Join us for the fourth annual Interdisciplinary Symposium, hosted by the Interdisciplinary Institute. Building on the momentum of previous years, Interdisciplinary Symposium 2026: From Insight to Impact will bring together staff and students from across the University on Wednesday 28th October to share ideas, showcase innovative work, and explore how interdisciplinary approaches can drive meaningful change. The event is open to all 51cg staff and students.
Species packing and the latitudinal gradient in beta-diversity
Cao, K., Condit, R., Mi, X., Chen, L., Ren, H., Xu, W., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Cai, C., Cao, M., Chang, L., Chu, C., Cui, F., Du, H., Ediriweera, S., Gunatilleke, C. S. V., Gunatilleke, I. U. A. N., Hao, Z., Jin, G., Li, J., Li, B., Li, Y., Liu, Y., Ni, H., O'Brien, M. J., Qiao, X., Shen, G., Tian, S., Wang, X., Xu, H., Xu, Y., Yang, L., Yap, S. L., Lian, J., Ye, W., Yu, M., Su, S., Chang-Yang, C., Guo, Y., Li, X., Zeng, F., Zhu, D., Zhu, L., Sun, I., Ma, K., Svenning, J.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 288, no. 1948, 20203045
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Regrowing a tropical forest - is it better to plant trees or leave it to nature?
Burslem, D., Philipson, C. D., Cutler, M. E.
The Conversation
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Management policies for invasive alien species: Addressing the impacts rather than the species
Garcia Diaz, P., Cassey, P., Norbury, G. L., Lambin, X., Montti, L., Pizarro, J. C., Powell, P. A., Burslem, D. F., Cava, M., Damasceno, G., Fasola, L., Fidelis, A., Huerta, M. F., Langdon, B., Linardaki, E., Moyano, J., Nuñez, M. A., Pauchard, A., Phimister, E., Raffo, E., Roesler, I., Rodríguez-Jorquera, I., Tomasevic, J. A.
BioScience, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 174–185
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Drivers of Bornean orangutan distribution across a multiple-use tropical landscape
Milne, S., Martin, J. G., Reynolds, G., Vairappan, C. S., Slade, E. M., Brodie, J. F., Wich, S., Williamson, N., Burslem, D. F.
Remote Sensing, vol. 13, no. 3, 458
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ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network
Davies, S. J., Abiem, I., Abu Salim, K., Aguilar, S., Allen, D., Alonso, A., Anderson-Teixeira, K., Andrade, A., Arellano, G., Ashton, P. S., Baker, P. J., Baker, M. E., Baltzer, J. L., Basset, Y., Bissiengou, P., Bohlman, S., Bourg, N. A., Brockelman, W. Y., Bunyavejchewin, S., Burslem, D. F., Cao, M., Cárdenas, D., Chang, L. W., Chang-Yang, C. H., Chao, K. J., Chao, W. C., Chapman, H., Chen, Y. Y., Chisholm, R. A., Chu, C., Chuyong, G., Clay, K., Comita, L. S., Condit, R., Cordell, S., Dattaraja, H. S., de Oliveira, A. A., den Ouden, J., Detto, M., Dick, C., Du, X., Duque, ?., Ediriweera, S., Ellis, E. C., Obiang, N. L. E., Esufali, S., Ewango, C. E., Fernando, E. S., Filip, J., Fischer, G. A., Foster, R., Giambelluca, T., Giardina, C., Gilbert, G. S., Gonzalez-Akre, E., Gunatilleke, I. A., Gunatilleke, C. V., Hao, Z., Hau, B. C., He, F., Ni, H., Howe, R. W., Hubbell, S. P., Huth, A., Inman-Narahari, F., Itoh, A., Janík, D., Jansen, P. A., Jiang, M., Johnson, D. J., Jones, F. A., Kanzaki, M., Kenfack, D., Kiratiprayoon, S., Král, K., Krizel, L., Lao, S., Larson, A. J., Li, Y., Li, X., Litton, C. M., Liu, Y., Liu, S., Lum, S. K., Luskin, M. S., Lutz, J. A., Luu, H. T., Ma, K., Makana, J. R., Malhi, Y., Martin, A., McCarthy, C., McMahon, S. M., McShea, W. J., Memiaghe, H., Mi, X., Mitre, D., Mohamad, M., Monks, L., Muller-Landau, H. C., Musili, P. M., Myers, J. A., Nathalang, A., Ngo, K. M., Norden, N., Novotny, V., O'Brien, M. J., Orwig, D., Ostertag, R., Papathanassiou, K., Parker, G. G., Pérez, R., Perfecto, I., Phillips, R. P., Pongpattananurak, N., Pretzsch, H., Ren, H., Reynolds, G., Rodriguez, L. J., Russo, S. E., Sack, L., Sang, W., Shue, J., Singh, A., Song, G. Z. M., Sukumar, R., Sun, I. F., Suresh, H. S., Swenson, N. G., Tan, S., Thomas, S. C., Thomas, D., Thompson, J., Turner, B. L., Uowolo, A., Uriarte, M., Valencia, R., Vandermeer, J., Vicentini, A., Visser, M., Vrska, T., Wang, X., Wang, X., Weiblen, G. D., Whitfeld, T. J., Wolf, A., Wright, S. J., Xu, H., Yao, T. L., Yap, S. L., Ye, W., Yu, M., Zhang, M., Zhu, D., Zhu, L., Zimmerman, J. K., Zuleta, D.
