School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

 

PUBLICATIONS

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Papers

Mercado, L.M., Patino, S., Domingues, T.F.,...Baker, T.R.,... (and 16 others) (2011) Variations in Amazon forest productivity correlated with foliar nutrients and modelled rates of photosynthetic carbon supply. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 1582, 3316-3329.

Kattge J., Diaz S., Lavorel S…..Baker, T.R. …(and 136 others) (2011) TRY - a global database of plant traits. Global Change Biology, 17, 2905-2935.

Barlow J., Ewers R.M., Anderson L.…Baker, T.R....(and 13 others) (2011) Using learning networks to understand complex systems: a case study of biological, geophysical and social research in the Amazon.  Biological Reviews, 86, 457-474.

Feldpausch T.R., Banin L., Phillips O.L., Baker, T.R…..(and 47 others) (2011) Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees. Biogeosciences, 8, 1081-1106.

Baker T.R., Jones, J.P.G., Rendón Thompson, O.R., Román Cuesta, R.M., del Castillo, D., Chan Aguilar, I., & Torres, J. (2010) How can ecologists help realise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries? Journal of Applied Ecology, 47: 1159-1165.

Phillips O.L., van der Heijden G. Lewis S.L….Baker, T.R…. (and 50 others) (2010) Drought-mortality relationships for tropical forests , New Phytologist, 187, 631-646

Quesada C. A., Lloyd J., Schwarz M. ….Baker, T.R. …(and 25 others) (2010) Variations in chemical and physical properties of Amazon forest soils in relation to their genesis. Biogeosciences, 7, 1515-1541.

Lloyd J., Patino S., Paiva R.Q….Baker, T.R….(and 10 others) (2010) Optimisation of photosynthetic carbon gain and within-canopy gradients of associated foliar traits for Amazon forest trees. Biogeosciences, 7, 1833-1859.

Baker T.R., Phillips O.L., Laurance W.F., Pitman N.C.A., Almeida S., Arroyo L., DiFiore A., Erwin T., Higuchi N., Killeen T.J., Laurance SG., Nascimento H., Monteagudo A., Neill D.A., Silva J.N.M., Malhi Y., López Gonzalez G., Peacock J., Quesada C.A., Lewis S.L., Lloyd J. (2009) Do species traits determine patterns of wood production in Amazonian forests? Biogeosciences, 6, 297-307.

Phillips OL., Aragão LE., Lewis SL., Fisher JB., Lloyd JL., López-González G., Malhi Y., Monteagudo A., Peacock J., Quesada CS., van der Heijden GM., Almeida S., Amaral I., Arroyo L., Aymard G., Baker TR., Bánki O., Blanc L., Bonal D., Brando P., Chave J., Alves de Oliveira AC., Dávila Cardozo N., Czimczik CI., Feldpausch TR., Freitas MA., Gloor EU., Higuchi N., Jiménez E., Lloyd G., Meir P., Mendoza C., Morel A., Neill DA., Nepstad D, Patiño A., Peñuela MC., Prieto A., Ramírez F., Schwarz M., Silva JE., Silveira M., Sota Thomas A., ter Steege H., Stropp J., Vásquez R., Zelazowski P., Alvarez Dávila E., Andelman S., Andrade A., Chao KJ., Erwin T., Di Fiore A., Honorio E., Keeling HC., Killeen TJ., Laurance WF., Peña Cruz A., Pitman NCA., Núñez Vargas P., Ramírez-Angulo H., Rudas A., Salamão R., Silva N., Terborgh J., Torres-Lezama A. Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest. (2009) Science, 323: 1344- 1347.

Lewis, S.L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Sonké B., Affum-Baffoe K., Baker, T.R., Ojo, L.O., Phillips, O.L., Reitsma, J.M., White, L., Comiskey, J.A., Djuikouo K, M-N., Ewango, C.E.N., Feldpausch, T.R., Hamilton, A.C., Gloor, E., Hart, T., Hladik, A., Lloyd, J., Lovett, J.C., Makana, J-R, Malhi,  Y., Mbago, F.M., Ndangalasi, H.J., Peacock, J., Peh, K. S-H., Sheil, D., Sunderland, T., Swaine, M.D., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Thomas, S.C., Votere, R., Wöll. H. (2009) Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. Nature, 457, 1003-7.

