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.
Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees
Chu, C., Lutz, J. A., Kamil, K., Vrska, T., Yin, X., Myers, J. A., Abiem, I., Alonso, A., Bourg, N., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Cao, M., Chapman, H., Condit, R., Fang, S., Fischer, G. A., Gao, L., Hao, Z., Hau, B. C., He, Q., Hector, A., Hubbell, S. P., Jiang, M., Jin, G., Kenfack, D., Lai, J., Li, B., Li, X., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, K., McShea, W., Memiaghe, H. R., Mi, X., Ni, M., O'Brien, M. J., de Oliveira, A. A., Orwig, D. A., Parker, G. G., Qiao, X., Ren, H., Reynolds, G., Sang, W., Shen, G., Su, Z., Sui, X., Sun, I., Tian, S., Wang, B., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Weiblen, G., Wen, S., Xi, N., Xiang, W., Xu, H., Xu, K., Ye, W., Zhang, B., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhu, K. Z., Zimmerman, J., Storch, D., Baltzer, J. L., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Mittelbach, G. G., He, F.
Ecology Letters, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 245-255
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Controls on foliar aluminium accumulation among populations of the tropical shrub Melastoma malabathricum L. (Melastomataceae)
Khairil, M., Burslem, D. F. R. P.
Tree Physiology, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 1752–1760
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Seed limitation, not soil legacy effects, prevents native understory from establishing in oak woodlands in Scotland after removal of Rhododendron ponticum
MacLean, J. E., Mitchell, R. J., Burslem, D., Genney, D., Hall, J., Pakeman, R. J.
Restoration Ecology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 865-872
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Global importance of large‐diameter trees
Lutz, J. A., Furniss, T. J., Johnson, D. J., Davies, S. J., Allen, D., Alonso, A., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Andrade, A., Baltzer, J., Becker, K. M. L., Blomdahl, E. M., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Cansler, C. A., Cao, K., Cao, M., Cardenas, D., Chang, L., Chao, K., Chao, W., Chiang, J., Chu, C., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, K., Condit, R., Cordell, S., Dattaraja, H. S., Duque, A., Ewango, C. E. N., Fischer, G. A., Fletcher, C., Freund, J. A., Giardina, C., Germain, S. J., Gilbert, G. S., Hao, Z., Hart, T., Hau, B. C. H., He, F., Hector, A., Howe, R. W., Hsieh, C., Hu, Y., Hubbell, S. P., Inman-Narahari, F. M., Itoh, A., Janik, D., Kassim, A. R., Kenfack, D., Korte, L., Kral, K., Larson, A. J., Li, Y., Lin, Y., Liu, S., Lum, S., Ma, K., Makana, J., Malhi, Y., McMahon, S. M., McShea, W. J., Memiaghe, H. R., Mi, X., Morecroft, M., Musili, P. M., Myers, J. A., Novotny, V., de Oliveira, A., Ong, P., Orwig, D. A., Ostertag, R., Parker, G. G., Patankar, R., Phillips, R. P., Reynolds, G., Sack, L., Song, G. M., Su, S., Sukumar, R., Sun, I., Suresh, H. S., Swanson, M. E., Tan, S., Thomas, D. W., Thompson, J., Uriarte, M., Valencia, R., Vicentini, A., Vrska, T., Wang, X., Weiblen, G. D., Wolf, A., Wu, S., Xu, H., Yamakura, T., Yap, S., Zimmerman, J. K.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 849-864
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Front Cover: Global Ecology and Biogeography Volume 27, Issue 7
Lutz, J. A., Furniss, T. J., Johnson, D. J., Davies, S. J., Allen, D., Alonso, A., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Andrade, A., Baltzer, J., Becker, K. M. L., Blomdahl, E. M., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Cansler, C. A., Cao, K., Cao, M., Cardenas, D., Chang, L., Chao, K. J., Chao, W., Chiang, J., Chu, C., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, K., Condit, R., Cordell, S., Dattaraja, H. S., Duque, A., Ewango, C. E. N., Fischer, G. A., Fletcher, C., Freund, J. A., Giardina, C., Germain, S. J., Gilbert, G. S., Hao, Z., Hart, T., Hau, B. C. H., He, F., Hector, A., Howe, R. W., Hsieh, C., Hu, Y., Hubbell, S. P., Inman-Narahari, F. M., Itoh, A., Janik, D., Kassim, A. R., Kenfack, D., Korte, L., Kamil, K., Larson, A. J., Li, Y., Lin, Y., Liu, S., Lum, S., Ma, K., Makana, J., Malhi, Y., McMahon, S. M., McShea, W. J., Memiaghe, H. R., Mi, X., Morecroft, M., Musili, P. M., Myers, J. A., Novotny, V., de Oliveira, A., Ong, P., Orwig, D. A., Ostertag, R., Parker, G. G., Patankar, R., Phillips, R. P., Reynolds, G., Sack, L., Song, G. M., Su, S., Sukumar, R., Sun, I., Suresh, H. S., Swanson, M. E., Tan, S., Thomas, D. W., Thompson, J., Uriarte, M., Valencia, R., Vicentini, A., Vrška, T., Wang, X., Weiblen, G. D., Wolf, A., Wu, S., Xu, H., Yamakura, T., Yap, S., Zimmerman, J. K.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 27, no. 7
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Logging disturbance shifts net primary productivity and its allocation in Bornean tropical forests
Riutta, T., Malhi, Y., Kho, L. K., Marthews, T. R., Huaraca Huasco, W., Khoo, M., Tan, S., Turner, E., Reynolds, G., Both, S., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Teh, Y. A., Vairappan, C. S., Majalap, N., Ewers, R. M.
