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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>New publications relevant to LTER:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Poorter and many co-authors. (2015). Does tropical forest tree diversity enhance carbon storage? <b><i>Global Ecology and Biogeography.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bachelot, B., M. Uriarte, J. Thompson, and J.K. Zimmerman. (2015). Advantages of living at the extremes: Tree seedlings at intermediate abundance in a tropical forest have the highest richness of aboveground enemies and suffer most damage. <b><i>J Ecology.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Muscarella, M., M. Uriarte, T. M. Aide, D. L. Erickson, J. Forero-Montaña, W. J. Kress, N. G. Swenson, J. K. Zimmerman. In press. Functional convergence and phylogenetic divergence during secondary succession of subtropical wet forests in Puerto Rico. <b><i>J Vegetation Science</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Umaña, M.N, J. Forero-Montaña, R. Muscarella, C. J. Nytch, J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, J. K. Zimmerman, and N. G. Swenson. (2015).<span style='color:#222222;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Inter-specific functional similarity and intra-specific negative density dependence underlie the seed to seedling transition in tropical trees. <b><i>American Naturalist. </i></b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Gentine, P, M. Guérin, M. Uriarte, N. McDowell and W. Pockman. (2015). An allometry-based model of the survival strategies of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation. <b><i>Ecohydrology</i></b><i>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-22.5pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Letcher, S.G., J.R. Lasky, N. Norden, R.L. Chazdon<sup>,</sup> A. Andrade, J.L. Andrade-Torres, P. Balvanera, J.M. Becknell, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>T.V. Bentos</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, R. Bhaskar, F. Bongers, V.S. Boukili, D.A. Clark, D.B. Clark, D. Craven, A. DeFrancesco, J.M. Dupuy, B.G. Finegan, E. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>González-Jiménez, J.S. Hall, K.E. Harms, P. Heitz, J.L. Hernández-Stefanoni, D. Kennard, T.J. Killeen, S.G. Laurance, M.W.M. Lohbeck, M. Martínez-Ramos, P.E.S. Massocca, J.A. Meave, R.C.G. Mesquita, F. Mora, R. Muñoz Avilés, R. Muscarella, H. Paz, E. Pérez-García<sup> </sup>, F. Pineda-García, J.S. Powers, R. Quesada-Monge, E. Romero-Pérez, M.E. Sandor, L. Sanaphre-Villanueva, E. Schüller, N.G. Swenson, A. Tauro, M. Uriarte, M. van Breugel, O. Vargas-Ramírez, A. Wendt, G.B. Williamson, S.J. Wright. (2015). </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Pioneer genealogy: Evolutionary relatedness, trait conservatism, and successional habitat affinity in tropical trees. <b><i>J of Ecology.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:22.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Locatelli, B., C. Catterall, P. Imbach, K. Chetan, R. Lasco, E. Marin-Spiotta, B. Mercer, J. Powers, N. Schwartz, and M. Uriarte. (2015). Tropical reforestation and climate change: Beyond carbon. <b><i>Restoration Ecology</i></b>.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Uriarte,M., J. Thompson, B. Turner and J.K. Zimmerman (2015). Linking spatial patterns of leaf litterfall and soil nutrients in a tropical forest: A neighborhood approach. <b><i>Ecological Applications</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Normal1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lasky, J., B. Bachelot, R. Muscarella, N. Schwartz, N. G. Swenson, J. K. Zimmerman, J. Thompson, C. J. Nytch, J. Forero-Montaña and M. Uriarte. (2015). <a name="OLE_LINK31"></a><a name="OLE_LINK32">Ontogenetic shifts in trait-mediated mechanisms of plant community assembly</a>. <b><i>Ecology</i></b> </span><span class=st><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>96:2157–2169</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kress, J.W, C. Garcia-Robledo, M. Uriarte, and D. Erickson. (2014). DNA barcodes for ecology, evolution, and conservation. <b><i>Trends in Ecology and Evolution</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Muscarella, R., M. Uriarte, D. L. Erickson, N. G. Swenson, J. K. Zimmerman, and W. J. Kress. (2014). A molecular phylogeny for the trees of Puerto Rico. <b><i>PLoS ONE</i></b> 9(11): e112843. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112843<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:22.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Muscarella, R., M. Uriarte, D. L. Erickson, N. G. Swenson, J. K. Zimmerman, W. J. Kress<b><span style='color:#1A1A1A'>. </span></b><span style='color:#1A1A1A'>In press. Climate and Biodiversity Effects on Standing Biomass in Puerto Rican Forests. </span></span><b><i><span lang=ES-CL style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Caribbean Forester.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> luq [mailto:luq-bounces@lists.lternet.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Stankavich<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 23, 2015 1:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> LUQ-LTER <luq@lternet.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [LTER-luq] Newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all -<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you have something you would like included in the November newsletter, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah Stankavich<br>LUQ-LTER Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>El Verde Field Station<br>787-222-7756<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>