Research publications
In press
Bousfield CG, Edwards DP. The pan-tropical age distribution of regenerating tropical moist forest. Nature Ecology and Evolution in press
Cardoso MR, Almeida SM, Matos FAR, Edwards DP, Santos MPD. Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon. Journal of Applied Ecology in press
Fredston AL, Tingley MW, Neate-Clegg MHC, Evans LJ, Antão LH, Ban NC, Chen IC, Chen YW, Comte L, Edwards DP, Evengard B, Fadrique B, Falkeis SH, Guralnick R, Klinges DH, Lembrechts JJ, Lenoir J, Palacios-Abrantes J, Pauchard A, Pecl G, Pinksy ML, Senior RA, Smith JE, Soifer LD, Sunday JM, Tape KD, Washam P, Scheffers BR. Reimagining species on the move across space and time. Trends in Ecology and Evolution in press.
Lansley T, Crowe O, Butchart SHM, Edwards DP, Thomas G. How effectively do Key Biodiversity Areas represent global avian diversity? Conservation Biology in press
Njoroge DM, Dossa GGO, et al. Harrison RD et al. Lindenmayer DB et al. The effects of invertebrates on wood decomposition across the world. Biological Reviews in press
Pringle S, Dallimer M, et al. Edwards DP, et al. Davies ZG. Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age. Nature Ecology and Evolution in press.
2025
Ahmed AI, Massam MR, Bryant RG, Edwards DP (2025) How much deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa has been caused by mining? Biological Conservation 304: 111040
Bousfield CG, Morton O, Lindenmayer DB, Pellegrini AFA, Hethcoat MG, Edwards DP (2025) Global risk of wildfire across timber production systems. Nature Communications 16: 4204
Forster E, Styles D, Healey JR (2025) Temperate forests can deliver future wood demand and climate-change mitigation dependent on afforestation and circularity. Nature Communications 16: 3872
Hughes AC, Morton O, Edwards DP (2025) Urgent policy change is needed to understand the dimensions of legal international wildlife trade to enable targeted management. Conservation Letters 18: e13097
Malik N, Edwards DP, Freckleton RP (2025) Comparative analyses of phylogenetic dependence in traits and trends of the Dipterocarpaceae. Ecology and Evolution 15: e70784
Marsh CJ, Turner EC, Blonder B, Bongalov B, Both S, Cruz RS, Elias DMO, Hemprich-Bennett D, Jotan P, KempV, Kritzler UH, Milne S, Milodowski DT, Mitchell SL, Montoya Pillco M, Nunes MH, Riutta T, Robinson SJB, Slade EM, Bernard H, Burslem DFRP, Chung AYC, Clare E, Coomes DA, Davies ZG, Edwards DP, Johnson D, Kratina P, Malhi Y, Majalap N, Nilus R, Ostle NJ, Rossiter SJ, Struebig MJ, Williams M, Ewers RM, Lewis OT, Reynolds G, The YA, Hector A (2025) Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure. Science 387: 171-175
Milson C, Lim Y, Ingram D, Edwards DP (2025) The need for carbon finance schemes to tackle overexploitation of tropical forest wildlife. Conservation Biology 39: e14406
Sapkota D, Edwards DP, Massam MR, Evans KL (2025) A pantropical analysis of variation in fire impacts on species richness and post-fire recovery on plant growth forms. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71018
Titenwi PN, Sainge MN, Kargbo U, Kamara RAS, Musa A, Kabbab TM, Buanieb BK, Njouonkoua AL, Arunab E, Sullivanc MJP, Leited A, Cuni-Sanchez A (2025) Carbon recovery in secondary forests: Insights from three West African countries. Forest Ecology and Management 575: 122386
2024
Betts MG, Yang Z, Gunn JS, Healey SP (2024) Congruent long-term declines in carbon and biodiversity are a signature of forest degradation. Global Change Biology 30: e17541
Betts MG, Yang Z, Hadley AS, Hightower J, Hua F, Lindenmayer D, Seo E, Healey SP (2024) Quantifying forest degradation requires a long-term, landscape-scale approach. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8: 1054-1057
Bousfield CG, Morton O, Edwards DP (2024) Climate change will exacerbate land conflict between agriculture and timber production. Nature Climate Change 14: 1071-1077
Birch B, Mills SC, Socolar JB, Martinez-Revelo DE, Haugaasen T, Edwards DP (2024) Land sparing outperforms land sharing for Amazonian bird communities regardless of surrounding landscape context. Journal of Applied Ecology 61: 940-950
Cerullo GR, Worthington T, Brancalion P, Brandão J, d’Albertas F, Eyres A, Swinfield T, Edwards DP, Balmford AP (2024) Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil. Global Change Biology 30: e17208
Chen S, Stark SC, Nobre AD, et al. Smith MN, et al. (2024). Amazon forest biogeography predicts resilience and vulnerability to drought. Nature 631, 111–117
Chen Y, Fuller RA, Lee TM, Hua F (2024) Disproportionate low-elevation forest loss in over 65% of the world's mountains calls for targeted conservation. One Earth 7: 1833-1845
Chu Z, Cosset CCP, Finlayson C, Cannon PG, Freckleton RP, Yusah KM, Edwards DP (2024) Tree diversity and liana infestation predict acoustic diversity in logged tropical forests. Biological Conservation 291: 110488
Coelho JP, Teixeira AM, Verweij P, Matos FAR, Villa MP, Meira-Neto JA (2024) Functional richness mediates landscape and management effects on tree biomass and soil fertility during secondary forest succession. Ecological Indicators 162: 112029.
