THE WOODS LAB
At the University of Puget Sound
PUBLICATIONS
**denotes undergraduate student *denotes graduate student
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22. Woods, C. L. and K. Ortmann**. (2024). Microtopographic heterogeneity affects habitat specialization and diversity of understory plants in a northern temperate rainforest. Plant Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-024-01469-8 pdf
21. Hamilton, K L** and C. L. Woods. (2024). Diversity begets diversity: Structural heterogeneity determines fine-scale epiphyte community structure in a temperate rainforest. Diversity 16:484-496. pdf
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20. Reyes-García C, N.A. Pereira-Zaldívar, C. Espadas-Manrique, M. Tamayo-Chim, N. Chilpa-Galván, M.J. Cach-Pérez, M. Ramírez-Medina, A.M. Benavides, P. Hietz, G. Zotz, J.L. Andrade, C.L. Cardelús, R. de Paula Oliveira, H.J.R. Einzmann, V. Guzmán Jacob, T. Krömer, J.P. Pinzón, J. Sarmento Cabral, W. Wanek, C.L. Woods. New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks. Plants. 2022; 11(22):3151. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223151 pdf
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19. Baez-Schon, M.C., C.L. Woods, and C.L. Cardelús. (2022) Sacred Church Forests in Northern Ethiopia: Biodiversity and Cultural Islands in Biodiversity Islands. Strategies for Conservation in Human Dominated Environments, ed. F. Montagnini. p 531-549 link
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18. Spicer, M. E. and C. L. Woods. (2022) A case for studying biotic interactions in epiphyte ecology and evolution. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 54: 125658
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2021.
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17. Hietz, P., K. Wagner, F.N. Ramos, J. S. Cabral, (alphabetical from here) C. Agudelo, A.M. Benavides, M. J. Cach-Pérez, C. Cardelús, N. C. Galván, L. E. Nascimiento da Costa, R. de Paula Oliveira, H. J. R. Einzmann, R. de Paiva Farias, V. G. Jacob, J. Kattge, M. Kessler, C. Kirby, H. Kreft, T. Krömer, J. Males, S. M. Correa, M. Moreno-Chacón, G. Petter, C. Reyes-García, A. Saldaña, D. S. Costa, A. Taylor, N. V. Rosas, W,. Wanek, C. L. Woods, and G. Zotz. (2022) Putting vascular epiphytes on the traits map. Journal of Ecology 110:340-358
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13802 pdf
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16. Woods, C. L., K. Maleta** and K. Ortmann**. (2021) Plant-plant interactions change during succession on nurse logs in a northern temperate rainforest. Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7786 pdf
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15. Woods, C. L. , A. Bitew Mekonnen, M. Baez-Schon*, R. Thomas**, P. Scull, B. Abraha Tsegay, and C. L. Cardelús. (2020). Tree community composition and dispersal syndrome vary with human disturbance in sacred church forests in Ethiopia. Forests 11:1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101082 pdf
14. Tellez, P. H.*, C. L. Woods, S. Formel*, S. A. Van Bael. (2020). Relationships between foliar fungal endophyte communities and ecophysiological traits of CAM and C3 epiphytic bromeliads in a Neotropical rainforest. Diversity 12: 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100378. pdf
13. Cardelús, C. L., A. Bitew Mikonnen, K. H. Jensen*, C. L. Woods, M. Baez*, M. Montufar**, K. Bazany**, B. Abraha Tsegay, P. Scull, and W. Peck. (2020). Edge effects and human disturbance influence soil physical and chemical properties in Sacred Church Forests in Ethiopia. Plant and Soil 453:329-342. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04595-0. pdf
12. Woods, C. L. , L. M. Nevins** and E. Didier**. (2019). Structural heterogeneity of trees influences epiphyte distributions in a northern temperate rainforest. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI:10.1111/jvs.12797. pdf
11. Cardelús, C. L., C. L. Woods, , A. Bitew Mikonnen*, S. Dexter**, P. Scull, and B. Tsegay Abraha. (2019). Human disturbance impacts the integrity of sacred church forests, Ethiopia. PLOS ONE 14(3):e0212430. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212430. pdf
10. Woods, C. L., S. J. DeWalt, C. L. Cardelús, K. E. Harms, J. B. Yavitt, and S. J. Wright. (2018). Fertilization influences the nutrient acquisition strategy of a hemiepiphytic aroid in a lowland tropical forest understory. Plant and Soil 431: 389-399. pdf
9. Woods, C. L. (2017) Primary ecological succession in vascular epiphytes: The species accumulation model. Biotropica 49:452-460. pdf
8. Cardelús, C. L., P. Scull, A. Wassie Eshete, C.L. Woods, P. Klepeis E. Kent and I. Orlowska. (2017) Shadow conservation and the persistence of church forests in Northern Ethiopia. Biotropica 49:726-733. pdf.
7. Woods, C. L., C. L. Cardelús, P. S. Scull, A. Wassie, M. Baez**, and P. Klepeis. (2017) Stone walls and sacred forest conservation in Ethiopia. Biodiversity and Conservation 26:209-221. pdf.
6. Scull. P, Cardelús, C.L., Klepeis, P., Woods, C.L., Frankl, A., and J. Nyssen. (2016) The resilience of Ethiopian church forests: Interpreting aerial photographs, 1938-2015. Land Degradation and Development 28:450-458. pdf.
5. Klepeis, P., I. Orlowska, E. Kent, C. L. Cardelús, P. Scull, A. Wassie Eshete, C. L. Woods. (2016) Ethiopian Church Forests: A Hybrid Model of Protection. Human Ecology 44:715-730. pdf.
4. Woods, C. L., C. L. Cardelús and S. J. DeWalt. (2015) Microhabitat associations of vascular epiphytes in a tropical wet forest canopy. Journal of Ecology 103:421-430. pdf.
3. Woods, C. L. and S. J. DeWalt (2013) The conservation value of secondary forests for vascular epiphytes in central Panama. Biotropica 45(1):119-127. pdf.
2. Woods, C. L., S. L. Hunt, D. M. Morris and Andrew M. Gordon (2012) Epiphytes influence the transformation of nitrogen in coniferous forest canopies. Boreal Environment Research 17(6):411-424. pdf.
1. Cardelús, C., M. Mack, C. L. Woods, J. DeMarco and K. K. Treseder (2009) The influence of tree species on canopy soil nutrient status in a tropical lowland wet forest in Costa Rica. Plant and Soil 318:47-61. pdf.