Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Melo F, Martínez-Ramos M, Bongers F, Chazdon RL, Norden N, Santos B, Leal I & Tabarelli M. (2017) Multiple successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes. Biological reviews, in press.

Tymen B, Réjou-Méchain M, Dalling J, Fauset S, Feldpausch T, Norden N, Phillps O, Turner B, Viers J, Chave J. (2016) Liana-infested forest as an alternative stable state. Journal of Ecology. 104, 149-159

Norden N, Angarita H, Bongers F, Martínez-Ramos M, Granzow-de la Cerda I, van Breugel M, Lebrija-Trejos E, Meave JA, Vandermeer J, Williamson B, Finegan B, Mesquita R & Chazon RL. (2015) Successional dynamics in Neotropical forests are as uncertain as they are predictable. PNAS. 12, 8013-8018

Letcher S, Lasky J, Chazdon RL, Norden N (and 47 more authors). (2015) Environmental gradients and the evolution of successional habitat specialization: a test case with 14 Neotropical forest sites. Journal of Ecology, 103, 1276-1290.

Norden N & Stevenson PR. (2015) Influence of frugivore activity on the species abundance of seedlings and saplings in a lowland tropical forest in Colombia. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 31, 291-303.

Norden N. (2014) Del porqué la regeneración natural es tan importante para la coexistencia de especies en los bosques tropicales. Colombia Forestal, 17, 247-261.

Norden N, Letcher SG, Boukilli V, Swenson NG & Chazdon RL (2012) Demographic drivers of successional changes in phylogenetic structure across life-history stages in tropical plant communities. Ecology, 93, S70-S82.

Umaña MN, Norden N, Cano A & Stevenson P (2012) Community assembly in three types of rainforest in Colombia: Ecological and evolutionary processes. Plos One. 7.9: e45199

Paine CET, Norden N, Chave J, Forget PM, Fortunel C, Dexter KG & Baraloto C (2012) Environmental filtering and phylogenetically correlated functional traits predict seedling mortality in a tropical forest. Ecology Letters, 14, 34-41.

Chazdon RC, Chao A, Colwell R, Shang YL, Norden N, Letcher S, Clark D, Finegan B & Arroyo JP (2011) A novel statistical method for classifying habitat generalists and specialists. Ecology, 92, 1332-1343.

Norden N, Mesquita RCG, Bentos TV, Chazdon RL & Williamson GB (2011) Contrasting community compensatory trends in alternative successional pathways in central Amazonia Oikos, 120, 143-151.

González MA, Roger A, Courtois E, Jabot F, Norden N, Paine CET, Baraloto C, Thebaud C & Chave J. (2010) Shifs in species and phylogenetic diversity between sapling and tree communities indicate negative density-dependence in a lowland tropical forest. Journal of Ecology, 98, 138-146.

Chazdon RL, Finegan B, Capers R, Salgado-Negret B, Boukili V & Norden N. (2010) Composition and dynamics of functional groups of trees during tropical forest succession in Northeastern Costa Rica. Biotropica, 42, 31-40.

Norden N, Chazdon RL, Chao A, Yi-Huei J & Vilchez-Alvarado B (2009) Resilience of tropical rain forests: tree community reassembly in secondary forests. Ecology Letters, 12, 385-394.

Norden N, Chave J, Riéra B, Viers J, Caubère A, Châtelet P, Ferroni N, Forget P-M & Thébaud C (2009) Interspecific variation in seedling responses to seed limitation and habitat conditions for 14 Neotropical woody species. Journal of Ecology, 97, 186-197.

Norden N, Daws MI, Antoine C, Gonzalez MA, Garwood NC & Chave J (2009) The relationship between seed mass and mean time to germination for 1037 tree species across five tropical forests. Functional Ecology, 23, 203-210.

Chave J, Olivier J, Bongers F, Châtelet P, Forget P-M, van der Meer P, Norden N, Riéra B & Charles-Dominique P (2008) Aboveground biomass and productivity in a rain forest of eastern South America. Journal of Tropical Ecololgy, 24, 355-366.

Metz M, Comita L, Chen Y-Y, Norden N, Condit R, Hubbell SP, Sun IF, Noor MNS & Wright JS (2008) Temporal variability in seedling dynamics: A cross-site comparison in four lowland tropical forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 24, 9-18.

Norden N, Chave J, Belbenoit P, Caubère A, Châtelet P, Forget P-M & Thébaud C. (2007) Mast fruiting is a frequent strategy in tree and liana species of Eastern South America. PloS One 2(10): e1079. doi:10.1371/journal/pone/0001079.

Norden N, Chave J, Caubère A, Châtelet P, Ferroni N, Forget P-M & Thébaud C (2007) Is temporal variation of seedling communities determined by environment or by seed arrival? A test in a neotropical forest. Journal of Ecology, 95, 507-516.

Chave J & Norden N (2007) Changes in species diversity in a simulated fragmented neutral landscape. Ecological Modelling, 207, 3-10.

Book Chapters

Norden N (2012) Amenazas a la biodiversidad: Implicaciones de la deforestación en bosques tropicales. Libro “Biodiversidad, Conservación y Desarrollo”. S Madriñan & JA Sánchez (eds.) Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Norden N (2010) Resiliencia en bosques tropicales húmedos: reensamblaje de las comunidades de árboles en bosques secundarios. Memorias del I Congreso Colombiano de Restauración Ecológica. O Vargas Ríos & SP Reyes (eds). Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.