McMahon, Sean

Fellowship Advisor Inactive Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staff

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McMahon, Sean

Fellowship Advisor Inactive Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staff

forest ecology; global change; community ecology of forest trees.

Research Areas

Background And Education

Education And Training

B.A., University of Texas Austin
M.A., University College of Dublin
M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Awards And Honors

Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020

Research And Grants

Co-principal Investigator On

Linking Forest Community Dynamics to Ecosystem-Climate Interactions awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science

Investigator On

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Anujan, Krishna, McMahon, Sean, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Davies, Stuart, Muller-Landau, Helene, Pongpattananurak, Nantachai, and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina. 2026. "Drought response is not a species trait: Tropical tree drought sensitivity is shaped by drought characteristics, species adaptations, and individual microenvironments." Ecology Letters, 29, (1). https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70291. 2026
- Li, Yuanzhi, Xiao, Junli, Jiang, Yuan, Wright, Stuart Joseph, Mayfield, Margaret M., Godoy, Oscar, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Baltzer, Jennifer, Birch, Joseph D., Bissiengou, Pulcherie, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cao, Min, Clay, Keith, Davies, Stuart J., Du, Qingqing, Ediriweera, Sisira, Feistner, Anna, Fernando, Edwino S., Gilbert, Gregory S., Hao, Zhanqing, Holik, Jan, Jiang, Mingxi et al. 2026. "Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient." Nature, 433-438. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10434-6. 2026
- McLean, Jessica, Jucker, Tommaso, Rosen, Alice, McMahon, Sean M., and Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto. 2026. "Hyperspectral species maps and LiDAR‐based structured population models show future forest fire frequency may compromise forest resilience." Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70057. 2026
- Rosen, Alice, Battison, Robin, Hernández, Christina M., Spacey, Oliver G., McLean, Jessica, Prober, Suzanne M., Gascoigne, Samuel J. L., McMahon, Sean, Jucker, Tommaso, and Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto. 2026. "Modelling forest dynamics using integral projection models and repeat lidar." Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70050. 2026
- Ordoñez, Jenny C., Tovar, C., Walker, B. E., Wheeler, J., Ayala-Ruano, S., Aguirre-Carvajal, K., McMahon, Sean M., and Cuesta, F. 2025. "Phenological patterns of tropical mountain forest trees across the neotropics: evidence from herbarium specimens." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292, (2041). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2748. 2025
- Chisholm, Ryan A., Fung, Tak, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang-Yang, Chia, Chen, Yu-Yun, Chuyong, George B., Condit, Richard, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fernando, Edwino S., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Gunatilleke, C. V. S., Hao, Zhanqing, Howe, Robert W., Kenfack, David, Yao, Tze Leong, Makana, Jean-Remy, McMahon, Sean M., Mi, Xiangcheng, Bt. Mohamad, Mohizah et al. 2024. "Assessing the spatial scale of synchrony in forest tree population dynamics." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291, (2035). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0486. 2024
- Nemetschek, Daniela, Derroire, Géraldine, Marcon, Eric, Aubry-Kientz, Mélaine, Auer, Johanna, Badouard, Vincyane, Baraloto, Christopher, Bauman, David, Le Blaye, Quentin, Boisseaux, Marion, Bonal, Damien, Coste, Sabrina, Dardevet, Elia, Heuret, Patrick, Hietz, Peter, Levionnois, Sébastien, Maréchaux, Isabelle, McMahon, Sean M., Stahl, Clément, Vleminckx, Jason, Wanek, Wolfgang, Ziegler, Camille, and Fortunel, Claire. 2024. "Climate anomalies and neighbourhood crowding interact in shaping tree growth in old-growth and selectively logged tropical forests." Journal of Ecology, 112, (3) 590–612. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14256. 2024
- Simovic, Milos, Mueller, Kevin E., McMahon, Sean M., and Medeiros, Juliana S. 2024. "Functional traits and size interact to influence growth and carbon sequestration among trees in urban greenspaces." Functional Ecology, 38, (4) 967–983. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14505. 2024
- Hülsmann, Lisa, Chisholm, Ryan A., Comita, Liza, Visser, Marco D., De Souza Leite, Melina, Aguilar, Salomon, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Castaño, Nicolas, Chang-Yang, Chia, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Davies, Stuart J., Duque, Alvaro, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille, Gilbert, Gregory S., Holík, Jan, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David et al. 2024. "Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities." Nature, 627, (8004) 564–571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07118-4. 2024
- Sezen, U. U., Shue, Jessica E., Worthy, Samantha J., Davies, Stuart J., McMahon, Sean M., and Swenson, Nathan G. 2024. "Leaf gene expression trajectories during the growing season are consistent between sites and years in American beech." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2338. 2024
