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Guarea guidonia

Popularity of Guarea guidonia over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Guarea guidonia (filled column histogram and left hand axis scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (complete line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in box on the left hand side); Plots of a proportional micro index, derived from numbers of papers mentioning Guarea guidonia as a proportion (scaled by multiplying by one million) of the total number of papers published for that year (broken line frequency polygon and right hand scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (broken line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in broken line box on the right hand side)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Acosta-Martinez V, Cruz L, Sotomayor-Ramirez D, Perez-Alegria L (2007) Enzyme activities as affected by soil properties and land use in a tropical watershed. Applied Soil Ecology 35, 35-45. Contact: Acosta-Martinez, Veronica ; USDA ARS, Cropping Syst Res Lab, 3810 4th St, Lubbock, TX 79415 USA

 

Aukema JE, Carlo TA, Collazo JA (2007) Landscape assessment of tree communities in the northern karst region of Puerto Rico. Plant Ecology 189, 101-15. Contact: Aukema, Juliann E. ; Natl Ctr Ecol Anal and Synth, 735 State St,Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA

 

Zimmerman JK, Wright SJ, Calderon O, Pagan MA, Paton S (2007) Flowering and fruiting phenologies of seasonal and aseasonal neotropical forests: the role of annual changes in irradiance. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, 231-51. Contact: Zimmerman, Jess K. ; Univ Puerto Rico, Inst Trop Ecosyst Studies, POB 2910, Rio Piedras, PR 00931 USA

 

Brandeis TJ (2006) Assessing tree species assemblages in highly disturbed Puerto Rican karst landscapes using forest inventory data. Plant Ecology 186, 189-202. Contact: Brandeis, Thomas James; US Forest Serv, So Res Stn, USDA, 4700 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 USA

 

Coelho AAM, De Paula JE, Espindola LS (2006) Insecticidal activity of cerrado plant extracts on Rhodnius milesi Carcavallo, Rocha, Galvao & Jurberg (Hemiptera : reduviidae), under laboratory conditions. Neotropical Entomology 35, 133-8. Contact: Coelho, Andre A. M. ; Univ Brasilia, Lab Farmacognosia, Fac Ciencias Saude, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil

 

Rozendaal DMA, Hurtado VH, Poorter L (2006) Plasticity in leaf traits of 38 tropical tree species in response to light; relationships with light demand and adult stature. Functional Ecology 20, 207-16. Contact: Rozendaal, D. M. A. ; Inst Boliviano Invest Forestal, POB 6204, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

 

Santos FV, Solorzano A, Guedes-Bruni RR, de Oliveira RR (2006) Composition of the woody strata of a charcoal paleoterritory in Macico da Pedra Branca, RJ. Pesquisas Botanica, 181-92. Contact: Santos, Fernanda Vieira ; PUC Rio, Rua Marques S Vicente 225, BR-22453900 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

 

van Gelder HA, Poorter L, Sterck FJ (2006) Wood mechanics, allometry, and life-history variation in a tropical rain forest tree community. New Phytologist 171, 367-78. Contact: Poorter, L. ; Univ Wageningen and Res Ctr, Forest Ecol and Forest Management Grp, POB 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands

 

Gamboa-Gaitan MA, Laureano S, Bayman P (2005) Endophytic Phomopsis strains from leaves of Guarea guidonia (Meliaceae). Caribbean Journal of Science 41, 215-24. Contact: Gamboa-Gaitan, Miguel A. ; Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Biol, San Juan, PR 00931 USA

 

Fonte SJ, Schowalter TD (2004) Decomposition of greenfall vs. senescent foliage in a tropical forest ecosystem in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 36, 474-82. Contact: Schowalter, Timothy D.; Dept Entomol, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

 

Pascarella JB, Aide TM, Zimmerman JK (2004) Short-term response of secondary forests to hurricane disturbance in Puerto Rico, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 199, 379-93. Contact: Pascarella, John B. ; Dept Biol, Valdosta State Univ, 1500 N Patterson St, Valdosta, GA, 31698, USA

 

