Nohemi Huanca Nunez

Nohemi Huanca Nunez

Associate Research Scientist

Publications

Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring

Published in BioScience, 2025

Recommended citation: Toro, L., Werden, L. K., Addo-Danso, S., Andersen, K., Batterman, S., Bradford, M., Bragadini, M., Choksi, P., Cole, R. J., Comita, L., Cusack, D., Dent, D. H., Dietterich, L., Fisher, J. B., Fleischer, K., Flores, M., Fuchslueger, L., Huanca-Nunez, N., Lienau, J. R., … Wong, M. (2025). "Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring; BioScience. 75(7), 689–701. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf097 https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf097

Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics

Published in Ecology Letters, 2024

Recommended citation: LaManna, J. A., Hartig, F., Myers, J. A., Freckleton, R. P., Detto, M., Doolittle, C. J., Bachelot, B., Bagchi, R., Comita, L. S., Huanca-Nunez, N., Hülsmann, L., Jevon, F. V., Johnson, D. J., Krishnadas, M., Magee, L. J., Mangan, S. A., Milici, V. R., Murengera, A. L. B., Surendra, A., … Delavaux, C. S. (2024). "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics." Ecology Letters. 27(9):e14506. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14506 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26602224.pdf

Trait-Mediated Variation in Seedling Performance in Costa Rican Successional Forests: Comparing Above-Ground, Below-Ground, and Allocation-Based Traits

Published in Plants, 13(17), 2378. Special Issue: New Perspectives on New World Tropical Forests., 2024

Recommended citation: Huanca-Nunez, N., Chazdon, R. L., & Russo, S. E. (2024. "Trait-Mediated Variation in Seedling Performance in Costa Rican Successional Forests: Comparing Above-Ground, Below-Ground, and Allocation-Based Traits." Plants. 13(17), 2378. Special Issue: New Perspectives on New World Tropical Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172378 *Featured as the cover article for the special issue. . https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172378

Effects of large mammal exclusion on seedling communities depend on plant species traits and landscape protection in human-modified Costa Rican forests

Published in Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023

Recommended citation: Huanca-Nunez, N., Chazdon, R., Russo, SE. (2023). "Effects of large mammals on seedling communities depend on successional stage and species’ strategies in regenerating Costa Rican forests." Journal of Applied Ecology. 00, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14531 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14531

Haiti Agriculture: Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Evaluate the Success of Reforestation Practices in Haiti

Published in NTRS- NASA Technical Reports Server, 2022

Recommended citation: Terborgh, Terborgh, J., Huanca-Nuñez, N., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Cornejo-Valverde, F. (2017). "Haiti Agriculture: Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Evaluate the Success of Reforestation Practices in Haiti." DEVELOP Spring 2022. NTRS- NASA Technical Reports Server. . https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220006165 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220006165