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Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen
Researcher at Food and Agriculture Organization
Publications - 14
Citations - 3370
Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen is an academic researcher from Food and Agriculture Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecosystem & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 13 publications receiving 2890 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen include McGill University & University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
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Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species
Lars Gamfeldt,Tord Snäll,Robert Bagchi,Micael Jonsson,Lena Gustafsson,Petter Kjellander,Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen,Mats Fröberg,Johan Stendahl,Christopher D. Philipson,Grzegorz Mikusiński,Erik Andersson,Erik Andersson,Bertil Westerlund,Henrik Andrén,Fredrik Moberg,Jon Moen,Jan Bengtsson +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report that tree species richness in production forests shows positive to positively hump-shaped relationships with multiple ecosystem services, including production of tree biomass, soil carbon storage, berry production and game production potential.
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Restoration Success: How Is It Being Measured?
TL;DR: Most of the reviewed studies are using multiple measures to evaluate restoration success, but it would encourage future projects to include at least two variables within each of the three ecosystem attributes that clearly related to ecosystem functioning and at leastTwo reference sites to capture the variation that exist in ecosystems.
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Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees
S. Joseph Wright,Kaoru Kitajima,Kaoru Kitajima,Nathan J. B. Kraft,Peter B. Reich,Ian J. Wright,Daniel E. Bunker,Richard Condit,James W. Dalling,James W. Dalling,Stuart J. Davies,Sandra Díaz,Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht,Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht,Kyle E. Harms,Kyle E. Harms,Stephen P. Hubbell,Stephen P. Hubbell,Christian O. Marks,Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen,Cristina M. Salvador,Amy E. Zanne +21 more
TL;DR: A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests and a growing consensus that seed mass, leaf mass per area, wood density, and maximum height are key traits among forest trees is agreed.
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Vegetation structure, species diversity, and ecosystem processes as measures of restoration success
TL;DR: The Subjective Bray Curtis Ordination is a useful approach for evaluating different restoration techniques or identifying measures that are recovering slowly and would benefit from additional management to determine the success of a restoration project.
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Can we predict carbon stocks in tropical ecosystems from tree diversity? Comparing species and functional diversity in a plantation and a natural forest
TL;DR: Examination of the role of tree diversity and functional traits in determining carbon storage in a mixed-species plantation and in a natural tropical forest in Panama found that tree species varied greatly in their absolute and relative values between study sites.