- Leite, Melina De Souza, McMahon, Sean M., Prado, Paulo Inácio, Davies, Stuart J., Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo De, De Deurwaerder, Hannes P., Aguilar, Salomón, Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J., Aqilah, Nurfarah, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Castaño, Nicolas, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Chen, Yu‐Yun, Chuyong, George, Clay, Keith, Duque, Álvaro, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Gilbert, Gregory, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Gunatilleke, C. V. S., Howe, Robert, Huasco, Walter Huaraca, Itoh, Akira et al. 2024. "Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests." Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07187. 2024
- Henn, Jonathan J., Sedio, Brian E., Catano, Christopher P., Dewald-Wang, Emily, Diaz, Dilys Vela, Lutz, James A., McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey, Myers, Jonathan A., and Spasojevic, Marko J. 2024. "Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities." Ecosphere, 15, (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70137. 2024
- McMahon, Sean M. 2024. "The Problem of Tree Senescence in the Role of Elevated CO₂ and the Carbon Cycle." Agu Advances, 5, (1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023AV001103. 2024
- McNichol, Bailey H., Wang, Ran, Hefner, Amanda, Helzer, Chris, McMahon, Sean M., and Russo, Sabrina E. 2024. "Topography‐driven microclimate gradients shape forest structure, diversity, and composition in a temperate refugial forest." Plant-Environment Interactions, 5, (3). https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10153. 2024
- Zuleta, Daniel, Arellano, Gabriel, McMahon, Sean M., Aguilar, Salomón, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Castaño, Nicolas, Chang-Yang, Chia, Duque, Alvaro, Mitre, David, Nasardin, Musalmah, Pérez, Rolando, Sun, I-F, Yao, Tze Leong, Valencia, Renato, Krishna Moorthy, Sruthi,M., Verbeeck, Hans, and Davies, Stuart J. 2023. "Damage to living trees contributes to almost half of the biomass losses in tropical forests." Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16687. 2023
- Ohse, Bettina, Compagnoni, Aldo, Farrior, Caroline E., McMahon, Sean M., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Rüger, Nadja, and Knight, Tiffany M. 2023. "Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, (6) 579–590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.013. 2023
- Smith, Marielle N., Stark, Scott C., Taylor, Tyeen C., Schietti, Juliana, de Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves, Aragon, Susan, Torralvo, Kelly, Lima, Albertina P., de Oliveira, Gabriel, de Assis, Rafael Leandro, Leitold, Veronika, Pontes-Lopes, Aline, Scoles, Ricardo, Vieira, Luciana Cristina de Sousa, Resende, Angelica Faria, Coppola, Alysha, I., Brandao, Diego Oliveira, Silva Junior, Joao de Athaydes, Lobato, Laura F., Freitas, Wagner, Almeida, Daniel, Souza, Mendell S., Minor, David M., Villegas, Juan Camilo, Law, Darin J. et al. 2023. "Diverse anthropogenic disturbances shift Amazon forests along a structural spectrum." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21, (1) 24–32. (Ecological Roles of Structural Diversity) https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2590. 2023
- Delavaux, Camille S., LaManna, Joseph A., Myers, Jonathan A., Phillips, Richard P., Aguilar, Salomón, Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Baker, Matthew E., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Bonfim, Mariana, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Burslem, David F. R. P., Chang, Li-Wan, Chen, Yang, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chu, Chengjin, Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Cortese, Mary, den Ouden, Jan, Dick, Christopher, Ediriweera, Sisira et al. 2023. "Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity." Communications Biology, 6, (1) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05410-z. 2023
- Cushman, K. C., Saatchi, Sassan, McRoberts, Ronald E., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Bourg, Norman A., Chapman, Bruce, McMahon, Sean M., and Mulverhill, Christopher. 2023. "Small Field Plots Can Cause Substantial Uncertainty in Gridded Aboveground Biomass Products from Airborne Lidar Data." Remote Sensing, 15, (14) 3509. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15143509. 2023
- González-Akre, Erika B., Piponiot, Camille, Lepore, Mauro, Herrmann, Valentine, Lutz, James A., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Dick, Christopher W., Gilbert, Gregory S., He, Fangliang, Heym, Michael, Huerta, Alejandra, I., Jansen, Patrick A., Johnson, Daniel J., Knapp, Nikolai, Kral, Kamil, Lin, Dunmei, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean M., Myers, Jonathan A., Orwig, David, Rodriguez-Hernandez, Diego I., Russo, Sabrina E., Shue, Jessica, Wang, Xugao, Wolf, Amy et al. 2022. "allodb: An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13, (2) 330–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13756. 2022
- Sezen, U. Uzay, Worthy, Samantha J., Umaña, Maria N., Davies, Stuart J., McMahon, Sean M., and Swenson, Nathan G. 2022. "Comparative transcriptomics of tropical woody plants supports fast and furious strategy along the leaf economics spectrum in lianas." Biology Open, 11, (7). https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059184. 2022
