. Bellwood, C. Baraloto, J. Chave, M. Kulbicki, S. Lavergne, N. Mouquet, C. E. T. Paine, and W. Thuiller. 2013. Rare species support vulnerable functions in high diversity systems. PLoS Biology 11: e1001569. pdf

Aubry-Kientz, M., B. Hérault, C. Ayotte-Trépanier, C. Baraloto, and V. Rossi. 2013. Towards trait-based mortality models for tropical forests? PLoS One 8: e63678. pdf

Perz, S. G., Y. Qiu, Y. Xia, J. Southworth, M. Marsik, K. Rocha, V. Passos, D. Rojas, G. Alarcón, G. Barnes, and C. Baraloto. 2013. Trans-boundary Infrastructure and Land Cover Change: Highway Paving and Community-level Deforestation in a Tri-national Frontier in the Amazon. Land Use Policy 34: 27-41. pdf

Sist, P., L. Blanc, L. Mazzei and C. Baraloto. 2013. Current knowledge of general patterns of biomass dynamics after logging in Amazonian forests. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques 314: 41-49. pdf

Baraloto, C., Q. Molto*, S. Rabaud*, B. Hérault, R. Valencia, L. Blanc, P. V. A. Fine, and J. Thompson. 2013. Rapid simultaneous estimation of aboveground biomass and tree diversity across Neotropical forests: A comparison of field inventory methods. Biotropica 45: 288-298. pdf

Lamarre, G.*, Q. Molto*, S. Brulé, P.V.A. Fine and C. Baraloto. 2012. A comparison of common flight interception traps to survey tropical arthropods. Zookeys 216: 43-55. pdf

Lamarre, G.*, C. Baraloto, C. Fortunel, N. Davila Cardozo, I. Mesones, J. Grandez Rios, M. Rios, E. Valderrama, and P. V. A. Fine. 2012. Herbivory, growth strategies and habitat specialization in tropical tree lineages: implications for Amazonian beta-diversity. Ecology 93: S195-S210. pdf

Courtois, E. A.*, C. Baraloto, C. E. T. Paine†, P. Pétronelli, P.-A. Blandinieres, D. Stien, E. Houel, J.-M. Bessiere, and J. Chave. 2012. Differences in volatile terpene composition between the bark and leaves of tropical tree species. Phytochemistry 82: 81-88. pdf

Baraloto, C., B. Hérault, C. E. T. Paine†, H. Massot*, L. Blanc, J. F. Molino, E. Nicolini, and D. Sabatier. 2012. Contrasting taxonomic and functional responses of a tropical tree community to selective logging. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 861-870. pdf

Fortunel, C., P. V. A. Fine, and C. Baraloto. 2012. Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species. Functional Ecology 26: 1153-1161. pdf

Ferry, B., J.-M. Bontemps, L. Blanc, and C. Baraloto. 2012. Is climate a stronger driver of tree growth than disturbance? A comment on Toledo et al. (2011) Journal of Ecology 100: 1065-1068. pdf

Marcon, E., B. Hérault, C. Baraloto, and G. Lang. 2012. The decomposition of Shannon's entropy and a confidence interval for beta-diversity. Oikos 121:516-522. pdf

Baraloto, C., O. J. Hardy, C. E. T. Paine†, K. G. Dexter, C. Cruaud, L. T. Dunning, M. A. Gonzalez, J. F. Molino, D. Sabatier, V. Savolainen, and J. Chave. 2012. Integrating functional traits and molecular phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities. Journal of Ecology 100: 690-701. pdf

Shipley, B., C. E. T. Paine, and C. Baraloto. 2012. Quantifying the importance of local niche-based and stochastic processes to tropical tree community assembly. Ecology 93: 760-769. pdf

Paine, C. E. T., N. Norden, J. Chave, C. Fortunel, P.-M. Forget, and C. Baraloto. 2012. Phylogenetic density dependence and environmental filtering predict seedling survival in a tropical forest. Ecology Letters 15:34-41. pdf

Hérault, B., B. Bachelot*, F. Bongers, J. Chave, C. E. T. Paine†, L. Poorter, V. Rossi, and C. Baraloto. 2011. Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree species. Journal of Ecology 99:1431-1440. pdf

