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Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics

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Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Oct 2025

David Luther, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Aline Medeiros, Aidan McCarthy, Xiaoxuan Li, Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec, Jared D. Wolfe, Gabriel Leite, Tomaz Nascimento de Melo, José Ribeiro, Thiago Bicudo and Konrad Wessels

George Mason University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, George Mason University, George Mason University, George Mason University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan Technological University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and George Mason University

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Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Sep 2025

David Luther, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Aline Medeiros, Aidan McCarthy, Xiaoxuan Li, Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec, Jared D. Wolfe, Gabriel Leite, Tomaz Nascimento de Melo, José Ribeiro, Thiago Bicudo and Konrad Wessels

George Mason University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, George Mason University, George Mason University, George Mason University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan Technological University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and George Mason University

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Forest fragmentation immediately reduces ecological function and niche overlap: Experimental results from the Amazon

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Mar 2026

David Luther, Aidan McCarthy, HC Lim, William Brooks, Vitek Jirinec and Jared D. Wolfe

George Mason University, George Mason University, George Mason University, George Mason University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Michigan Technological University

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Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics

Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics

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Satellite-based forest structure metrics as a predictive tool for biodiversity in hyperdiverse tropical forests: A test of the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis in the tropics

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Forest fragmentation immediately reduces ecological function and niche overlap: Experimental results from the Amazon

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