Bettina Engelbrecht: Publications

Peer reviewed

2023

Klotz, M., Schaller, J., Engelbrecht, B.: Effects of plant-available soil silicon on seedling growth and foliar nutrient status across tropical tree species. Oikos, 2023(8), e10030 (2023).
doi:10.1111/oik.10030

Kiene, C., Jung, E., Engelbrecht, B.: Nutrient effects on drought responses vary across common temperate grassland species. Oecologia, 202, 1-14 (2023).
doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05370-5

Browne, L., Markesteijn, L., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Wright, S., Bagchi, R., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, F., Comita, L.: Widespread variation in functional trait–vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient. Functional Ecology, 37(2), 248-260 (2023).
doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14213

2022

Klotz, M., Schaller, J., Feldhaar, H., Dengler, J., Gebauer, G., Aas, G., Weissflog, A., Engelbrecht, B.: Plasticity of plant silicon and nitrogen concentrations in response to water regimes varies across temperate grassland species. Functional Ecology, 36, 3211-3222 (2022).
doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14225

Álvarez-Cansino, L., Comita, L., Jones, F., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Browne, L., Engelbrecht, B.: Turgor loss point predicts survival responses to experimental and natural drought in tropical tree seedlings. Ecology, 103(6), No. e3700 (2022).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006689

Muehleisen, A., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, F., Comita, L.: Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?. Biotropica, 54(3), 619-626 (2022).
doi:10.1111/btp.13075

2021

Browne, L., Markesteijn, L., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, F., Lewis, O., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Wright, S., Comita, L.: Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015–16 El Niño. Global Change Biology, 27(20), 5043-5053 (2021).
doi:10.1111/gcb.15809

Pinho, B., Tabarelli, M., ter Braak, C., Wright, S., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Benchimol, M., Engelbrecht, B., Pierce, S., Hietz, P., Santos, B., Peres, C., Müller, S., Wright, I., Bongers, F., Lohbeck, M., Niinemets, Ü., Slot, M., Jansen, S., Jamelli, D., de Lima, R., Swenson, N., Condit, R., Barlow, J., Slik, F., Hernández-Ruedas, M., Mendes, G., Martínez-Ramos, M., Pitman, N., Kraft, N., Garwood, N., Guevara Andino, J., Faria, D., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Mariano-Neto, E., Júnior, V., Kattge, J., Melo, F.: Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests : Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(7), 1430-1446 (2021).
doi:10.1111/geb.13309

Klotz, M., Schaller, J., Kurze, S., Engelbrecht, B.: Variation of foliar silicon concentrations in temperate forbs : effects of soil silicon, phylogeny and habitat. Oecologia, 196(4), 977-987 (2021).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005831

Browne, L., Markesteijn, L., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, A., Lewis, O., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Wright, J., Comita, L.: Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015-16 El Niño : dataset and code. figshare, (2021).
doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14204258.v1

Kurze, S., Bilton, M., Álvarez-Cansino, L., Bangerter, S., Prasse, R., Tielbörger, K., Engelbrecht, B.: Evaluating grazing response strategies in winter annuals : A multi-trait approach. Journal of Ecology, 109(8), 3074-3086 (2021).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005793

Kurze, S., Engelbrecht, B., Bilton, M., Tielbörger, K., Álvarez-Cansino, L.: Rethinking the Plant Economics Spectrum for Annuals : A Multi-Species Study. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 640862 (2021).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006437

2020

Muehleisen, A., Engelbrecht, B., Jones, F., Manzané-Pinzón, E., Comita, L.: Local adaptation to herbivory within tropical tree species along a rainfall gradient. Ecology, 101(11), e03151 (2020).
doi:10.1002/ecy.3151

Jung, E., Gaviria, J., Sun, S., Engelbrecht, B.: Comparative drought resistance of temperate grassland species : testing performance trade-offs and the relation to distribution. Oecologia, 192(4), 1023-1036 (2020).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005090

Sun, S., Jung, E., Gaviria, J., Engelbrecht, B.: Drought survival is positively associated with high turgor loss points in temperate perennial grassland species. Functional Ecology, 34(4), 788-798 (2020).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005083

2019

Kupers, S., Wirth, C., Engelbrecht, B., Hernández, A., Condit, R., Wright, S., Rüger, N.: Performance of tropical forest seedlings under shade and drought : an interspecific trade-off in demographic responses. Scientific Reports, 9, 18784 (2019).
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-55256-x

Kupers, S., Wirth, C., Engelbrecht, B., Rüger, N.: Dry season soil water potential maps of a 50 hectare tropical forest plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Scientific Data, 6, No. 63 (2019).
doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0072-z

