List of works by Richard T. Corlett

30% land conservation and climate action reduces tropical extinction risk by more than 50%

scientific article published on 25 February 2020

A Bigger Toolbox: Biotechnology in Biodiversity Conservation

scientific article

A Regional Decision Support Scheme for Pest Risk Analysis in Southeast Asia.

scientific article

A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras

scientific article published in 2009

A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China

article

A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas.

scientific article

A short note on seed dispersal by colobines: the case of the proboscis monkey

scientific article published on December 2013

Achieving zero extinction for land plants

scientific article published in August 2023

After the rubber boom: good news and bad news for biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

scholarly article

Alien plant invasions of protected areas in Java, Indonesia ⬇️

scientific article

Alternative seed-handling strategies in primates: seed-spitting by long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).

scientific article

Amplicon sequencing dataset of soil fungi and associated environmental variables collected in karst and non-karst sites across Yunnan province, southwest China

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Applied Ecology of Tropical Forests

Are Terrestrial Biological Invasions Different in the Tropics? ⬇️

scientific article published on 23 August 2021

Asian Tapirs Are No Elephants When It Comes To Seed Dispersal

article

Assessing avian habitat fragmentation in urban areas of Hong Kong (Kowloon) at high spatial resolution using spectral unmixing

Assessing species vulnerability to climate change

article

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

scientific article

Becoming Europe: Southeast Asia in the Anthropocene

article

Beyond Singapore: Hong Kong and Asian biodiversity

article

Biodiversity and Conservation of Tropical Peat Swamp Forests

article

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: Towards ecological security in trop-ical and subtropical East Asia

article

Biodiversity gains? The debate on changes in local- vs global-scale species richness

Bukit Timah: the History and Significance of a Small Rain-forest Reserve

scholarly article by Richard T. Corlett published March 1988 in Environmental Conservation

Can Thailand Protect 30% of Its Land Area for Biodiversity, and Will This Be Enough?

scientific article published on 28 April 2022

Challenges and possible solutions to creating an achievable and effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

scientific article published in 2022

Changes in seed predation along a 2300‐m elevational gradient on a tropical mountain in Myanmar: a standardized test with 32 non‐native plant species

scientific article

Chemical Composition and the Cytotoxic, Antimicrobial, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of the Fruit Peel Essential Oil from Spondias pinnata (Anacardiaceae) in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

China's biodiversity conservation research in progress

article

Chloroplast genome structure in Ilex (Aquifoliaceae)

scientific article

Classifying Tropical Forests

Climate Change and Edaphic Specialists: Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object?

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Climate change in the tropics: The end of the world as we know it?

scholarly article by Richard T. Corlett published July 2012 in Biological Conservation

Climate change promotes transitions to tall evergreen vegetation in tropical Asia

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Climate warming and the potential extinction of fig wasps, the obligate pollinators of figs.

scientific article

Climate-driven extinction, now and in the near future

scientific article published in 2012

Colugo: the Flying Lemur of South-east Asia Norman Lim. Draco Publishing & Distribution Pte Ltd and the National University of Singapore, Singapore. 78 pp. ISBN 981-05-6454-6 ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 February 2007

Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequences of two subtropical trees, Phoebe sheareri and Phoebe omeiensis (Lauraceae)

article by Yu Song et al published 27 October 2017 in Tree Genetics and Genomes

Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequences of two tropical trees Machilus yunnanensis and Machilus balansae in the family Lauraceae

scientific article

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the avocado: gene organization, comparative analysis, and phylogenetic relationships with other Lauraceae

article

Complete plastid genome sequences of three tropical Alseodaphne trees in the family Lauraceae

article by Yu Song et al published 28 March 2018 in Holzforschung

Confronting ethical challenges in long-term research programs in the tropics

scientific article published in March 2021

Conservation Biology: Finding Space for Both Crops and Nature

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Conservation planning on China's borders with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam

scientific article published on 22 March 2021

Conserving the World's Megafauna and Biodiversity: The Fierce Urgency of Now

Continental rain forest fragments in Singapore resist invasion by exotic plants

article

Contributions to the flora of Myanmar from 2000 to 2019

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms

article

Corrigendum to “Identifying the mechanisms that shape fungal community and metacommunity patterns in Yunnan, China” [Fungal Ecol. 42 (2019) 100862]

scientific article published in 2021

Cryptic Species Diversification of the <i>Pedicularis siphonantha</i> Complex (Orobanchaceae) in the Mountains of Southwest China Since the Pliocene

scientific article published on 24 March 2022

Decoding the evolution and transmissions of the novel pneumonia coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 / HCoV-19) using whole genomic data

