Fricke, E., Bello, C., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Dent, D.H., Feeley, K.J., Galetti, M., González-Varo, J.P., Heleno, R., Reid, J.L. 2025. Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline. Nature Biodiversity Reviews. 1: 386-400
Nassivera, M., Weissflog, A., Bello, C., Comita, L.S., Crowther, T.W., Castro Trujillo, B.R., Saenz, R., Valdés Magallon, O., Dent, D.H. 2025. Seed bank diversity and composition during natural tropical forest regeneration. Biotropica. 57: e70071
Toro, L., Werden, L.K., Addo-Danso, S.D., Andersen, K.M., Batterman, S., Bragadini, M.M., Choksi, P., Cole, R.J., Comita, L.S., Cusack, D., Dent, D.H., Dietterich, L.H., Fisher, J.B., Fleischer, K., Fuchslueger, L., Huanca-Nunez, N., Lienau, J.R., McCulloch, L.A., Morrissey, E.M., Powers, J.S., Sánchez-Juliá, M., Valverde-Barrantes, O., Weissflog, A., Wong, M.Y. 2025. Harmonizing above- and belowground outcomes in tropical forest restoration. Bioscience. biaf097
Bradfer-Lawrence, T., Buřivalová, Z., Dent, D.H. 2025. Deriving meaning from acoustic data in hyper-diverse ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.004
Montenegro, V.M., Mateo-Tomas, P., Schneider, J., Dent, D.H., Crowther, T.W., Bello, C. 2025. Linking functional traits to trophic roles in scavenger assemblages. Ecology and Evolution. 15: e70485.
Bello, C., Dent, D.H., Crowther, T.W. 2024. Animals in restoration to achieve climate biodiversity targets. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39: 979-982
Bartholomew, R Hayward, DFRP Burslem, PRL Bittencourt, Chapman, D., Faiz Bin Suis, M.A., Nilus, R., O'Brien, M.J., Reynolds, G., Rowland, L., Banin, L.F, Dent, D.H. 2024. Bornean tropical forests recovering from logging at risk of regeneration failure Global Change Biology 30 (3), e17209. https:// doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.17209
van Breugel, M., Bongers, F., Norden, N., Meave, J.A., Amissah, L., Chanthorn, W., Chazdon, R., Craven, D., Farrior, C., Hall, J.S., Hérault, B., Jakovac, C., Lebrija‐Trejos, E., Martínez‐Ramos, M., Muñoz, R., Poorter, L., Rüger, N., van Der Sande, M., Dent, D.H. 2024. Feedback loops drive ecological succession: towards a unified conceptual framework. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13051
Elsy, A.D., Pfeifer, M., Jones, I.L., DeWalt, S.J., Lopez, O.R., Dent, D.H. 2024. Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama. Biotropica 56 (1), 36-49
van der Sande, M.T., et al. including Dent D.H. 2024. Tropical forest succession increases trtaxonomic and functional tree richness but decreases evenness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, p.e13856.
Schorn, M.E., et al. including Dent D.H. 2024. Tree demographic strategies largely overlap across succession in Neotropical wet and dry forest communities. Ecology. 107 (5), p.e. 4321. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4321
Fell, A., Silva, T., Duthie, A.B., Dent, D.H. 2023. A global systematic review of frugivorous animal tracking studies and the estimation of seed dispersal distances. Ecology and Evolution 13 (11), e10638
Wallwork, A., Castro-Trujillo, B., Banin, B., Dent, D.H., Skiba, U., Kerdraon, D., and Sayer, E. 2023. Soil carbon dynamics are linked to tree species growth strategy in a naturally regenerating tropical forest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6, 1232694
Rüger, N., Schorn, M.E., Kambach, S., Chazdon, R.L., Farrior, C.E., Meave, J.A., Muñoz, R., Van Breugel, M., Amissah, L., Bongers, F., Craven, D., Hérault, B., Jakovac, C.C., Norden, N., Poorter, L., van der Sande, M.T., Wirth, C., Delgado, D., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., Dupuy, J.M., Finegan, B., Hall, J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Lopez, O.R. 2023. Successional shifts in tree demographic strategies in wet and dry Neotropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(6): 1002-1014.