Kupers, S., Engelbrecht, B., Hernandez, A., Wright, S., Wirth, C., Rüger, N.: Growth responses to soil water potential indirectly shape local species distributions of tropical forest seedlings. Journal of Ecology, 107(2), 860-874 (2019).
doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13096

Pinho, B., Tabarelli, M., Engelbrecht, B., Sfair, J., Melo, F.: Plant functional assembly is mediated by rainfall and soil conditions in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Basic and Applied Ecology, 40, 1-11 (2019).
doi:10.1016/j.baae.2019.08.002

van der Sande, M., Poorter, L., Schnitzer, S., Engelbrecht, B., Markesteijn, L.: Data from: The hydraulic efficiency–safety trade-off differs between lianas and trees. Wageningen University & Research, (2019).

van der Sande, M., Poorter, L., Schnitzer, S., Engelbrecht, B., Markesteijn, L.: The hydraulic efficiency–safety trade-off differs between lianas and trees. Ecology, 100(5), e02666 (2019).
doi:10.1002/ecy.2666

2018

Schaller, J., Turner, B., Weissflog, A., Pino, D., Bielnicka, A., Engelbrecht, B.: Silicon in tropical forests : large variation across soils and leaves suggests ecological significance. Biogeochemistry, 140(2), 161-174 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s10533-018-0483-5

2017

Weissflog, A., Markesteijn, L., Lewis, O., Comita, L., Engelbrecht, B.: Contrasting patterns of insect herbivory and predation pressure across a tropical rainfall gradient. Biotropica, 50(2), 302-311 (2017).
doi:10.1111/btp.12513

Gaviria, J., Turner, B., Engelbrecht, B.: Drivers of tree species distribution across a tropical rainfall gradient. Ecosphere, 8(2), e01712 (2017).
doi:10.1002/ecs2.1712

O'Brian, M., Engelbrecht, B., Joswig, J., Pereyra, G., Schuldt, B., Jansen, S., Kattge, J., Landhäuser, S., Levick, S., Preisler, Y., Väänänen, P., Macinnis-Ng, C.: A synthesis of tree functional traits related to drought-induced mortality in forests across climatic zones. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(6), 1669-1686 (2017).
doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12874

2015

Gaviria, J., Engelbrecht, B.: 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. PLoS One, 10(11), e0143955 (2015).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143955

2013

Condit, R., Engelbrecht, B., Pino, D., Pérez, R., Turner, B.: Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(13), 5064-5068 (2013).
doi:10.1073/pnas.1218042110

Condit, R., Engelbrecht, B., Pino, D., Turner, B., Pérez, R.: Tree Species Occurrence Related to Dry Season Duration, Panama Canal Area. Panama Tree Distribution Database, (2013).
doi:10.5479/data.bci.20130204

2012

Engelbrecht, B.: Forests on the brink. Nature, 491, 675-676 (2012).
doi:10.1038/nature11756

Fayolle, A., Engelbrecht, B., Freycon, V., Mortier, F., Swaine, M., Réjou-Méchain, M., Doucet, J., Fauvet, N., Cornu, G., Gourlet-Fleury, S.: Geological Substrates Shape Tree Species and Trait Distributions in African Moist Forests. PLoS One, 7(8), e42381 (2012).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042381

Craine, J., Engelbrecht, B., Lusk, C., McDowell, N., Poorter, H.: Resource Limitation, Tolerance, and the Future of Ecological Plant Classification. Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology, 3, 246 (2012).
doi:10.3389/fpls.2012.00246

2011

Turner, B., Engelbrecht, B.: Soil organic phosphorus in lowland tropical rain forests. Biogeochemistry, 103(1-3), 297-315 (2011).
doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9466-x

2010

Wright, S., Kitajima, K., Kraft, N., Reich, P., Wright, I., Bunker, D., Condit, R., Dalling, J., Davies, S., Díaz, S., Engelbrecht, B., Harms, K., Hubbell, S., Marks, C., Ruiz-Jaen, M., Salvador, C., Zanne, A.: Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees. Ecology, 91(12), 3664-3674 (2010).

2009

Comita, L., Engelbrecht, B.: Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest. Ecology, 90(10), 2755-2765 (2009).

