N. Pitman

Most-cited papers

Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition
Carolina Levis, F. Costa, F. Bongers, M. Peña-Claros +148 more
2017Science563 citations Open access
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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species
J. W. Ferry Slik, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, Shin-ichiro Aiba, P. Alvarez-Loayza +169 more
2015Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America454 citations Open access
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Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change
A. Esquível-Muelbert, T. Baker, K. Dexter, S. Lewis +100 more
2018Global Change Biology427 citations Open access
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Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
L. Mo, C. Zohner, P. Reich, Jingjing Liang +228 more
2023Nature420 citations Open access
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Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests
Martin J. P. Sullivan, Martin J. P. Sullivan, S. Lewis, S. Lewis +244 more
2020321 citations Open access
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Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling
S. Fauset, Michelle O. Johnson, M. Gloor, T. Baker +94 more
2015Nature Communications296 citations Open access
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Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics
A. Esquível-Muelbert, T. Baker, K. Dexter, S. Lewis +80 more
2017207 citations Open access
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Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
V. F. Gomes, S. Ijff, N. Raes, I. Amaral +183 more
2018Scientific Reports192 citations Open access
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The discovery of the Amazonian tree flora with an updated checklist of all known tree taxa
H. ter Steege, Rens W. Vaessen, Dairon Cárdenas-López, D. Sabatier +5 more
2016Scientific Reports191 citations Open access
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Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species
H. ter Steege, N. Pitman, T. Killeen, W. Laurance +154 more
2015Science Advances189 citations Open access
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Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above‐ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models
Michelle O. Johnson, D. Galbraith, M. Gloor, Hannes P. T. de Deurwaerder +74 more
2016Global Change Biology171 citations Open access
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Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests
A. Esquível-Muelbert, O. Phillips, R. Brienen, S. Fauset +110 more
2020Nature Communications140 citations Open access
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Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa
D. Rozendaal, O. Phillips, S. Lewis, K. Affum-Baffoe +39 more
2020Ecology136 citations Open access
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Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
H. ter Steege, P. I. Prado, Renato A. F. Lima, Edwin T. Pos +208 more
2020Scientific Reports126 citations Open access
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The global abundance of tree palms
R. Muscarella, R. Muscarella, T. Emílio, T. Emílio +238 more
2020106 citations Open access
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Pan‐tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees
J. Bastin, E. Rutishauser, J. Kellner, S. Saatchi +131 more
2018Global Ecology and Biogeography104 citations Open access
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Tropical forest wood production: a cross‐continental comparison
L. Banin, S. Lewis, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, T. Baker +14 more
2014102 citations Open access
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Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
C. Delavaux, T. W. Crowther, C. Zohner, Niamh M Robmann +222 more
2023Nature97 citations Open access
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Towards a dynamic list of Amazonian tree species
H. ter Steege, Sylvia Mota de Oliveira, N. Pitman, D. Sabatier +4 more
2019Scientific Reports97 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic diversity of Amazonian tree communities
E. H. Honorio Coronado, K. Dexter, R. T. Pennington, J. Chave +46 more
201592 citations Open access
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The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
Li-Dong Mo, T. Crowther, D. Maynard, J. van den Hoogen +232 more
2024Nature Ecology & Evolution88 citations Open access
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Fast demographic traits promote high diversification rates of Amazonian trees
T. Baker, R. Pennington, Susana Magallón, E. Gloor +55 more
2014Ecology Letters88 citations Open access
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Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly
A. Bennett, Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa, A. Monteagudo-Mendoza, A. Esquível-Muelbert +122 more
2023Nature Climate Change85 citations Open access
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Brazilian montane rainforest expansion induced by Heinrich Stadial 1 event
Jorge L. D. Pinaya, F. Cruz, G. Ceccantini, P. L. P. Corrêa +32 more
2019Scientific Reports80 citations Open access
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The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
Haozhi Ma, T. Crowther, L. Mo, D. Maynard +228 more
2023Nature Plants71 citations Open access
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Peatland forests are the least diverse tree communities documented in Amazonia, but contribute to high regional beta‐diversity
F. Draper, E. H. Honorio Coronado, K. Roucoux, I. Lawson +9 more
201866 citations Open access
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Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology
Fernanda Coelho de Souza, K. Dexter, O. Phillips, R. Brienen +72 more
2016Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences66 citations Open access
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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change.
J. Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Sandra Díaz, Sami W. Rifai, J. Corral-Rivas +130 more
2025Science63 citations Open access
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Evolutionary diversity is associated with wood productivity in Amazonian forests
Fernanda Coelho de Souza, Kyle G. Dexter, O. Phillips, R. T. Pennington +71 more
2019Nature Ecology & Evolution62 citations Open access
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Amazon tree dominance across forest strata
F. Draper, F. Costa, G. Arellano, O. Phillips +139 more
2021Nature Ecology & Evolution61 citations Open access
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Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests
H. ter Steege, T. Henkel, N. Helal, B. Marimon +207 more
2019Scientific Reports61 citations Open access
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Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Declan L. M. Cooper, S. Lewis, Martin J. P. Sullivan, P. I. Prado +349 more
2024Nature60 citations Open access
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Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora
H. ter Steege, N. Pitman, I. L. do Amaral, Luiz de Souza Coelho +221 more
2023Communications Biology56 citations Open access
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Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
Iris Hordijk, D. Maynard, Simon P. Hart, L. Mo +217 more
2023Journal of Ecology53 citations Open access
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Defaunation increases the spatial clustering of lowland Western Amazonian tree communities
Robert Bagchi, Varun Swamy, Jean-Paul Latorre Farfan, J. Terborgh +3 more
201849 citations
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Are all species necessary to reveal ecologically important patterns?
Edwin T. Pos, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, D. Sabatier, J. Molino +16 more
2014Ecology and Evolution47 citations Open access
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Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests
T. Sousa, J. Schietti, I. O. Ribeiro, T. Emílio +128 more
2022Global Ecology and Biogeography43 citations Open access
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More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
Vinícius Peripato, Carolina Levis, Guido A. Moreira, D. Gamerman +226 more
2023Science39 citations Open access
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The pace of life for forest trees
Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, R. McElderry, A. Esquível-Muelbert, J. van den Hoogen +114 more
2024Science37 citations Open access
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A 5,000-year vegetation and fire history for tierra firme forests in the Medio Putumayo-Algodón watersheds, northeastern Peru
D. Piperno, C. McMichael, N. Pitman, J. Andino +3 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America37 citations Open access
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One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
J. Householder, F. Wittmann, J. Schöngart, M. Piedade +217 more
2024Nature Ecology & Evolution33 citations Open access
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Dominant tree species drive beta diversity patterns in western Amazonia.
F. Draper, G. Asner, E. H. Honorio Coronado, T. Baker +21 more
2019Ecology33 citations Open access
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Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests: Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities
B. X. Pinho, M. Tabarelli, C. Braak, S. Wright +33 more
202131 citations Open access
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Individual-Based Modeling of Amazon Forests Suggests That Climate Controls Productivity While Traits Control Demography
S. Fauset, M. Gloor, N. Fyllas, O. Phillips +43 more
2019Frontiers in Earth Science26 citations Open access
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Correction for Slik et al., An estimate of the number of tropical tree species
J. W. Ferry Slik, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, Shin-ichiro Aiba, P. Alvarez-Loayza +169 more
2015Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America25 citations Open access
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Local hydrological conditions influence tree diversity and composition across the Amazon basin
M. J. Marca-Zevallos, G. Moulatlet, T. Sousa, J. Schietti +114 more
2022Ecography24 citations Open access
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Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests
H. ter Steege, L. Poorter, J. Aguirre-Gutiérrez, C. Fortunel +227 more
2025Communications Biology22 citations Open access
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The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora
B. G. Luize, H. Tuomisto, Robin Ekelschot, K. Dexter +221 more
2024Communications Biology21 citations Open access
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Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale
S. B. Correa, K. V. Coronado-Franco, C. Jézéquel, Amanda Cantarute-Rodrigues +144 more
2025Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America20 citations Open access
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Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
Yibiao Zou, C. Zohner, C. Averill, Haozhi Ma +237 more
2024Nature Communications19 citations Open access
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