Biological Conservation, vol. 253, 108907
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Pantropical modelling of canopy functional traits using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data
Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Rifai, S., Shenkin, A., Oliveras, I., Bentley, L. P., Svátek, M., Girardin, C. A., Both, S., Riutta, T., Berenguer, E., Kissling, W. D., Bauman, D., Raab, N., Moore, S., Farfan-Rios, W., Figueiredo, A. E. S., Reis, S. M., Ndong, J. E., Ondo, F. E., N'ssi Bengone, N., Mihindou, V., Moraes de Seixas, M. M., Adu-Bredu, S., Abernethy, K., Asner, G. P., Barlow, J., Burslem, D. F., Coomes, D. A., Cernusak, L. A., Dargie, G. C., Enquist, B. J., Ewers, R. M., Ferreira, J., Jeffery, K. J., Joly, C. A., Lewis, S. L., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Martin, R. E., Morandi, P. S., Phillips, O. L., Quesada, C. A., Salinas, N., Schwantes Marimon, B., Silman, M., Teh, Y. A., White, L. J., Malhi, Y.
Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 252, 112122
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Linking functional traits to multiscale statistics of leaf venation networks
Blonder, B., Both, S., Jodra, M., Xu, H., Fricker, M., Matos, I. S., Majalap, N., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Teh, Y., Malhi, Y.
New Phytologist, vol. 228, no. 6, pp. 1796-1810
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Contrasting growth responses to aluminium addition among populations of the aluminium accumulator Melastoma malabathricum
Mahmud, K., Burslem, D. F.
AoB PLANTS, vol. 12, no. 5, plaa049
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Evaluating the potential of full-waveform lidar for mapping pan-tropical tree species richness
Marselis, S. M., Abernethy, K., Alonso, A., Armston, J., Baker, T. R., Bastin, J. F., Bogaert, J., Boyd, D. S., Boeckx, P., Burslem, D. F., Chazdon, R., Clark, D. B., Coomes, D., Duncanson, L., Hancock, S., Hill, R., Hopkinson, C., Kearsley, E., Kellner, J. R., Kenfack, D., Labrière, N., Lewis, S. L., Minor, D., Memiaghe, H., Monteagudo, A., Nilus, R., O'Brien, M., Phillips, O. L., Poulsen, J., Tang, H., Verbeeck, H., Dubayah, R.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 1799-1816
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Active restoration accelerates the carbon recovery of human modified-tropical forests
Philipson, C. D., Cutler, M. E., Brodrick, P. G., Asner, G. P., Boyd, D. S., Moura Costa, P., Fiddes, J., Foody, G. M., van der Heijden, G. M., Ledo, A., Lincoln, P. R., Margrove, J. A., Martin, R. E., Milne, S., Pinard, M., Reynolds, G., Snoep, M., Snoep, M., Tangki, H., Wai, Y. S., Wheeler, C., Burslem, D.
Science, vol. 369, no. 6505, pp. 838-841
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CONTAIN: Optimising the long-term management of invasive alien species using adaptive management
Lambin, X., Burslem, D., Caplat, P., Cornulier, T., Gabriella, D., Fasola, L., Fidelis, A., Garcia-Diaz, P., Langdon, B., Linardaki, E., Montti, L., Moyano, J., Nuñez, M. A., Palmer, S. C., Pauchard, A., Phimister, E., Pizarro, J. C., Powell, P., Raffo, E., Rodríguez-Jorquera, I. A., Roesler, I., Tomasevic, J. A., Travis, J. M., Verdugo, C.