Baraloto, C., S. Rabaud*, Q. Molto*, B. Hérault, L. Blanc, C. Fortunel†, N. Davila*, I. Mesones, M. Rios*, E. Valderrama*, and P. V. A. Fine. 2011. Disentangling stand and environmental correlates of aboveground biomass in Amazonian forests. Global Change Biology 17: 2677-2688. pdf

Paine, C. E. T. †, C. Baraloto, J. Chave, B. Hérault. 2011. Functional traits of individual trees reveal ecological constraints on community assembly in tropical rain forests. Oikos 120: 720-727. pdf

Sarmiento*, C., S. Patiño†, C. E. T. Paine†, J. Beauchene, A. Thibaut, and C. Baraloto .2011. Within-individual variation in trunk and branch xylem density in tropical trees. American Journal of Botany 98:140-149. pdf

Baraloto, C., C. E. T. Paine†, L. Poorter, J. Beauchene, D. Bonal, A.-M. Domenach, B. Hérault, S. Patiño†, J.-C. Roggy, and J. Chave. 2010. Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rainforest trees. Ecology Letters 13:1338-1347. pdf

Baraloto, C. and P. Couteron. 2010. Fine scale microhabitat heterogeneity in a French Guianan forest. Biotropica 42:420-428. pdf

Baraloto, C., E. Marcon, F. Morneau, S. Pavoine, and J.-C. Roggy. 2010. Integrating functional diversity into tropical forest plantation designs to study ecosystem processes. Annals of Forest Science 67:303-312. pdf

Baraloto, C., C. E. T. Paine†, S. Patiño†, D. Bonal, B. Hérault, and J. Chave. 2010. Functional trait variation and sampling strategies in species-rich plant communities. Functional Ecology 24: 208-216. pdf

Paine, C. E. T†, C. Stahl, E. Courtois*, S. Patiño†, and C. Baraloto. 2010. Functional explanations for bark thickness in tropical forest trees. Functional Ecology 24:1202-1210. pdf

Hérault, B., J. Beauchene, F. Muller, F. Wagner*, C. Baraloto, L. Blanc, and J.-M. Martin. 2010. Modeling decay rates of dead wood in a neotropical forest. Oecologia 164:243-251. pdf

Hérault, B., J. Ouallet*, L. Blanc, F. Wagner*, and C. Baraloto. 2010. Differential species growth response of neotropical trees to logging gaps. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 821-831. pdf

Coste, S., C. Baraloto, C. Leroy, E. Marcon, A. Renauld, A. D. Richardson, J.-C. Roggy, H. Schimann, J. Uddling, and B. Hérault. 2010. Assessing foliar chlorophyll contents with the SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter: a calibration test with thirteen tree species of tropical rainforest in French Guiana. Annals of Forest Science 67: 303-310. pdf

Courtois, E. A.*, C. E. T. Paine†, P.-A. Blandinieres, D. Stein, J.-M. Bessiere, E. Houel, C. Baraloto, and J. Chave. 2010. Diversity of the volatile organic compounds emitted by 55 species of tropical trees: A survey in French Guiana. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 1349-1356. pdf

Patiño, S. †, J. Lloyd, R. Paiva, T. R. Baker, C. A. Quesada, L. M. Mercado, J. Schmerler, M. Schwarz, A. J. B. Santos, A. Aguilar, C. I. Czimczik, J. Gallo, V. Horna, E. J. Hoyos, E. M. Jimenez, W. Palomino, J. Peacock, A. Peña-Cruz, C. Sarmiento, A. Sota, J. D. Turriago, B. Villanueva, P. Vitzthum, E. Alvarez, L. Arroyo, C. Baraloto, D. Bonal, J. Chave, A. C. L. Costa, R. Herrera, N. Higuchi, T. Killeen, E. Leal, F. Luizão, P. Meir, A. Monteagudo, D. Neil, P. Nuñez-Vargas, M. C. Peñuela, N. Pitman, N. Priante Filho, A. Prieto, S. N. Panfil, A. Rudas, R. Salomão, N. Silva, M. Silveira, S. Soares deAlmeida, A. Torres-Lezama, R. Vasquez-Martinez, I. Vieira, Y. Malhi, and O. L. Phillips. 2009. Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon Basin. Biogeosciences 6:545-568. pdf

Blanc, L., M. Echard*, D. Bonal, E. Marcon, J. Chave, and C. Baraloto. 2009. Dynamics of aboveground carbon stocks in a selectively logged neotropical rainforest. Ecological Applications 19:1397-1404. pdf

