Yadvinder Malhi CBE FRS is Professor of Ecosystem Science at the Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, and Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College.
Professor Malhi explores the functioning of the biosphere and its interactions with global change, including climate change. He has a particular fascination with and love for tropical forests, though he has recently been spotted in ecosystems ranging from savannas, the Arctic, tropical coral reefs and Oxfordshire's woodlands and floodplain meadows.
He looks at how natural ecosystems may be shifting in response to global atmospheric change, and how protecting or restoring natural ecosystems can help tackle climate change, and help adaptation to the consequences of climate change.
His team at the Environmental Change Institute is known for collecting intensive field data from fascinating but sometimes tough and remote forests. They have ongoing programmes of research in Asia, Africa, the Amazon and Andes regions, and Oxford's own Wytham Woods. A new recent focus has been on nature recovery and biodiversity restoration in the UK.
While addressing fundamental questions about ecosystem function and dynamics, his research findings are significant for conservation and adaptation to climate change. He is a Trustee of the Natural History Museum of London, President-Elect of the British Ecological Society, chairs a number of programmes on biodiversity at the Royal Society, and is a scientific advisor on nature restoration for the UK government and the government of Scotland.
He leads an active Ecosystem Dynamics research lab focussing on forest vegetation-atmosphere interactions, employing field studies, satellite remote sensing and ecosystem modelling.
Current Research
The broad scope of my research interests is the impact of global change on the ecology, structure and composition of terrestrial ecosystems, and in particular temperate and tropical forests, though recently I have been spotted a few times in the Antarctic and Arctic … This research addresses fundamental questions about ecosystem function and dynamics, whilst at the same time providing outputs of direct relevance for conservation and adaptation to climate change. We apply a range of techniques including field physiological studies, large-scale and long-term ecological monitoring, social sciences methods, satellite remote-sensing and GIS, ecosystem modelling, and micrometeorological techniques.
My team has a reputation in collecting intensive field data from fascinating but sometimes tough and remote forests, and linking these data to models and satellite data to address global issues surrounding tropical forests.
My university post is supported by the Jackson Foundation, and our global research is funded by grants from the European Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council, and others.
Teaching
Prof. Malhi teaches on biodiversity and ecosystem assessment techniques for the MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management. He also teaches on tropical forests, environmental modelling and GIS/remote sensing for the MSc in Environmental Change and Management, for which he is also an internal examiner.
Metcalfe, D.B., Meir, P., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Malhi, Y., da Costa, A.C.L., Braga, A., Goncalves, P.H.L., de Athaydes, J., de Almeida, S.S. and Williams, M. (2007) 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. . pp. 9.
Hirons, M., Beauchamp, E., Whitfield, S., Conway, D., Asare, R. and Malhi, Y. (2020) Resilience to Climate Shocks in the Tropics. Environmental Research Letters, 15. 100203.
Oliveras, I., Bentley, L., Fyllas, N.M., Gvozdevaite, A., Shenkin, A.F., Peprah, T., Morandi, P., Peixoto, K.S., Boakye, M., Adu-Bredu, A., Schwantes Marimon, B., Marimon Junior, B.H., Martin, R., Asner, G., Diaz, S., Enquist, B.J. and Malhi, Y. (2020) The Influence of Taxonomy and Environment on Leaf Trait Variation Along Tropical Abiotic Gradients. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3.
Walker, A.P., De Kauwe, M.G., Bastos, A., Belmecheri, S., Georgiou, K., Keeling, R., McMahon, S.M., Medlyn, B.E., Moore, D.J.P., Norby, R.J., Zaehle, S., Anderson-Teixeira, K.J., Battipaglia, G., Brienen, R.J.W., Cabugao, K.G., Cailleret, M., Campbell, E., Canadell, J., Ciais, P., Craig, M.E., Ellsworth, D., Farquhar, G., Fatichi, S., Fisher, J.B., Frank, D., Graven, H., Gu, L., Haverd, V., Heilman, K., Heimann, M., Hungate, B.A., Iversen, C.M., Joos, F., Jiang, M., Keenan, T.F., Knauer, J., Körner, C., Leshyk, V.O., Leuzinger, S., Liu, Y., MacBean, N., Malhi, Y., McVicar, T., Penuelas, J., Pongratz, J., Powell, A.S., Riutta, T., Sabot, M.E.B., Schleucher, J., Sitch, S., Smith, W.K., Sulman, B., Taylor, B., Terrer, C., Torn, M.S., Treseder, K., Trugman, A.T., Trumbore, S.E., van Mantgem, P.J., Voelker, S.L., Whelan, M.E. and Zuidema, P.A. (2020) Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2. New Phytologist.