Gloor M., Phillips O.L., Lloyd J…..Baker, T.R….(and 51 others) (2009) Does the disturbance hypothesis explain the biomass increase in basin-wide Amazon forest plot data? Global Change Biology, 15, 2418-2430.

Malhado A.C.M., Whittaker R.J., Malhi Y….Baker, T.R….(and 23 others) (2009) Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees, Biogeosciences, 6, 1577-1590.

Chao K-J., Phillips O.L., Baker T.R., Peacock, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Vasquez Martinez, Monteagudo, A., Torres-Lezama, A. (2009) After trees die: quantities and determinants of necromass across Amazonia. Biogeosciences, 6, 1615-1626.

Anderson L.O., Malhi Y., Ladle R.J.…Baker, T.R. … (and 13 others) (2009) Influence of landscape heterogeneity on spatial patterns of wood productivity, wood specific density and above ground biomass in Amazonia, Biogeosciences, 6, 1883-1902.

Fyllas N.M., Patino S., Baker T.R. et al. (2009) Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate. Biogeosciences, 6, 2677-2708.

Aragao L.E.O.C., Malhi Y., Metcalfe D. B....Baker T.R….(and 21 others) (2009) Above- and below-ground net primary productivity across ten Amazonian forests on contrasting soils. Biogeosciences, 6, 2759-2778.

Patino S., Lloyd J., Paiva R., Baker,. T.R. et al. (2009) Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon basin Biogeosciences, 6, 545-568.

Phillips O.L., Higuchi N., Vieira, S., Baker, T.R., Chao, K-J, Lewis, S.L. (2009) Changes in Amazonian forest biomass, dynamics, and composition, 1980-2002, in Amazonia and Global Change (eds Keller M., Bustamante M., Gash J., Dias P.S.), Geophysical Monograph Series 186, 373-387.

Keeling, H., Baker, T.R., Vásquez Martínez, R., Monteagudo, A., Phillips, O.L. (2008) Contrasting patterns of diameter and biomass increment across tree functional groups in Amazonian forests. Oecologia 158:521-534.

Pitman, N.C.A., Mogollón, H., Dávila, N., Rios, M, Garcia-Villacorta, Guevara, J., Baker, T.R., Monteagudo, A., Phillips, O.L., Vásquez Martínez, R., Ahuite, M., Aulestia, M., Cardenas, D., Cerón, Loizeau, P-A, Neill, D.A., Nũñez Vargas, P., Palacios, W.A., Spichiger, R., Valderrama, E. (2008) Tree community change across 700 km of lowland Amazonian forest from the Andean foothills to Brazil. Biotropica, 40, 525-535.

Reed, M.S., Dougil, A.J., Baker T.R. (2008) Participatory indicator development: what can ecologists and local communities learn from each other? Ecological Applications, 18, 1253-1269.

Phillips, O.L., Baker, T.R., Chao, K.J., Higuchi, N., Lewis, S.L. (2008) The changing Amazon forest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 363, 1819-1827.

Chao, K.J., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T.R. (2008) Wood density and stocks of coarse woody debris in a northwestern Amazonian landscape. Canadian Journal of Forestry 38, 795-805.

Peacock, J., Baker, T.R., Gonzalez-Lopez, G., Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L. (2007) The RAINFOR database: monitoring forest biomass and dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 18, 535-542.

Baker, T.R., Honorio, E.N., Phillips, O.L., Martin, J., van der Heijden, G.M.F., Garcia, M., Espejo, J.S. (2007) Low stocks of coarse woody debris in a southwest Amazonian forest. Oecologia, 153, 495-504.

