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David F. R. P. Burslem

David F. R. P. Burslem

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
72
Citations
16338
World Ranking
1253
National Ranking
167

Overview

David F. R. P. Burslem is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research is centered around Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of their work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Ecology and Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, as well as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Several recent publications showcase their involvement in advancing knowledge in ecological and environmental domains. These include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Soil fungal networks maintain local dominance of ectomycorrhizal trees, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Active restoration accelerates the carbon recovery of human-modified tropical forests, 2020, Science
  • Pantropical modelling of canopy functional traits using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Burslem has frequently collaborated with several researchers, highlighting connections within the scientific community. Frequent co-authors include Glen Reynolds, Michael J. O'Brien, Reuben Nilus, David A. Coomes, and Sabine Both.

Their research outputs have appeared predominantly in publication venues recognized for ecological and environmental science. These venues include New Phytologist, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • The interpretation and misinterpretation of mortality rate measures

    D Sheil;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;D Alder

  • Ecological information from spatial patterns of plants: insights from point process theory

    Richard Law;Janine Barbel Illian;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Georg Gratzer

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • GERMINATION ECOLOGY OF NEOTROPICAL PIONEERS: INTERACTING EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND SEED SIZE

    T. R. H. Pearson;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Christopher Mullins;J. W. Dalling;J. W. Dalling

  • Disturbing hypotheses in tropical forests

    D. Sheil;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem

  • Topography shapes the structure, composition and function of tropical forest landscapes.

    Tommaso Jucker;Tommaso Jucker;Boris Bongalov;David Frp Burslem;Reuben Nilus

  • The influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale

    Uffe N. Nielsen;Uffe N. Nielsen;Graham H. R. Osler;Colin D. Campbell;Colin D. Campbell;David F. R. P. Burslem

  • Estimating aboveground biomass in forest and oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo using ALOS PALSAR data

    Alexandra C. Morel;Sassan S. Saatchi;Yadvinder Malhi;Nicholas J. Berry

  • Topographic position affects the water regime in a semideciduous tropical forest in Panama

    Matthew I. Daws;Christopher E. Mullins;David F.R.P. Burslem;Steven R. Paton

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Area-based vs tree-centric approaches to mapping forest carbon in Southeast Asian forests from airborne laser scanning data

    David A. Coomes;Michele Dalponte;Tommaso Jucker;Gregory P. Asner

  • Variation in tropical forest growth rates: combined effects of functional group composition and resource availability

    Timothy R. Baker;Michael D. Swaine;David F.R.P. Burslem

  • Species-habitat associations in a Sri Lankan dipterocarp forest

    C. V. S. Gunatilleke;I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke;S. Esufali;K. E. Harms

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

    Lan Qie;Lan Qie;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

  • Spatial patterns reveal negative density dependence and habitat associations in tropical trees.

    Robert Bagchi;Robert Bagchi;Peter A. Henrys;Patrick E. Brown;Patrick E. Brown;David F R P Burslem

  • Factors explaining alien plant invasion success in a tropical ecosystem differ at each stage of invasion

    Wayne Dawson;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Phil Hulme

  • Differences in seed germination responses may promote coexistence of four sympatric Piper species

    M. I. Daws;David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;Lora M Crabtree;P. Kirkman

  • NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS DETERMINE THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF TROPICAL TREE SEEDLING SURVIVAL

    Simon A. Queenborough;David F. R. P. Burslem;Nancy C. Garwood;Renato Valencia

  • Short-term effects of cyclone impact and long-term recovery of tropical rain forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands.

    D. F. R. P. Burslem;T. C. Whitmore;G. C. Brown

  • Responses to nutrient addition among shade-tolerant tree seedlings of lowland tropical rain forest in Singapore.

    David Francis Robert Philip Burslem;P J Grubb;I M Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Reuben Nilus
Reuben Nilus Sabah Forestry Department
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
James W. Dalling
James W. Dalling University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David A. Coomes
David A. Coomes University of Cambridge
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Tommaso Jucker
Tommaso Jucker University of Bristol
Terhi Riutta
Terhi Riutta UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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