Estrada-Villegas, S., Stevenson, P.R., López, O., DeWalt, S.J., Comita, L.S., and Dent, D.H. 2022. Seed dispersal by animals recovers quickly during passive restoration. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0076
van der Sande, M.T., Powers, J.S., Kuyper, T.W., Norden, N., Salgado-Negret, B., Silva de Almeida, J., Bongers, F., Delgado, D., Dent, D.H., Derroire, G., do Espirito Santo, M.M., Dupuy, J.M., Wilson Fernandes, G., Finegan, B.., Gavito, M.E., Hernández- Stefanoni, J.L., Jakovac, C.C., Jones, I.L., Magalhães Veloso, M.D., Meave, J.A., Mora, F., Muñoz, R., Pérez-Cárdenas, N., Piotto, D., Álvarez-Dávila, E., Caceres-Siani, Y., Dalban-Pilon, C., Dourdain, A., Du, D.V., Villalobos, D.G., Ferreira Nunes, Y.R., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Poorter, L. 2022. Soil resistance and recovery during Neotropical forest succession. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0074
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Jakovac, C.C. et al. including Dent, D.H. 2022. Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests. Science Advances: 8 (26), eabn1767
Poorter, L. et al. including Dent D.H. 2021. Multi-dimensional tropical forest recovery. Science. 374 (6573): 1370-1376.
Poorter, L. et al. including Dent D.H. 2021. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003405118
Dent, D.H., Estrada-Villegas, S. 2021. Uniting niche differentiation and dispersal limitation predicts tropical forest succession. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.04.001
Hayward, R.M., Banin, L.F., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Chapman, D.S., Philipson, C.D., Cutler, M.E.J., Reynolds, G., Nilus, R., Dent, D.H. 2021. Three decades of post-logging tree community recovery in naturally regenerating and actively restored dipterocarp forest in Borneo. Forest Ecology and Management. 488, 119036.
HF Burger, H.F., Vondráčková, K., Skłodowski, M., Koid, Q.Q., Dent, D.H., Wallace, K., Fayle, T.M. 2021. Protection from herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo. Asian Myrmecology. 14, e014002.
Bradfer-Lawrence, T., Bunnefeld, N., Gardner, N., Willis, S.G., Dent, D.H. 2020. Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices. Ecological Indicators. 115, 106400.
Jones, I.L., DeWalt, S.J., Lopez, O.R., Bunnefeld, L., Pattison, Z., Dent, D.H., 2019. Above-and belowground carbon stocks are decoupled in secondary tropical forests and are positively related to forest age and soil nutrients respectively. Science of The Total Environment. 697, p.133987.
Bradfer‐Lawrence, T., Gardner, N., Bunnefeld, L., Bunnefeld, N., Willis, S.G., Dent, D.H., 2019. Guidelines for the use of acoustic indices in environmental research. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 1796-1807.
Poorter, L., Rozendaal, D.M., Bongers, F., de Almeida-Cortez, J.S., Zambrano, A.M.A., Álvarez, F.S., Andrade, J.L., Villa, L.F.A., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J.M., Bentos, T.V., Bhaskar, R., Boukili, V., Brancalion, P.H.S., Broadbent, E.N., César, R.G., Chave, J., Chazdon, R.L., Colletta, G.D., Craven, D., de Jong, B.H.J., Denslow, J.S., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., Diaz-García, Dupuy, E.J.M., Durán, S.M., Espírito Santo, M.M., Fandiño, M.C., Fernandes, G.W., Finegan, B., Granda Moser, V., Hall, J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Jakovac, C.C., Junqueira, A.B., Kennard, D., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Letcher, S.G., Lohbeck, M., Lopez, O.R., Marín-Spiotta, E., Martínez-Ramos, M., Martins, S.V., Massoca, P.A.S., Meave, J.A., Mesquita, R., Mora, F., Moreno, V.S., Müller, S.C., Muñoz, R., Muscarella, R., de Oliveira Neto, S.N., Nunes, Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Paz, H., Peña-Claros, M., Piotto, D., Ruíz, J., Sanaphre-Villanueva, L., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Schwartz, N.B., Steininger, William Wayt Thomas, Marisol Toledo, Maria Uriarte, Luis P Utrera, Michiel van Breugel, Masha T van der Sande, Hans van der Wal, M.K., Veloso, M.D.M., Vester, H.F.M., Vieira, I.C.G., Villa, P.M., Williamson, G.B., Wright, S.J., Zanini, K.J., Zimmerman, J.K., Westoby, M. 2019. Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time. Nature ecology & evolution, 3, 928-934.
