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Professor David Burslem

Professor David Burslem
Professor David Burslem
Professor David Burslem

Interdisciplinary Institute Director - Environment & Biodiversity

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d.burslem@abdn.ac.uk
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+44 (0)1224 272695
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Room 1.25 Cruickshank Building

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Publications

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  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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