Global Change Biology, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 2913-2928
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Topography shapes the structure, composition and function of tropical forest landscapes
Jucker, T., Bongalov, B., Burslem, D., Nilus, R., Dalponte, M., Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Qie, L., Coomes, D. A.
Ecology Letters, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 989-1000
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Estimating aboveground carbon density and its uncertainty in Borneo’s structurally complex tropical forests using airborne laser scanning
Jucker, T., Asner, G. P., Dalponte, M., Brodrick, P. G., Philipson, C. D., Vaughn, N. R., Teh, Y. A., Brelsford, C., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Deere, N. J., Ewers, R. M., Kvasnica, J., Lewis, S. L., Malhi, Y., Milne, S., Nilus, R., Pfeifer, M., Phillips, O. L., Qie, L., Renneboog, N., Reynolds, G., Riutta, T., Struebig, M. J., Svátek, M., Turner, E. C., Coomes, D. A.
Biogeosciences, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 3811-3830
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Field methods for sampling tree height for tropical forest biomass estimation
Sullivan, M. J. P., Lewis, S. L., Hubau, W., Qie, L., Baker, T. R., Banin, L. F., Chave, J., Cuni Sanchez, A., Feldpausch, T. R., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Arets, E., Ashton, P., Bastin, J., Berry, N. J., Bogaert, J., Boot, R., Brearley, F. Q., Brienen, R., Burslem, D. F. R. P., de Canniere, C., Chudomelová, M., Dančák, M., Ewango, C., Hédl, R., Lloyd, J., Makana, J., Malhi, Y., Marimon, B. S., Marimon Junior, B. H., Metali, F., Moore, S., Nagy, L., Núñez Vargas, P., Pendry, C., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Reitsma, J., Rutishauser, E., Abu Salim, K., Sonké, B., Sukri, R. S., Sunderland, T., Svátek, M., Umunay, P. M., Vasquez Martinez, R., Vernimmen, R. R. E., Vilanova Torre, E., Vleminckx, J., Vos, V., Phillips, O. L.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1179-1189
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Partitioning of soil phosphorus among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in tropical and subtropical forests
Liu, X., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Taylor, J. D., Taylor, A. F. S., Khoo, E., Majalap-Lee, N., Helgason, T., Johnson, D.
Ecology Letters, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 713-723
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Evaluation of Tree Species for Biomass Energy Production in Northwest Spain
Álvarez-Álvarez, P., Pizarro, C., Barrio-Anta, M., Cámara-Obregón, A., Bueno, J. L. M., Álvarez, A., Gutiérrez, I., Burslem, D. F. R. P.
forests, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1-15
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Are patterns of fine-scale spatial genetic structure consistent between sites within tropical tree species?
Smith, J. R., Ghazoul, J., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Itoh, A., Khoo, E., Lee, S. L., Maycock, C. R., Nanami, S., Ng, K. K. S., Kettle, C. J.
PloS ONE, vol. 13, no. 3, e0193501
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Understorey plant community composition reflects its invasion history decades after invasive Rhododendron ponticum has been removed
MacLean, J. E., Mitchell, R. J., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Genney, D., Hall, J., Pakeman, R. J.