NeoBiota, vol. 59, pp. 119-138
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Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning for the optimal representation of multiple species and ecosystem services
Williams, S. H., Scriven, S. A., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Hill, J. K., Reynolds, G., Agama, A. L., Kugan, F., Maycock, C. R., Khoo, E., Hastie, A. Y. L., Sugau, J. B., Nilus, R., Pereira, J. T., Tsen, S. L. T., Lee, L. Y., Juiling, S., Hodgson, J. A., Cole, L. E. S., Asner, G. P., Evans, L. J., Brodie, J. F.
Conservation Biology, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 934-942
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Soil fungal networks maintain local dominance of ectomycorrhizal trees
Liang, M., Johnson, D., Burslem, D., Yu, S., Fang, M., Taylor, J., Taylor, A. F. S., Helgason, T., Liu, X.
Nature Communications, vol. 11, 2636
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Exploring the role of genetic diversity and relatedness in tree seedling growth and mortality: A multispecies study in a Bornean rainforest
Tito de Morais, C., Kettle, C. J., Philipson, C. D., Maycock, C. R., Burslem, D. F., Khoo, E., Ghazoul, J.
Journal of Ecology, vol. 108, no. 3, pp. 1174-1185
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Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees
Swinfield, T., Both, S., Riutta, T., Bongalov, B., Elias, D., Majalap-Lee, N., Ostle, N., Svátek, M., Kvasnica, J., Milodowski, D., Jucker, T., Ewers, R. M., Zhang, Y., Johnson, D., Teh, Y. A., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Malhi, Y., Coomes, D.
Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 989-1002
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TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G. D., Aakala, T., Abedi, M., Acosta, A. T., Adamidis, G. C., Adamson, K., Aiba, M., Albert, C. H., Alcántara, J. M., Alcázar C, C., Aleixo, I., Ali, H., Amiaud, B., Ammer, C., Amoroso, M. M., Anand, M., Anderson, C., Anten, N., Antos, J., Apgaua, D. M. G., Ashman, T. L., Asmara, D. H., Asner, G. P., Aspinwall, M., Atkin, O., Aubin, I., Baastrup-Spohr, L., Bahalkeh, K., Bahn, M., Baker, T., Baker, W. J., Bakker, J. P., Baldocchi, D., Baltzer, J., Banerjee, A., Baranger, A., Barlow, J., Barneche, D. R., Baruch, Z., Bastianelli, D., Battles, J., Burslem, D. F., Swaine, E., The Nutrient Network
Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 119-188
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Comparative vessel traits of Macaranga gigantea and Vatica dulitensis from Malaysian Borneo
Jotan, P., Maycock, C. R., Burslem, D. F., Berhaman, A., Both, S.
Journal of Tropical Forest Science, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 25-34
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Leaf venation networks of Bornean trees: images and hand-traced segmentations
Blonder, B., Both, S., Jodra, M., Majalap, N., Burslem, D., Teh, Y. A., Malhi, Y.