Aguirre-Gutierrez, J., Oliveras, I., Rifai, S., Fauset, S., Adu-Bredu, S., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T.R., Feldpausch, T.R., Gvozdevaite, A., Hubau, W., Kraft, N.J.B., Lewis, S.L., Moore, S., Niinemets, U., Peprah, R., Phillips, O.L., Zieminska, K., Enquist, B. and Malhi, Y. (2019) Drier tropical forests are susceptible to functional changes in response to a long-term drought. Ecology Letters, 22(5): 855-865.
Shenkin, A., Bentley, L.P., Oliveras, I., Salinas, N., Adu-Bredu, S., Marimon, B.H., Marimon, B., Peprah, T., Lopez Choque, E., Rodriguez, L.T., Arenas, E.R.C., Adonteng, C., Seidu, J., Passos, F.B., Reis, S.M., Blonder, B., Silman, M., Enquist, B.J., Asner, G.P. and Malhi, Y. (2019) The Influence of Ecosystem and Phylogeny on Tropical Tree Crown Size and Shape. bioRxiv: 1-36.
Doughty, C.E., Santos-Andrade, P.E., Shenkin, A., Goldsmith, G.R., Bentley, L.P., Blonder, B., Diaz, S., Salinas, N., Enquist, B.J., Martin, R.E., Asner, G.P. and Malhi, Y. (2018) Tropical forest leaves may darken in response to climate change. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2: 1918-1924.
Fadrique, B., Baez, S., Duque, A., Malizia, A., Blundo, C., Carilla, J., Osinaga-Acosta, O., Malizia, L., Silman, M., Farfan-Rios, W., Malhi, Y., Young, K.R., Cuesta, F., Homeier, J., Peralvo, M., Pinto, E., Jadan, O., Aguirre, N., Aguirre, Z. and Feeley, K. (2018) Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change. Nature.
Labriere, N., Tao, S., Chave, J., Scipal, K., Le Toan, R., Abernethy, K., Alonso, A., Barber, N., Bissiengou, P., Casal, R., Davies, S.J., Farraz, A., Herault, B., Jaouen, G., Jeffery, K.J., Kenfack, D., Korte, L., Lewis, S.L., Malhi, Y., Memiaghe, H.R., Poulsen, J.R., Rejou-Mechain, M., Villard, L., Vencent, G., White, L.J.T. and Saatchi, S. (2018) Data In situ reference datasets from the TropiSAR and AfriSAR campaigns in support of upcoming spaceborne biomass missions. EEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing: 1-11.
Moore, S., Adu-Bredu, S., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Addo-Danso, S.D., Ibrahim, F., Mbou, A.T., dr Grandcourt, A., Valentini, R., Nicolini, G., Djagbetey, G., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Gvozdevaite, A., Oliveras, I., Ruiz-Jaen, M. and Malhi, Y. (2018) Forest biomass, productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa. Global Change Biology, 24(2): 496-510.
Asner, G.P., Martin, R.E., Anderson, C.B., Kryston, K., Vaughn, N., Knapp, D.E., Bentley, L.P., Shenkin, A., Salinas, N., Sinca, F., Tupayachi, R., Quispe Huaypar, K., Montoya Pillco, M., Ccori Álvarez, F.D., Díaz, S., Enquist, B. and Malhi, Y. (2017) Scale dependence of canopy trait distributions along a tropical forest elevation gradient. New Phytologist, 214(3): 973-988.
Cushman, S.A., Macdonald, E.A., Landguth, E.L., Malhi, Y. and Macdonald, D.W. (2017) Multiple-scale prediction of forest loss risk across Borneo. Landscape Ecology.
Enquist, B.J., Bentley, L.P., Shenkin, A., Maitner, B., Savage, V., Michaletz, S., Blonder, B., Buzzard, V., Espinoza, T.E.B., Farfan-Rios, W., Doughty, C.E., Goldsmith, G.R., Martin, R.E., Salinas, N., Silman, M., Diaz, S., Asner, G.P. and Malhi, Y. (2017) Assessing trait-based scaling theory in tropical forests spanning a broad temperature gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeographyaphy.
