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Overview

Michael J. Lawes is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Social Psychology, and Forestry.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Forest ecology and management, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Michael J. Lawes has published multiple papers in a range of academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • The future of sub-Saharan Africa's biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change (2022), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Can I afford to publish? A dilemma for African scholars (2021), Ecology Letters
  • Quantifying carbon in tree bark: The importance of bark morphology and tree size (2020), Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Reforestation success can be enhanced by improving tree planting methods (2023), Journal of Environmental Management
  • A 40-year evaluation of drivers of African rainforest change (2021), Forest Ecosystems

Frequent co-authors of Michael J. Lawes include:

  • Colin A. Chapman
  • Patrick A. Omeja
  • Colleen T. Downs
  • Dipto Sarkar
  • Brett P. Murphy

Common publication venues for their research are:

  • Australian Journal of Botany
  • African Journal of Ecology
  • Land
  • Wildlife Research
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire

    P.J. Clarke;M.J. Lawes;J.J Midgley;B.B. Lamont;B.B. Lamont

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Multiple receivers, multiple ornaments, and a trade-off between agonistic and epigamic signaling in a widowbird.

    Staffan Andersson;Sarah R. Pryke;Jonas Örnborg;Michael J. Lawes

  • The influence of climate change on the distribution of indigenous forest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Harriet A. C. Eeley;Michael J. Lawes;Steven E. Piper

  • Do food availability, parasitism, and stress have synergistic effects on red colobus populations living in forest fragments?

    Colin A. Chapman;Michael D. Wasserman;Thomas R. Gillespie;Michaela L. Speirs

  • Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically

    Jeremy J. Midgley;Michael J. Lawes;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes

  • The 10 Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points

    William F. Laurance;Bernard Dell;Stephen M. Turton;Michael J. Lawes

  • How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness

    Michael J. Lawes;Hylton Adie;Jeremy Russell-Smith;Brett P. Murphy

  • What hope for African primate diversity

    Colin A. Chapman;Michael J. Lawes;Harriet A. C. Eeley

  • A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems.

    Peter J. Clarke;Michael J. Lawes;Brett P. Murphy;Jeremy Russell-Smith

  • Carotenoid status signaling in captive and wild red-collared widowbirds: Independent effects of badge size and color.

    Sarah R. Pryke;Staffan Andersson;Michael J. Lawes;Steven E. Piper

  • Bark thickness determines fire resistance of selected tree species from fire-prone tropical savanna in north Australia

    Michael J. Lawes;Anna E. Richards;Josefine Dathe;Jeremy J. Midgley

  • Sexual selection of multiple handicaps in the red-collared widowbird: female choice of tail length but not carotenoid display.

    Sarah R. Pryke;Staffan Andersson;Michael J. Lawes;Michael J. Lawes

  • Agonistic carotenoid signalling in male red-collared widowbirds: aggression related to the colour signal of both the territory owner and model intruder

    Sarah R. Pryke;Michael J. Lawes;Staffan Andersson

  • The dynamics and sustainable use of high-value tree species of the coastal Pondoland forests of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

    John Obiri;Michael Lawes;Michael Mukolwe

  • How many birds are killed by cats in Australia

    J.C.Z. Woinarski;B.P. Murphy;S.M. Legge;S.T. Garnett

  • Predicting folivorous primate abundance: Validation of a nutritional model

    Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Lisa Naughton-Treves;Lisa Naughton-Treves;Michael J. Lawes

  • The distribution of the samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus peters, 1852 and Cercopithecus mitis labiatus I. Geoffroy, 1843) and forest history in southern Africa

    M. J. Lawes

  • Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: a savanna/forest contrast

    Michael J. Lawes;Jeremy J. Midgley;Peter J. Clarke

  • Criteria and Indicators for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Management: Conservation of Biodiversity

    N.E. Stork;T.J.B. Boyle;V. Dale;H. Eeley

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE Predicting Folivorous Primate Abundance: Validation of a Nutritional Model

    Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Lisa Naughton-Treves;Michael J. Lawes

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin A. Chapman
Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University
Brett P. Murphy
Brett P. Murphy Charles Darwin University
Jeremy J. Midgley
Jeremy J. Midgley University of Cape Town
Jeremy Russell-Smith
Jeremy Russell-Smith Charles Darwin University
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
Peter J. Clarke
Peter J. Clarke University of New England
Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
Christopher N. Johnson
Christopher N. Johnson University of Tasmania
Diana O. Fisher
Diana O. Fisher University of Queensland
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University

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