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)
The BIOMASS satellite was successfully launched into orbit on 29 April 2025. The BIOMASS mission is designed to map and monitor global forests. It will map the structure of different forest types and provide data on above-ground biomass.
More frequent strong storms are destroying ever larger areas of the Amazon rainforest. Storm damage was mapped between 1985 and 2020. The total area of affected forests roughly quadrupled in the period studied.
Recently, representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Research and foreign ambassadors visited the German-Brazilian research station ATTO. On site, Research Minister Pontes promised multi-million investments in Amazon research and also in ATTO. This is intended to further expand the infrastructure and strengthen research in Brazil.
For the German-Brazilian joint project ATTO (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory), the Max Planck Society on the German side will continue to ensure the continued operation of the research station in the Brazilian rainforest and research. In addition, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will fund the project with ATTO+ for another three years with around 5 million euros.