Esquivel Muelbert, A., Baker, T.R., Dexter, K., Lewis, S.L., ter Steege, H., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Monteagudo Mendoza, A., Brienen, R., Feldpausch, T.R., Pitman, N., Alonso, A., van der Heijden, G., Peña-Claros, M., Ahuite, M., Alexiaides, M., Álvarez Dávila, E., Araujo Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Aulestia, M., Balslev, H., Barroso, J., Boot, R., Cano, A., Chama Moscoso, V., Comiskey, J., Dallmeier, F., Daly, D., Dávila, N., Duivenvoorden, J., Javier Duque Montoya, A., Erwin, T., Di Fiore, A., Fredericksen, T., Fuentes, A., García-Villacorta, R., Gonzales, T., Guevara, J.E.A., Honorio Coronado, E.N., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Killeen, T., Malhi, Y., Mendoza, C., Mogollón, H., Møller Jørgensen, P., Montero, J.C., Mostacedo, B., Nauray, W., Neill, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Palacios, S., Palacios Cuenca, W., Pallqui Camacho, N.C., Peacock, J., Phillips, J.F., Pickavance, G., Quesada, C.A., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Restrepo, Z., Reynel Rodriguez, C., Ríos Paredes, M., Sierra, R., Silveira, M., Stevenson, P., Stropp, J., Terborgh, J., Tirado, M., Toledo, M., Torres-Lezama, A., Natalia Umaña, M., Urrego, L.E., Vasquez Martinez, R., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., Vela, C., Vilanova Torre, E., Vos, V., von Hildebrand, P., Vriesendorp, C., Wang, O., Young, K.R., Zartman, C.E., Phillips, O.L. and Cornejo, F. (2017) Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics. Ecography, 40(5): 618-629.
Lee, J., Coomes, D., Schonlieb, C.B., Cai, A., Lellmann, J., Dalponte, M., Malhi, Y., Butt, N. and Morecroft, M. (2017) A graph cut approach to 3D tree delineation, using integrated airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery. arXiv, 1701.06715.
Nakamura, A., Kitching, R., Cao, M., Creedy, T., Fayle, T., Freiberg, M., Hewitt, C., Itioka, T., Koh, L., Ma, K., Malhi, Y., Mitchell, A., Novotny, V., Ozanne, C., Song, L., Wang, H. and Ashton, L. (2017) Forests and Their Canopies: Achievements and Horizons in Canopy Science. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(6): 438-451.
Doughty, C.E., Roman, J., Faurby, S., Wolf, A., Haque, A., Bakker, E.S., Malhi, Y., Dunning, J.B. and Svenning, J.C. (2016) Global nutrient transport in a world of giants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4): 868-873.
Atkin, O.K., Bloomfield, K.J., Reich, P.B., Tjoelker, M.G., Asner, G.P., Bonal, D., Bönisch, G., Bradford, M., Cernusak, L.A., Cosio, E.G., Creek, D., Crous, K.Y., Domingues, T., Dukes, J.S., Egerton, J.J.G., Evans, J.R., Farquhar, G.D., Fyllas, N.M., Gauthier, P.P.G., Gloor, E., Gimeno, T.E., Griffin, K.L., Guerrieri, R., Heskel, M.A., Huntingford, C., Ishida, F.Y., Kattge, J., Lambers, H., Liddell, M.J., Lloyd, J., Lusk, C.H., Martin, R.E., Maksimov, A.P., Maximov, T.C., Malhi, Y., Medlyn, B.E., Meir, P., Mercado, L.M., Mirotchnick, N., Ng, D., Niinemets, Ü., O'Sullivan, O.S., Philips, O.L., Poorter, L., Poot, P., Prentice, I.C., Salinas, N., Rowland, L.M., Ryan, M.G., Sitch, S., Slot, M., Smith, N.G., Turnbull, M.H., VanderWel, M.C., Valladares, F., Veneklaas, E.J., Weerasinghe, L.K., Wirth, C., Wright, I.J., Wythers, K., Xiang, J., Xiang, S. and Zaragoza-Castells, J. (2015) Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits. New Phytologist, 206(2): 614-636.
Campioli, M., Vicca, S., Luyssaert, S., Bilcke, J., Ceschia, E., Chapin III, F.S., Fernandex-Martinez, M., Malhi, Y., Obersteiner, M., Olefeldt, D., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Penuelas, J., Sullivan, F., Wang, X., Zenone, T. and Janssens, I.A. (2015) Biomass production efficiency controlled by management in temperate and boreal ecosystems. Nature Geoscience, 8: 843-846.
Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Girardin, C.A.J., Amezquita, F.F., Durand, L., Huaraca Huasco, W., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, M.C., da Costa, A.C.L., Rocha, W., Meir, P., Galbraith, D. and Malhi, Y. (2015) Source and sink carbon dynamics and carbon allocation in the Amazon basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(5): 645-655.
Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Girardin, C.A.J., Farfan Amezquita, F., Galiano Cabrera, D., Huaraca Huasco, W., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, M.C., Rocha, W., Feldpausch, T.R., Mendoza, A.L.M., da Costa, A.C.L., Meir, P., Phillips, O.L. and Malhi, Y. (2015) Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia. Nature, 519: 78-82.
Fauset, S., Johnson, M.O., Gloor, M., Baker, T.R., Monteagudo, A., Brienen, R.J.W., Feldpausch, T.R., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Malhi, Y., Steege, H., Pitman, N.C.A., Baraloto, C., Engel, J., Petronelli, P., Andrade, A., Camargo, L.C., Laurance, S.G.W., Laurance, W.F., Chave, J., Allie, E. and Vargas, P.N. (2015) Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling. Nature Communications, 6.
Gillman, L.N., Wright, S.D., Cusens, J., McBride, P.D., Malhi, Y. and Whittaker, R.J. (2015) Latitude, productivity and species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(1): 107-117.
Araujo-Murakami, A., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Arroyo, L., Heredia, J.P., Flores, M., Sibler, R., Mendizabal, L.M., Pardo-Toledo, E., Vega, M., Moreno, L., Rojas-Landivar, V.D., Halladay, K., Girardin, C.A.J., Killeene, T.J. and Malhi, Y. (2014) The productivity, allocation and cycling of carbon in forests at the dry margin of the Amazon forest in Bolivia. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 55-69. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..
Baker, T.R., Pennington, R.T., Magallon, S., Gloor, E., Laurance, W.F., Alexiades, M., Alvarez, E., Aruajo, A., Arets, E.J.M.M., Aymard, G., Alves de Oliveira, A., Amaral, I., Arroyo, L., Bonal, D., Brienen, R.J.W., Chave, J., Dexter, K.G., Feldpausch, T.R., Ferreira, L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., van der Heijden, G., Higuchi, N., Honorio, E., Humamantupa, I., Killeen, T.J., Laurance, S., Leano, C., Lewis, S.L., Malhi, Y., Marimon, B.S., Marimon-Junior, B.H., Mendoza, A.M., Neill, D., Penuela-Mora, M.C., Pitmann, N., Prieto, A., Quesada, C.A., Ramirez, F., Ramirez Angulo, H., Rudas, A., Ruschel, A.R., Salomao, R.P., Sagalom de Amdrade, A., Silva, J.N.M.,Silveira, M., Simon, M.F., Spironello, W., Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Toledo, M., Torres-Lezama, A., Vasquez, R., Vieira, I.C.G., Vilanova, E., Vos, V.A. and Phillips, O.L. (2014) Fast demographic traits promote high diversification rates of Amazonian trees. Ecology Letters, 17(5): 527-536.
Butt, N., Malhi, Y., New, M., Macía, M.J., Lewis, S.L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Laurance, W.F., Laurance, S., Luizão, R., Andrade, A., Baker, T.R., Almeida, S. and Phillips, O.L. (2014) Shifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in old-growth Amazonian forests. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 267-279. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests.
Clark, K.E., Torres, M.A., West, A.J., Hilton, R.G., New, M., Horwath, A.B., Fisher, J.B., Rapp, J.M., Robles Caceres, A. and Malhi, Y. (2014) The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18: 5377-5397.
Emilio, T., Quesada, C.A., Costa, F.R.C., Magnusson, W.E., Schietti, J., Feldpausch, T.R., Brienen, R.J.W., Baker, T.R., Chave, J., Álvarez, E., Araújo, A., Bánki, O., Castilho, C.V., Honorio C., E.N., Killeen, T.J., Malhi, Y., Oblitas Mendoza, E.M., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Alexander Parada, G., Peña-Cruz, A., Ramirez-Angulo, H., Schwarz, M., Silveira, M., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J.W., Thomas, R., Torres-Lezama, A., Vilanova, E. and Phillips, O.L. (2014) Soil physical conditions limit palm and tree basal area in Amazonian forests. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 215-229. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..