Cuni-Sanchez A, Martin EH, Uzabaho E, Ngute ASK, Bitariho R, Kayijamahe C, Marshall AR, Mohamed NA, Mseja GA, Nkwasibwe A, Rovero F, Sheil D, Tinkasimire R, Tumugabirwe L, Feeley KJ, Sullivan MJP (2023) Evidence of thermophilization in Afromontane forests. Nature Communications 15: 5554
Edwards DP, Cerullo GR (2024) Biodiversity is central for restoration. Current Biology 34: R371-R379
Edwards DP, Davies RW, Massam MR (2024) Ecology: A few species dominate forest tree abundance pan-tropically. Current Biology 34: R251-R254
Ewers RM, Orme DL, Pearse WD, et al. Edwards DP, et al. (2024) Ecological thresholds for adding degraded tropical rainforests to the conservation estate. Nature 631: 808-813
Finlayson C, Hethcoat M, Cannon PG, Bryant RG, Yusah KM, Edwards DP, Freckleton RP (2024) Monitoring lianas from space: Using Sentinel-2 imagery to observe liana removal in logged tropical forests. Forest Ecology and Management 554: 121648
Gonçalves RM, Grilo C, Edwards DP, Pyles MV, Passamani M, Fontes MAL, Dos Santos RM, Magnago LFS (2024) Seed dispersal mode and habitat connectivity underpin variation in carbon stocking between Brazilian biomes. Journal of Ecology 112: 1301-1312
Harrison RD, Chepstow-Lusty (2024) Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry: Country case studies. FAO Forestry Paper No 188. FAO, Rome
Hua F, Liu M, Wang Z (2024) Integrating forest restoration into land-use planning at large spatial scales. Current Biology 34: R452-R472
Hua F, Wang W, Nakagawa S, et al., Elsen PR (2024) Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8: 251-266
Lamb IP, Massam MR, Mills SC, Bryant RG, Edwards DP (2024) Global threats of extractive industries to vertebrate biodiversity. Current Biology 34: 3673-3684
Naqinezad A, Morton O, Edwards DP (2024) Increasing timber and declining live plant diversity and volumes in global trade from 2000 to 2020. Communications Earth and Environment 5: 777
Norby RJ, Loader N, Mayoral C, Ullah S, Curioni G, Smith A. et al. (2024). Enhanced woody biomass production in a mature temperate forest under elevated CO2. Nature Climate Change 14: 983-988
Parra-Sanchez E, Edwards DP (2024) Spatial extent predicts Andean epiphyte biodiversity responses to habitat loss and fragmentation across human-modified landscapes. Journal of Biogeography 51: 1315-1327
Parra-Sanchez E, Freckleton RP, Hethcoat MG, Ochoa-Quintero JM, Edwards DP (2024) Transformation of natural habitat disrupts biogeographical patterns of orchid diversity. Biological Conservation 292: 110538
Pérez G, Mills SC, Socolar JB, Martínez-Revelo DE, Haugaasen T, Gilroy JJ, Edwards DP (2024) Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity are better conserved by land-sparing than land-sharing farming in the lowland tropics. Journal of Applied Ecology 61: 2497-2509
Slagter B, Fesenmyer K, Hethcoat M, Belair E, Ellis P, Kleinschroth F, Peña-Claros M, Herold M, Reiche J (2024) Monitoring road development in Congo Basin forests with multi-sensor satellite imagery and deep learning. Remote Sensing of Environment 315:114380
Sze JS, Childs DZ, Carrasco LR, Fernández-Llamazares A, Garnett S, Edwards DP (2024) Indigenous Peoples’ Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics. Global Change Biology 30: e16981
Tang W, Liu S, Jing M, Healey JR, Smith MN, Farooq TH, Zhu L, Zhao S & Wu Y (2024) Vegetation growth responses to climate change: A cross-scale analysis of biological memory and time lags using tree ring and satellite data. Global Change Biology 30: e17441
Trew BT, Edwards DP, Lees AC, Klinges DH, Early R, Svatek M, Plichta R, Matula R, Okello J, Niessner A, Barthel M, Six J, Maeda EE, Barlow J, Nascimento RO, Berenguer E, Ferreira J, Sallo-Bravo J, Maclean IMD (2024) Novel temperatures are already widespread beneath the world’s tropical forest canopies. Nature Climate Change 14: 753-759
Trew BT, Lees AC, Edwards DP, Early R, Maclean I (2024) Climate-smart prioritisation of tropical Key Biodiversity Areas for protection in response to widespread temperature novelty. Conservation Letters 17: e13050
Vale PD, Fotsing EDB, Mucyo SJP, et al. (2023) Great ape abundance and per capita carbon storage in their habitats. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24: 137
Wang C, Liu S, Zhu Y, Smith A, Ning Y, Deng D (2024) Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers. Forest Ecosystems 11: 100165
Zarakas CM, Swann ALS, Koven CD, Smith, MN, Taylor TC (2024) Different model assumptions about plant hydraulics and photosynthetic temperature acclimation yield diverging implications for tropical forest gross primary production under warming. Global Change Biology 30:e17449
Zhao Q, Yu L, et al. (2024) The expansion and remaining suitable areas of global oil palm plantations. Global Sustainability 7: e9
2023
Bousfield CG, Lindenmayer DB, Edwards DP (2023) Substantial and increasing global losses of timber-producing forest due to wildfires. Nature Geosciences 16: 1145-1150
Forster E, Healey JR, Newman G, Styles D (2023). Circular wood use can accelerate global decarbonisation but requires cross-sectoral coordination. Nature Communications 14: 6766
