Daniel Piotto

@ufsb.edu.br

Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais
Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Forestry, Ecology, Plant Science
11785

Scholar Citations

38

Scholar h-index

62

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The global forest diameter spectrum using a machine learning approach
    A Mitra, N Harris, JGP Gamarra, ML Bastian, TW Crowther, N Picard, ...
    Earth System Science Data Discussions 2026, 1-45 , 2026
    2026
  • Recovery of secondary forest following selective timber harvest in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
    DC Zambiazi, AC Fantini, D Piotto, A Siminski, AC Vibrans, I Siddique, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 608, 123610 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Landscape features predict broad‐scale seed rain patterns across fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
    LF Daibes, HS Rogers, FJK Gnonlonfoun, T Zupo, RB Sühs, D Vinha, ...
    Journal of Ecology 114 (5), e70328 , 2026
    2026
  • Aboveground biomass variation in working landscapes of Southern Bahia, Brazil
    JI da Silva Rocha, D Piotto
    Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-16 , 2026
    2026
  • Reforestation strategies integrating tropical timber production can offset costs and finance forest restoration in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
    JPB Santos, PHS Brancalion, MS Ashton, F Montagnini, C Fontana, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 602, 123404 , 2026
    2026
  • Age trends in Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. progeny test reveals high early selection efficiency and support genetically-oriented thinning management
    ACP Nunes, S Rolim, D Piotto
    New Forests 57 (1), 1 , 2026
    2026
  • Beyond species means–the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
    FJ Fischer, J Chave, A Zanne, T Jucker, A Fajardo, A Fayolle, ...
    New Phytologist , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 6
  • Global Wood Density Database v. 2 (GWDD v. 2)
    FJ Fischer, J Chave, A Zanne, T Jucker, A Fajardo, A Fayolle, RAF Lima, ...
    Zenodo , 2026
    2026
  • Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity
    S Xiao, JM Adams, S Li, F Slik, DM Griffith, A Quaresma, A Sultana, ...
    National science review 13 (2), nwaf465 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Afogada no progresso: o dilema da Restinga no Brasil
    LFT de Menezes, FZ Saiter, P Dodonov, OJ Pereira, EL Poelking, ...
    Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão 2 (2), 167-183 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Spatially Explicit GHG Mitigation Assessments of Reforestation Strategies in Brazil’s Mata Atlântica
    B Zhang, K Lan, F Yang, Y Xu, P Daniel, M Ashton, Y Yao
    AGU25 , 2025
    2025
  • Recombination orchard of Cordia trichotoma (Vell.) Arráb. ex Steud.: Quantitative genetics, grafting and pollen management
    KCS Romão, PHM Silva, D Piotto, S Rolim, LAC Reis, LV Guimarães, ...
    Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology 25 (3), e532825315 , 2025
    2025
  • A global map of wood density
    FJ Fischer, J Chave, A Zanne, T Jucker, A Fajardo, A Fayolle, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.08. 25.671920 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Protecting threatened species and music traditions
    S Lichtenberg, U Nehren, D Anhuf, I Brémaud, T de Oliveira Pinto, ...
    Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 23 (6), e2837 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
    I Hordijk, L Poorter, J Liang, PB Reich, S De-Miguel, GJ Nabuurs, ...
    Nature Communications 16 (1), 4773 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • Innovative reforestation mosaics on marginal land in the globally important Mata Atlântica biome can create climate and economic co-benefits
    B Zhang, K Lan, F Yang, Y Xu, D Piotto, M Ashton, Y Yao
    One Earth 8 (5) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 9
  • Novel growth models for three Brazilian native timber species and their applications for timber production and carbon stock assessment
    JPB Santos, AF de Resende, AKS Pereira, MLM Freitas, MS Ashton, ...
    Restoration Ecology 33 (4), e70045 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Inga and Lianas Are Key Players in the Tropical Nitrogen Cycle of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Insights From Linking Rates of Nitrogen Fixation With DNA Barcoding Root Identification
    JB Winbourne, KE Hasenstab‐Lehman, AN Egan, D Piotto, WJ Kress, ...
    Biotropica 57 (2), e70021 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Sphere of influence: Investigating how adjacent pasture and plantation affect secondary forest structure and health at the landscape scale in Bahia, Brazil
    MR Flores, M Ashton, P Daniel, J Peters
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (1456), B31M-1456 , 2024
    2024
  • Spatially Explicit Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal Potential of Innovative Forestry Mosaics on Marginal Land in Mata Atlântica, Brazil
    B Zhang, K Lan, F Yang, P Daniel, M Ashton, Y Yao
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (6), GC41F-06 , 2024
    2024

