2011

Accepted publications, in press

Malhi, Y., Climate change and extinction risk in tropical forest regions, in Climate Change and Extinction Risk (ed. L. Hannah) Island Press

2011 publications

Thomas, M.V., Malhi, Y., Fenn, K.M., Fisher, J.B., Morecroft, M.D., Lloyd, C.R., Taylor, M.E. & McNeil, D.D. (2011) Carbon dioxide fluxes over an ancient broadleaved deciduous woodland in southern England, Biogeosciences, 8, 1595-1613, doi: 10.5194/bg-8-1595-2011

Maniatis, D., Saint André, L., Temmerman, M., Malhi, Y. & Beeckman, H. (2011) The potential of using xylarium wood samples for wood density calculations: a comparison of approaches for volume measurement, iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry, 4, 150-159, doi: 10.3832/ifor0575004

Marthews, T.R., Malhi, Y. and Iwata, H. (2011) Calculating downward longwave radiation under clear and cloudy conditions over a tropical lowland forest site: an evaluation of model schemes for hourly data, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 91, doi: 10.1007/s00704-011-0486-9

Román-Cuesta, R.M., Salinas, N., Asbjornsen, H., Oliveras, I., Huaman, V., Gutiérrez, Y., Puelles, L., Kala, J., Yabar, D., Rojas, M., Astete, R., Jordán, D.Y., Silman, M., Mosandl, R., Weber, M., Stimm, B., Gűnter, S., Knoke, T. and Malhi, Y. (2011) Implications of fires on carbon budgets in Andean cloud montane forest: the importance of peat soils and tree resprouting, Forest Ecology and Management, 261, 11, 1987-1997, doi 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.025

Feeley, K.J., Silman, M.R., Bush, M.B., Farfan, W., Cabrera, K.G., Malhi, Y., Meir, P., Salinas Revillas, N., Quisiyupanqui, M.N.R., Saatchi, S., (2011) Upslope migration of Andean trees, Journal of Biogeography, 38, 783-791

Parmentier, I., Harrigan, R.J., Buermann, W., Mitchard, E.T.A., Saatchi, S., Malhi, Y., Bongers, F., Hawthorne, W.D., Leal, M.E., Lewis, S.L., Nusbaumer, L., Sheil, D., Sosef, M.S.M., Affum-Baffoe, K., Bakayoko, A., Chuyong, G.B., Chatelain, C., Comiskey, J.A., Dauby, G., Doucet, J-L., Fauset, S., Gautier, L., Gillet, J-F., Kenfack, D., Kouamé, F.N., Kouassi, E.K., Lazare, A.K., Parren, M.P.E., Peh, K.S.-H., Reitsma, J.M., Senterre, B., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T.C.H., Swaine, M.D., Tchouto, M.G.P., Thomas, D., Van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. and Hardy, O.J. (2011) Predicting alpha diversity of African rain forests: models based on climate and satellite-derived data do not perform better than a purely spatial model, Journal of Biogeography, 38, 1164-1176

Barlow, J., Ewers, R.M., Anderson, L., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Baker, T., Boyd, B., Feldpausch, T., Gloor, E., Hall. A., Malhi, Y., Milliken, W., Mulligan, M., Parry, L., Pennington, T., Peres, C.A., Phillips, O., Roman-Cuesta, R-M., Tobias, J., Gardner, T.A. (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, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00155.x

Maniatis, D., Malhi, Y., Andre, L.S., Mollicone, D., Barbier, N., Saatchi, S., Henry, M., Tellier, L., Schwartzenberg, M., and White, L. (2011) Evaluating the potential of commercial forest inventory data to report on forest carbon stock and forest carbon stock changes for REDD+ under the UNFCCC, International Journal of Forestry Research, vol 2011, Article ID 134526, doi: 10.1155/2011/134526

Salinas, N., Malhi, Y., Meir, P., Silman, M., Roman Cuesta, R., Huaman, J., Salinas, D., Huaman, V., Gibaja, A., Mamani, M. and Farfan, F. (2011) The sensitivity of tropical leaf litter decomposition to temperature: results from a large-scale leaf translocation experiment along an elevation gradient in Peruvian forests, New Phytologist, 189, 4, 967-977, no. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03521.x

Palin, O.F., Eggleton, P., Malhi, Y., Girardin, C.A.J., Rozas-Davila, A., Parr, C.L. (2011) Termite diversity along an Amazon -Andes elevation gradient, Peru, Biotropica, 43, 1, 100-107

Zelazowski, P., Malhi, Y., Huntingford, C., Sitch, S., Fisher, J.B. (2011) Changes in the potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a warmer planet , Philosphical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 369, 1934, 137-160

Fisher, J.B., Whittaker, R.W. and Malhi, Y. (2011) ET Come Home: Potential evapotranspiration in geographical ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, 1, 1-18

2010 publications

Malhado, A.C.M., Whittaker, R.J., Malhi, Y., Ladle, R.J., ter Steege, H., Phillips, O., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Baker, T.R., Arroyo, L., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Monteagudo, A., Pitman, N.C.A., Prieto, A., Salomão, R.P., Vásquez-Martīnez, R., Laurance, W.F. and Ramīrez-Angulo, H. (2010) Are compound leaves an adaptation to seasonal drought or to rapid growth? Evidence from the Amazon rain forest, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19, 852-862, doi: 10.1111/.1466-8238.2010.00567.x