Kursar, T., Engelbrecht, B., Burke, A., Tyree, M., El Omari, B., Giraldo, J.: Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution. Functional Ecology, 23(1), 93-102 (2009).
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01483.x

Lasso, E., Engelbrecht, B., Dalling, J.: When sex is not enough: ecological correlates of resprouting capacity in congeneric tropical forest shrubs. Oecologia, 161(1), 43-56 (2009).
doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1353-6

2007

Engelbrecht, B., Comita, L., Condit, R., Kursar, T., Tyree, M., Turner, B., Hubbell, S.: Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests. Nature, 447, 80-82 (2007).
doi:10.1038/nature05747

Arnold, E., Engelbrecht, B.: Fungal endophytes nearly double minimum leaf conductance in seedlings of a neotropical tree species. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23(3), 369-372 (2007).
doi:10.1017/S0266467407004038

Engelbrecht, B., Tyree, M., Kursar, T.: Visual assessment of wilting as a measure of leaf water potential and seedling drought survival. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23(4), 497-500 (2007).
doi:10.1017/S026646740700421X

2006

Lovelock, C., Feller, I., Ball, M., Engelbrecht, B., Ewe, M.: Differences in plant function in phosphorus- and nitrogen-limited mangrove ecosystems. New Phytologist, 172(3), 514-522 (2006).
doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01851.x

Lovelock, C., Ball, M., Choat, B., Engelbrecht, B., Holbrook, N., Feller, I.: Linking physiological processes with mangrove forest structure: phosphorus deficiency limits canopy development, hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic carbon gain in dwarf Rhizophora mangle. Plant, Cell & Environment, 29(5), 793-802 (2006).
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01446.x

Svenning, J., Engelbrecht, B., Kinner, D., Kursar, T., Stallard, R., Wright, S.: 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. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22(5), 575-586 (2006).
doi:10.1017/S0266467406003348

Engelbrecht, B., Dalling, J., Wolf, R., Pearson, T., Gálvez, D., Koehler, T., Tyree, M., Kursar, T.: Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings. Oecologia, 148(2), 258-269 (2006).
doi:10.1007/s00442-006-0368-5

Lovelock, C., Ball, M., Feller, I., Engelbrecht, B., Ewe, M.: Variation in hydraulic conductivity of mangroves: Influence of species, salinity, and nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Physiologia Plantarum, 127(3), 457-464 (2006).
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00723.x

2005

Kursar, T., Engelbrecht, B., Tyree, M.: A comparison of methods for determining soil water availability in two sites in Panama with similar rainfall but distinct tree communities. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21(3), 297-305 (2005).
doi:10.1017/S0266467405002324

Engelbrecht, B., Kursar, T., Tyree, M.: Drought effects on seedling survival in a tropical moist forest. Trees, 19(3), 312-321 (2005).
doi:10.1007/s00468-004-0393-0

2004

Svenning, J., Kinner, D., Stallard, R., Engelbrecht, B., Wright, S.: Ecological determinism in plant community structure across a tropical forest landscape. Ecology, 85(9), 2526-2538 (2004).
doi:10.1890/03-0396

Lovelock, C., Feller, I., McKee, K., Engelbrecht, B., Ball, M.: The effect of nutrient enrichment on growth, photosynthesis and hydraulic conductance of dwarf mangroves in Panamá. Functional Ecology, 18(1), 25-33 (2004).
doi:10.1046/j.0269-8463.2004.00805.x

2003

Engelbrecht, B., Kursar, T.: Comparative drought-resistance of seedlings of 28 species of co-occurring tropical woody plants. Oecologia, 136(3), 383-393 (2003).
doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1290-8

Tyree, M., Engelbrecht, B., Vargas, G., Kursar, T.: Desiccation Tolerance of Five Tropical Seedlings in Panama. Relationship to a Field Assessment of Drought Performance. Plant Physiology, 132(3), 1439-1447 (2003).

2002

Tyree, M., Vargas, G., Engelbrecht, B., Kursar, T.: Drought until death do us part: a case study of the desiccation‐tolerance of a tropical moist forest seedling‐tree, Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch. Journal of Experimental Botany, 53(378), 2239-2247 (2002).
doi:10.1093/jxb/erf078

Engelbrecht, B., Wright, S., de Steven, D.: Survival and ecophysiology of tree seedlings during El Niño drought in a tropical moist forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 18(4), 569-579 (2002).
doi:10.1017/S0266467402002377

2001

Engelbrecht, B., Herz, H.: Evaluation of different methods to estimate understorey light conditions in tropical forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 17(2), 207-224 (2001).
doi:10.1017/S0266467401001146

2000

Engelbrecht, B., Velez, V., Tyree, M.: Hydraulic conductance of two co-occuring neotropical understory shrubs with different habitat preferences. Annals of Forest Science, 57(3), 201-208 (2000).
doi:10.1051/forest:2000111