Gonzalez, M. A.*, C. Baraloto, J. Engel, S. Mori, P. Pétronelli, B. Riéra, A. Roger, C. Thébaud, and J. Chave. 2009a. Identification of Amazonian Trees with DNA Barcodes. PLoS One 4:e7483. pdf

Gonzalez, M. A.*, A. Roger, E. A. Courtois, F. Jabot, N. Norden, C. E. T. Paine†, C. Baraloto, C. Thébaud, and J. Chave. 2009b. Shifts in species and phylogenetic diversity between sapling and tree communities indicates negative density-dependence in a Neotropical forest. Journal of Ecology 98:137-146. pdf

Baraloto, C. and P.-M. Forget. 2007. Seed size, seedling morphology and response to deep shade and damage in Neotropical rain forest trees. American Journal of Botany 94:901-911. pdf

Baraloto, C., F. Morneau, D. Bonal, L. Blanc, and B. Ferry. 2007a. Seasonal water stress tolerance and habitat associations within four neotropical tree genera. Ecology 88:478-489. pdf

Baraloto, C., C. Rockwell, F. Walthier, and E. Ferreira. 2007b. Limitations and applications of parataxonomy for community forest management in southwestern Amazonia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 5:65-74. pdf

Ollivier, M., C. Baraloto, and E. Marcon. 2007. A trait database for Guianan rain forest trees permits intra- and inter-specific contrasts. Annals of Forest Science 64:781-786. pdf

Rockwell, C., K. Kainer, N. Marcondes, and C. Baraloto. 2007a. Ecological limitations of reduced-impact logging at the smallholder scale. Forest Ecology and Management 238:365-374. pdf

Rockwell, C., K. Kainer, C. Staudhammer, and C. Baraloto. 2007b. Future crop tree damage in a certified community forest in southwestern Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 242:108-118. pdf

Baraloto, C., D. Bonal, and D. E. Goldberg. 2006. Differential growth response to soil resource gradients among nine tropical tree species. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:487-497. pdf

Baraloto, C., P.-M. Forget, and D. E. Goldberg. 2005a. Seed mass, seedling size and neotropical tree seedling establishment. Journal of Ecology 93:1156-1166. pdf

Baraloto, C., D. E. Goldberg, and D. Bonal. 2005b. Performance trade-offs among tropical tree seedlings in contrasting microhabitats. Ecology 86:2461-2472. pdf

Baraloto, C. and D. E. Goldberg. 2004. Microhabitat associations and seedling bank dynamics in a neotropical forest. Oecologia 141:701-712. pdf

Baraloto, C. and P.-M. Forget. 2004. Effects of seed size and post-logging microhabitats on regeneration from seed: implications for sustainable forest management.in J.-M. Guehl, O. Laroussinie, and S. Gourlet-Fleury, editors. Functional bases for the sustainable management of tropical rainforests: results from the Paracou project in French Guiana. Elsevier, The Hagues.

Ferment, A., N. Picard, S. Gourlet-Fleury, and C. Baraloto. 2001. A comparison of five indirect methods for characterizing the light environment in a tropical forest. Annals of Forest Science 58:877-891. pdf

Conservation and education publications

Lamarre, G.P.A and Baraloto Christopher, (2012). Plantes et insectes herbivores: une bataille évolutive à l’armement. Une Saison en Guyane, Tome 8, Atelier Aymara Ed. Cayenne. pp. 84-89

Lamarre, G. P. A., Fine, P. V. A., & Baraloto, C. (2011). Abondance relative des Coléoptères dans trois types d’habitats forestiers de la forêt tropicale de Guyane : relation avec la structure et la diversité de la communauté de plantes ligneuses. In: J. Touroult (Ed.), Les Coléoptères de Guyane (Vol. III, pp. 3–10). Acorep France Edition.

Vedel, V., Camus, D. and Lamarre, G. (2011). Malaise and glass traps : useful means of catching canopy-dwelling spiders ? Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 122 : 12-15.

Baraloto, C., Walthier, F., Ferreira, E., Rockwell, C. 2005. Arvores madeireiras do Acre, Brasil. Um guia para os mateiros. Field Museum of Chicago Rapid Color Guides Vol. 187. see link

Baraloto, C. 2004. La régénération naturelle en forêt tropicale humide: de la graine à la jeune tige. Revue forestière française numéro spécial 2004: Forêt tropicale humide en Guyane, ENGREF, Paris.

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