- Needham, Jessica F., Johnson, Daniel J., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Bourg, Norman, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chen, Yu-Yun, Chuyong, George, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Duque, Alvaro, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fernando, Edwino S., Fisher, Rosie, Fletcher, Christine D., Foster, Robin, Hao, Zhanqing, Hart, Terese, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kenfack, David et al. 2022. "Demographic composition, not demographic diversity, predicts biomass and turnover across temperate and tropical forests." Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16100. 2022
- Piponiot, Camille, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Bourg, Norman A., Burslem, David F. R. P., Cardenas, Dairon, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chuyong, George, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere Shivaramaiah, Duque, Alvaro, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille, Ezedin, Zacky, Filip, Jonah, Giardina, Christian P., Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Itoh, Akira, Janik, David, Kenfack, David, Kral, Kamil et al. 2022. "Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world." New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17995. 2022
- Zuleta, Daniel, Arellano, Gabriel, Muller-Landau, Helene C., McMahon, Sean M., Aguilar, Salomon, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Duque, Alvaro, Mitre, David, Nasardin, Musalmah, Perez, Rolando, Sun, I-Fang, Yao, Tze Leong, and Davies, Stuart J. 2022. "Individual tree damage dominates mortality risk factors across six tropical forests." New Phytologist, 233, (2) 705–721. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17832. 2022
- Bauman, David, Fortunel, Claire, Cernusak, Lucas A., Bentley, Lisa P., McMahon, Sean M., Rifai, Sami W., Aguirre-Gutierrez, Jesus, Oliveras, Imma, Bradford, Matt, Laurance, Susan G. W., Delhaye, Guillaume, Hutchinson, Michael F., Dempsey, Raymond, McNellis, Brandon E., Santos-Andrade, Paul E., Ninantay-Rivera, Hugo R., Paucar, Jimmy R. Chambi, Phillips, Oliver L., and Malhi, Yadvinder. 2022. "Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits." Global Change Biology, 28, (4) 1414–1432. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15982. 2022
- Bauman, David, Fortunel, Claire, Delhaye, Guillaume, Malhi, Yadvinder, Cernusak, Lucas A., Bentley, Lisa Patrick, Rifai, Sami W., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús, Menor, Imma Oliveras, Phillips, Oliver L., McNellis, Brandon E., Bradford, Matt, Laurance, Susan G. W., Hutchinson, Michael F., Dempsey, Raymond, Santos-Andrade, Paul E., Ninantay-Rivera, Hugo R., Chambi Paucar, Jimmy R., and McMahon, Sean M. 2022. "Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress." Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04737-7. 2022
- Dow, Cameron, Kim, Albert Y., D'Orangeville, Loïc, Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Helcoski, Ryan, Herrmann, Valentine, Harley, Grant L., Maxwell, Justin T., McGregor, Ian R., McShea, William J., McMahon, Sean M., Pederson, Neil, Tepley, Alan J., and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2022. "Warm springs alter timing but not total growth of temperate deciduous trees." Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05092-3. 2022
- Zhong, Yonglin, Chu, Chengjin, Myers, Jonathan A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Lutz, James A., Stillhard, Jonas, Zhu, Kai, Thompson, Jill, Baltzer, Jennifer L., He, Fangliang, LaManna, Joseph A., Davies, Stuart J., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Burslem, David F. R. P., Alonso, Alfonso, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Wang, Xugao, Gao, Lianming, Orwig, David A., Yin, Xue, Sui, Xinghua, Su, Zhiyao, Abiem, Iveren, Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Bourg, Norm et al. 2021. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide." Nature Communications, 12, (1) 3137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23236-3. 2021
- Sedio, Brian E., Spasojevic, Marko J., Myers, Jonathan A., Wright, S. Joseph, Person, Maria D., Chandrasekaran, Hamssika, Dwenger, Jack H., Prechi, Maria Laura, Lopez, Christian A., Allen, David N., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Bourg, Norman A., Castillo, Buck T., Day, Nicola J., Dewald-Wang, Emily, Dick, Christopher W., James, Timothy Y., Kueneman, Jordan G., LaManna, Joseph, Lutz, James A., McGregor, Ian R., McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., Parker, John D. et al. 2021. "Chemical Similarity of Co-occurring Trees Decreases With Precipitation and Temperature in North American Forests." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.679638. 2021
- Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Needham, Jessica, Lu, Chia-Ling, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Sun, I-Fang, and McMahon, Sean M. 2021. "Closing the life cycle of forest trees: The difficult dynamics of seedling-to-sapling transitions in a subtropical rainforest." Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13677. 2021
- Davies, Stuart J., Abiem, Iveren, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Aguilar, Salomon, Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Arellano, Gabriel, Ashton, Peter S., Baker, Patrick J., Baker, Matthew E., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bissiengou, Pulcherie, Bohlman, Stephanie, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chao, Kuo-Jung et al. 2021. "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network." Biological Conservation, 253 108907–108907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907. 2021
