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Pinho, Bruno X. ; Tabarelli, Marcelo ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Sfair, Júlia ; Melo, Felipe P. L.:
Plant functional assembly is mediated by rainfall and soil conditions in a seasonally dry tropical forest.
In: Basic and Applied Ecology. Vol. 40 (November 2019) . - pp. 1-11.

Kupers, Stefan J. ; Wirth, Christian ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Rüger, Nadja:
Dry season soil water potential maps of a 50 hectare tropical forest plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.
In: Scientific Data. Vol. 6 (May 2019) . - No. 63.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0072-z

van der Sande, Masha T. ; Poorter, Lourens ; Schnitzer, Stefan A. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Markesteijn, Lars:
The hydraulic efficiency-safety trade-off differs between lianas and trees.
In: Ecology. Vol. 100 (May 2019) Issue 5 . - e02666.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2666

Sun, Shanwen:
Comparative drought resistance of temperate grassland species : mechanisms, prediction and relation to species distribution across moisture gradients.
Bayreuth , 2019 . - VIII, 222 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004322

Kupers, Stefan J. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Hernandez, Andrés ; Wright, S. Joseph ; Wirth, Christian ; Rüger, Nadja:
Growth responses to soil water potential indirectly shape local species distributions of tropical forest seedlings.
In: Journal of Ecology. Vol. 107 (2019) Issue 2 . - pp. 860-874.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13096

Schaller, Jörg ; Turner, Benjamin L. ; Weissflog, Anita ; Pino, Delicia ; Bielnicka, Aleksandra W. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Silicon in tropical forests : large variation across soils and leaves suggests ecological significance.
In: Biogeochemistry. Vol. 140 (2018) Issue 2 . - pp. 161-174.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0483-5

Weissflog, Anita ; Markesteijn, Lars ; Lewis, Owen ; Comita, Liza ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Contrasting patterns of insect herbivory and predation pressure across a tropical rainfall gradient.
In: Biotropica. Vol. 50 (2017) Issue 2 . - pp. 302-311.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12513

Gaviria, Julian ; Turner, Benjamin L. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Drivers of tree species distribution across a tropical rainfall gradient.
In: Ecosphere. Vol. 8 (2017) Issue 2 . - e01712.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1712

O'Brian, Michael J. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Joswig, Julia ; Pereyra, Gabriela ; Schuldt, Bernhard ; Jansen, Steven ; Kattge, Jens ; Landhäuser, Simon M. ; Levick, Shaun R. ; Preisler, Yakir ; Väänänen, Päivi ; Macinnis-Ng, Cate:
A synthesis of tree functional traits related to drought-induced mortality in forests across climatic zones.
In: Journal of Applied Ecology. Vol. 54 (2017) Issue 6 . - pp. 1669-1686.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12874

Gaviria, Julian ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Effects of drought, pest pressure and light availability on seedling establishment and growth : their role for distribution of tree species across a tropical rainfall gradient.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 10 (2015) Issue 11 . - e0143955.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143955

Fayolle, Adeline ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Freycon, Vincent ; Mortier, Frédéric ; Swaine, Michael ; Réjou-Méchain, Maxime ; Doucet, Jean-Louis ; Fauvet, Nicolas ; Cornu, Guillaume ; Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie:
Geological Substrates Shape Tree Species and Trait Distributions in African Moist Forests.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 7 (2012) Issue 8 .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042381

Coste, Sabrina ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Swaine, Michael:
Quantifying tree species shade tolerance.
In: CoForChange Newsletter. Vol. 6 (2012) .

Craine, Joseph M. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Lusk, Christopher H. ; McDowell, Nate G. ; Poorter, Hendrik:
Resource Limitation, Tolerance, and the Future of Ecological Plant Classification.
In: Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology. (2012) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2012.00246

Turner, Benjamin L. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Soil organic phosphorus in lowland tropical rain forests.
In: Biogeochemistry. Vol. 103 (2011) Issue 1-3 . - pp. 297-315.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9466-x

Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Tropische Wälder und Globaler Wandel : Forschung über Trockenheit im Regenwald.
In: Spektrum. (2011) Issue 1 . - pp. 20-23.

Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Expedition in den Kongo : das Schicksal tropischer Wälder bei globalem Wandel.
In: Spektrum. (2010) Issue 2 . - p. 23.

