Massad, T.; Balch, J. K.; Mews, C. L.; Porto, P.; Junior, B. H. M.; Quintino, R. M.; Brando, P. M.; Vieira, S. A.; Trumbore, S. E.: Early recruitment responses to interactions between frequent fires, nutrients, and herbivory in the southern Amazon. Oecologia 178 (3), pp. 807 - 817 (2015)
Keiner, R.; Frosch, T.; Massad, T.; Trumbore, S. E.; Popp, J.: Enhanced Raman multigas sensing - a novel tool for control and analysis of 13CO2 labeling experiments in environmental research. Analyst 139, 16, pp. 3813 - 4090 (2014)
Massad, T.; Trumbore, S. E.; Ganbat, G.; Reichelt, M.; Unsicker, S.; Boeckler, A.; Gleixner, G.; Gershenzon, J.; Ruehlow, S.: An optimal defense strategy for phenolic glycoside production in Populus trichocarpa — isotope labeling demonstrates secondary metabolite production in growing leaves. New Phytologist 203 (2), pp. 607 - 619 (2014)
Massad, T.: Ontogenetic differences of herbivory on woody and herbaceous plants: a meta-analysis demonstrating unique effects of herbivory on the young and the old, the slow and the fast. Oecologia 172, pp. 1 - 10 (2012)
Massad, T.; Balch, J. K.; Davidson, E. A.; Brando, P. M.; Mews, C. L.; Porto, P.; Quintino, R. M.; Vieira, S. A.; Marimon Junior, B. H.; Trumbore, S. E.: Interactions between repeated fire, nutrients, and insect herbivores affect the recovery of diversity in the southern Amazon. Oecologia 172 (2), pp. 219 - 229 (2012)
Massad, T. J.: Interactions in tropical reforestation - how plant defence and polycultures can reduce growth-limiting herbivory. Applied Vegetation Science 15 (3), pp. 338 - 348 (2012)
Massad, T. J.; Chambers, J. Q.; Rolim, S. G.; Jesus, R. M.; Dyer, L. A.: Restoration of Pasture to Forest in Brazil's Mata Atlantica: The Roles of Herbivory, Seedling Defenses, and Plot Design in Reforestation. Restoration Ecology 19, pp. 257 - 267 (2011)
Massad, T. J.; Fincher, R. M.; Smilanich, A. M.; Dyer, L.: A quantitative evaluation of major plant defense hypotheses, nature versus nurture, and chemistry versus ants. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 5 (2), pp. 125 - 139 (2011)
Massad, T. J.; Dyer, L. A.: A meta-analysis of the effects of global environmental change on plant-herbivore interactions. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 4 (3), pp. 181 - 188 (2010)
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