- Poyatos, Rafael, Granda, Victor, Flo, Victor, Adams, Mark A., Adorjan, Balazs, Aguade, David, Aidar, Marcos P. M., Allen, Scott, Susana Alvarado-Barrientos, M., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Aparecido, Luiza Maria, Arain, M. Altaf, Aranda, Ismael, Asbjornsen, Heidi, Baxter, Robert, Beamesderfer, Eric, Berry, Z. Carter, Berveiller, Daniel, Blakely, Bethany, Boggs, Johnny, Bohrer, Gil, Bolstad, Paul, V., Bonal, Damien, Bracho, Rosvel, Brito, Patricia et al. 2021. "Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database." Earth System Science Data, 13, (6) 2607–2649. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2607-2021. 2021
- Chitra-Tarak, Rutuja, Xu, Chonggang, Aguilar, Salomon, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Chambers, Jeff, Detto, Matteo, Faybishenko, Boris, Fisher, Rosie A., Knox, Ryan G., Koven, Charles D., Kueppers, Lara M., Kunert, Nobert, Kupers, Stefan J., McDowell, Nate G., Newman, Brent D., Paton, Steven R., Perez, Rolando, Ruiz, Laurent, Sack, Lawren, Warren, Jeffrey M., Wolfe, Brett T., Wright, Cynthia, Wright, S. Joseph, Zailaa, Joseph, and McMahon, Sean M. 2021. "Hydraulically-vulnerable trees survive on deep-water access during droughts in a tropical forest." New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17464. 2021
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Herrmann, Valentine, Rollinson, Christine R., Gonzalez, Bianca, González-Akre, Erika B., Pederson, Neil, Alexander, M. Ross, Allen, Craig D., Alfaro-Sanchez, Raquel, Awada, Tala, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Baker, Patrick J., Birch, Joseph D., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Cherubini, Paolo, Davies, Stuart J., Dow, Cameron, Helcoski, Ryan, Kaspar, Jakub, Lutz, James A., Margolis, Ellis Q., Maxwell, Justin T., McMahon, Sean M., Piponiot, Camille, Russo, Sabrina E. et al. 2021. "Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree-ring records of ten globally distributed forests." Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15934. 2021
- Kunert, Norbert, Zailaa, Joseph, Herrmann, Valentine, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Perez, Rolando, McMahon, Sean M., Condit, Richard C., Hubbell, Steven P., Sack, Lawren, Davies, Stuart J., and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2021. "Leaf turgor loss point shapes local and regional distributions of evergreen but not deciduous tropical trees." New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17187. 2021
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Dow, Cameron, Kim, Albert, Loïc D'Orangeville, Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Helcoski, Ryan, Herrmann, Valentine, Harley, Grant, Maxwell, Justin, McGregor, Ian, McShea, William, McMahon, Sean, Pederson, Neil, and Tepley, Alan. 2021. "Warmer spring temperatures in temperate deciduous forests advance the timing of tree growth but have little effect on annual woody productivity." Preprint, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1093360/v1. 2021
- Walker, Anthony P., De Kauwe, Martin G., Bastos, Ana, Belmecheri, Soumaya, Georgiou, Katerina, Keeling, Ralph, McMahon, Sean M., Medlyn, Belinda E., Moore, David J. P., Norby, Richard J., Zaehle, Sönke, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Battipaglia, Giovanna, Brienen, Roel J. W., Cabugao, Kristine G., Cailleret, Maxime, Campbell, Elliott, Canadell, Josep, Ciais, Philippe, Craig, Matthew E., Ellsworth, David, Farquhar, Graham, Fatichi, Simone, Fisher, Joshua B., Frank, David et al. 2020. "Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO₂." The New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16866. 2020
- Fung, Tak, Chisholm, Ryan A., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang‐Yang, Chia-Hao, Chitra‐Tarak, Rutuja, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fewless, Gary, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, C. V. S., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Hao, Zhanqing, Hogan, J. A., Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Kenfack, David, Lin, Yiching, Ma, Keping, Makana, Jean-Remy et al. 2020. "Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient." Ecology Letters, 23, (1) 160–171. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13412. 2020
- Russo, Sabrina E., McMahon, Sean M., Detto, Matteo, Ledder, Glenn, Wright, S. Joseph, Condit, Richard S., Davies, Stuart J., Ashton, Peter S., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fletcher, Christine, Foster, Robin B., Gunatilleke, C. V. Savi, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hart, Terese, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Leong, Yao Tze, Lin, Yi Ching, Makana, Jean-Remy, Mohamad, Mohizah Bt et al. 2020. "The interspecific growth-mortality trade-off is not a general framework for tropical forest community structure." Nature Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01340-9. 2020
- Albert, Loren P., Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Smith, Marielle N., Wu, Jin, Chavana-Bryant, Cecilia, Prohaska, Neill, Taylor, Tyeen C., Martins, Giordane A., Ciais, Philippe, Mao, Jiafu, Arain, M. A., Li, Wei, Shi, Xiaoying, Ricciuto, Daniel M., Huxman, Travis E., McMahon, Sean M., and Saleska, Scott R. 2019. "Cryptic phenology in plants: case studies, implications and recommendations." Global Change Biology, 25, (11) 3591–3608. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14759. 2019
