Dr. Kauane Maiara Bordin

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Published papers

Sullivan, M.J.P.; Phillips, O.L.; Galbraith, D.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]. (2025) Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests Nature Communications

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]. (2025) Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change Science

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J.; Rifai, S.W.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]. (2025) Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests Nature 

Freitag Kramer, J.M.; Bordin, K.M.; […]; Müller, S. (2025), Temporal changes in taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity across tree communities in subtropical Atlantic forests. Oikos

International Tree Mortality Network - Senf, C.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]. (2025) Towards a global understanding of tree mortality New Phytologist

Castilhos de Freitas, T.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]; Guarino, E. S. G. (2024) Effects of Pittosporum undulatum Vent. invasion on forest diversity and structure in Southern Brazil New Zealand Journal of Botany

Iserhard, C. A.; […]; Bordin, K. M. (2024) The large and central Caligo martia eyespot may reduce fatal attacks by birds: a case study supports the deflection hypothesis in nature Peer Community Journal

Iserhard, C. A.; […]; Bordin, K. M. (2024) Indirect Effects of Cattle Trampling on the Structure of Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Assemblages Inhabiting Restinga Forests in Southern Brazil Diversity

Bialic-Murphy, L.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]; Crowter, T. W. (2024) The pace of life for forest trees Science

Bergamin, R. S.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]; Müller, S.C. (2024) Elevational shifts in tree community composition in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest related to climate change Journal of Vegetation Science

Klipel, J.; Morales, D. da C. […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]; Müller, S.C. (2024) The role of tree crown on the performance of trees at individual and community levels: whole-phenotypic context matters Plant Ecology

Klipel, J.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]; Müller, S.C. (2024) The effect of neighbor species’ phylogenetic and trait difference on tree growth in subtropical forests Journal of Vegetation Science

Klipel, J.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […]; Müller, S.C. (2023) How do distinct facets of tree diversity and community assembly respond to environmental variables in the subtropical Atlantic Forest? Ecology and Evolution

Bordin, K. M. et al. (2023) No relationship between biodiversity and forest carbon sink across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

ForestPlots.net; Blundo, C. C.; […]; Bordin, K. M.; […] (2021) Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots Biological Conservation

Bordin, K. M. et al. (2021) Climate and large-sized trees, but not diversity, drive above-ground biomass in subtropical forests Forest Ecology and Management

Müller, S. C.; Bergamin, R. S.; Bordin, K. M.; Klipel, J.; Rosenfield, M. F. (2021) Canopy leaf traits, basal area and age predict functional patterns of regenerating communities in secondary subtropical forests Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Kattge, J.; Bönisch, G.; Díaz, S; Lavorel, S; […], Bordin, K. M.; […] Wirth, C. (2020) Try Plant Trait Database – Enhanced Coverage and Open Access Global Change Biology

Bordin, K. M. & Müller, S. C. (2019) Drivers of subtropical forest dynamics: the role of functional traits, forest structure and soil variables Journal of Vegetation Science

Bordin, K. M. et al. (2019) Community structure and tree diversity in a subtropical forest in southern Brazil Biota Neotropica

Bordin, K. M. et al. (2014) Percepção ambiental de estudantes de área urbana e rural. Revista de Ensino de Biologia da Associação Brasileira de Ensino de Biologia (SBEnBio)

Book chapters

Bordin, K. M.; Morales, D. da C.; et al. 2025. The use of functional traits in assessing productivity in natural ecosystems. In Plant Functional Traits: Linking Climate and Ecosystem Functioning, edited by Manoj Kumar, Rainer Bussmann, Nathan Swenson. Ed 1. Vol. 1, 111-133: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-443-13367-1

Other publications

Bordin, K. M. (2020) As florestas e as mudanças climáticas. Jornal da Universidade. [magazine for university community at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul].

Iserhard, C. A.; […]; Bordin, K. M. (2023) Large and central eyespots from Caligo martia wings reduce fatal attacks by birds: a study case supports the deflection hypothesis in nature. Preprint at Authorea