Dr. E.T. (Edwin) Pos

Dr. E.T. (Edwin) Pos

Associate Professor
Botanic Gardens
Ecology and Biodiversity
+31 30 253 6837
e.t.pos@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Wittmann, F., Castilho, C. V., Guevara, J. E., Veiga Carim, M. D. J., Phillips, O. L., Magnusson, W. E., Sabatier, D., Revilla, J. D. C., Molino, J. F., Irume, M. V., Martins, M. P., da Silva Guimarães, J. R., ... Melgaço, K. (2023). Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora. Communications Biology, 6(1), 1-14. Article 1130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05514-6
Pos, E., de Souza Coelho, L., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., Castilho, C. V., Phillips, O. L., Guevara, J. E., de Jesus Veiga Carim, M., López, D. C., Magnusson, W. E., Wittmann, F., Irume, M. V., Martins, M. P., Sabatier, D., da Silva Guimarães, J. R., Molino, J. F., Bánki, O. S., ... Ter Steege, H. (2023). Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-11. Article 2859. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28132-y

2022

Scholarly publications

Quaresma, A., Zartman, C. E., Piedade, M. T. F., Wittmann, F., Jardim, M. A. G., Irume, M. V., Benavides, A. M., Freitas, L., Toledo, J. J., Boelter, C. R., Obermüller, F., Duque, A. J., Klein, V. P., Mari, M. L. G., Schöngart, J., Arenas, E., Pos, E. T., Vasco, A., Ek, R., ... ter Steege, H. (2022). The Amazon Epiphyte Network: A First Glimpse Into Continental-Scale Patterns of Amazonian Vascular Epiphyte Assemblages. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, Article 828759. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.828759

2021

Scholarly publications

Hautier, Y., Zhang, P., Loreau, M., Wilcox, K. R., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Byrnes, J. E. K., Koerner, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Lefcheck, J. S., Hector, A., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Brudvig, L. A., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M., Caldeira, M. C., ... Wang, S. (2021). Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (5375), 10.1038/s41467-020-19252-4). Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 630. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20997-9

2020

Scholarly publications

Nutrient Network, Hautier, Y., Zhang, P., & Pos, E. T. (2020). General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 5375. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19252-4
ter Steege, H., Prado, P. I., Lima, R. A. F. D., Pos, E., de Souza Coelho, L., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., Castilho, C. V., Phillips, O. L., Guevara, J. E., de Jesus Veiga Carim, M., Cárdenas López, D., Magnusson, W. E., Wittmann, F., Martins, M. P., Sabatier, D., Irume, M. V., ... Pickavance, G. (2020). Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 10130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66686-3

2019

Scholarly publications

Pos, E., Guevara, J. E., Molino, J., Sabatier, D., Bánki, O. S., Pitman, N. C. A., Mogollón, H. F., García‐villacorta, R., Neill, D., Phillips, O. L., Cerón, C., Ríos Paredes, M., Núñez Vargas, P., Dávila, N., Fiore, A. D., Rivas‐torres, G., Thomas‐caesar, R., Vriesendorp, C., Young, K. R., ... Swenson, N. (Ed.) (2019). Scaling issues of neutral theory reveal violations of ecological equivalence for dominant Amazonian tree species. Ecology Letters, 22(7), 1072-1082. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13264

2018

Scholarly publications

Gomes, V. H. F., Ijff, S. D., Raes, N., Amaral, I. L., Salomão, R. P., Coelho, L. D. S., Matos, F. D. D. A., Castilho, C. V., Filho, D. D. A. L., López, D. C., Guevara, J. E., Magnusson, W. E., Phillips, O. L., Wittmann, F., Carim, M. D. J. V., Martins, M. P., Irume, M. V., Sabatier, D., Molino, J. F., ... Ter Steege, H. (2018). Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 1003 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1
Pos, E. T. (2018). Rolling the Dice or Struggling for Survival: Cheating in life's casino. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/372579/Pos.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Ter Steege, H., Sabatier, D., Mota de Oliveira, S., Magnusson, W. E., Molino, J.-F., Gomes, V. F., Pos, E. T., & Salomão, R. P. (2017). Estimating species richness in hyper-diverse large tree communities. Ecology, 98(5), 1444-1454. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1813
Pos, E., Guevara Andino, J. E., Sabatier, D., Molino, J.-F., Pitman, N., Mogollón, H., Neill, D., Cerón, C., Rivas-Torres, G., Di Fiore, A., Thomas, R., Tirado, M., Young, K. R., Wang, O., Sierra, R., García-Villacorta, R., Zagt, R., Palacios Cuenca, W., Aulestia, M., & Ter Steege, H. (2017). Estimating and interpreting migration of Amazonian forests using spatially implicit and semi-explicit neutral models. Ecology and Evolution, 7(12), 4254-4265. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2930

2016

Scholarly publications

Pos, E. T., Johnson, I., Narine, Z., Johnny, F., Isaacs, A., Raymond, M., Alonso, L. (Ed.), Persaud, J. (Ed.), & Williams, A. (Ed.) (2016). Biodiversity Assessment Survey of the South Rupununi Savannah Guyana - Chapter 1 Plants of Southwest Guyana: Rupununi Savannah and Parabara region. WWF Guianas.

2014

Scholarly publications

Pos, E., Guevara Andino, J. E., Sabatier, D., Molino, J.-F., Pitman, N., Mogollón, H., Neill, D., Cerón, C., Rivas, G., Di Fiore, A., Thomas, R., Tirado, M., Young, K. R., Wang, O., Sierra, R., García-Villacorta, R., Zagt, R., Palacios, W., Aulestia, M., & Ter Steege, H. (2014). Are all species necessary to reveal ecologically important patterns? Ecology and Evolution, 4(24), 4626-4636. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1246

2010

Scholarly publications

Pos, E. T., & Sleegers, A. D. M. (2010). Vertical distribution and ecology of vascular epiphytes in a lowland tropical rain forest of Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 5(3), 335-344. http://scielolab.iec.pa.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81142010000300006&lng=pt&nrm=&tlng=en