1997

Winter, K., Richter, A., Engelbrecht, B., Posada, J., Virgo, A., Popp, M.: Effect of elevated CO₂ on growth and crassulacean-acid-metabolism activity of Kalanchoë pinnata under tropical conditions. Planta, 201(4), 389-396 (1997).
doi:10.1007/s004250050081

1994

Winter, K., Engelbrecht, B.: Short-term CO₂ responses of light and dark CO₂ fixation in the crassulacean acid metabolism plant "Kalanchoe pinnata". Journal of Plant Physiology, 144(4-5), 462-467 (1994).
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(11)82123-1

Books and Book sections

2011

Pino, D., Condit, R., Turner, B., Perez, R., Engelbrecht, B.: Soil nutrients and water availability shape species distributions in tropical forests. In: Manfred Niekisch, Bruno Streit (eds.): Status and future of tropical biodiversity : Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 21 - 24 February 2011, Frankfurt a.M.: Programme & abstracts. - Frankfurt a.M. : 2011. - 220.

2003

Engelbrecht, B., Comita, L., Condit, R., Tyree, M., Kursar, T.: Drought and seedling survival in tropical rain forest plants: linking drought resistance with species distribution. In: Jutta Stadler (eds.): Biodiversity - from patterns to processes. - Göttingen : Verl. Die Werkstatt, 2003. - 277.

2001

Engelbrecht, B., Tyree, M., Kursar, T.: Drought and seedling survival of tropical rainforest plants. In: Funktionelle Bedeutung von Biodiversität. - Berlin : Parey, 2001. - 161.

Herz, H., Engelbrecht, B., Beyschlag, W.: Herbivory affects leaf and plant water relations in tropical forests. In: Funktionelle Bedeutung von Biodiversität. - Berlin : Parey, 2001. - 313.

Engelbrecht, B., Dalling, J., Pearson, T., Wolf, R., Gálvez, D., Koehler, T., Ruiz, M., Kursar, T.: Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings. In: K. N. Ganeshaiah (eds.): Tropical ecosystems : structure, diversity and human welfare ; proceedings. - Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, 2001. - 665-669.

1998

Engelbrecht, B.: 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.

Engelbrecht, B., 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. - 88.

Other publications

2014

Gourlet-Fleury, S., Aleman, J., Bayol, N., Bentaleb, I., Benedet, F., Billand, A., Bremond, L., Cohen, C., Coste, S., Doucet, J., Engelbrecht, B., Fauvet, N., Favier, C., Fayolle, A., Freycon, V., Gillet, J., Gond, V., Laraque, A., Maley, J., Maraval, M., Mayaux, P., Morin-Rivat, J., Mortier, F., Moutsamboté, J., Nasi, R., Ngomanda, A., Nouvellet, Y., Ouedraogo, D., Oslisly, R., Picard, N., Rollin, C., Saya, A., Sonké, B., Swaine, M., Tathy, J., Tovar, C., Toto, M., Vigneron, P., Yongo, O., Willis, K.: Improve the characterization of tropical forests to improve management : policy brief. -CIRAD, Montpêllier, France (eds.), Montpêllier, France, 2014.

2013

Condit, R., Engelbrecht, B., Pino, D., Turner, B., Pérez, R.: [Dataset:] Tree Species Occurrence Related to Dry Season Duration, Panama Canal Area. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, 2013-02-04
doi:10.5479/data.bci.20130204

2012

Coste, S., Engelbrecht, B., Swaine, M.: Quantifying tree species shade tolerance. CoForChange Newsletter, 6 (2012).

2011

Engelbrecht, B.: Tropische Wälder und Globaler Wandel : Forschung über Trockenheit im Regenwald. Spektrum, 7(1), 20-23 (2011).

2010

Engelbrecht, B.: Expedition in den Kongo : das Schicksal tropischer Wälder bei globalem Wandel. Spektrum, (2), 23 (2010).

Coste, S., Engelbrecht, B., Swaine, M.: Light requirements and drought tolerance : Experiments launched in Pointe-Noire. CoForChange Newsletter, 3 (2010).

2007

Engelbrecht, B.: Studying drought in the rain. STRI News, (2007).

2006

Wright, S., Bunker, D., Dalling, J., Davies, S., Díaz, S., Engelbrecht, B., Harms, K., Kitajima, K., Kraft, N., Marks, C., Reich, P., Valencia, R., Wright, I., Zanne, A.: Towards a functional trait based research program within the Center for Tropical Forest Science. -The Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS) (eds.), 2006.

2005

Engelbrecht, B.: Dry and wet season survival. STRI News, (2005).

Engelbrecht, B., Comita, L.: Linking seedling drought resistance with species habitat associations: dry season mortality. Center for Tropical Forest Science Newsletter, 3, 3 (2005).