Espirito-Santo, F.D.B., Gloor, M., Keller, M., Malhi, Y., Saatchi, S., Nelson, B., Oliveira Junior, R.C., Pereira, C., Lloyd, J., Frolking, S., Palace, M., Shimabukuro, Y.E., Duarte, V., Mendoza, A.M., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Baker, T.R., Feldpausch, T.R., Brienen, R.J.W., Asner, G., Boyd, D.S. and Phillips, O.L. (2014) Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance. Nature Communications, 5(3434).
Fernandez-Martinez, M., Vicca, S., Janssens, I.A., Sardans, J., Luyssaert, S., Camploll, M., Chapin III, F.S., Ciais, P., Malhi, Y., Obersteiner, M., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Reichstein, M. and Penuelas, J. (2014) Nutrient availability as the key regulator of global forest carbon balance. Nature Climate Change, 4: 471-476.
Fyllas, N.M., Gloor, E., Mercado, L.M., Sitch, S., Quesada, C.A., Domingues, T.F., Galbraith, D.R., Torre-Lezama, A., Vilanova, E., Ramirez-Angulo, H., Higuchi, N., Neill, D.A., Silveira, M., Ferreira, L., Aymard, G.A., Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L. and Lloyd, J. (2014) Analysing Amazonian forest productivity using a new individual and trait-based model (TFS v.1). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 7: 1413-1452.
Galbraith, D., Malhi, Y., Aragão, L. and Baker, T. (2014) The ecosystem dynamics of Amazonian and Andean forests. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 1-6. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests.
Gatti, L.V., Gloor, M., Miller, J.B. Doughty, C.E., Malhi, Y., Domingues, L.G., Basso, L.S., Martinewski, A., Correia, C.S.C., Borges, V.F., Freitas, S., Braz, R., Anderson, L.O., Rocha, H., Grace, J., Phillips, O.L. and Lloyd, J. (2014) Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements. Nature, 506: 76-80.
Girardin, C.A.J., Farfan-Rios, W., Garcia, K., Feeley, K.J., Jørgensen, P.M., Araujo Murakami, A., Cayola Pérez, L., Seidel, R., Paniagua, N., Fuentes Claros, A.F., Maldonado, C., Silman, M., Salinas, N., Reynel, C., Neill, D.A., Serrano, M., Caballero, C.J., de los Angeles La Torre Cuadros, M., Macía, M.J., Killeen, T.J. and Malhi, Y. (2014) Spatial patterns of above-ground structure, biomass and composition in a network of six Andean elevation transects. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 161-171. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..
Girardin, C.A.J., Silva Espejob, J.E., Doughty, C.E., Huaraca Huasco, W., Metcalfe, D.B., Durand-Baca, L., Marthews, T.R., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Farfán-Rios, W., García-Cabrera, K., Halladay, K., Fisher, J.B., Galiano-Cabrera, D.F., Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Eguiluz-Mora, L., Salinas-Revilla, N., Silman, M.R., Meir, P. and Malhi, Y. (2014) Productivity and carbon allocation in a tropical montane cloud forest in the Peruvian Andes. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 107-123. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..
Huaraca Huasco, W., Girardin, C.A.J., Doughty, C.E., Metcalfe, D.B., Baca, L.D., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Cabrera, D.G., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Davila, A.R., Marthews, T.R., Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Mora, L.E., Farfán-Rios, W., Cabrera, K.G., Halladay, K., Salinas-Revilla, N., Silman, M.R., Meir, P. and Malhi, Y. (2014) Seasonal production, allocation and cycling of carbon in two mid-elevation tropical montane forest plots in the Peruvian Andes. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 125-142. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..
Malhi, Y., Farfán Amézquita, F., Doughty, C.E., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Girardin, C.A.J., Metcalfe, D.B., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Eguiluz-Mora, L., Marthews, T.R., Halladay, K., Quesada, C.A., Robertson, A.L., Fisher, J.B., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Rojas-Villagra, C.M., Pelaez-Tapia, Y., Salinas, N., Meir, P. and Phillips, O.L. (2014) The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7(1-2): 85-105. Special Issue: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests..
Malhi, Y., Gardner, T., Goldsmith, G.R., Silman, M.R. and Zelazowski, P. (2014) Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39: 125-159.
Valentini, R., Arneth, A., Bombelli, A., Castaldi, S., Gatti, R.C., Chevallier, F., Ciais, P., Grieco, E., Hartmall, J., Henry, M., Houghton, R.A., Jung, M., Kutsch, W.L., Malhi, Y., Mayorga, E., Merbold, L., Murray-Tortarolo, G., Papale, D., Peylin, P., Poulter, B., Raymond, P.A., Santini, M., Sitch, S., Vaflio, L., van der Werf, G.R., Williams, C.A. and Scholes, R.J. (2014) A full greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties and vulnerabilities. Biogeosciences, 11: 381-407.