Mayhew, R.J., Tobias, J.A., Bunnefeld, L., Dent, D.H., 2019. Connectivity with primary forest determines the value of secondary tropical forests for bird conservation. Biotropica. 51, 219-233.
Jones, I.L., Peres, C.A., Benchimol, M., Bunnefeld, L., Dent, D.H., 2019. Instability of insular tree communities in an Amazonian mega‐dam is driven by impaired recruitment and altered species composition. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(3), 779-791.
Rozendaal, D.M., Bongers, F., Aide, T.M., Alvarez-Dávila, E., Ascarrunz, N., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J.M., Bentos, T.V., Brancalion, P.H., Cabral, G.A., Calvo-Rodriguez, S., Chave, J., César, R.G., Chazdon, R.L., Condit, R., Dallinga, J.S., De Almeida-Cortez, J.S., De Jong B., De Oliveira, A., Denslow, J.S., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., Dupuy, E.J.M., Durán, S.M., Dutrieux, L.P., Espírito-Santo, M.M., Fandiño, M.C., Fernandes, G.W., Finegan, B., García, H., Gonzalez, N., Granda Moser, V., Hall, J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Hubbell, S., Jakovac, C.C., Hernández, A.J., Junqueira, A.B., Kennard, D., Larpin, D., Letcher, S.G., Licona, J.C., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Marín-Spiotta, E., Martínez-Ramos, M., Massoca, P.A.S., Meave, J.A., Mesquita, R., Mora, F., Müller, S.C., Muñoz, R., Oliveira Neto, S.N., Norden, N., Nunes, Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Ortiz-Malavassi, E., Ostertag, R., Peña-Claros, M., Pérez-García, E.A., Piotto, D., Powers, J.S., Aguilar-Cano, J., Rodriguez-Buritica, S., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Romero-Romero, M.A., Ruíz, J., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Silva De Almeida, A., Silver, W.L., Schwartz, N.B., Thomas, W.W., Toledo, M., Uriarte, M., Valadares de Sá Sampaio, E., Van Breugel, M., Van Der Wal, H., Venâncio-Martins, S., Veloso, M.D.M., Vester, H.F.M., Vicentini, A., Vieira, I.C.G., Villa, P., Williamson, G.B., Zanini, K.J., Zimmerman, J.K., Poorter, L. 2019. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests. Science advances, 5(3), eaau3114.
Gei, M., Rozendaal, D.M., Poorter, L., Bongers, F., Sprent, J.I., Garner, M.D., Aide, T.M., Andrade, J.L., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J.M., Brancalion, P.H., Cabral, G.A., César, R.G., Chazdon, R.L., Cole, R.J., Colletta, G.D., De Jong, B., Denslow, J.S., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., Dupuy, E.J.M., Durán, S.M., Espírito-Santo, M.M., Fernandes, G.W., Ferreira Nunes, Y.R., Finegan, B., Gonzalez, N., Granda Moser, V., Hall, J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Junqueira, A.B., Kennard, D., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Letcher, S.G., Lohbeck, M., Marín-Spiotta, E., Martínez-Ramos, M., Meave, J.A., Menge, D.N.L., Mora, F., Muñoz, R., Muscarella, R., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Orihuela-Belmonte, E., Ostertag, R., Peña-Claros, M., Pérez-García, E.A., Piotto, D., Reich, P.B., Reyes-García, C., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Romero-Pérez, I.E., Sanaphre-Villanueva, L., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Schwartz, N.B., Silva De Almeida, A., Almeida-Cortez, J.S., Silver, W., Souza-Moreno, V., Sullivan, B.W., Swenson, N.G., Uriarte, M., Van Breugel, M., Van der Wal, H., M.D.M., Vester, H.F.M., Vieira, I.C.G., Zimmerman, J.K., Powers, J.S. 2018. Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(7), 1104-1111.