Robertson, A.L., Malhi, Y., Farfan-Amezquita, F., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Robertson, M.A. (2010) Stem respiration in tropical forests along an elevation gradient in the Amazon and Andes, Global Change Biology, 16, 12, 3193-204

Girardin, C.A.J., Malhi, Y., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Mamani, M., Huaraca Huasco, W., Durand, L., Feeley, K.J., Rapp, J., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Silman, M., Salinas, N., Whittaker, R.J., (2010) Net primary productivity allocation and cycling of carbon along a tropical forest elevational transect in the Peruvian Andes, Global Change Biology, 16, 12, 3176-3192

Malhi, Y., Silman, M., Salinas, N., Bush, M., Meir, P. and Saatchi, S. (2010) Introduction: Elevation gradients in the tropics: laboratories for ecosystem ecology and global change research, Global Change Biology, 16, 12, 3171-3175

Zimmerman, M., Meir, P., Bird, M.I., Malhi, Y. and Ccahuana, A.J.Q. (2010) Temporal variation and climate dependence of soil respiration and its components along a 3000m altitudinal tropical forest gradient, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB4012

Fenn, K., Malhi, Y., Morecroft, M.D. (2010) Soil CO2 Efflux In A Temperate Deciduous Forest: Environmental Drivers And Component Contributions, Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, 42, 1685-1693

Gibbon, A., Silman, M.R., Malhi, Y., Fisher, J.B., Meir, P., Zimmerman, M., Dargie, G.C., Farfan, W.R., Garcia, K.C. (2010) Ecosystem carbon storage across the grassland-forest transition in the high Andes of Manu National Park, Peru, Ecosystems, 13: 1097-1111

Malhi, Y. (2010) The carbon balance of tropical forest regions, 1990-2005, Current Opinion in Sustainability Science, 2, 4, 237-244

Metcalfe, D.B., Meir, P., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Lobo-do-Vale, R., Galbraith, D., Fisher, R.A., Chaves, M.M., Maroco, J.P., Da Costa, A.C.L., De Almeida, S.S., Braga, A.P., Gonçalves, P.H.L., De Athaydes, J., Da Costa, M., Portela, T.T.B., De Oliveira, A.A.R., Malhi, Y. and Williams, M. (2010), Shifts in plant respiration and carbon use efficiency at a large-scale drought experiment in the eastern Amazon, New Phytologist, 187: 608–621. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03319.x

Anderson, L.O., Malhi, Y., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Ladle, R., Arai, E., Barbier, N. and Phillips, O. (2010), Remote sensing detection of droughts in Amazonian forest canopies. New Phytologist, 187: 733–750. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03355.x

Phillips, O.L., Van Der Heijden, G., Lewis, S.L., López-González, G., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Almeida, S., Dávila, E.A., Amaral, I., Andelman, S., Andrade, A., Arroyo, L., Aymard, G., Baker, T.R., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., De Oliveira, Á.C.A., Chao, K.-J., Cardozo, N.D., Da Costa, L., Feldpausch, T.R., Fisher, J.B., Fyllas, N.M., Freitas, M.A., Galbraith, D., Gloor, E., Higuchi, N., Honorio, E., Jiménez, E., Keeling, H., Killeen, T.J., Lovett, J.C., Meir, P., Mendoza, C., Morel, A., Vargas, P.N., Patiño, S., Peh, K.S.-H., Cruz, A.P., Prieto, A., Quesada, C. A., Ramírez, F., Ramírez, H., Rudas, A., Salamão, R., Schwarz, M., Silva, J., Silveira, M., Ferry Slik, J.W., Sonké, B., Thomas, A.S., Stropp, J., Taplin, J.R.D., Vásquez, R. and Vilanova, E. (2010), Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests. New Phytologist, 187: 631–646. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03359.x

Kleidon, A., Malhi, Y., Cox, P.M. (2010) Maximum entropy production in environmental and ecological systems, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 1545

Thomas, M.V., Malhi, Y., Fenn, K.M., Fisher, J.B., Morecroft, M.D., Lloyd, C.R., Taylor, M.E., McNeil, D.D. (2010)
Carbon dioxide fluxes over an ancient broadleaved deciduous woodland in southern England, Biogeosciences Discussions, 7, 3765-3814

Fenn, K., Malhi, Y., Morecroft, M., Lloyd, C. and Thomas, M. (2010) Comprehensive description of the carbon cycle of an ancient temperate broadleaved woodland, Biogeosciences Discussions, 7, 3735-3763

Butt, N., New, M., Malhi, Y., da Costa, A.C.L., Oliveira, P., Silva-Espejo, J.E, (2010) Diffuse radiation and cloud fraction relationships in two contrasting Amazonian rainforest sites, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150, 361-368

Fisher, J.B., Sitch, S., Malhi, Y., Fisher, R.A., Huntingford, C., Tan, S.Y. (2010) Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: A mechanistic, globally applicable model of plant nitrogen uptake, retranslocation, and fixation, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB1014

Metcalfe, D..,; Lobo-do-Vale, R., Chaves, M.M., Maroco, J.P., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., Da Costa, A.L., Braga, A.P., Goncalves, P.L., De Athaydes, J., Da Costa, M., Almeida, S.S., Campbell, C., Hurry, V., Williams, M., Meir, P. (2010) Impacts of experimentally imposed drought on leaf respiration and morphology in an Amazon rain forestFunctional Ecology, 24, 524-533