Chave, J., Muller Landau, H.C., Baker T.R., Easdale, T.A., ter Steege, H., Webb, C.O. (2006) Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications, 16, 2356-2367.

Malhi, Y., Wood, D., Baker, T.R., Wright, J., Phillips, O.L., Cochrane T., Meir, P., Chave, J., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Núñez Vargas, P.N., Pitman, N.C.A., Quesada, C.A., Salomão, R, Silva, J. N. M., Torres Lezama, A., Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martínez, R., Vinceti, B. (2006) The regional variation of aboveground live biomass in old-growth Amazonian forest. Global Change Biology, 12, 1107-1138.

Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L. & Baker, T.R. (2006) Impacts of global atmospheric change on tropical forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21, 173-174.

Phillips, O.L., Vásquez Martínez, R., Monteagudo, A., Baker, T.R., & Núñez, P. (2005) Large lianas as hyperdynamic elements of the tropical forest canopy. Ecology, 86, 1250-1258.

Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di Fiore, A., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva, N., Vásquez Martínez, R. (2004) Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 359, 353-365.

Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T.R., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Laurance, W.F., Neill, D., Silva, N., Terborgh, J., Torres Lezama, A., Vásquez M., R., Brown, S., Chave, J., Kuebler, C., Núñez V., P., Vinceti, B. (2004) Are global change agents causing widespread changes in tropical forest dynamics? Evidence from 50 South American long-term monitoring plots. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 359, 421-436.

Phillips, O., Baker, T.R., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Silva, N., Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martínez, R., Alexiades, M., Almeida, S., Brown, S., Chave, J., Comiskey, J.A., Czimczik, C.I., Di Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Kuebler, C., Laurance, S.G., Nascimento, H.E.M., Palacios, W., Patiño, S., Pitman, N., Olivier, J., Quesada, C.A., Saldias, M., Torres Lezama, A., Vinceti, B. (2004) Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 359, 381-407.

Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di Fiore, A., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva, N., Vásquez Martínez, R. (2004) Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology, 10, 545-562.

Malhi, Y., Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Almeida, S., Alvarez, E., Arroyo, L., Chave, J., Czimczik, C., Di Fiore, A., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Mercado, L.M., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Pitman, N.C.A., Quesada, C.A., Silva, J. N. M., Vásquez Martínez, R., Terborgh, J., Vinceti, B. & Lloyd, J. (2004) The above-ground wood productivity and net primary productivity of 100 Neotropical forests. Global Change Biology, 10, 563-591.

Harley, P., Vasconcelos, P., Vierling, L., Cleomir de S. Pinheiro, C., Greenberg, J., Guenther, A., Klinger, L. Soares de Almeida, S., Neill, D., Baker, T., Phillips, O., Malhi, Y. (2004) Variation in potential for isoprene emissions among Neotropical forest sites. Global Change Biology, 10, 630-650.

Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Sheil, D. Vinceti, B., Baker, T.R, Brown, S., Graham, A.W., Higuchi, N., Hilbert, D.W., Laurance, W., Lejoly, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Nunez Vargas, P., Sonké, B., Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martinez, R. (2004) Tropical forest tree mortality, recruitment and turnover rates: calculation, interpretation, and comparison when census intervals vary. Journal of Ecology 92, 929-944.

Baker, T.R., Swaine, M.D. & Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2003) Variation in tropical forest growth rates: combined effects of functional group composition and resource availability. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 6, 21-36.

Baker, T.R., Burslem, D.F.R.P., & Swaine, M.D. (2003) Associations between tree growth, soil fertility and water availability at local and regional scales in Ghanaian tropical rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 19, 109-125.

Baker, T.R., Affum-Baffoe, K., Burslem, D.F.R.P. & Swaine, M.D. (2002) Phenological differences in tree water use and the timing of tropical forest inventories: conclusions from patterns of dry season diameter change. Forest Ecology and Management, 171, 261-274.

Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L., Lloyd, J., Baker, T., Wright, J., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Frederiksen, T., Grace, J., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance, W.F., Leaño, C., Lewis, S., Meir, P., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Panfil, S., Patiño, S., Pitman, N., Quesada, C.A., Rudas-Ll. A., Salomão, R., Saleska, S., Silva, N., Silveira, M., Sombroek, W.G., Valencia, R., Vásquez Martínez, R., Vieira, I.C.G. & Vinceti, B. (2002) An international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of Amazonian forests (RAINFOR). Journal of Vegetation Science 13:439-450.

Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Vinceti, B., Baker, T., Lewis, S.L., Higuchi, N., Laurance, W.F., Núñez V, P., Vásquez M., R., Laurance, S.G., Ferreira, L.V., Stern, M., Brown, S., & Grace, J. Changes in growth of tropical forests: evaluating potential biases. (2002) Ecological Applications, 12, 576-587.

Phillips, O.L., Vásquez, R., Arroyo, L., Baker, T.R., Killeen, T., Lewis, S., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Alexiades, M., Cerón, C. Di Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Jardim, A., Palacios, W., Saldias, M. & Vinceti, B. (2002) Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests. Nature, 418, 770-774.

Book Chapters

Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., & Baker, T.R. 2007. Impacts of global change on tropical forest structure, dynamics, and composition. In Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests ( W.F. Laurance & C. Peres, eds.), Chicago Press, pp. 41-56.

Phillips, O.L., Lewis, S.L., Baker, T.R., and Malhi, Y. 2006. The response of South American tropical forests to contemporary atmospheric change. Pp. 317-332, in Tropical Rain Forest Responses to Climate Change (editors M. Bush, J. Flenley). Springer.

Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di Fiore, A., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva, N., Vásquez Martínez, R. (2005) Late twentieth-century trends in the biomass of Amazonian forest plots. In 'Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change', (eds Y. Malhi & O.L. Phillips), pp 129-142, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T.R., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Laurance, W.F., Neill, D., Silva, N., Terborgh, J., Torres Lezama, A., Vásquez M., R., Brown, S., Chave, J., Kuebler, C., Núñez V., P., Vinceti, B. (2005) Late twentieth-century trends in the structure and dynamics of South American forests. In 'Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change' (eds Y. Malhi & O.L. Phillips), pp 143-154, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Phillips, O., Baker T.R., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Silva, N., Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martínez, R., Alexiades, M., Almeida, S., Brown, S., Chave, J., Comiskey, J.A., Czimczik, C.I., Di Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Kuebler, C., Laurance, S.G., Nascimento, H.E.M., Palacios, W., Patiño, S., Pitman, N., Olivier, J., Quesada, C.A., Saldias, M., Torres Lezama, A., Vinceti, B. (2005) Late twentieth-century patterns and trends in Amazon tree turnover. In 'Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change', (eds Y. Malhi & O.L. Phillips), pp 107-128, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Other Publications

Foreign language publications

Honorio, E.N. & Baker T.R. (2010) Manual para el monitoreo del ciclo de carbono en los bosques Amazónicos. IIAP/Universidad de Leeds, 54 pp.

Davila, N., Honorio, E., Baker, T.R., Ramirez, J., Vasquez, H., Irarica, J., Saavedra, N., Tello, A., Salazar, A., (2008) Fichas de identificacion de las especies maderables de la Amazonía Peruana 35 pp, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana.

Honorio, E., Pennington, T.R., Freitas, L.A., Nebel, G., Baker, T.R. (2008) Analisis de la composicion floristica de los bosques de Jenaro Herrera, Loreto, Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología, 15, 53-60.

Phillips, O.L., Vásquez Martinez, R., Monteagudo Mendoza,A., Baker, T.R. (2007) Q'euña. 1:29-36.  20 años de cambios en los bosques del sur-oeste de la Amazônia.

Phillips, O.L. & Baker, T.R. Manual de campo para el establecimiento y remedicion de parcelas permananentes (2003) Cantua, 12, 85-93.