Ecology, vol. 100, no. 11, e02844
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The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
Schepaschenko, D., Chave, J., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S. L., Davies, S. J., Réjou-Méchain, M., Sist, P., Scipal, K., Perger, C., Herault, B., Labrière, N., Hofhansl, F., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aleinikov, A., Alonso, A., Amani, C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Armston, J., Arroyo, L., Ascarrunz, N., Azevedo, C., Baker, T., Bałazy, R., Bedeau, C., Berry, N., Bilous, A. M., Bilous, S. Y., Bissiengou, P., Blanc, L., Bobkova, K. S., Braslavskaya, T., Brienen, R., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Condit, R., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Danilina, D., Del Castillo Torres, D., Derroire, G., Descroix, L., Sotta, E. D., d'Oliveira, M. V. N., Dresel, C., Erwin, T., Evdokimenko, M. D., Falck, J., Feldpausch, T. R., Foli, E. G., Foster, R., Fritz, S., Garcia-Abril, A. D., Gornov, A., Gornova, M., Gothard-Bassébé, E., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Guedes, M., Hamer, K. C., Susanty, F. H., Higuchi, N., Coronado, E. N. H., Hubau, W., Hubbell, S., Ilstedt, U., Ivanov, V. V., Kanashiro, M., Karlsson, A., Karminov, V. N., Killeen, T., Koffi, J. K., Konovalova, M., Kraxner, F., Krejza, J., Krisnawati, H., Krivobokov, L. V., Kuznetsov, M. A., Lakyda, I., Lakyda, P. I., Licona, J. C., Lucas, R. M., Lukina, N., Lussetti, D., Malhi, Y., Manzanera, J. A., Marimon, B., Junior, B. H. M., Martinez, R. V., Martynenko, O. V., Matsala, M., Matyashuk, R. K., Mazzei, L., Memiaghe, H., Mendoza, C., Mendoza, A. M., Moroziuk, O. V., Mukhortova, L., Musa, S., Nazimova, D. I., Okuda, T., Oliveira, L. C., Ontikov, P. V., Osipov, A. F., Pietsch, S., Playfair, M., Poulsen, J., Radchenko, V. G., Rodney, K., Rozak, A. H., Ruschel, A., Rutishauser, E., See, L., Shchepashchenko, M., Shevchenko, N., Shvidenko, A., Silveira, M., Singh, J., Sonké, B., Souza, C., Stereńczak, K., Stonozhenko, L., Sullivan, M. J. P., Szatniewska, J., Taedoumg, H., Ter Steege, H., Tikhonova, E., Toledo, M., Trefilova, O. V., Valbuena, R., Gamarra, L. V., Vasiliev, S., Vedrova, E. F., Verhovets, S. V., Vidal, E., Vladimirova, N. A., Vleminckx, J., Vos, V. A., Vozmitel, F. K., Wanek, W., West, T. A. P., Woell, H., Woods, J. T., Wortel, V., Yamada, T., Nur Hajar, Z. S., Zo-Bi, I. C.
Scientific Data, vol. 6, 198
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Reconciling the contribution of environmental and stochastic structuring of tropical forest diversity through the lens of imaging spectroscopy
Bongalov, B., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Jucker, T., Thompson, S. E. D., Rosindell, J., Swinfield, T., Nilus, R., Clewley, D., Phillips, O. L., Coomes, D. A.
Ecology Letters, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 1608-1619
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Changes in leaf functional traits of rainforest canopy trees associated with an El Niño event in Borneo
Nunes, M. H., Both, S., Bongalov, B., Brelsford, C., Khoury, S., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Philipson, C. D., Majalap, N., Riutta, T., Coomes, D. A., Cutler, M. E. J.
Environmental Research Letters, vol. 14, no. 8, 085005
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The world’s tallest tropical tree in three dimensions
Shenkin, A., Chandler, C., Boyd, D., Jackson, T., bin Jami, J., Disney, M., Majalap, N., Nilus, R., Foody, G., Reynolds, G., Wilkes, P., Cutler, M., Van Der Heijden, G. M., Burslem, D., Coomes, D., Bentley, L. P., Malhi, Y.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, vol. 2, 32
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Careful prior specification avoids incautious inference for log-Gaussian Cox point processes
Sørbye, S. H., Illian, J. B., Simpson, D. P., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Rue, H.
Journal of the royal statistical society series c-Applied statistics, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 543-564
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Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015–16 El Niño across the Tropics
Whitfield, S., Beauchamp, E., Boyd, D. S., Burslem, D., Byg, A., Colledge, F., Cutler, M. E., Didena, M., Dougill, A., Foody, G., Godbold, J. A., Hazenbosch, M., Hirons, M., Ifejika Speranza, C., Jew, E., Lacambra, C., Mkwambisi, D., Moges, A., Morel, A., Morris, R., Novo, P., Rueda, M., Smith, H., Solan, M., Spencer, T., Thornton, A., Touza, J., White, P. C.
Global Environmental Change, vol. 55, pp. 1-14
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Logging and soil nutrients independently explain plant trait expression in tropical forests
Both, S., Riutta, T., Paine, C. E. T., Elias, D. M. O., Chino, R., Jain, A., Johnson, D., Kritzler, U. H., Kuntz, M., Majalap-Lee, N., Mielke, N., Pillco, M. X. M., Ostle, N. J., Teh, Y. A., Malhi, Y., Burslem, D. F. R. P.