Professor David Burslem

Interdisciplinary Institute Director - Environment & Biodiversity

Email Address: d.burslem@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0)1224 272695
Office Address: Room 1.25 Cruickshank Building
School/Department: Provost

Interdisciplinary Symposium 2026

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Publications

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Partitioning of soil phosphorus among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in tropical and subtropical forests
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12939
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/0d0cedbd-ace2-4a09-ab1e-0074209d2416/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4af9095e-c86b-4233-bd9f-3442277d5815/download
Evaluation of Tree Species for Biomass Energy Production in Northwest Spain
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f9040160
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/cac859c8-c2dc-49ea-89c8-8643de0aad90/download
Are patterns of fine-scale spatial genetic structure consistent between sites within tropical tree species?
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193501
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/00758191-8e2e-4419-9a23-13c779d651bd/download
Understorey plant community composition reflects its invasion history decades after invasive Rhododendron ponticum has been removed
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12973
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/f50a4106-abc6-4c11-b28e-7f59e3c69464/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/8e3a2b2e-dbe5-4003-85fd-d6b43ecae706/download
Invasion by Rhododendron ponticum depletes the native seed bank with long-term impacts after its removal
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1538-6
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/2cd4e62a-0349-4ab2-9333-ed4fad4a1300/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/5e7efd9c-8bc3-464f-92f9-f60618600707/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Letters
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14863
High frequency of positive interspecific interactions revealed by individual species–area relationships for tree species in a tropical evergreen forest
2018 - Published
Nguyen, H. H., Petritan, I. C., Burslem, D. F.
Plant Ecology and Diversity, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 441-450
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2018.1541486
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/dd44c5e7-d9e8-45b1-bf15-6e351c2bce10/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects
2017 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01997-0
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/fe32d46b-2771-49c8-aa1a-158c8e385d7b/download
Intraspecific trait variation can weaken interspecific trait correlations when assessing the whole-plant economic spectrum
2017 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3447
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/fb4edac8-9810-4359-9c71-8a6a3b0035be/download
Improving the usability of spatial point process methodology: an interdisciplinary dialogue between statistics and ecology
2017 - Published
Illian, J. B., Burslem, D. F. R. P.
AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 495-520
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10182-017-0301-8
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/f535ff9e-c60c-4398-971e-b5b70e20bb19/download

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Partitioning of soil phosphorus among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in tropical and subtropical forests

Evaluation of Tree Species for Biomass Energy Production in Northwest Spain

Are patterns of fine-scale spatial genetic structure consistent between sites within tropical tree species?

Understorey plant community composition reflects its invasion history decades after invasive Rhododendron ponticum has been removed

Invasion by Rhododendron ponticum depletes the native seed bank with long-term impacts after its removal

Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally

High frequency of positive interspecific interactions revealed by individual species–area relationships for tree species in a tropical evergreen forest

Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects

Intraspecific trait variation can weaken interspecific trait correlations when assessing the whole-plant economic spectrum

Improving the usability of spatial point process methodology: an interdisciplinary dialogue between statistics and ecology

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