Delbart, N., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Viovy, N., Malhi, Y., Le Toan, T. Mortality as a key driver of the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass in Amazonian forests : results from a Dynamic Vegetation Model, Biogeosciences Discussions, 7, 3095-3123

Zimmermann, M., Meir, P., Silman, M.R., Fedders, A., Gibbon, A., Malhi, Y., Urrego, D.H., Bush, M.B., Feeley, K.J.; Garcia, K.C., Dargie, G.C., Farfan, W.R., Goetz, B.P., Johnson, W.T., Kline, K.M., Modi, A.T., Rurau, N.M.Q., Staudt, B.T., Zamora, F. (2010) No Differences in Soil Carbon Stocks Across the Tree Line in the Peruvian Andes, Ecosystems, 13, 62-74

Chave, J., Navarrete, D., Almeida, S., Alvarez, E., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Bonal, D., Chatelet, P., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Goret, J.Y., von Hildebrand, P., Jimenez, E., Patino, S., Penuela, M.C., Phillips, O.L., Stevenson, P., Malhi, Y. (2010) Regional and seasonal patterns of litterfall in tropical South America, Biogeosciences, 7, 43-55

Barbier, N; Couteron, P; Proisy, C; Malhi, Y; Gastellu-Etchegorry, JP (2010) The variation of apparent crown size and canopy heterogeneity across lowland Amazonian forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol 19, pp 72-84

2009

Malhi, Y., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Galbraith, D., Huntingford, C., Fisher, R., Zelazowski, P., Sitch, S., McSweeney, C., Meir, P. (2009) Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, 20610-20615

Malhi, Y., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Metcalfe, D.B., Paiva, R., Quesada, C.A., Almeida, S., Anderson, L., Brando, P., Chambers, J.Q., da Costa, A.C..L., Hutyra, LR., Oliveira, P., Patino, S., Pyle, E.H., Robertson, A.L., Teixeira, L.M. (2009) Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests, Global Change Biology, 15, 1255-1274

Malhi, Y., Davidson E.A., (2009) Biogeochemistry and ecology of terrestrial ecosystems of Amazonia, in Amazonia and Global Change, Geophysical Monographs Series 186, 293-29710.1029/2008GM000905

Malhi, Y., Saatchi, S., Girardin, C.A.J., Aragão, L.E.O.C. The production, storage and flow of carbon in Amazonian forests, in Amazonia and Global Change, Geophysical Monographs Series 186, doi: 10.1029/2008GM000779

Phillips, O.L., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Lewis, S.L., Fisher, J.B., Lloyd, J., López-González, G., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Peacock, J., Quesada, C.A. et al. (2009) Drought sensitivity of the Amazon forest, Science, 323, 1344-1347

Aragão, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., Metcalfe, D.B., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Jimenez, E., Navarrete, D., Almeida, S., Costa, A.C.L., Salinas, N., Phillips, O.L., Anderson, L.O., Alvarez, E., Baker, T.R., Goncalvez, P.H., Huaman-Ovalle, J., Mamani-Solorzano, M., Meir, P., Monteagudo, A., Patino, S., Penuela, M.C., Prieto, A., Quesada, C.A., Rozas-Davila, A., Rudas, A., Silva, J.A., Vasquez, R. (2009) Above- and below-ground net primary productivity across ten Amazonian forests on contrasting soils, Biogeosciences, 12, 2759-2778

Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y., Bonal, D., Da Rocha, H.R., De Araujo, A.C., Gamo, M., Goulden, M.L., Hirano, T., Huete, A.R., Kondo, H., Kumagai, T., Loescher, H.W., Miller, S., Nobre, A.D., Nouvellon, Y., Oberbauer, S.F., Panuthai, S., Roupsard, O., Saleska, S., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, N., Tu, K.P., Von Randow, C. (2009) The land-atmosphere water flux in the tropics, Global Change Biology, 15, 2694-2714

Anderson, LO., Malhi, Y., Ladle, R.J., Aragao, .LE.O.C., Shimabukuro, Y., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T., Costa, A.C.L., Espejo, J.S., Higuchi, N., Laurance, W.F., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Monteagudo, A., Nunez-Vargas, P., Peacock, J., Quesada, C.A., Almeida, S. (2009) Influence of landscape heterogeneity on spatial patterns of wood productivity, wood specific density and above ground biomass in Amazonia, Biogeosciences, 6, 1883-1902

Malhado, A.C.M., Malhi, Y., Whittaker, R.J., Ladle, R.J., ter Steege, H., Phillips, O.L., Butt, N., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Quesada, C.A., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Peacock, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Baker, T.R., Anderson, L.O., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Pitman, N., Prieto, A., Salomao, R.P., Vasquez-Martinez, R., Laurance, W.F. (2009) Spatial trends in leaf size of Amazonian rainforest trees, Biogeosciences, 6, 1563-1576

Fyllas, N.M., Patino, S., Baker, T.R., Nardoto, G.B., Martinelli, L.A., Quesada, C.A., Paiva, R., Schwarz, M., Horna, V., Mercado, L.M., Santos, A., Arroyo, L., Jimenez, E.M., Luizao, F.J., Neill, D.A., Silva, N., Prieto, A., Rudas, A., Silviera, M., Vieira, I.C.G., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L., Lloyd, J. (2009) Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate, Biogeosciences, 6, 2677-2708

