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Overview

Nick Brown is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a diverse range of topics, with a particular focus on ecology, forest management, conservation, and soil dynamics.

The primary fields of study for Nick Brown include:

  • Environmental Science

The subfields in which they have published are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Soil Science
  • Oceanography

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Marine and fisheries research

Nick Brown is a coauthor with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Emily Warner
  • Owen T. Lewis
  • Andy Hector
  • Susan C. Cook-Patton
  • Julia Koricheva

The main venues where Nick Brown's work has been published include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent research papers authored or coauthored by Nick Brown include:

  • Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures-a meta-analysis, 2023, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Does restoring native forest restore ecosystem functioning? Evidence from a large-scale reforestation project in the Scottish Highlands, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • The response of plants, carabid beetles and birds to 30 years of native reforestation in the Scottish Highlands, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Higher aboveground carbon stocks in mixed-species planted forests than monocultures - a meta-analysis, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Lunar synchrony and reproductive strategies of intertidal-breeding fishes, 2025, Marine Biology

Best Publications

  • Assessing forest canopies and understorey illumination: canopy closure, canopy cover and other measures

    SB Jennings;ND Brown;D Sheil

  • The implications of climate and gap microclimate for seedling growth conditions in a Bornean lowland rain forest

    Nick Brown

  • Yeast forms dominate fungal diversity in the deep oceans

    David Bass;Alexis Howe;Nick Brown;Hannah Barton

  • A landscape approach to biodiversity conservation of sacred groves in the Western Ghats of India

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Cheppudira G. Kushalappa;Paul H. Williams;Nick D. Brown

  • Use of hemispherical photographs in forest ecology: measurement of gap size and radiation totals in a Bornean tropical rain forest

    T. C. Whitmore;N. D. Brown;M. D. Swaine;D. Kennedy

  • The Role of Informal Protected Areas in Maintaining Biodiversity in the Western Ghats of India

    Shonil A. Bhagwat;Cheppudira G. Kushalappa;Paul H. Williams;Nick D. Brown

  • Disturbance, phenology and life-history characteristics: factors influencing distance/density-dependent attack on tropical seeds and seedlings.

    D. S. Hammond;V. K. Brown;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins

  • Do dipterocarp seedlings really partition tropical rain forest gaps

    N. D. Brown;T. C. Whitmore

  • An improved method for the rapid assessment of forest understorey light environments

    Nick Brown;Steve Jennings;Phil Wheeler;Jacob Nabe-Nielsen

  • Photosynthetic characteristics of dipterocarp seedlings in three tropical rain forest light environments: a basis for niche partitioning?

    Martin G. Barker;Malcolm C. Press;Nick D. Brown

  • Ecology provides a pragmatic solution to the maintenance of genetic diversity in sustainably managed tropical rain forests

    S.B Jennings;N.D Brown;D.H Boshier;T.C Whitmore

  • Macrofungal diversity in fragmented and disturbed forests of the Western Ghats of India

    Nick Brown;Shonil Bhagwat;Sarah Watkinson

  • Dipterocarp seedling growth in rain forest canopy gaps during six and a half years

    T. C. Whitmore;N. D. Brown

  • A gradient of seedling growth from the centre of a tropical rain forest canopy gap

    Nick Brown

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant pollinator interactions in the tropics.

    S. S. Renner;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins;N. D. Brown

  • The effect of fertilizer application on dipterocarp seedling growth and mycorrhizal infection

    I.M. Turner;N.D. Brown;A.C. Newton

  • The ecology, silviculture and biogeography of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla): a critical review of the evidence

    Nick Brown;Steve Jennings;Tom Clements

  • Balanites wilsoniana: Regeneration with and without elephants

    Fred Babweteera;Peter Savill;Nick Brown

  • The £15 billion cost of ash dieback in Britain.

    Louise Hill;Glyn Jones;Nick Atkinson;Andy Hector

  • Gap-size niche differentiation by tropical rainforest trees: a testable hypothesis or a broken-down bandwagon?

    N. D. Brown;S. Jennings;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins

  • Seeds and fruits of tropical rainforest plants: interpretation of the range in seed size, degree of defence and flesh/seed quotients.

    P. J. Grubb;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins;N. D. Brown

  • Spatial structure of light and dipterocarp seedling growth in a tropical secondary forest

    Dan Bebber;Nick Brown;Martin Speight;Pedro Moura-Costa

  • Out of control: fires and forestry in Indonesia.

    Nick Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

David McClintock Newbery
David McClintock Newbery University of Bern
Herbert H. T. Prins
Herbert H. T. Prins Wageningen University & Research
Andy Hector
Andy Hector University of Oxford
Daniel P. Bebber
Daniel P. Bebber University of Exeter
David Bass
David Bass Natural History Museum
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Shonil A. Bhagwat
Shonil A. Bhagwat The Open University
Thomas A. Richards
Thomas A. Richards University of Oxford
Malcolm C. Press
Malcolm C. Press Manchester Metropolitan University

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