- Hogan, J. Aaron, McMahon, Sean M., Buzzard, Vanessa, Michaletz, Sean T., Enquist, Brian J., Thompson, Jill, Swenson, Nathan G., and Zimmerman, Jess K. 2019. "Drought and the interannual variability of stem growth in an aseasonal, everwet forest." Biotropica, 51, (2) 139–154. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12624. 2019
- Briscoe, Natalie J., Elith, Jane, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Lahoz-Monfort, Jos, Camac, James S., Giljohann, Katherine M., Holden, Matthew H., Hradsky, Bronwyn A., Kearney, Michael R., McMahon, Sean M., Phillips, Ben L., Regan, Tracey J., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Vesk, Peter A., Wintle, Brendan A., Yen, Jian D. L., and Guillera-Arroita, Gurutzeta. 2019. "Forecasting species range dynamics with process-explicit models: matching methods to applications." Ecology Letters, 22, (11) 1940–1956. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13348. 2019
- Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Salim, Kamariah Abu, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei-Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard S., Cordell, Susan, da Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., de Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A. de, Ouden, Jan den, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, C. V. S. et al. 2019. "Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America." Journal of Ecology, 107, (6) 2598–2610. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13199. 2019
- Smith, Marielle N., Stark, Scott C., Taylor, Tyeen C., Ferreira, Mauricio L., Oliveira, Eronaldo de, Restrepo‐Coupe, Natalia, Chen, Shuli, Woodcock, Tara, dos Santos, Darlisson Bentes, Alves, Luciana F., Figueira, Michela, de Camargo, Plinio B., de Oliveira, Raimundo C., Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Falk, Donald A., McMahon, Sean M., Huxman, Travis E., and Saleska, Scott R. 2019. "Seasonal and drought related changes in leaf area profiles depend on height and light environment in an Amazon forest." New Phytologist, 222, (3) 1284–1297. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15726. 2019
- McMahon, Sean M., Arellano, Gabriel, and Davies, Stuart J. 2019. "The importance and challenges of detecting changes in forest mortality rates." Ecosphere, 10, (2) 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2615. 2019
- Johnson, Daniel J., Needham, Jessica, Xu, Chonggang, Massoud, Elias C., Davies, Stuart J., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chambers, Jeffery Q., Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Condit, Richard S., Cordell, Susan, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Giambelluca, Thomas W., Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen, Inman-Narahari, Faith, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Kenfack, David, Litton, Creighton M. et al. 2018. "Climate sensitive size-dependent survival in tropical trees." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, (9) 1436–1442. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0626-z. 2018
- Sedio, Brian E., Parker, John D., McMahon, Sean M., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2018. "Comparative foliar metabolomics of a tropical and a temperate forest community." Ecology, 99, (12) 2647–2653. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2533. 2018
- Sedio, Brian E., Parker, John D., McMahon, Sean M., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2018. "Comparative metabolomics of forest communities: Species differences in foliar chemistry are greater in the tropics." bioRxiv, 271361. https://doi.org/10.1101/271361. 2018
- McDowell, Nate, Allen, Craig D., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Brando, Paulo, Brienen, Roel, Chambers, Jeff, Christoffersen, Brad, Davies, Stuart, Doughty, Chris, Duque, Alvaro, Espirito-Santo, Fernando, Fisher, Rosie, Fontes, Clarissa G., Galbraith, David, Goodsman, Devin, Grossiord, Charlotte, Hartmann, Henrik, Holm, Jennifer, Johnson, Daniel J., Kassim, Abd Rahman, Keller, Michael, Koven, Charlie, Kueppers, Lara, Kumagai, Tomo'omi, Malhi, Yadvinder et al. 2018. "Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests." New Phytologist, 219, (3) 851–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15027. 2018
- Lutz, James A., Furniss, Tucker J., Johnson, Daniel J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Andrade, Ana, Baltzer, Jennifer, Becker, Kendall M. L., Blomdahl, Erika M., Bourg, Norman A., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Cansler, C. Alina, Cao, Ke, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Chao, Wei-Chun, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chu, Chengjin, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith et al. 2018. "Global importance of large-diameter trees." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, (7) 849–864. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12747. 2018
- Needham, Jessica, Merow, Cory, Chang-Yang, Chia, Caswell, Hal, and McMahon, Sean M. 2018. "Inferring forest fate from demographic data: from vital rates to population dynamic models." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, (1874). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2050. 2018