Butt, N., New, M., Lizcano, G., Malhi, Y. (2009) Spatial patterns and recent trends in cloud fraction and cloud-related diffuse radiation in Amazonia, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 114, D21104

Zimmermann, M., Meir, P., Bird, M.I., Malhi, Y., Ccahuana, A.J.Q. (2009) Climate dependence of heterotrophic soil respiration from a soil-translocation experiment along a 3000m tropical forest altitudinal gradient. European Journal of Soil Science, 60, 895-906

Malhado, A.C.M., Whittaker, R.J., Malhi, Y., Ladle, R.J., ter Steege, H., Butt, N., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Quesada, C.A., Murakami-Araujo, A., Phillips, O.L., Peacock, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Baker, T.R., Anderson, .LO., Arroyo, L., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Pitman, N.C.A., Prieto, A., Salomao, R.P., Vasquez, R., Laurance, W.F., Ramirez, H. (2009) Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees. Biogeosciences,6, 1577-1590

Gloor, M., Phillips, O.L., Lloyd, J.J., Lewis, S.L., Malhi, Y., Baker, T.R., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Peacock, J., Almeida, S., de Oliveira, A.C.A., Alvarez, E., Amaral, I., Arroyo, L., Aymard, G., Banki, O., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Brando, P., Chao, K.J., Chave, J., Davila, N., Erwin, T., Silva, J., Di Fiore, A., Feldpausch, T.R., Freitas, A., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Honorio, E., Jimenez, E., Killeen, T., Laurance, W., Mendoza, C., Monteagudo, A., Andrade, A., Neill, D., Nepstad, D., Vargas, .PN., Penuela, M.C., Cruz, A.P., Prieto, A., Pitman, N., Quesada, C., Salomao, R., Silveira, M., Schwarz, M., Stropp, J., Ramirez, F., Ramirez, H., Rudas, A., ter Steege, H., Silva, N., Torres, A., Terborgh, J., Vasquez, R., van der Heijden, G. (2009) Does the disturbance hypothesis explain the biomass increase in basin-wide Amazon forest plot data? Global Change Biology, 15, 2418-2430

Zimmermann, M., Meir, P., Bird, M., Malhi Y., Ccahuana, A. (2009) Litter contribution to diurnal and annual soil respiration in a tropical montane cloud forest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 1338-1340

Patiño, S., Lloyd, J., Paiva, R., Baker, T.R., Quesada, C.A., Mercado, L.M., Schmerler, J., Schwarz, M., Santos, A.J.B., Aguilar, A., Czimczik, C.I., Gallo, J., Horna, V., Hoyos, E.J., Jimenez, E.M., Palomino, W., Peacock, J., Pena-Cruz, A., Sarmiento, C., Sota, A., Turriago, J.D., Villanueva, B., Vitzthum, P., Alvarez, E., Arroyo, L., Baraloto, C., Bonal, D., Chave, J., Costa, A.C.L., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Leal, E., Luizao, F., Meir, P., Monteagudo, A., Neil, D., Nunez-Vargas, P., Penuela, M.C., Pitman, N., Priante, N., Prieto, A., Panfil, S.N., Rudas, A., Salomao, R., Silva, N., Silveira, M., deAlmeida, S.S., Torres-Lezama, A., Vasquez-Martinez, R., Vieira, I., Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L., (2009) Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon Basin, Biogeosciences, 6, 545-568

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, S.G., Nascimento, H., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Silva, J.N.M., Malhi, Y., Gonzalez, G.L., 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

Lewis, S.L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Sonke, B., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T.R., Ojo, L.O., Phillips, O.L., Reitsma, J.M., White, L., Comiskey, J.A., Djuikouo, M.N., Ewango, C.E.N., Feldpausch, T.R., Hamilton, A.C., Gloor, M., 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., Woll, H. (2009) Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. Nature, 457, 1003-1006

Metcalfe, D.B., Meir, P., Aragao, L.E.O.C., da Costa, A.C.L., Braga, A.P., Goncalves, P.H.L., Silva, J.D., de Almeida, S.S;., Dawson, L.A., Malhi, Y., Williams, M. (2009) The effects of water availability on root growth and morphology in an Amazon rainforest, Plant and Soil, 311, 189-199

Butt, N., Campbell, G., Malhi, Y., Morecroft, M., Fenn, K., Thomas, M. (2009) Initial results from establishment of a long-term broadleaf monitoring plot at Wytham Woods, Oxford, UK. University of Oxford report

Stropp, J., ter Steege, H. and Malhi, Y., (2009) Disentangling regional and local tree diversity in the Amazon. Ecography, vol 32, pp 46-54

 

2008

Aragão, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., Barbier, N., Lima , A., Shimabukuro, Y., Anderson , L., and Saatchi, S., ‘Interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires during recent years in the Brazilian Amazonia', Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society

Huntingford, C., Fisher, R.A., Mercado, L., Booth, B.B.B., Sitch, S., Harris, P.P., Cox, P.M., Jones, C.D., Betts, R.A., Malhi, Y., Harris, G.R., Collins, M. and Moorecroft, P., ‘Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon “dieback”', Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society