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Designing an ecologically representative global network of protected areas requires coordination between countries

scientific article published in 2021

Dietary analysis II: food chemistry

Do natural enemies mediate conspecific negative distance‐ and density‐dependence of trees? A meta‐analysis of exclusion experiments

scientific article

Drivers of bird beta diversity in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot are scale dependent: roles of land use, climate, and distance

scientific article published on 23 May 2020

Ecological Roles of Animals in Tropical Forests

Economic and environmental impacts of harmful non-indigenous species in southeast Asia ⬇️

scientific article published in 2013

Editorial

Effect of ingestion by two frugivorous bat species on the seed germination of Ficus racemosa and F. hispida (Moraceae)

article

Effects of forests, roads and mistletoe on bird diversity in monoculture rubber plantations.

scientific article

Effects of lianas on forest biogeochemistry during their lives and afterlives

scientific article published in April 2024

Enemies mediate distance- and density-dependent mortality of tree seeds and seedlings: a meta-analysis of fungicide, insecticide and exclosure studies

scientific article

Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative

article published in 2018

Environmental forestry in Hong Kong: 1871–1997

scholarly article by Richard T. Corlett published April 1999 in Forest Ecology and Management

Erratum to: Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges

article

Evolutionary Comparisons of the Chloroplast Genome in Lauraceae and Insights into Loss Events in the Magnoliids.

scientific article published on September 2017

Exceptionally high rates of positive selection on the rbcL gene in the genus Ilex (Aquifoliaceae)

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Exotic plant invasion in the highly degraded upland landscape of Hong Kong, China

article

Factors Affecting the Early Survival and Growth of Native Tree Seedlings Planted on a Degraded Hillside Grassland in Hong Kong, China

article

Factors influencing repeated seed movements by scatter-hoarding rodents in an alpine forest

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Field work ethics in biological research

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)

Fifty years of biological conservation

scientific article published in 2019

Fig wasp dispersal in urban Singapore ⬇️

scientific article published in 2013

Figs (Ficus, Moraceae) in Urban Hong Kong, South China1

article

Flora and reproductive phenology of the rain forest at Bukit Timah, Singapore

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

Flower visitors and pollination in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region.

scientific article

Flowers attract weaver ants that deter less effective pollinators

article by Francisco G. Gonzálvez et al published 29 October 2012 in Journal of Ecology

Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in tropical and subtropical Asia: An update

article

Functional trait changes in the floras of 11 cities across the globe in response to urbanization

scientific article published in 2016

Global Ecology and Conservation

Global Ecology and Conservation

Green Shoots: A Burning Embers for biodiversity?

scientific article published in 2023

Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges

article

Hemiepiphytic figs kill their host trees: acquiring phosphorus is a driving factor

scientific article published on 16 August 2022

Herbarium records do not predict rediscovery of presumed nationally extinct species

article

Honeybees in Natural Ecosystems

Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use.

scientific article

How does habitat fragmentation affect biodiversity? A controversial question at the core of conservation biology

scientific article published in 2019

How far do birds disperse seeds in the degraded tropical landscape of Hong Kong, China?

article

How to be a frugivore (in a changing world)

scientific article published in 2011

Identifying the mechanisms that shape fungal community and metacommunity patterns in Yunnan, China

scientific article

Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Impacts of warming on tropical lowland rainforests

scientific article

Increasing geographic diversity in the international conservation literature: A stalled process?

Interactions between birds, fruit bats and exotic plants in urban Hong Kong, South China

article

Interspecific Host Variation and Biotic Interactions Drive Pathogen Community Assembly in Chinese Bumblebees

scientific article published in 2023

Invasive Trees in Singapore: Are they a Threat to Native Forests?

scientific article

Invasive aliens on tropical East Asian islands

article

Invasive birds in Hong Kong, China

scientific article (publication date: 2004)

Latitudinal effects on phenology near the northern limit of figs in China

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Leaf litter depth as an important factor inhibiting seedling establishment of an exotic palm in tropical secondary forest patches

Lianas from lives to afterlives

scientific article published on 15 April 2024

Local Demand Drives a Bushmeat Industry in a Philippine Forest Preserve

article

Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions

article

Megafruit and megafauna diversity are positively associated, while megafruit traits are related to abiotic factors, in tropical Asia

scientific article

Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities

scientific article published in 2022

Minimizing Risks of Invasive Alien Plant Species in Tropical Production Forest Management

article

Natural regeneration in a degraded tropical peatland, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: Implications for forest restoration

scholarly article by Grace V. Blackham et al published July 2014 in Forest Ecology and Management

Natural regeneration in exotic tree plantations in Hong Kong, China

article

New approaches to novel ecosystems

scientific article published in 2014

Orchid conservation in the biodiversity hotspot of southwestern China

scientific article

PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR CHANGING SUBSISTENCE PATTERNS AROUND MT WILHELM, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

article

Phylogeny and biogeography of the Cryptocaryeae (Lauraceae)

scientific article published in 2023

Phylogeny and biogeography of the hollies ( Ilex L., Aquifoliaceae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 23 February 2020