- Taylor, Tyeen C., McMahon, Sean M., Smith, Marielle N., Boyle, Brad, Violle, Cyrille, van Haren, Joost, Simova, Irena, Meir, Patrick, Ferreira, Leandro V., de Camargo, Plinio B., da Costa, Antonio C. L., Enquist, Brian J., and Saleska, Scott R. 2018. "Isoprene emission structures tropical tree biogeography and community assembly responses to climate." New Phytologist, 220, (2) 435–446. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15304. 2018
- LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janik, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa et al. 2018. "Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"." Science, 360, (6391). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar5245. 2018
- LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janik, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa et al. 2018. "Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"." Science, 360, (6391) aar3824–aar3824. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3824. 2018
- Chitra-Tarak, Rutuja, Ruiz, Laurent, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Kumar, M. S. Mohan, Riotte, Jean, Suresh, Hebbalalu S., McMahon, Sean M., and Sukumar, Raman. 2018. "The roots of the drought: Hydrology and water uptake strategies mediate forest-wide demographic response to precipitation." Journal of Ecology, 106, (4) 1495–1507. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12925. 2018
- LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard S., Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janik, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David et al. 2017. "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale." Science, 356, (6345) 1389–1392. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam5678. 2017
- Griffith, Alden B., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Merow, Cory, and McMahon, Sean. 2016. "Demography beyond the population." Journal of Ecology, 104, (2) 271–280. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12547. 2016
- Král, Kamil, Shue, Jessica, Vrška, Tomáš, González-Akre, Erika B., Parker, Geoffrey G., McShea, William J., and McMahon, Sean M. 2016. "Fine-scale patch mosaic of developmental stages in Northeast American secondary temperate forests: the European perspective." European Journal of Forest Research, 135, (5) 981–996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-016-0988-1. 2016
- Needham, Jessica, Merow, Cory, Butt, Nathalie, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marthews, Toby R., Morecroft, Michael, and McMahon, Sean M. 2016. "Forest community response to invasive pathogens: the case of ash dieback in a British woodland." Journal of Ecology, 104, (2) 315–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12545. 2016
- Evans, Margaret, Merow, Cory, Record, Sydne, McMahon, Sean M., and Enquist, Brian J. 2016. "Towards Process-based Range Modeling of Many Species." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31, (11) 860–871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.08.005. 2016
- Herrmann, Valentine, McMahon, Sean M., Detto, Matteo, Lutz, James A., Davies, Stuart James, Chang-Yang, Chia, and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2016. "Tree Circumference Dynamics in Four Forests Characterized Using Automated Dendrometer Bands." Plos One, 11, (12) 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169020. 2016
- Janík, David, Král, Kamil, Adam, Dusan, Hort, Libor, Samonil, Pavel, Unar, Pavel, Vrska, Tomás, and McMahon, Sean. 2016. "Tree spatial patterns of Fagus sylvatica expansion over 37 years." Forest Ecology and Management, 375 134–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.05.017. 2016
- McMahon, Sean M. and Parker, Geoffrey G. 2015. "A general model of intra-annual tree growth using dendrometer bands." Ecology and Evolution, 5, (2) 243–254. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1117. 2015
- Sexton, Joseph O., Noojipady, Praveen, Anand, Anupam, Song, Xiao-Peng, McMahon, Sean M., Huang, Chengquan, Feng, Min, Channan, Saurabh, and Townshend, John R. 2015. "A model for the propagation of uncertainty from continuous estimates of tree cover to categorical forest cover and change." Remote Sensing of Environment, 156 418–425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.038. 2015
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart James, Bennett, Amy C., González-Akre, Erika B., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M., Alonso, Alfonso, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bourg, Norman A., Broadbent, Eben N., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Deng, Xiaobao, Detto, Matteo et al. 2015. "CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change." Global Change Biology, 21, (2) 528–549. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12712. 2015
- McMahon, Sean M., Bebber, Daniel P., Butt, Nathalie, Crockatt, Martha, Kirby, Keith, Parker, Geoffrey G., Riutta, Terhi, and Slade, Eleanor M. 2015. "Ground based LiDAR demonstrates the legacy of management history to canopy structure and composition across a fragmented temperate woodland." Forest Ecology and Management, 335 255–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.039. 2015
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., McGarvey, Jennifer C., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Park, Janice Y., González-Akre, Erika B., Herrmann, Valentine, Bennett, Amy C., So, Christopher V., Bourg, Norman A., Thompson, Jonathan R., McMahon, Sean M., and McShea, William J. 2015. "Size-related scaling of tree form and function in a mixed-age forest." Functional Ecology, 29, (12) 1587–1602. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12470. 2015