Metcalfe, D., Meir, P., Aragão, L.E.O.C., da Costa, A., Almeida, S., Braga, A., Goncalves, P., Athaydes, J., Malhi, Y. and Williams, M., ‘Sample sizes for estimating key ecosystem characteristics in a tropical terra firme rainforest', Forest Ecology and Management

Malhi, Y., Roberts, J.T., Betts, R.A., Killeen , T.J. and Nobre , C.A. , ‘Climate change, deforestation and the fate of the Amazon', Science

Malhi, Y., Roman Cuesta, R.M., ‘Analysis of lacunarity and scales of spatial homogeneity in IKONOS satellite images of tropical forest canopies', in press, Remote Sensing of the Environment

Betts, R.A., Malhi, Y., Roberts, J.T., ‘The future of the Amazon: new perspectives from climate, ecosystem and social sciences', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, in press

Butt, N., Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L., New, M., ‘Floristic and functional affiliations of woody plants with climate in western Amazonia ', in press, Journal of Biogeography

2007

Metcalfe, D.B., Williams, M., Aragao, L.E.O.C., da Costa, A.C.L., de Almeida, S.S., Braga, A.P., Goncalves, P.H.L., de Athaydes Silva Junior, J., Malhi, Y. and Meir, P., ‘A method for extracting plant roots from soil which facilitates rapid sample processing without compromising measurement accuracy', New Phytologist

Malhi, Y., ‘Carbon in the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere in the early Anthropocene' in Advances in Science (editor P. Sammonds), Cambridge University Press

Aragão, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., Roman-Cuesta, R.M., Saatchi, S., Anderson, L.O., Shimabukuro, Y.E., ‘Fingerprints of the 1997/1998 and 2005 droughts and their impact on the susceptibility of Amazonian rainforests to fires, Geophysical Research Letters

Parmentier, I. , Malhi, Y., Senterre, B., Whittaker, R.J. et al., ‘The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree a-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests?', Journal of Ecology

Metcalfe, D.B., Meir, P., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., da Costa, A.D.L., Braga, A., Gonçalves, P.H.L., de Athaydes, J., de Almeida, S.S. and Williams, M., ‘Factors controlling spatio-temporal variation in carbon dioxide efflux from surface litter, roots, and soil organic matter at four rain forest sites in the eastern Amazon', Journal of Geophysical Research

Aragão, L.E.O.C., Malhi Y., Roman-Cuesta, R.M., Saatchi, S., Anderson, L.O., Shimabukuro and Y.E., ‘Spatial patterns and fire response of recent Amazonian droughts', Geophysical Research Letters

Anderson , L.O., Malhi, Y., Aragao, L.E.O.C. and Saatchi, S., ‘Spatial patterns of the canopy stress during 2005 drought in Amazonia ', IGARSS: 2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

Fisher, R.A., Williams, M., da Costa, A.L., Malhi, Y., da Costa, R.F., Almeida, S. and Meir, P., ‘The response of an Eastern Amazonian rain forest to drought stress: results and modelling analyses from a throughfall exclusion experiment', Global Change Biology

Luyssaert, S., Inglima, I., Jung, M., Richardson, A.D., Reichstein, M., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Schulze, E.-D., Wingate, L., Matteucci, G., Aragão, L., Aubinet, M., Beer, C., Bernhofer, C., Black, K.G., Bonal, D., Bonnefond, J.-M., Chambers, J., Ciais, P., Cook, B., Davis, K.J., Dolman, A.J., Gielen, B., Goulden, M., Grace, J., Granier, A., Grelle, A., Griffis, T., Grünwald, T., Guidolotti, G., Hanson, P.J., Harding, R., Hollinger, D.Y., Hutyra, L.R., Kolari, P., Kruijt, B., Kutsch, W., Lagergren, F., Laurila, T., Law, B.E., le Maire, G., Lindroth, A., Loustau, D., Malhi, Y., Mataus, J., Migliavacca, M., Misson, L., Montagnani, L., Moncrieff, J., Moors, E., Munger, J.W., Nikinmaa, E., Ollinger, S.V., Pita, G., Rebmann, C., Roupsard, O., Saigusa, N., Sanz, M.J., Seufert, G., Sierra, C., Smith, M.-L., Tang, J., Valentini, R., Vesala, T. and Janssens, I.A., ‘CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database', Global Change Biology

2006

Malhi Y., Wood, D., Baker, T.R., et al., ‘The regional variation of aboveground live biomass in old-growth Amazonian forests', Global Change Biology

Phillips, O.L., Lewis, S.L., Baker, T.R. and Malhi, Y., ‘The response of South American tropical forests to contemporary atmospheric change., in Tropical forest responses to climate change (editors M Bush and J.R. Flenley), Springer, Berlin

Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T.R., Malhi, Y., and Lloyd, J., ‘Tropical forests and atmospheric carbon dioxide: current conditions and future scenarios, in avoiding dangerous climate change', eds Schellnhuber, H.J., Cramer, W., Nakecenovic, N. and Yohe, G., Cambridge University Press

2005

Malhi Y. and Phillips OL (editors) Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change , Oxford University Press, 356 pp.

Malhi Y. (2005) The carbon balance of the tropical forest biome, in The carbon balance of forest biomes, ed. H Griffiths and P.G. Jarvis, Taylor and Francis, Oxford, UK.