Adl S, Hunter M, Coleman D (2003) Protozoan activity in leaf litter decomposition. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 88. Contact: Adl, Sina ; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

 

Gama JRV, Botelho SA, Bentes-Gama MdM, Scolforo JRS (2003) Structure and future potential of use of the natural regeneration in upland floodplain forest in Afua County, Para State. Ciencia Florestal 13, 71-82. Contact: Gama, Joao Ricardo Vasconcellos ; Dept Engn Florestal, Univ Fed Vicosa, BR-36571000, Vicosa, MG, Brazil

 

Heartsill-Scalley T, Aide TM (2003) Riparian vegetation and stream condition in a tropical agriculture-secondary forest mosaic. Ecological Applications 13, 225-34. Contact: Heartsill-Scalley, T. ; Department of Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources, and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322-5210, USA

 

Fonte S, Hunter M, Schowalter T, Lowman M, Rinker B (2002) Decomposition of herbivore derived greenfall: The potential influence of phytophagous insects on soil processes. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 87. Contact: Fonte, Steven ; Schowalter, Tim ; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

 

Gamboa MA, Laureano S, Bayman P (2002) Measuring diversity of endophytic fungi in leaf fragments: Does size matter? Mycopathologia 156, 41-5. Contact: Gamboa, Miguel A. ; Departamento de Biologia, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR, 00931-3360, USA

 

Lago JHG, Brochini CB, Roque NF (2002) Terpenoids from Guarea guidonia. Phytochemistry (Oxford) 60, 333-8. Contact: Lago, Joao Henrique G. ; Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP 26077, CEP 05599-970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

joaolago@iq.usp.br

 

Marcano-Vega H, Aide TM, Baez D (2002) Forest regeneration in abandoned coffee plantations and pastures in the cordillera central of Puerto Rico. Plant Ecology 161, 75-87. Contact: Aide, T. Mitchell ; Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR, 00931-3360, USA

maide@upracd.upr.clu.edu

 

Netherton JA, Gleeson S, Myster R, Zou X (2002) Effects of shrub and herb competition on tree seedlings in an abandoned pasture in Puerto Rico. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 87. Contact: Netherton, Jane A. ; Gleeson, Scott ; University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

 

Connor KF, Bonner FT (2001) The effects of desiccation on seeds of Acer saccharinum and Aesculus pavia: Recalcitrance in temperate tree seeds. Trees (Berlin) 15, 131-6. Contact: Connor, Kristina F. ; U.S. Forest Service, Thompson Hall, Mississippi State, MS, 39760-0928, USA

kconnor@fs.fed.us

 

Connor KF, Sowa S, Sloppy J (2001) Recalcitrance in temperate and tropical tree seeds: An examination of lipids, carbohydrates, and moisture content by GC, DSC, and FT-IR. Plant Biology (Rockville) 2001. Contact: Connor, Kristina F. ; Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, U.S. Forest Service, Mississippi State, MS, USA

 

Gamboa MA, Bayman P (2001) Communities of endophytic fungi in leaves of a tropical timber tree (Guarea guidonia: Meliaceae). Biotropica 33, 352-60. Contact: Gamboa, Miguel A. ; Fundacion Quycagua, Calle 9B No. 32-24, Cali, Colombia

mgamboa@upracd.upr.clu.edu

 

Weniger B, Robledo S, Arango GJ, Deharo E, Aragon R, Munoz V, Callapa J, Lobstein A, Anton R (2001) Antiprotozoal activities of Colombian plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 78, 193-200. Contact: Weniger, Bernard ; Unite de Pharmacognosie, Faculte de Pharmacie, UMR ULP/CNRS 7081, Universite Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, F-67401, Illkirch Cedex, France

weniger@pharma.u-strasbg.fr

 

Stevenson PR, Castellanos MC, Del Pilar Medina A (1999) Tree communities in the floodplains of the Tinigua National Park, Colombia. Caldasia 21, 38-49. Contact: Stevenson, Pablo R. ; Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-4364, USA

 

