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Canalized to heat, plastic to cold: adaptive coordination of leaf and seed strategies in populations spanning an elevational gradient Chaves, C. J. N.; Tavares, D. U.; Lemos-Silva, I. V.; Bento, J. P. S. P.; Vilela-Bianchini, H.; Aecyo, P.; Cacossi, T. C.; Tavares, M. M.; Sabino, G. P.; Kamimura, V. de A.; dos Santos, W. L.; Gonçalves, L. N.; Silva, K. T.; Mayer, J. L. S.; Ribeiro, R. V.; Escobar-Escobar, D.; Feeley, K. J.; Palma-Silva, C. (2026).
New Phytologist

Microclimate drives demographic compensation in a narrow endemic tropical species

Zupo, T.; Escobar, D. F.; Santos, G. S.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Dias, Y. N.; de Assis, R. L.; Caldeira, C. F.; Watanabe, M. T. C.; Portela, R. de C. Q.; Tavares, V.; Carvalho, C. da S. (2026).
New Phytologist, 250, 166–180.

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J.; Díaz, S.; Rifai, S. W.; Corral-Rivas, J. J.; Nava-Miranda, M. G.; González-M, R.; Hurtado-M, A. B.; Revilla, N. S.; Vilanova, E.; Almeida, E.; de Oliveira, E. A.; Alvarez-Davila, E.; Alves, L. F.; de Andrade, A. C. S.; Lola da Costa, A. C.; Vieira, S. A.; Aragão, L.; Arets, E.; Aymard C., G. A.; Kamimura, V. de A.; et al. (2025).
Science, 387, 1–11.

Unveiling anthropogenic disturbance effects on tropical tree communities: clade-based insights across elevations

Kamimura, V. de A.; Loiola, P. de P.; Neves, D. R. de M.; Marcusso, G. M.; Sabino, G. P.; Assis, M. A.; Joly, C. A.; Pinheiro, F. (2025).
Trees, Forests and People, 1, 100894.

Islanded islands: dual isolation drives distinctive and threatened floras of Neotropical maritime inselbergs

Sabino, G. P.; Pinheiro, F.; Cabral, J. S.; Koch, I.; Marcusso, G. M.; Tavares, M. M.; Cunha, I. M.; Kamimura, V. de A. (2025).
Journal of Vegetation Science, 1, 1.

Rediscovery and conservation of (Begoniaceae): a critically endangered, insular, narrow endemic species of Brazil

Sabino, G. P.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Marcusso, G. M.; Koch, I.; Pinheiro, F. (2025).
Oryx, 59, 1–5.

We are not all the same: the role of intrapopulation trait variability in shaping functional strategy and performance of widespread species

Sachetti, W. L.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Mayer, J. L. S.; Arida, B. L.; de Lima, T. M.; Graciano, D. S.; Pinheiro, F. (2025).
Plant Diversity, 48, 1–31.

When natives become villains: plant super-dominance and its implications on island ecosystems

Sabino, G. P.; Pinheiro, F.; Koch, I.; de Azevedo, M. L.; Tavares, M. M.; Francini, C. L. B.; Trotta, G. N.; Cunha, I. M.; Sabino, J.; Leite, K. L.; Pereira, R. A.; Pina, P. I.; Kamimura, V. de A. (2025).
Cell Reports Sustainability, 2, 100434.

The pace of life for forest trees

Bialic-Murphy, L.; McElderry, R. M.; Esquivel-Muelbert, A.; van den Hoogen, J.; Zuidema, P. A.; Phillips, O. L.; de Oliveira, E. A.; Loayza, P. A.; Alvarez-Davila, E.; Alves, L. F.; Maia, V. A.; Vieira, S. A.; Arantes da Silva, L. C.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Arets, E.; Astigarraga, J.; Baccaro, F.; Baker, T.; Banki, O.; Kamimura, V. de A.; et al. (2024).
Science, 386, 92–98.

Smaller human populations are neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for biodiversity conservation

Hughes, A. C.; Tougeron, K.; Martin, D. A.; Menga, F.; Rosado, B. H. P.; Villasante, S.; Madgulkar, S.; Gonçalves, F.; Geneletti, D.; Diele-Viegas, L. M.; Berger, S.; Colla, S. R.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Caggiano, H.; Melo, F.; de Oliveira Dias, M. G.; Kellner, E.; do Couto, E. V. (2023).
Biological Conservation, 277, 109841.

