School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

My long-term research goal is to understand the dynamics of carbon and biodiversity across the world’s tropical forests, how these change with our changing climate, and how they may feedback on the whole planet.

The scale of the endeavour is large, requiring global team-work and a multidisciplinary approach. I personally lead a team of more than 100 researchers in Leeds, across South America, and elsewhere, to understand the behaviour of Amazonian forests in the changing earth system.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• RAINFOR: Red Amazonica de Inventarios Forestales
  An international network established to monitor the biomass and dynamics of Amazonian forests

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

• Ecology and Global Change
• Earth and Biosphere Institute
• TROBIT
• RAINFOR

PUBLICATIONS

• Phillips OL, van der Heijden G, López-González G, Aragão LEOC, Lewis SL, Lloyd J, Malhi Y, Monteagudo A, Almeida S, Alvarez E et al. (45 others) 2010. Drought mortality relationships for tropical forests New Phytologist 187: 631-646.

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