Wright, S. Joseph ; Kitajima, Kaoru ; Kraft, Nathan J. B. ; Reich, Peter B. ; Wright, Ian J. ; Bunker, Daniel E. ; Condit, Richard ; Dalling, James W. ; Davies, Stuart J. ; Díaz, Sandra ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Harms, Kyle E. ; Hubbell, Stephen P. ; Marks, Christian O. ; Ruiz-Jaen, Maria C. ; Salvador, Cristina M. ; Zanne, Amy E.:
Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees.
In: Ecology. Vol. 91 (2010) Issue 12 . - pp. 3664-3674.

Álvarez-Cansino, Leonor ; Zunzunegui, María ; Díaz Barradas, Mari Cruz ; Esquivias, Mari Paz:
Gender-specific costs of reproduction on vegetative growth and physiological performance in the dioecious shrub Corema album.
In: Annals of Botany. Vol. 106 (2010) Issue 6 . - pp. 989-998.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcq197

Coste, Sabrina ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Swaine, Michael:
Light requirements and drought tolerance : Experiments launched in Pointe-Noire.
In: CoForChange Newsletter. Vol. 3 (2010) .

Comita, Liza S. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest.
In: Ecology. Vol. 90 (2009) Issue 10 . - pp. 2755-2765.

Kursar, Thomas A. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Burke, Amy ; Tyree, Melvin T. ; El Omari, Bouchra ; Giraldo, Juan P.:
Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution.
In: Functional Ecology. Vol. 23 (2009) Issue 1 . - pp. 93-102.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01483.x

Lasso, Eloisa ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Dalling, James W.:
When sex is not enough: ecological correlates of resprouting capacity in congeneric tropical forest shrubs.
In: Oecologia. Vol. 161 (2009) Issue 1 . - pp. 43-56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1353-6

Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Studying drought in the rain.
In: STRI News. (18 May 2007) .

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Comita, Liza S. ; Condit, Richard ; Kursar, Thomas A. ; Tyree, Melvin T. ; Turner, Benjamin L. ; Hubbell, Stephen P.:
Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests.
In: Nature. Vol. 447 (2007) . - pp. 80-82.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05747

Arnold, Elizabeth A. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Fungal endophytes nearly double minimum leaf conductance in seedlings of a neotropical tree species.
In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 23 (2007) Issue 3 . - pp. 369-372.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467407004038

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Tyree, Melvin T. ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Visual assessment of wilting as a measure of leaf water potential and seedling drought survival.
In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 23 (2007) Issue 4 . - pp. 497-500.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026646740700421X

Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Ball, Marilyn C. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Ewe, Mei Ling:
Differences in plant function in phosphorus- and nitrogen-limited mangrove ecosystems.
In: New Phytologist. Vol. 172 (2006) Issue 3 . - pp. 514-522.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01851.x

Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Ball, Marilyn C. ; Choat, Brendan ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Holbrook, N. Michelle ; Feller, Ilka C.:
Linking physiological processes with mangrove forest structure: phosphorus deficiency limits canopy development, hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic carbon gain in dwarf Rhizophora mangle.
In: Plant, Cell & Environment. Vol. 29 (2006) Issue 5 . - pp. 793-802.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01446.x

Svenning, Jens-Christian ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Kinner, David A. ; Kursar, Thomas A. ; Stallard, Robert F. ; Wright, S. Joseph:
The relative roles of environment, history and local dispersal in controlling the distributions of common tree and shrub species in a tropical forest landscape, Panama.
In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 22 (2006) Issue 5 . - pp. 575-586.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467406003348

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Dalling, James W. ; Wolf, Robert L. ; Pearson, Timothy R. H. ; Gálvez, David A. ; Koehler, Tobias ; Tyree, Melvin T. ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings.
In: Oecologia. Vol. 148 (2006) Issue 2 . - pp. 258-269.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-006-0368-5

Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Ball, Marilyn C. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Ewe, Mei Ling:
Variation in hydraulic conductivity of mangroves: Influence of species, salinity, and nitrogen and phosphorus availability.
In: Physiologia Plantarum. Vol. 127 (2006) Issue 3 . - pp. 457-464.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00723.x

Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Dry and wet season survival.
In: STRI News. (18 March 2005) .