- Visser, Marco D., McMahon, Sean M., Merow, Cory, Dixon, Philip M., Record, Sydne, and Jongejans, Eelke. 2015. "Speeding Up Ecological and Evolutionary Computations in R; Essentials of High Performance Computing for Biologists." PLoS computational biology, 11, (3) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004140. 2015
- Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Ellner, Stephen P., Childs, Dylan Z., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Merow, Cory, McMahon, Sean M., Jongejans, Eelke, and Rees, Mark. 2015. "Statistical modelling of annual variation for inference on stochastic population dynamics using Integral Projection Models." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6, (9) 1007–1017. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12405. 2015
- Merow, Cory, Dahlgren, Johan P., Metcalf, C. J., Childs, Dylan Z., Evans, Margaret E. K., Jongejans, Eelke, Record, Sydne, Rees, Mark, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, and McMahon, Sean M. 2014. "Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, (2) 99–110. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12146. 2014
- Réjou-Méchain, M., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Detto, Matteo, Thomas, S. C., Le Toan, T., Saatchi, S. S., Barreto-Silva, J., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Butt, N., Brockelman, W. Y., Cao, M., Cárdenas, D., Chiang, J. M., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard S., Dattaraja, H. S., Davies, Stuart James, Duque, A., Esufali, S., Ewango, C., Fernando, R. H. S., Fletcher, C. D., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. et al. 2014. "Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks." Biogeosciences Discussions, 11, (4) 5711–5742. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-5711-2014. 2014
- Merow, Cory, Latimer, Andrew M., Wilson, Adam M., McMahon, Sean M., Rebelo, Anthony G., and Silander, John A., Jr. 2014. "On using integral projection models to generate demographically driven predictions of species' distributions: development and validation using sparse data." Ecography, 37, (12) 1167–1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00839. 2014
- Kral, Kamil, McMahon, Sean M., Janik, David, Adam, Dusan, and Vrska, Tomas. 2014. "Patch mosaic of developmental stages in central European natural forests along vegetation gradient." Forest Ecology and Management, 330 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.034. 2014
- Merow, Cory, Smith, Mathew J., Edwards, Thomas C., Guisan, Antoine, McMahon, Sean M., Normand, Signe, Thuiller, Wilfried, Wüest, Rafael O., Zimmermann, Niklaus E., and Elith, Jane. 2014. "What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models?" Ecography, 37, (12) 1267–1281. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00845. 2014
- Metcalf, C. Jessica E., McMahon, Sean M., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, and Jongejans, Eelke. 2013. "IPMpack: an R package for integral projection models." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, (2) 195–200. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12001. 2013
- Chisholm, Ryan A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Abdul Rahman, Kassim, Bebber, Daniel P., Bin, Yue, Bohlman, Stephanie A., Bourg, Norman A., Brinks, Joshua, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Honglin, Cao, Min, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard S., Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart, Duque, Alvaro, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hao, Zhanqing, Harrison, Rhett D. et al. 2013. "Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests." Journal of Ecology, 101, (5) 1214–1224. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12132. 2013
- Stark, Scott C., Leitold, Veronika, Wu, Jin L., Hunter, Maria O., de Castilho, Carolina V., Costa, Flávia R. C., McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., Shimabukuro, Mô, Lefsky, Michael A., Keller, Michael, Alves, Luciana F., Schietti, Juliana, Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir, Brandão, Diego O., Woodcock, Tara K., Higuchi, Niro, de Camargo, Plinio B., de Oliveira, Raimundo C., and Saleska, Scott R. 2012. "Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment." Ecology Letters, 15, (12) 1406–1414. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01864.x. 2012
- Makana, Jean-Remy, Ewango, Corneille N., McMahon, Sean M., Thomas, Sean C., Hart, Terese B., and Condit, Richard S. 2011. "Demography and biomass change in monodominant and mixed old-growth forest of the Congo." Journal of Tropical Ecology, 27 447–461. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467411000265. 2011
- Salk, Carl F. and McMahon, Sean M. 2011. "Ecological and environmental factors constrain sprouting ability in tropical trees." Oecologia, 166, (2) 485–492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1850-7. 2011
- McMahon, Sean M., Metcalf, Charlotte J. E., and Woodall, Christopher W. 2011. "High-Dimensional Coexistence of Temperate Tree Species: Functional Traits, Demographic Rates, Life-History Stages, and Their Physical Context." PLoS ONE, 6, (1) e16253. 2011