Maslin, M., Malhi, Y. , Phillips, O.L. and Cowling, S. 2005, New views on an old, old forest: assessing the longevity, resilience and future of the Amazon rainforest, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 30, 477-499.

Velarde S.J., Malhi Y., Moran D., Wright J. & Hussain S. (2005) Valuing the impacts of climate change on protected areas in Africa, Ecological Economics, doi: 10.10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.07.024.

Iwata H., Malhi Y. and von Randow C. Gap-filling measurements of carbon dioxide storage within a tropical rainforest canopy airspace, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 132, 305-314.

Ciais P., Janssens I., Shvidenko A., Wirth C., Malhi Y., Grace J., Schulze E.-D., Heimann M., Phillips O. & Dolman A.J. (2005) The potential for rising CO2 to account for the observed uptake of carbon by tropical, temperate, and boreal forest biomes, in The carbon balance of forest biomes, ed. H Griffiths and P.G. Jarvis, Taylor and Francis, Oxford, UK.

Pegoraro, E., Rey, A., Barron-Gafford, G., Monson, R., Malhi, Y . and Murthy, R. 2005 The interacting effects of elevated atmospheric [CO 2 ], drought and leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit on ecosystem isoprene fluxes, Oecologia , 146, 120-129.

Pegoraro, E., Abrell, L., Vanharen, J., Malhi, Y ., Guanghui, L. and Murthy, R. Effects of elevated atmospheric [CO 2 ] and drought on sources and sinks of isoprene in a temperate and tropical rainforest mesocosm, Global Change Biology, 11, 1234-1246.

2004

Malhi Y. & Wright J. (2004) Spatial patterns and recent trends in the climate of tropical forest regions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences.

Malhi Y., Phillips O. L., Baker T., Lloyd J. & and others 2004 The above-ground coarse wood produvtivity of 104 Neotropical forest plots,. Global Change Biology.

Malhi, Y., MacNaughton, K. & Von Randow, C. 2004 Low frequency atmospheric transport and surface flux measurements, in Handbook of Micrometeorology: A guide for surface flux measurement and analysis (ed. X. Lee, W. Massman and B.E.Law), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrechr, The Netherlands.

Lewis S. L., Malhi Y. & Phillips O. L. 2004 Fingerprinting agents of global change in tropical forests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

Baker T. R., Phillips O. L., Malhi Y. & et al 2004 Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology.

Baker T. R., Phillips O. L., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Di Fiore A., Higuchi N., Killeen T. J., Laurance S. G., Laurance W. F., Lewis S. L., Monteagudo A., Neill D. A., Pitman N. C. A., Silva N. & Vasquez R. 2004 Increasing biomass in Amazon forests Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences.

Sotta E. D., Meir P., Malhi Y., Nobre A. D. & Grace J. (2004) Soil carbon dioxide efflux in tropical forest in central Amazonia. Global Change Biology.

Phillips O. L., Baker T. R., Arroyo L., Higuchi N., Killeen T. J., Laurance W. F., Lewis S. L., Lloyd J., Malhi Y., Monteagudo A., Neill D. A., Nunez P., Silva J. M. N., Terborgh J., Vasquez-Martinez R., Alexiades M., Almeida S., Brown S., Chave J., Comiskey J. A., Czimczik C. I., Di Fiore A., Erwin T., Kuebler C. A., Laurance S. G., Nascimento H. E. M., Palacios W., Patino S., Pitman N. C. A., 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-Biological Sciences.

Harris P. P., Huntingford C., Gash J. H. C., Hodnett M., Cox P. M., Malhi Y. & Araujo A. C. 2004 Calibration of a land surface model using data from primary forest sites in Amazonia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.

Harris P. P., Huntingford C., Cox P. M., Gash J. H. C. & Malhi Y. 2004 The effect of soil moisture on canopy conductance of primary rainforest in central Amazonia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Lewis S. L., Phillips O. L., Baker T. R., Lloyd J., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Higuchi N., Laurance W. F., Neill D. A., Silva J. M. N., Terborgh J., Torres Lezama A., Brown S., Chave J., Keubler C. A., Nunez P. V., Vasquez R. & Vinceti B. 2003 Are Global Change Agents Causing Widespread Changes in Tropical Forest Dynamics? A Test of Predictions Using Long-Term Inventory data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

Harley P., Vasconcellos P., Vierling L., Pinheiro C. C., Greenburg J., Guenther A., Klinger L., Neill D., Baker T. R., Phillips O. L. & Malhi Y. 2002 Variation in potential for isoprene emissions among Neotropical forest sites. Global Change Biology.

Lewis, S. L., O. L. Phillips, D. Sheil, B. Vinceti, T. R. Baker, S. Brown, A. W. Graham, N. Higuchi, D. W. Hilbert, W. F. Laurance, J. Lejoly, Y. Malhi, A. Monteagudo, P. N. Vargas, B. Sonke, N. Supardi, J. W. Terborgh and R. V. Martinez (2004). "Tropical forest tree mortality, recruitment and turnover rates: calculation, interpretation and comparison when census intervals vary." Journal of Ecology 92(6): 929-944.