Bradfer-Lawrence, T., Gardner, N., Dent, D.H. 2018. Bird assemblage development in the canopy and understory of Neotropical secondary forest. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4086
Jones, I.L., Peres, C.A., Benchimol, M., Bunnefeld, L., Dent, D.H. 2017. Woody lianas increase in dominance and maintain compositional integrity across an Amazonian dam-induced fragmented landscape. PLoS ONE. 12 (10): e0185527.
Kirkpatrick, L., Maher, S.J., Lopez, Z., Lintott, P.R., Bailey, S.A., Dent, D.H., Park, K.J. 2017. Bat use of commercial coniferous plantations at multiple spatial scales: Management and conservation implications. Biological Conservation. 206, 1-10
Dent, D.H. and Burslem, D.F.R.P. 2016. Leaf traits of dipterocarp species with contrasting distributions across a nutrient and light availability gradient. Plant Ecology and Diversity. 9, 521-533
Chazdon, R.L., Broadbent, E.N., Rozendaal, D.M.A., Bongers, F., Zambrano, A.M.A., Aide, T.M., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J.M., Boukili, V., Brancalion, P.H.S., Craven, D., de Almeida-Cortez, J.S., Cabral, G.A.L., de Jong, B.H.J., Denslow, J.S., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., Dupuy, J.M., Durán, S.M., Espírito-Santo, M.M., Fandino, M.C., César, R.G., Hall, J.S., Hernandez-Stefanoni, J.L., Jakovac, C.C., Junqueira, A.B., Kennard, D., Letcher, S.G., Lohbeck, M., Martínez-Ramos, M., Massoca, P., Meave, J.A., Mesquita, R., Mora, F., Muñoz, R., Muscarella, R., Nunes, Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Orihuela-Belmonte, E., Peña-Claros, M., Pérez-García, E.A., Piotto, D., Powers, J.S., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Romero-Pérez, I.E., Ruíz, J., Saldarriaga, J.G., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Schwartz, N.B., Steininger, M.K., Swenson, N.G., Uriarte, M., van Breugel, M., van der Wal, H., Veloso, M.D.M., Vester, H.F.M., Vieira, I.C.G., Vizcarra Bentos, T., Williamson, G.B., Poorter, L., 2016. Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics. Science Advances 2 (5), e1501639.
Poorter, L., Bongers, F., Aide, T.M., Zambrano, A.M.A., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J.M., Boukili, V., Brancalion, P.H.S., Broadbent, E.N., Chazdon, R.L., Craven, D., de Almeida-Cortez, J.S., Cabral, G.A.L., de Jong, B.H.J., Denslow, J.S., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., Dupuy, J.M., Durán, S.M., Espírito-Santo, M.M., Fandino, M.C., César, R.G., Hall, J.S., Hernandez-Stefanoni, J.L., Jakovac, C.C., Junqueira, A.B., Kennard, D., Letcher, S.G., Licona, J.C., Lohbeck, M., Marín-Spiotta, E., Martínez-Ramos, M., Massoca, P., Meave, J.A., Mesquita, R., Mora, F., Muñoz, R., Muscarella, R., Nunes, Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, S., de Oliveira, A.A., Orihuela-Belmonte, E., Peña-Claros, M., Pérez-García, E.A., Piotto, D., Powers, J.S., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Romero-Pérez, I.E., Ruíz, J., Saldarriaga, J.G., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Schwartz, N.B., Steininger, M.K., Swenson, N.G., Toledo, M., Uriarte, M., van Breugel, M., van der Wal, H., Veloso, M.D.M., Vester, H.F.M., Vicentini, A., Vieira, I.C.G., Vizcarra Bentos, T., Williamson, G.B., Rozendaal, D.M.A. 2016. Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests. Nature, 530 (7589): 211-214.
