T. Feldpausch

Most-cited papers

Asynchronous Carbon Sink Saturation in African and Amazonian Tropical Forests
W. Hubau, S. Lewis, O. Phillips, K. Affum-Baffoe +102 more
2020Nature813 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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The number of tree species on Earth
Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, P. Reich, Javier G. P. Gamarra, T. Crowther +144 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America217 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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Non-structural carbohydrates mediate seasonal water stress across Amazon forests
Caroline Signori-Müller, R. Oliveira, Fernanda De Vasconcellos Barros, J. Tavares +39 more
2021Nature Communications122 citations Open access
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Drier tropical forests are susceptible to functional changes in response to a long-term drought.
J. Aguirre-Gutiérrez, I. Oliveras, S. Rifai, S. Fauset +15 more
2019Ecology Letters120 citations Open access
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Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database
T. Jucker, F. Fischer, J. Chave, D. Coomes +115 more
2022Global Change Biology109 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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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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Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests
J. Tavares, R. Oliveira, Maurizio Mencuccini, Caroline Signori-Müller +77 more
2023Nature91 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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Resistance of African tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly
A. Bennett, G. Dargie, A. Cuni‐Sanchez, John Tshibamba Mukendi +57 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America88 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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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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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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The persistence of carbon in the African forest understory
W. Hubau, T. De Mil, J. Van den Bulcke, O. Phillips +48 more
2019Nature Plants61 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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El Niño Driven Changes in Global Fire 2015/16
Chantelle A. Burton, R. Betts, Chris D. Jones, T. Feldpausch +2 more
2020Frontiers in Earth Science59 citations Open access
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Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry
Grace Jopaul Loubota Panzou, A. Fayolle, T. Jucker, O. Phillips +66 more
2020Global Ecology and Biogeography58 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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Fire Effects on Understory Forest Regeneration in Southern Amazonia
Nayane Cristina Candida dos Santos Prestes, K. Massi, Estevao Alves Silva, D. S. Nogueira +6 more
2020Frontiers in Forests and Global Change54 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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Aboveground forest biomass varies across continents, ecological zones and successional stages: refined IPCC default values for tropical and subtropical forests
D. Rozendaal, Daniela Requena Suarez, V. de Sy, V. Avitabile +53 more
2021Environmental Research Letters53 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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Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests
S. Reis, B. Marimon, A. Esquível-Muelbert, B. H. Marimon +8 more
202239 citations Open access
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Legacy of Amazonian Dark Earth soils on forest structure and species composition
E. Oliveira, B. H. Marimon-Júnior, B. Marimon, José Iriarte +6 more
202039 citations Open access
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Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots
P. Moonlight, Karina Banda-R, O. Phillips, Kyle G. Dexter +51 more
2020Plants, People, Planet39 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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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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The global spectrum of tree crown architecture
T. Jucker, F. Fischer, J. Chave, David A. Coomes +116 more
2025Nature Communications31 citations Open access
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Causes and consequences of liana infestation in southern Amazonia
S. Reis, B. Marimon, P. Morandi, F. Elias +8 more
2020Journal of Ecology26 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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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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Drought generates large, long-term changes in tree and liana regeneration in a monodominant Amazon forest
B. Marimon, Claudinei Oliveira-Santos, B. H. Marimon-Júnior, F. Elias +7 more
2020Plant Ecology24 citations
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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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Forest Fire History in Amazonia Inferred From Intensive Soil Charcoal Sampling and Radiocarbon Dating
T. Feldpausch, L. Carvalho, K. Macario, P. Ascough +5 more
2022Frontiers in Forests and Global Change21 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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Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
Martin J. P. Sullivan, O. Phillips, D. Galbraith, Everton Almeida +166 more
2025Nature Communications18 citations Open access
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Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Iris Hordijk, Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, Thomas Lauber, D. Routh +219 more
2024Global Ecology and Biogeography17 citations Open access
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Giants of the Amazon: How does environmental variation drive the diversity patterns of large trees?
R. D. de Lima, E. Görgens, Diego Armando S. da Silva, C. P. de Oliveira +97 more
2023Global Change Biology17 citations
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Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
Iris Hordijk, L. Poorter, Jingjing Liang, P. Reich +216 more
2025Nature Communications16 citations Open access
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MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields tree cover needs calibrating in tropical savannas
Rahayu Adzhar, D. Kelley, N. Dong, Charles T. George +13 more
2022Biogeosciences16 citations Open access
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