Pegoraro, E., A. Rey, E. G. Bobich, G. Barron-Gafford, K. A. Grieve, Y. Malhi and R. Murthy (2004). "Effect of elevated CO2 concentration and vapour pressure deficit on isoprene emission from leaves of Populus deltoides during drought." Functional Plant Biology 31(12): 1137-1147.

Pegoraro, E., A. Rey, J. Greenberg, P. Harley, J. Grace, Y. Malhi and A. Guenther (2004). "Effect of drought on isoprene emission rates from leaves of Quercus virginiana Mill." Atmospheric Environment 38(36): 6149-6156.

2003

Malhi Y., Meir P. & Brown S. 2003 Forests, carbon and global climate. In Capturing carbon and conserving biodiversity: a market approach (ed. I. R. Swingland), pp. 15-41. London: Earthscan.

Malhi Y., Diary Jan-Jun 2002. In Ten Scientists’ Diaries, Gulbenkian Foundation

Finnigan J. J., Clement R., Malhi Y., Leuning R. & Cleugh H. A. 2002 A re-evaluation of long-term flux measurement techniques part 1: averaging and co-ordinate rotation. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 107, 1-48

2002

Grace J. & Malhi Y. 2002 Global change - Carbon dioxide goes with the flow. Nature 416, 594-595.

Malhi Y. 2002 Carbon in the Atmosphere and Biosphere in the 21st Century. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A

Malhi Y., Pegoraro E., Nobre A. D., Pereira M. G. P., Grace J., Culf A. D. & Clement R. 2002 The water and energy dynamics of a central Amazonian rain forest. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107, D20.

Malhi Y., Meir P. & Brown S. 2002 Forests, carbon and global climate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 360, 1567-1591.

Malhi Y., Phillips O. L., Baker T., Almeida S., Fredericksen T., Grace J., Higuchi N., Killeen T., Laurance W. F., Leano C., Lloyd J., Meir P., Monteagudo A., Neill D., Nunez P. V., Panfil S. N., Pitman N., Rudas A., Salomao R., Saleska S., Silva N., Silveira M., Sombroek W. G., Valencia R., Vieira I. & Vinceti B. 2001 An international network to understand the biomass 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., Vargas P. N., Martinez R. V., Laurance S., Ferreira L. V., Stern M., Brown S. & Grace J. 2002 Changes in growth of tropical forests: Evaluating potential biases. Ecological Applications 12, 576-587.

Carswell F. E., Costa A. L., Palheta M., Malhi Y., Meir P., Costa J. d. P. R., Leal L. d. S. M., Costa J. M. N., Clement R. J. & Grace J. 2002 Seasonality in CO2 and H20 flux at an eastern Amazonian rain forest. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107, D20, art. no. 8076.

Phillips O. L., Martinez R. V., Arroyo L., Baker T. R., Killeen T., Lewis S. L., Malhi Y., Mendoza A. M., Neill D., Vargas P. N., Alexiades M., Ceron 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.

Law B. E., Falge E., Gu L., Baldocchi D. D., Bakwin P., Berbigier P., Davis K., Dolman A. J., Falk M., Fuentes J. D., Goldstein A., Granier A., Grelle A., Hollinger D., Janssens I. A., Jarvis P., Jensen N. O., Katul G., Malhi Y., Matteucci G., Meyers T., Monson R., Munger W., Oechel W., Olson R., Pilegaard K., Paw K. T., Thorgeirsson H., Valentini R., Verma S., Vesala T., Wilson K. & Wofsy S. 2002 Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113, 97-120.

Falge E., Baldocchi D., Tenhunen J., Aubinet M., Bakwin P., Berbigier P., Bernhofer C., Burba G., Clement R., Davis K. J., Elbers J. A., Goldstein A. H., Grelle A., Granier A., Guomundsson J., Hollinger D., Kowalski A. S., Katul G., Law B. E., Malhi Y., Meyers T., Monson R. K., Munger J. W., Oechel W., Paw K. T., Pilegaard K., Rannik U., Rebmann C., Suyker A., Valentini R., Wilson K. & Wofsy S. 2002 Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113, 53-74.

Falge E., Tenhunen J., Baldocchi D., Aubinet M., Bakwin P., Berbigier P., Bernhofer C., Bonnefond J. M., Burba G., Clement R., Davis K. J., Elbers J. A., Falk M., Goldstein A. H., Grelle A., Granier A., Grunwald T., Gudmundsson J., Hollinger D., Janssens I. A., Keronen P., Kowalski A. S., Katul G., Law B. E., Malhi Y., Meyers T., Monson R. K., Moors E., Munger J. W., Oechel W., U K., Pilegaard K., Rannik U., Rebmann C., Suyker A., Thorgeirsson H., Tirone G., Turnipseed A., Wilson K. & Wofsy S. 2002 Phase and amplitude of ecosystem carbon release and uptake potentials as derived from FLUXNET measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113, 75-95.

Andreae M. O., Artaxo P., Brandão C., Carswell F. E., Ciccioli P., da Costa A. L., Culf A. D., Esteves J. L., Gash J. H. C., Grace J., Kabat P., Lelieveld J., Malhi Y., Manzi A. O., Meixner F. X., Nobre A. D., NOBRE C., Ruivo M. d. L. P., Silva-Dias M. A., Stefani P., Valentini R., von Jouanne J. & Waterloo M. J. 2002 Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, trace gases, and aerosols in Amazonia: The LBA-EUSTACH experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107, D20.