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 874-884
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Invasion by Rhododendron ponticum depletes the native seed bank with long-term impacts after its removal
MacLean, J. E., Mitchell, R. J., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Genney, D. R., Hall, J., Pakeman, R. J.
Biological Invasions, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 375-384
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Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally
Ledo, A., Paul, K. I., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Ewel, J. J., Barton, C., Battaglia, M., Brooksbank, K., Carter, J., Eid, T. H., England, J. R., Fitzgerald, A., Jonson, J., Mencuccini, M., Montagu, K. D., Montero, G., Mugasha, W. A., Pinkard, E., Roxburgh, S., Ryan, C. M., Ruiz-Peinado, R., Sochacki, S., Specht, A., Wildy, D., Wirth, C., Zerihun, A., Chave, J.
New Phytologist, vol. 217, no. 1, pp. 8-11
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High frequency of positive interspecific interactions revealed by individual species–area relationships for tree species in a tropical evergreen forest
Nguyen, H. H., Petritan, I. C., Burslem, D. F.
Plant Ecology and Diversity, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 441-450
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Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects
Qie, L., Lewis, S. L., Sullivan, M. J. P., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Pickavance, G. C., Sunderland, T., Ashton, P., Hubau, W., Abu Salim, K., Aiba, S., Banin, L. F., Berry, N., Brearley, F. Q., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Dančák, M., Davies, S. J., Fredriksson, G., Hamer, K. C., Hédl, R., Kho, L. K., Kitayama, K., Krisnawati, H., Lhota, S., Malhi, Y., Maycock, C., Metali, F., Mirmanto, E., Nagy, L., Nilus, R., Ong, R., Pendry, C. A., Poulsen, A. D., Primack, R. B., Rutishauser, E., Samsoedin, I., Saragih, B., Sist, P., Ferry Slik, J. W., Sukri, R. S., Svátek, M., Tan, S., Tjoa, A., van Nieuwstadt, M., Vernimmen, R. R. E., Yassir, I., Kidd, P. S., Fitriadi, M., Ideris, N. K. H., Serudin, R. M., Abdullah Lim, L. S., Saparudin, M. S., Phillips, O. L.
Nature Communications, vol. 8, 1966
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Intraspecific trait variation can weaken interspecific trait correlations when assessing the whole-plant economic spectrum
Laughlin, D. C., Lusk, C. H., Bellingham, P. J., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Simpson, A. H., Kramer-Walter, K. R.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, no. 21, pp. 8936-8949
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Improving the usability of spatial point process methodology: an interdisciplinary dialogue between statistics and ecology
Illian, J. B., Burslem, D. F. R. P.
AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 495-520
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The epiphytic bryophyte community of Atlantic oak woodlands shows clear signs of recovery following the removal of invasive Rhododendron ponticum
Maclean, J. E., Mitchell, R. J., Burslem, D. F., Genney, D., Hall, J., Pakeman, R. J.
Biological Conservation, vol. 212, no. Part A, pp. 96-104
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Area-based vs tree-centric approaches to mapping forest carbon in Southeast Asian forests from airborne laser scanning data
Coomes, D. A., Dalponte, M., Jucker, T., Asner, G. P., Banin, L. F., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Lewis, S. L., Nilus, R., Phillips, O. L., Phua, M., Qie, L.
Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 194, pp. 77-88
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Testing the importance of a common ectomycorrhizal network for dipterocarp seedling growth and survival in tropical forests of Borneo
Brearley, F. Q., Saner, P., Uchida, A., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Hector, A., Nilus, R., Scholes, J. D., Egli, S.
Plant Ecology & Diversity, vol. 9, no. 5-6, pp. 563–576
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Growth rings in tropical trees: role of functional traits, environment, and phylogeny
Nath, C. D., Munoz, F., Pélissier, R., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Muthusankar, G.
Trees-Structure and function, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 2153-2175
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Re-evaluation of individual diameter: height allometric models to improve biomass estimation of tropical trees
Ledo, A., Cornulier, T., Illian, J. B., Iida, Y., Kassim, A. R., Burslem, D. F. R. P.
Ecological Applications, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 2376-2382
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Aboveground biomass estimation in tropical forests at single tree level with ALS data
Dalponte, M., Jucker, T., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Lewis, S. L., Nilus, R., Phillips, O., Qie, L., Coomes, D. A.
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