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests
    J Liang, TW Crowther, N Picard, S Wiser, M Zhou, G Alberti, ED Schulze, ...
    Science 354 (6309), aaf8957 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 1708
  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests
    L Poorter, F Bongers, TM Aide, AM Almeyda Zambrano, P Balvanera, ...
    Nature 530 (7589), 211-214 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 1410
  • Mapping tree density at a global scale
    TW Crowther, HB Glick, KR Covey, C Bettigole, DS Maynard, SM Thomas, ...
    Nature 525 (7568), 201-205 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 1312
  • Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics
    RL Chazdon, EN Broadbent, DMA Rozendaal, F Bongers, ...
    Science advances 2 (5), e1501639 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 836
  • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
    BS Steidinger, TW Crowther, J Liang, ME Van Nuland, GDA Werner, ...
    Nature 569 (7756), 404-408 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 742
  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests
    DMA Rozendaal, F Bongers, TM Aide, E Alvarez-Dávila, N Ascarrunz, ...
    Science advances 5 (3), eaau3114 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 609
  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery
    L Poorter, D Craven, CC Jakovac, MT Van Der Sande, L Amissah, ...
    Science 374 (6573), 1370-1376 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 543
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
    L Mo, CM Zohner, PB Reich, J Liang, S De Miguel, GJ Nabuurs, ...
    Nature 624 (7990), 92-101 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 508
  • A meta-analysis comparing tree growth in monocultures and mixed plantations
    D Piotto
    Forest Ecology and management 255 (3-4), 781-786 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 438
  • Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time
    L Poorter, DMA Rozendaal, F Bongers, JS de Almeida-Cortez, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 3 (6), 928-934 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 249
  • Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why
    CET Paine, L Amissah, H Auge, C Baraloto, M Baruffol, N Bourland, ...
    Journal of Ecology 103 (4), 978-989 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 249
  • Pure and mixed forest plantations with native species of the dry tropics of Costa Rica: a comparison of growth and productivity
    D Piotto, E Vıquez, F Montagnini, M Kanninen
    Forest ecology and management 190 (2-3), 359-372 , 2004
    2004
    Citations: 235
  • The number of tree species on Earth
    R Cazzolla Gatti, PB Reich, JGP Gamarra, T Crowther, C Hui, A Morera, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (6), e2115329119 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 206
  • Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests
    M Gei, DMA Rozendaal, L Poorter, F Bongers, JI Sprent, MD Garner, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 2 (7), 1104-1111 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 205
  • Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems
    NR Guerrero-Ramírez, D Craven, PB Reich, JJ Ewel, F Isbell, J Koricheva, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 1 (11), 1639-1642 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 167
  • Performance of forest plantations in small and medium-sized farms in the Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica
    D Piotto, F Montagnini, L Ugalde, M Kanninen
    Forest Ecology and Management 175 (1-3), 195-204 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 138
  • Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
    J Liang, JGP Gamarra, N Picard, M Zhou, B Pijanowski, DF Jacobs, ...
    Nature ecology & evolution 6 (10), 1423-1437 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 121
  • Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
    CS Delavaux, TW Crowther, CM Zohner, NM Robmann, T Lauber, ...
    Nature 621 (7980), 773-781 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 118
  • Growth and effects of thinning of mixed and pure plantations with native trees in humid tropical Costa Rica
    D Piotto, F Montagnini, L Ugalde, M Kanninen
    Forest Ecology and Management 177 (1-3), 427-439 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 117
  • Silvicultural and economic aspects of pure and mixed native tree species plantations on degraded pasturelands in humid Costa Rica
    D Piotto, D Craven, F Montagnini, F Alice
    New Forests 39 (3), 369-385 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 115