Fisher, J.B., Sikka, M., Sitch, S., Ciais, P., Poulter, B., Galbraith, D., Lee, J.E., Huntingford, C., Viovy, N., Zeng, N., Ahlström, A., Lomas, M.R., Levy, P.E., Frankenberg, C., Saatchi, S. and Malhi, Y. (2013) African tropical rainforest net carbon dioxide fluxes in the twentieth century. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 368(1625).
Lewis, S.L., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T., Begne, S.K., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., van der Heijden, G.M.F., Phillips, O.L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T.R., Banin, L., Bastin, J.F., Beeckman, H., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., De Cannière, C., Chezeaux, E., Clark, C.J., Collins, M., Djagbletey, G., Djuikouo, M.N.K., Droissart, V., Doucet, J.L., Ewango, C.E.N., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T.R., Foli, E.G., Gillet, J.F., Hamilton, A.C., Harris, D.J., Hart, T.B., de Haulleville, T., Hladik, A., Hufkens, K., Huygens, D., Jeanmart, P., Jeffery, K.J., Kearsley, E., Leal, M.E., Lloyd, J., Lovett, J.C., Makana, J.R., Malhi, Y., Marshall, A.R., Ojo, L., Peh, K.S.H., Pickavance, G., Poulsen, J.R., Reitsma, J.M., Sheil, D., Simo, M., Steppe, K., Taedoumg, H.E., Talbot, J., Taplin, J.R.D., Taylor, D., Thomas, S.C., Toirambe, B., Verbeeck, H., Vleminckx, J., White, L.J.T., Willcock, S., Woell, H. and Zemagho, L. (2013) Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 368(1625).
Malhado, A.C.M., Ladle, R.J., Whittaker, R.J., Neto, J.A.O., Malhi, Y. and ter Steege, H. (2013) The ecological biogeography of Amazonia. Frontiers of Biogeography, 5: 103-112.
Malhi, Y., Adu-Bredu, S., Asare, R.A., Lewis, S.L. and Mayaux, P. (2013) African rainforests: past, present and future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 368(1625).
Quesada, C.A., Phillips, O.L., Schwarz, M., Czimczik, C.I., Baker, T.R., Patino, S., Fyllas, N.M., Hodnett, M.G., Herrera, R., Almeida, S., Alvarez Davila, E., Arneth, A., Arroyo, L., Chao, K.J., Dezzeo, N., Erwin, T., di Fiore, A., Higuchi, N., Honorio Coronado, E., Jimenez, E.M., Killeen, T., Lezama, A.T., Lloyd, G.L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Luisao, F.J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Nunez Vargas, P., Paia, R., Peacock, J., Penuela, M.C., Pena Cruz, A., Pitman, N., Priante Filho, N., Prieto, A., Ramirez, h., Rudas, A., Salomao, R., Santos, A.J.B., Schmerler, J., Silva, N., Silveira, M., Vasquez, R., Bieira, I., Terborgh, J. and Lloyd, J. (2012) Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate. Biogeosciences, 9(6): 2203-2246.
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. and Malhi, Y. (2010) Regional and seasonal patterns of litterfall in tropical South America. Biogeosciences, 7: 43-55.
Malhado, A.C.M., Whittaker, R.J., Malhi, Y., Ladle, R.J., ter Steege, H., Phillips, O., Aragao, L., Baker, T.R., Arroyo, L., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Monteagudo, A., Pitman, N.C.A., Prieto, A., Salomão, R.P., Vásquez-Martínez, R., Laurance, W.F. and Ramírez-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(6): 852-862.
Aragao, L., Malhi, Y., Metcalfe, D.B., Silva-Espejo, J.E., Jimenez, E., Navarrete, D., Almeida, S., Costa, A.C.L., Salinas, N. and Phillips, O.L. (2009) Above-and below-ground net primary productivity across ten Amazonian forests on contrasting soils. Biogeosciences, 6: 2759-2778.
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. and Lloyd, J. (2009) Do species traits determine patterns of wood production in Amazonian forests?Biogeosciences, 6: 297-307.
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. and Von Randow, C. (2009) The land-atmosphere water flux in the tropics. Global Change Biology, 15(11): 2694-2714.
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. and Lloyd, J. (2009) Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate. Biogeosciences, 6: 3707-3769.