- McMahon, Sean M., Harrison, Sandy P., Armbruster, W. Scott, Bartlein, Patrick J., Beale, Colin M., Edwards, Mary E., Kattge, Jens, Midgley, Guy, Morin, Xavier, and Prentice, I. Colin. 2011. "Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26, (5) 249–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.02.012. 2011
- McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., and Miller, Dawn R. 2010. "Evidence for a recent increase in forest growth." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (8) 3611–3615. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912376107. 2010
- Canning-Clode, João, Maloney, Kelly O., McMahon, Sean M., and Wahl, Martin. 2010. "Expanded view of the local-regional richness relationship by incorporating functional richness and time: a large-scale perspective." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19, (6) 875–885. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00560.x. 2010
- Clark, James S., Bell, David, Chu, Chengjin, Courbaud, Benoit, Dietze, Michael, Hersh, Michelle, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Ibáñez, Inés, LaDeau, Shannon, McMahon, Sean M., Metcalf, Jessica, Mohan, Jacqueline, Moran, Emily, Pangle, Luke, Pearson, Scott, Salk, Carl, Shen, Zehao, Valle, Denis, and Wyckoff, Peter. 2010. "High-dimensional coexistence based on individual variation: a synthesis of evidence." Ecological Monographs, 80, (4) 569–608. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1541.1. 2010
- McMahon, Sean M., Parker, Geoffrey G., and Miller, Dawn R. 2010. "Reply to Foster et al.: Using a forest to measure trees: Determining which vital rates are responding to climate change." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (21) E88–E89; E88-E89. 2010
- McMahon, Sean M., Dietze, Michael C., Hersh, Michelle H., Moran, Emily V., and Clark, James S. 2009. "A Predictive Framework to Understand Forest Responses to Global Change." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1162, (1) 221–236. (The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04495.x. 2009
- Metcalf, C. Jessica E., McMahon, Sean M., and Clark, James S. 2009. "Overcoming data sparseness and parametric constraints in modeling of tree mortality: a new nonparametric Bayesian model." Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere, 39, (9) 1677–1687. https://doi.org/10.1139/X09-083. 2009
- McMahon, Sean M. and Metcalf, C. J. E. 2008. "Transient sensitivities of non-indigenous shrub species indicate complicated invasion dynamics." Biological Invasions, 10, (6) 833–846. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9242-1. 2008
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- McMahon, Sean M. 2017. "Temperature Forests: A Tale of the Anthropocene." In Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans. Kress, W. John and Stine, Jeffrey K., editors. 53–57. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2017
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- Anujan, Krishna, McMahon, Sean M., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Davies, Stuart J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Pongpattananurak, Nantachai, and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2025. [Dataset] Data and Code from: Drought response is not a species trait: tropical tree drought sensitivity is shaped by drought characteristics, species adaptations, and individual microenvironments. Distributed by Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17737839. 2025
- McMahon, Sean M. and Shue, Jessica. 2021. [Dataset] Dendrometer Data for Macrosystems Transcriptomic Research. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.14346257.V1. 2021
- Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Abu Salim, Kamariah, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei-Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, da Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., de Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A., den Ouden, Jan, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri et al. 2019. [Dataset] Data from: Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.T1S010M. 2019
- Chitra-Tarak, Rutuja, McMahon, Sean M., and Neale, Patrick J. 2019. [Dataset] SERC Meteorological Data. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.11020646.V2. 2019
- Herrmann, Valentine, McMahon, Sean M., Detto, Matteo, Lutz, James A., Davies, Stuart J., Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2017. [Dataset] Data from: Tree circumference dynamics in four forests characterized using automated dendrometer bands. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.B327C. 2017
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., McGarvey, Jennifer C., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Park, Janice Y., González-Akre, Erika B., Herrmann, Valentine, Bennett, Amy C., So, Christopher V., Bourg, Norman A., Thompson, Jonathan R., McMahon, Sean M., and McShea, William J. 2016. [Dataset] Data from: Size-related scaling of tree form and function in a mixed-age forest. Distributed by Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.6NC8C. 2016
- Herrmann, Valentine, McMahon, Sean M., Detto, Matteo, Lutz, James A., Davies, Stuart J., Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. 2016. [Dataset] Tree circumference dynamics over short time scales using automated dendrometer bands in four forests. Distributed by Panama: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_serc/10088/30918. 2016

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