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.
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.