Gerardo Avalos
University of Costa Rica
41 Papers
195 Citations
Gerardo Avalos is an academic researcher from University of Costa Rica. The author has contributed to research in topics: Understory & Canopy. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 41 publications. Previous affiliations of Gerardo Avalos include Philippine Institute for Development Studies & The School for Field Studies.
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Papers
Photosynthetic acclimation of the liana Stigmaphyllon lindenianum to light changes in a tropical dry forest canopy
Gerardo Avalos,Stephen S. Mulkey +1 more
TL;DR: Stigmaphyllon responded rapidly to light changes through the functional adjustment of already expanded foliage and an increase in leaf production in places with high opportunity for carbon gain, reflected in an almost immediate ability to respond to significant changes in light.
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Seasonal Changes in Liana Cover in the Upper Canopy of a Neotropical Dry Forest1
Gerardo Avalos,Stephen S. Mulkey +1 more
TL;DR: Seasonal variation in surface coverage of the canopy by foliage of lianas and trees in a dry Neotropical forest is described and lianAs are expected to make up a significant proportion of the photosynthetic biomass of the external surface ofThe canopy.
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Colonization Strategies of Two Liana Species in a Tropical Dry Forest Canopy
Gerardo Avalos,Gerardo Avalos,Stephen S. Mulkey,Kaoru Kitajima,Kaoru Kitajima,S. Joseph Wright +5 more
TL;DR: Species differences in degree of shade acclimation and physiological characters reflect differences in light exploitation and canopy colonization strategies of these two liana species.
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Allometry and stilt root structure of the neotropical palm Euterpe precatoria (Arecaceae) across sites and successional stages
TL;DR: The lack of secondary meristems shapes allometric relationships of the palms, influencing species segregation according to their capacity to adjust form and function to spatial and temporal changes in environmental conditions, and it is concluded that height in E. precatoria is constrained by structural support at the base and that diameter at the Base of the stem and stilt roots balances height increments over all the size ranges examined.
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Facing Shortage or Excessive Light: How Tropical and Subtropical Trees Adjust Their Photosynthetic Behavior and Life History Traits to a Dynamic Forest Environment
Guillermo Goldstein,Guillermo Goldstein,Louis S. Santiago,Louis S. Santiago,Paula I. Campanello,Gerardo Avalos,Gerardo Avalos,Yong-Jiang Zhang,Mariana Villagra +8 more
- 01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze paradigms of photosynthetic performance and life history traits of tropical forest trees to contrasting light environments across the forest floor, gaps and upper canopy.
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