N. Rueger

Tree demographic strategies largely overlap across succession in Neotropical wet and dry forest communities

The paper assesses demographic strategy overlap across succession in Neotropical forests and finds strategies largely overlap, with early stages covering old-growth diversity.

Beyond variance: simple random distributions are not a good proxy for intraspecific variability in systems with environmental structure

This paper shows that using random noise to represent unexplained intraspecific variability in ecological models can lead to inaccurate community dynamics simulations.

Demographic variation and demographic niches of trees species in the Barro Colorado Forest

The paper analyzes demographic trade-offs between growth and lifespan in tree species, finding that fast-growing pioneers have shorter lifespans and cannot persist without higher reproductive output.

Rethinking the nature of intraspecific variability and its consequences on species coexistence

The paper shows that high intraspecific variability in plant communities may be driven by environmental factors rather than random variation, and that this has implications for understanding species coexistence.

Short-lived plants have stronger demographic responses to climate

The paper synthesizes population growth rate data from 165 plant populations to show precipitation has a larger effect on population growth than temperature, with short-lived species showing stronger responses.