Garcez FR, Nunez CV, Garcez WS, Almeida RM, Roque NF (1998) Sesquiterpenes, limonoid and coumarin, from the wood bark of Guarea guidonia. Planta Medica 64, 79-80. Contact: Garcez, Fernanda R. ; Univ. Federal Mato Grosso Sul, Dep. Quimica, Caixa Postal 649, Campo Gande, MS 79070-900, Brazil

 

Rivera LW, Aide TM (1998) Forest recovery in the karst region of Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 108, 63-75. Contact: Rivera, Luis W. ; Dep. Biol., Univ. Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3360, Puerto Rico

 

Lima MRd, Silva EAMd, Pinheiro AL, Lisboa PLB (1997) Comparative anatomy of the wood from 4 species of Guarea allamand ex Linnaeus from the Atlantic Coastal Forests of Minas Gerais. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Serie Botanica 13, 139-69. Contact: Lima, Maria Rohane de ; Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias do Para, Av. Perimetral s/n, 66.040-170, Belem, PA, Brazil

 

Terborgh J, Flores-N C, Mueller P, Davenport L (1997) Estimating the ages of successional stands of tropical trees from growth increments. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13, 833-56. Contact: Terborgh, John ; Nicholas Sch. Environ., Duke Univ., P.O. Box 90381, Durham, NC 27708, USA

 

Angulo MDP, Aide TM (1996) Leaf phenology as an antiherbivore defense. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77. Contact: Univ. Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23360, Rio Piedras 00931-3361, Puerto Rico

 

Fernandez DS, Fetcher N (1996) Photosynthetic acclimation in tropical trees: Effects of the light x nitrogen interaction in shade-tolerant species. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77. Contact: Univ. Puerto Rico, San Juan 00931, Puerto Rico

 

Polishook JD, Bills GF, Lodge DJ (1996) Correction of PREVIEWS 99362634. Microfungi from decaying leaves of two rain forest trees in Puerto Rico. Correction of journal title from Journal of Industrial Microbiology and correction of coden from JIMIE7. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 17, 284-94. Contact: Polishook, J. D. ; Nat. Products Drug Discovery, Merck Res. Lab., PO Box 2000, RY80Y-120, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA

 

Polishook JD, Bills GF, Lodge DJ (1996) Microfungi from decaying leaves of two rain forest trees in Puerto Rico. Journal of Industrial Microbiology 17, 284-94. Contact: Polishook, J. D. ; Nat. Products Drug Discovery, Merck Res. Lab., PO Box 2000, RY80Y-120, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA

 

Parresol BR (1995) Basal area growth for 15 tropical tree species in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 73, 211-9. Contact: Inst. Quantitative Studies, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Stn., Room T-10210 USPS Build., 701 Loyola Ave., New Orleans, LA 70113, USA

 

Zimmerman JK, Aide TM, Rosario M, Serrano M, Herrera L (1995) Effects of land management and a recent hurricane on forest structure and composition in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 77, 65-76. Contact: Aide, T. Mitchell ; Dep. Biol., Univ. Puerto Rico, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360, USA

 

Muniz FH, Cesar O, Monteiro R (1994) Phytosociology of woody vegetation in the Sacavem Forest Reserve - Sao Luis, State of Maranhao (Brazil). Acta Amazonica 24, 219-35. Contact: Muniz, Francisca Helena ; Dep. Biol., Univ. Estadual Maranhao, Cidade Univ. Paulo VI, Tirirical, CEP 65000-000 Sao Luis, MA, Brazil

 

Ubiano LJ, Ortiz R, Duenas H (1994) Physionomic, structural and floristic characterization of a forest in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Revista de Biologia Tropical 42, 89-105. Contact: Ubiano, Luis Juan ; Duenas, Hilda; Fundacion Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. A.A. 5000. Bogota, Colombia

 

Miesch R, Barnola P (1993) Endogenous rhythmic growth of the leaf of Guarea guidonia (Meliaceae): Experimental preliminary study. Canadian Journal of Botany 71, 558-64. Contact: Miesch, R. ; Lab. Morphogenese Vegetale, Inst. Botanique, 28 rue Goethe, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France

 

Migenis LE, Ackerman JD (1993) Orchid-phorophyte relationships in a forest watershed in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9, 231-40. Contact: Ackerman, James D.; Dep. Biol., Univ. Puerto Rico, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360, USA

