Human-modified Tropical Forest Programme Management
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Geography - SoGE
Organisations
Publications
Withey K
(2018)
Quantifying immediate carbon emissions from El Niño-mediated wildfires in humid tropical forests.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Swinfield T
(2020)
Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees.
in Global change biology
Staver AC
(2020)
Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire.
in Ecology letters
Riutta T
(2021)
Major and persistent shifts in below-ground carbon dynamics and soil respiration following logging in tropical forests.
in Global change biology
Rifai SW
(2018)
ENSO Drives interannual variation of forest woody growth across the tropics.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Qie L
(2018)
Author Correction: Long-term carbon sink in Borneo's forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edges.
in Nature communications
Nottingham A
(2021)
Large contribution of recent photosynthate to soil respiration in tropical dipterocarp forest revealed by girdling
in Journal of Ecology
Milodowski D
(2021)
The impact of logging on vertical canopy structure across a gradient of tropical forest degradation intensity in Borneo
in Journal of Applied Ecology
Mills MB
(2023)
Tropical forests post-logging are a persistent net carbon source to the atmosphere.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Malhi Y
(2022)
Logged tropical forests have amplified and diverse ecosystem energetics.
in Nature
Description | We have discovered that logged forests can have amplified ecological functions and energetics (Malhi et al 2022 Nature) but be larger carbon sources (and longer lived) than expected )Mills et al 2023 PNAS) |
Exploitation Route | It opens up a new way of thinking about the ecological value of human-modified ecosystems, and questions the use of the term degradation. |
Sectors | Environment |
Title | HMTF Programme dataset documentation database |
Description | The HMTF data manager has developed a MS Access relational database that details over 200 researchers and collaborators within the three consortia making up the HMTF programme (BALI, LOMBOK and ECOFOR). All researchers producing field data have been identified and basic information about the datasets they are producing (metadata) has been entered into the database. Metadata information required by the NERC EIDC is also being entered for each dataset. The database is currently being expanded to indicate which datasets contain environmental information (including temporal and spatial details) that could be shared across consortia. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Tracking system will ensure that all datasets have been properly documented. Tracking of all datasets produced by researchers in three consortia in large programme provides an overview of research which is of benefit to PI's and HMTF management team. Storage of metadata for each dataset as it becomes available will allow direct upload of metadata information to NERC datacentre when data is archived at the end of the Award. Detailed metadata records (e.g. environmental data) will allow modellers and researchers to review what other consortia datasets may be available for collaborations. Dataset and researcher information has been provided to NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Dr Jennifer Lucey. |