2001

Baldocchi D., Falge E., Gu L. H., Olson R., Hollinger D., Running S., Anthoni P., Bernhofer C., Davis K., Evans R., Fuentes J., Goldstein A., Katul G., Law B., Lee X. H., Malhi Y., Meyers T., Munger W., Oechel W., U K., Pilegaard K., Schmid H. P., Valentini R., Verma S., Vesala T., Wilson K. & Wofsy S. 2001 FLUXNET: A new tool to study the temporal and spatial variability of ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy flux densities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82, 2415-2434.

Grace J., Meir P. & Malhi Y. 2001 Keeping track of carbon flows between biosphere and atmosphere. In Ecology: Achievement and Challenge (ed. M. C. Press), pp. 249-269.Blackwell Science, Blackwell.

Grace J., Malhi Y., Higuchi N. & Meir P. 2001 Productivity and carbon fluxes of tropical rain forests. In Terrestrial Global Productivity: Past, Present and Future (ed. H. Mooney & B. Saugier), pp. 401-426.Academic Press.

Hellier A., McGhee W., Tipper R., Mayhew J., Malhi Y. & Meir P. 2001 Climate Change and Forestry. In State of the World's Forests 2001 (ed. M. H. El-Lakany), pp. 60-73. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organisation.

The Royal Society Working Group on Land Carbon Sinks (Read, D., Beerling, D., Cannell, M., Cox, P., Curran, P., Grace, J., Ineson, P., Jarvis, P., Malhi Y., Powlson, D., Shepherd, J., and Woodward, I). The role of land carbon sinks in mitigating global climate change. 1-27. 6-1-2001. The Royal Society.

2000

Fisch G., Culf A. D., Malhi Y., Nobre C. A. & Nobre A. D. 2000 Carbon dioxide measurements in the nocturnal boundary layer over Amazonian tropical forest. In Global climate change and tropical ecosystems (ed. R. Lal, J. Kimble, & B. A. Stewart), pp. 391-404.Lewis.

Kruijt B., Malhi Y., Lloyd J., Nobre A. D., Miranda A. C., Pereira M. G. P., Culf A. & Grace J. 2000 Turbulence statistics above and within two Amazon rain forest canopies. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 94, 297-331.

Malhi Y. and Meir, P. Climate Change: the threats to world forests. 1-56. 2000. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Ref Type: Report.

Malhi Y. & Grace J. 2000 Tropical forests and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15, 332-337.

1999

Culf A. D., Fisch G., Malhi Y., Costa R. C., Nobre A. D., Marques A. D., Gash J. H. C. & Grace J. 1999 Carbon dioxide measurements in the nocturnal boundary layer over Amazonian forest. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 3, 39-53.

Grace J. & Malhi Y. 1999 How rain forests influence the atmosphere. Botanical Journal of Scotland 51, 69-85.

Grace J. & Malhi Y. 1999 The role of rain forests in the global carbon cycle. Progress in Environmental Science 1, 177-193.

Malhi Y., Baldocchi D. D. & Jarvis P. G. 1999 The carbon balance of tropical, temperate and boreal forests. Plant Cell and Environment 22, 715-740.

Tipper R., Malhi Y., Meir P., Glace J. & Jarvis P. 1999 Woods and sinks. New Scientist 164, 59-59.

1998

Malhi Y., Nobre A. D., Grace J., Kruijt B., Pereira M. G. P., Culf A. & Scott S. 1998 Carbon dioxide transfer over a Central Amazonian rain forest. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 103, 31593-31612.

Phillips O. L., Malhi Y., Higuchi N., Laurance W. F., Nunez P. V., Vasquez R. M., Laurance S. G., Ferreira L. V., Stern M., Brown S. & Grace J. 1998 Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: Evidence from long-term plots. Science 282, 439-442.

Williams M., Malhi Y., Nobre A. D., Rastetter E. B., Grace J. & Pereira M. G. P. 1998 Seasonal variation in net carbon exchange and evapotranspiration in a Brazilian rain forest: a modelling analysis. Plant Cell and Environment 21, 953-968.

1997

Culf A. D., Fisch G., Malhi Y. & Nobre C. A. 1997 The influence of the atmospheric boundary layer on carbon dioxide concentrations over a tropical forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 85, 149-158.

1996

Grace J., Malhi Y., Lloyd J., McIntyre J., Miranda A. C., Meir P. & Miranda H. S. 1996 The use of eddy covariance to infer the net carbon dioxide uptake of Brazilian rain forest. Global Change Biology 2, 209-217.

Malhi Y. 1996 The behaviour of the roughness length for temperature over heterogeneous surfaces. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 122, 1095-1125.

Moncrieff J. B., Malhi Y. & Leuning R. 1996 The propagation of errors in long-term measurements of land- atmosphere fluxes of carbon and water. Global Change Biology 2, 231-240.

1995

Grace J., Lloyd J., McIntyre J., Miranda A. C., Meir P., Miranda H. S., Nobre, Moncrieff J., Gash J. H. C., Malhi Y., Wright I. R. & Gash J. H. C. 1995 Carbon dioxide uptake by an undisturbed tropical rainforest in southwest Amazonia, 1992 to 1993. Science 270, 778-780.

Malhi Y. 1995 The significance of the dual solutions for heat fluxes measured by the temperature fluctuation method in stable conditions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 74, 389-396.

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