Philipson, C.D., Dent D.H., Dzulkifli, D., Nilus, R., O’Brien, M., Philips, S., Reynolds, G., Saner, P. and Hector, A. 2014. Light-based growth survival trade-offs: Evidence from 16 dipterocarp species in enrichment planting using size-specific relative growth rates. Ecology and Evolution. 4: 3675-3688.
Wolfe, B.T., Dent D.H., Deago, J. and Wishnie, M.H. 2014. Understory forest regeneration in stands of Tectonagrandis and Terminaliaamazonia in timber plantations in Western Panama. New Forests. 46: 157-165
Dent D.H., DeWalt, S.J and Denslow, J.S. 2013. Secondary forests of central Panama increase in similarity to old-growth forest over time in shade tolerance but not species composition. Journal of Vegetation Science. 24: 530-542.
Mascaro, J., Asner, G.P., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J and Denslow, J.S. 2012. Scale-dependence of aboveground carbon accumulation in secondary forests of Panama: A test of the intermediate peak hypothesis. Forest Ecology & Management. 276: 62-70.
Craven, D.J., Dent, D.H., Braden, D., Ashton, M.S., Berlyn, G.P. and Hall, J.S. 2011. Seasonal variability of photosynthetic characteristics influences growth of eight tropical tree species at two sites with contrasting precipitation in Panama. Forest Ecology & Management. 261: 1643-1653.
van Breugel, M., Hall, J. S., Craven, D.J., Dent, D.H., Park, A., Wishnie, M.H., Gregoire, T.G., Mariscal, E., Deago, J., Ibarra, D., Cedeno, N. and Ashton, M.S. 2011. Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama. Forest Ecology & Management. 261: 1580-1589.
Dent, D.H. 2010. Defining the conservation value of secondary tropical forests. Animal Conservation. 13: 14-15.
Dent, D.H. and Burslem, D.F.R.P. 2009. Performance trade-offs driven by morphological plasticity contribute to habitat specialization of Bornean tree species. Biotropica. 41: 424-434
Dent, D.H. and Wright, S.J. 2009. The future of tropical species in secondary forests: a quantitative review. Biological Conservation. 142: 2833–2843
Chazdon, R., Peres, C., Dent, D.H., Shiel, D., Lugo, A.E., Lamb, D., Stork, N. and Miller, S. 2009. The potential for species conservation in tropical secondary forests. Conservation Biology. 23: 1406-1417.
Kim, T.J., Montagnini, F. and Dent, D.H. 2008. Rehabilitating abandoned pastures in panama: control of the invasive exotic grass, Saccharum spontaneum (L.), using artificial shade treatments. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 26: 192-203.
Dent, D.H., Bagchi, R., Robinson, R., Majalap-Lee, N., and Burslem, D.F.R.P. 2007. Nutrient fluxes via litterfall and leaf litter decomposition vary across a gradient of soil nutrient supply in a lowland tropical rain forest. Plant and Soil. 288: 197-215
Eichhorn, M.P., Fagan, K.C., Compton, S.G., Dent, D.H. and Hartley, S.E. 2007. Explaining leaf herbivory rates on tree seedlings in a Malaysian rainforest. Biotropica. 39: 416-421.
Wishnie, M.H., Dent, D.H., Mariscal, E., Deago, J., Cedeño, N., Ibarra, D., Condit, R. and Ashton, P.M.S. 2007. Initial performance and reforestation potential of 24 tropical tree species planted across a precipitation gradient in the Republic of Panama. Forest Ecology and Management. 243: 39-49.
Craven, D., Braden, D., Ashton, M.S., Berlyn, G.P., Wishnie, M., Dent, D.H. 2007. Between and within-site comparisons of structural and physiological characteristics and foliar nutrient content of 14 tree species at a wet, fertile site and a dry, infertile site in Panamá. Forest Ecology and Management. 238: 335-346.
Kim, T.J., Montagnini, F., Cedeno, N., and Dent, D.H. 2006. Investigation of shading as a method for controlling wild sugarcane on abandoned lands (Panama). Ecological Restoration 24: 203-204