Gloor, M., Phillips, O.L., Lloyd, J.J., Lewis, S.L., Malhi, Y., Baker, T.R., López-Gonzalez, G., Peacock, J., Almeida, S., Alves de Oliveira, A.C., Alvarez, E., Amaral, I., Arroyo, L., Aymard, G., Bank, O., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Brando, P., Chao, K-J., Chave, J., Dávila, N., Erwin, T., Silva, J., di Fiore, A., Feldpausch, T.R., Freitas, A., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Honorio, E., Jiménez, E., Killeen, T., Laurance, W., Mendoza, C., Monteagudo, A., Andrade, A., Neil, D., Nepstad, D., Núñez Vargas, P., Peñuela, M.C., Peña Cruz, A., Prieto, A., Pitman, N., Quesada, C., Salomão, R., Silveira, M., Schwarz, M., Stropp, J., Ramírez, F., Ramírez, H., Rudas, A., Ter Steege, H., Silva, N., Torres, A., Terborgh, J., Vásquez, R. and Van der Heijden, G. (2009) Does the disturbance hypothesis explain the biomass increase in basin-wide Amazon forest plot data?Global Change Biology, 15(10): 2418-2430.
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. and Woll, H. (2009) Increasing carbon storage in intact African forests. Nature, 457: 1003-1006.
Malhado, A.C.M., Malhi, Y., Whittaker, R.J., Ladle, R.J., ter Steege, H., Phillips, O.L., Butt, N., Aragao, L., Quesada, C.A., Araújo-Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Peacock, J., López-González, G.T., Baker, R., Anderson, L.O., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Pitman, N., Prieto, A., Salomão, R.P., Vásquez-Martínez, R. and Laurance, W.F. (2009) Spatial trends in leaf size of Amazonian rainforest trees. Biogeosciences, 6: 1563-1576.
Malhado, A.C.M., Whittaker, R.J., Malhi, Y., Ladle, R.J., ter Steege, H., Butt, N., Aragao, L., Quesada, C.A., Murakami-Araújo, A., Phillips, O.L., Peacock, J., López-González, G., Baker, T.R., Anderson, L.O., Arroyo, L., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Pitman, N.C.A., Prieto, A., Salamão, R.P., Vásquez-Martínez, R., Laurance, W.F. and Ramírez, A.H. (2009) Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees. Biogeosciences, 6: 1577-1590.
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., de Almeida, S.S., Torres-Lezama, A., Vasquez-Martinez, R., Vieira, I., Malhi, Y. and Phillips, O.L. (2009) Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon Basin. Biogeosciences, 6: 545-568.
Phillips, O.L., Aragao, L., Lewis, S.L., Fisher, J.B., Lloyd, J., López-González, G., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Peacock, J., Quesada, C.A., van der Heijden, G., Almeida, S., Amaral, I., Arroyo, L., Aymard, G., Baker, T.R., Bánki, O., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Brando, P., Chave, J., Alves de Oliveira, A.C., Dávila Cardozo, N., Czimczik, C.I., Feldpausch, T.R., Freitas, M.A., Gloor, E., Higuchi, N., Jiménez, E., Lloyd, G., Meir, P., Mendoza, C., Morel, A., Neill, D.A., Nepstad, D., Patiño, S., Peñuela, M.C., Prieto, A., Ramírez, F., Schwarz, M., Silva, J., Silveira, M., Thomas, A.S., ter Steege, H., Stropp, J., Vásquez, R., Zelazowski, P., Dávila, E.A., Andelman, S., Andrade, A., Chao, K-J., Erwin, T., Di Fiore, A., Honorio, C.E., Keeling, H., Killeen, T.J., Laurance, W.F., Cruz, A.P., Pitman, N.C.A., Núñez Vargas, P., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Rudas, A., Salamão, R., Silva, N., Terborgh, J. and Torres-Lezama, A. (2009) Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest. Science, 323(5919 ): 1344-1347.
Betts, R.A., Malhi, Y. and Roberts, J.T. (2008) The future of the Amazon: new perspectives from climate, ecosystem and social sciences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1498): 1729-1735.
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. and Malhi, Y. (2008) Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon dieback. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1498): 1857-1864.
Malhi, Y., Roberts, J.T. and Betts, R.A. (2008) Climate change and the fate of the Amazon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B: Biological Sciences, 363(1498): 1727-1932. Thematic Issue.