Kursar, Thomas A. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Tyree, Melvin T.:
A comparison of methods for determining soil water availability in two sites in Panama with similar rainfall but distinct tree communities.
In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 21 (2005) Issue 3 . - pp. 297-305.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467405002324

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Kursar, Thomas A. ; Tyree, Melvin T.:
Drought effects on seedling survival in a tropical moist forest.
In: Trees. Vol. 19 (2005) Issue 3 . - pp. 312-321.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-004-0393-0

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Comita, Liza S.:
Linking seedling drought resistance with species habitat associations: dry season mortality.
In: Center for Tropical Forest Science Newsletter. Vol. 3 (2005) . - p. 3.

Svenning, Jens-Christian ; Kinner, David A. ; Stallard, Robert F. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Wright, S. Joseph:
Ecological determinism in plant community structure across a tropical forest landscape.
In: Ecology. Vol. 85 (2004) Issue 9 . - pp. 2526-2538.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1890/03-0396

Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; McKee, Karen L. ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Ball, Marilyn C.:
The effect of nutrient enrichment on growth, photosynthesis and hydraulic conductance of dwarf mangroves in Panamá.
In: Functional Ecology. Vol. 18 (2004) Issue 1 . - pp. 25-33.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0269-8463.2004.00805.x

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Comparative drought-resistance of seedlings of 28 species of co-occurring tropical woody plants.
In: Oecologia. Vol. 136 (2003) Issue 3 . - pp. 383-393.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-003-1290-8

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Comita, Liza S. ; Condit, Richard ; Tyree, Melvin T. ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Drought and seedling survival in tropical rain forest plants: linking drought resistance with species distribution.
In: Stadler, Jutta (ed.): Biodiversity - from patterns to processes. - Göttingen : Verl. Die Werkstatt, 2003 . - p. 277 . - (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie ; 33 )

Tyree, Melvin T. ; Vargas, Gustavo ; Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Drought until death do us part: a case study of the desiccation‐tolerance of a tropical moist forest seedling‐tree, Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch.
In: Journal of Experimental Botany. Vol. 53 (2002) Issue 378 . - pp. 2239-2247.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erf078

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Wright, S. Joseph ; de Steven, Diane:
Survival and ecophysiology of tree seedlings during El Niño drought in a tropical moist forest in Panama.
In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 18 (2002) Issue 4 . - pp. 569-579.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467402002377

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Tyree, Melvin T. ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Drought and seedling survival of tropical rainforest plants.
In: Funktionelle Bedeutung von Biodiversität. - Berlin : Parey, 2001 . - p. 161 . - (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie ; 31 )

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Herz, Hubert M.:
Evaluation of different methods to estimate understorey light conditions in tropical forests.
In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 17 (2001) Issue 2 . - pp. 207-224.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467401001146

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Dalling, James W. ; Pearson, Timothy R. H. ; Wolf, Robert L. ; Gálvez, David A. ; Koehler, Tobias ; Ruiz, M. C. ; Kursar, Thomas A.:
Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings.
In: Ganeshaiah, K. N. (ed.): Tropical ecosystems : structure, diversity and human welfare ; proceedings. - Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, 2001 . - pp. 665-669

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Velez, Virginia ; Tyree, Melvin T.:
Hydraulic conductance of two co-occuring neotropical understory shrubs with different habitat preferences.
In: Annals of Forest Science. Vol. 57 (2000) Issue 3 . - pp. 201-208.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2000111

Engelbrecht, Bettina:
Comparison of the diversity, abundance and distribution of Piper species in two neotropical forests with different rainfall regimes.
In: Kurzbeiträge zur Tropenökologie : Zusammenfassungen der Beiträge des DFG-Abschlußsymposiums "Mechanismen der Aufrechterhaltung tropischer Diversität" (18.-19. Februar 1998) und der 11. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie (20.-22. Februar 1998 in Bielefeld). - Bielefeld : Abt. Ökologie der Univ. Bielefeld, 1998 . - (Bielefelder ökologische Beiträge ; 12 )

Engelbrecht, Bettina ; Herz, H.:
Evaluation of different methods to estimate understory light conditions in tropical forests.
In: Kurzbeiträge zur Tropenökologie : Zusammenfassungen der Beiträge des DFG-Abschlußsymposiums "Mechanismen der Aufrechterhaltung tropischer Diversität" (18.-19. Februar 1998) und der 11. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie (20.-22. Februar 1998 in Bielefeld). - Bielefeld : Abt. Ökologie der Univ. Bielefeld, 1998 . - p. 88 . - (Bielefelder ökologische Beiträge ; 12 )