Smaller human populations are still not a necessary condition for biodiversity conservation: a response to Cafaro et al. (2023)

Hughes, A. C.; Tougeron, K.; Martin, D. A.; Menga, F.; Rosado, B. H. P.; Villasante, S.; Madgulkar, S.; Gonçalves, F.; Diele-Viegas, L. M.; Colla, S. R.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Caggiano, H.; Melo, F.; de Oliveira Dias, M. G.; Kellner, E.; do Couto, E. V. (2023).
Biological Conservation, 282, 110053.

Shared role of vegetation types, elevation and soil affecting plant diversity in an old-tropical mountain hotspot

Loiola, P. P.; Morellato, L. P. C.; Camargo, M. G. G.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Mattos, J. S.; Streher, A. S.; Le Stradic, S. (2023).
Journal of Mountain Science, 20, 1842–1853.

Trait interactions effects on tropical tree demography depend on the environmental context

Kamimura, V. de A.; Loiola, P. P.; Carmona, C. P.; Assis, M. A.; Joly, C. A.; Santos, F. A. M.; Vieira, S. A.; Alves, L. F.; Martins, V. F.; Ramos, E.; Ramos, R.; de Bello, F. (2023).
Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 59, 125732.

Phytogeographic meta-analysis of the vascular epiphytes in the Neotropical region

Marcusso, G. M.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Borgiani, R.; Menini Neto, L.; Lombardi, J. A. (2022).
Botanical Review, 1, 1–25.

Family legacy: contrasting diversity–elevation relationships in a coastal Atlantic Forest mountain system

Kamimura, V. de A.; Marcusso, G. M.; Sabino, G. P.; Assis, M. A.; Joly, C. A.; de Paula Loiola, P. (2022).
Plant Ecology, 223, 1–17.

Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

Blundo, C.; Carilla, J.; Grau, R.; Malizia, A.; Malizia, L.; Osinaga-Acosta, O.; Bird, M.; Bradford, M.; Catchpole, D.; Ford, A.; Graham, A.; Hilbert, D.; Kemp, J.; Laurance, S.; Laurance, W.; Ishida, F. Y.; Marshall, A.; Waite, C; Woell, H.; Kamimura, V. de A.; et al. (2021).
Biological Conservation, 260, 108849.

The vascular flora of Porto Ferreira State Park: an ecotonal area in São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil

Sabino, G. P.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Borgiani, R.; Konopczyk, R.; Dickfeldt, E. P.; Bertoni, J. E. A.; Evangelista, S. A. S.; Marcusso, G. M. (2021).
Biota Neotropica, 21, 1–29.

Atlantic Forest meets the Cerrado: floristic, structure and species distribution of an ecotonal tree community

Sabino, G. P.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Marcusso, G. M.; Monteiro, R. (2021).
Nativa, 9, 471–480.

Epiphyte–phorophyte relationships: assessing the differences between seasonal semideciduous and swamp forests in southeastern Brazil

Marcusso, G. M.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Monteiro, R. (2019).
Hoehnea, 46, 1–12.

Climbing plants of Porto Ferreira State Park, southeastern Brazil

Vargas, B. C.; Oliveira, A. P. C.; Udulutsch, R. G.; Marcusso, G. M.; Sabino, G. P.; Melo, P. H.; Grillo, R. M. M.; Kamimura, V. de A.; Assis, M. A. (2018).
Biota Neotropica, 2, 1–9.

Floristic, structure and ecological groups of a tree community in the Atlantic rainforest at Serra do Mar, São Paulo, Brazil

Kamimura, V. de A.; Morais, R. F.; Joly, C. A.; Assis, M. A. (2018).
Nativa, 6, 706.

Tree diversity and elevational gradient: the case of Lauraceae in the Atlantic rainforest

Kamimura, V. de A.; Moraes, P. L. R.; Ribeiro, H. L.; Joly, C. A.; Assis, M. A. (2017).
Flora, 84–91.

Structure and diversity of the Myrtaceae family in lowland ombrophilous dense forest of the State Park of Serra do Mar (Ubatuba, SP, Brazil)

Kamimura, V. de A.; Silva, V. F.; Assis, M. A. (2012).
Communications in Plant Sciences, 2, 183–183.