 

Veenendaal EM, Shushu DD, Scurlock JMO (1993) Responses to shading of seedlings of savanna grasses (with different C4 photosynthetic pathways) in Botswana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9, 213-29. Contact: Veenendaal, E. M. ; Dep. Plant Soil Sci., Univ., Aberdeen AB9 2HD, UK

 

Wissemeier AH, Hergenroeder A, Mix-Wagner G, Horst WJ (1993) Induction of callose formation by manganese in cell suspension culture and leaves of soybean (Glycine max L.). Journal of Plant Physiology 142, 67-73. Contact: Wissemeier, A. H. ; Hergenroeder, A. ; Horst, W. J.; Inst. Plant Nutrition, Univ. Hannover, Herrenhaeuser Str. 2, DW-3000 Hannover 21, Germany

 

Basnet K (1992) Effect of Topography on the Pattern of Trees in Tabonuco Dacryodes-Excelsa Dominated Rain Forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 24, 31-42. Contact: BASNET K; DEP ZOOL, KIRTIPUR MULTIPLE CAMPUS, TIRIBHUVAN UNIV, KIRTIPUR, KATMANDU, NEPAL

 

Fisher JB (1992) Grafting and Rooting of Leaves of Guarea Meliaceae Experimental Studies on Leaf Autonomy. American Journal of Botany 79, 155-65. Contact: FISHER J B; FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDEN, 11935 OLD CUTLER RD, MIAMI, FLA 33156, USA

 

Fisher JB (1991) Grafting and Rooting of Leaves of Guarea Meliaceae. American Journal of Botany 78, 24-5. Contact: FISHER J B; FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDEN, 11935 OLF CUTLER RD, MIAMI, FLA 33156, USA

 

Khadga B, Likens GE, Scatena FN, Lugo AE (1991) Hurricane Hugo Damage to a Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8, 47-55. Contact: KHADGA B ; INST ECOSYSTEM STUDIES, NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, MILLBROOK, NY 12545, USA

 

Steingraeber DA, Fisher JB (1986) Indeterminate Growth of Leaves in Guarea Meliaceae a Twig Analog. American Journal of Botany 73, 852-62. Contact: STEINGRAEBER D A ; DEP BOTANY, COLORADO STATE UNIV, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80523, USA

 

Encarnacion F, Ramella L, Spichigher R (1984) The Meliaceae of the Arboretum Jenaro Herrera Province of Requena Department of Loreto Peru the Flora and Vegetation of the Peruvian Amazonia 7. Candollea 39, 693-714. Contact: ENCARNACION F ; CONSERVATOIRE JARDIN BOTANIQUES VILLE GENEVE, CASE POSTALE 60, CH-1292 CHAMBESY/GE

 

Kiger RW (1984) Exclusions from Samyda Flacourtiaceae. Taxon 33, 445-68. Contact: KIGER R W; HUNT INST BOT DOCUMENTATION, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213, USA

 

Steingraeber DA, Fisher JB (1983) Indeterminate Growth of Leaves in Guarea Meliaceae a Twig Analog. American Journal of Botany 70. Contact: STEINGRAEBER D A ; DEP BOT PLANT PATHOL, COLO STATE UNIV, FORT COLLINS, CO 80523, USA

 

Oga S, Sertie JA, Brasile AC, Hanada S (1981) Antiinflammatory Effect of Crude Extract from Guarea-Guidonia. Planta Medica 42, 310-2. Contact: OGA S ; INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BIOMEDICAS, USP CAIXA POSTAL NO 4365, 01000 SAO PAULO, SP, BRAZIL

 

Babos K (1979) Fiber Length Frequency of Some Cuban Tree Species. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 25, 177-86. Contact: BABOS K; RES INST WOOD IND, BUDAPEST, HUNG

 

Babos K, Borhidi A (1978) Xylotomic Study of Some Woody Plant Species from Cuba Part 1. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 24, 15-40. Contact: BABOS K ; RES INST WOOD IND, BUDAPEST, HUNG

 

 

 

 


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