Metcalfe, D., Meir, P., Aragao, L.E.O.C., Da Costa, A., Almeida, S., Braga, A., Goncalves, P., Athaydes, J., Malhi, Y. and Williams, M. (2008) Sample sizes for estimating key ecosystem characteristics in a tropical terra firme rainforest. Forest Ecology and Management, 255(3-4): 558-566.
Aragao, L., Malhi, Y., Roman Cuesta, R.M., Saatchi, S., Anderson, L.O. and Shimabukuro, Y.E. (2007) Spatial patterns and fire response of recent Amazonian droughts. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(5).
Fisher, R.A., Williams, M., da Costa, A., Malhi, Y., Da Costa, R.F., Almeida, S. and Meir, P. (2007) The response of an Eastern Amazonian rain forest to drought stress: results and modelling analyses from a throughfall exclusion experiment. Global Change Biology, 13(11): 2361-2378.
Luyssaert, S., Inglima, I., Jung, M., Richardson, A.D., Reichstein, M., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Shulze, E.D., Wingate, L., Matteucci, G. and Malhi, Y. (2007) CO2 balance of boreal, temperate and tropical forests derived from a global database. Global Change Biology, 13(12): 2509-2537.
Malhi, Y. (2007) Carbon in the Atmosphere and Terrestrial Biosphere in the Early Anthropocene. Advances in earth science: from earthquakes to global warming, 2.
Metcalfe, D.B., Williams, M., Aragao, L., Da Costa, A.C.L., De Almeida, S.S., Braga, A.P., Goncalves, P.H.L., De Athaydes, J., Junior, S. and Malhi, Y. (2007) A method for extracting plant roots from soil which facilitates rapid sample processing without compromising measurement accuracy. New Phytologist, 174(3): 697-703.
Parmentier, I., Malhi, Y., Senterre, B., Whittaker, R.J., Alonso, A., Balinga, M.P.B., Bakayoko, A., Bongers, F., Chatelain, C. and Comiskey, J.A. (2007) The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree $alpha$-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests? Journal of Ecology, 95(5): 1058-1071.
Iwata, H., Malhi, Y. and von Randow, C. (2005) Gap-filling measurements of carbon dioxide storage in tropical rainforest canopy airspace. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 132(3): 305-314.
Pegoraro, E., Rey, A., Barron-Gafford, G., Monson, R., Malhi, Y. and Murthy, R. (2005) The interacting effects of elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentration, drought and leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit on ecosystem isoprene fluxes. Oecologia, 146(1): 120-129.
Malhi, Y., Moore, S. and Riutta, T. (2015) Forest carbon budgets and climate change. In, Peh, K., Cortlett, R. and Bergeron, Y. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Forest ecology. Routledge, Oxford. pp. 517-526.
Malhi, Y. (2014) The Metabolism of a Human-Dominated Planet. Chapter 8 in, Goldin, I. (ed.) Is the Planet Full?. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. pp. 142-163.
Lewis, O.T., Ewers, R.M., Lowman, M.D. and Malhi, Y. (2013) Conservation of tropical forests: maintaining ecological integrity and resilience. Chapter 13 in, Macdonald, D.W. and Willis, K.J. (eds.) Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 222-236. ISBN: 9780470658765.
Malhi, Y. and Marthews, T.R. (2013) Tropical forests: carbon, climate and biodiversity. In, Lyster, R., MacKenzie, C. and McDermott, C. (eds.) Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon: The Case of REDD+. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Malhi, Y., Saatchi, S., Girardin, C.A.J. and Aragao, L. (2009) The production, storage and flow of carbon in Amazonian forests. In, Keller, M., Bustamante, M., Gash, J. and P. Silva Dias (eds.) Amazonia and Global Change. American Geophysical Union. 576 pp. ISBN: 978-0-87590-476-4. Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 186.
Reports
Allen, M., Axelsson, K., Caldecott, B., Hale, T., Hepburn, C., Hickey, C., Mitchell-Larson, E., Malhi, Y., Otto, F., Seddon, N. and Smith, S. (2020) The Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford.
Butt, N., Campbell, G., Malhi, Y., Morecroft, M., Fenn, K. and Thomas, M. (2009) Initial Results from Establishment of a Long-term Broadleaf Monitoring Plot at Wytham Woods, Oxford, UK. University of Oxford
Malhi, Y., Saatchi, S., Girardin, C.A.J. and Aragao, L.E.O.C. (2008) Carbon Storage and Flow in Amazonian Forests. Proceedings of the Large-Scale Atmosphere Biosphere.