Phytogeography of Hong Kong bryophytes

Plant diversity in a changing world: Status, trends, and conservation needs

article

Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities

article

Plant-defense mimicry facilitates rapid dispersal of short-lived seeds by hornets

scientific article published in 2022

Plastid phylogenomics improve phylogenetic resolution in the Lauraceae ⬇️

scientific article

Possible role of weaver ants,Oecophylla smaragdina, in shaping plant-pollinator interactions in South-East Asia

article

Post-dispersal seed removal by ground-feeding rodents in tropical peatlands, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

scientific article

Present-day drivers do not explain biodiversity patterns in mammals

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Projected Impacts of Climate Change on the Protected Areas of Myanmar

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider

scientific article published in Science

Reproductive biology of the Ilex species (Aquifoliaceae) in Hong Kong, China

article

Reproductive phenology of Hong Kong shrubland

scientific article published in 1993

Restoration, Reintroduction, and Rewilding in a Changing World.

scientific article

Retraction: Enemies mediate distance- and density-dependent mortality of tree seeds and seedlings: a meta-analysis of fungicide, insecticide and exclosure studies

scientific article

Rewilding the tropics, and other conservation translocations strategies in the tropical Asia-Pacific region

scientific article

Road induced edge effects on a forest bird community in tropical Asia

article

Rodent Diversity in a Highly Degraded Tropical Landscape: Hong Kong, South China

article

Safeguarding our future by protecting biodiversity

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna.

scientific article

Scatter-hoarding rodents select different caching habitats for seeds with different traits

scientific article published in 2017

Seasonal and diurnal patterns of activity in honeybees (Apis spp.) on the northern edge of the Asian tropics; their implications for the climate-change resilience of pollination

article

Seasonal changes in the diversity and composition of the litter fauna in native forests and rubber plantations.

scientific article published on 6 July 2018

Seasonality of forest invertebrates in Hong Kong, South China

article

Seed Dispersal Distances and Plant Migration Potential in Tropical East Asia

article

Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo

scientific article published in 2009

Seed dispersal by long-tailed macaques

scientific article published on January 1998

Seed dispersal in Hong Kong, China: past, present and possible futures

scientific article published on June 2011

Seed dispersal in changing landscapes

Seed rain and natural regeneration in Lophostemon confertus plantations in Hong Kong, China

article

Seed rain into a degraded tropical peatland in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

scholarly article by Grace V. Blackham et al published November 2013 in Biological Conservation

Seed rain into upland plant communities in Hong Kong, China

article

Selecting small reserves in a human-dominated landscape: a case study of Hong Kong, China

scientific article

Singapore

Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Species diversity, morphometrics, and nesting biology of Chinese stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

scientific article published on 15 October 2021

Syrrhopodon hongkongensis (Calymperaceae, Musci), a New Species from Hong Kong, China

scientific article published in 1999

Taxonomic notes on the genus Dumasia (Fabaceae) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

The Anthropocene concept in ecology and conservation

scientific article

The Ecological Transformation of Singapore, 1819-1990

The Hemiparasitic Plant Phtheirospermum (Orobanchaceae) Is Polyphyletic and Contains Cryptic Species in the Hengduan Mountains of Southwest China.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

The Impact of Hunting on the Mammalian Fauna of Tropical Asian Forests

article

The Impacts of Droughts in Tropical Forests.

scientific article

The Importance of Animals in the Forest

The Larger Mammal Fauna of Hong Kong: Species Survival in a Highly Degraded Landscape ⬇️

scientific article published in March 2010

The Naturalized Flora of Hong Kong: A Comparison with Singapore

The Naturalized Flora of Singapore

scientific article published in 1988

The Plight of Large Animals in Tropical Forests and the Consequences for Plant Regeneration

article

The Role of Rewilding in Landscape Design for Conservation

scholarly article published 24 August 2016

The Sustainability of Thailand’s Protected-Area System under Climate Change

scientific article published on 08 March 2021

The bird communities of a natural secondary forest and a Lophostemon confertus plantation in Hong Kong, South China

article

The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people.

scientific article

The commonness of rarity: Global and future distribution of rarity across land plants

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

The commonness of rarity: Global and future distribution of rarity across land plants

scientific article published on 9 August 2019

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Helwingia himalaica (Helwingiaceae, Aquifoliales) and a chloroplast phylogenomic analysis of the Campanulidae

scientific article

The cover uncovered: Bark control over wood decomposition

scientific article published in 2018

The distribution of plants and seed dispersers in response to habitat fragmentation in an artificial island archipelago

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

The ecology of six Rhododendron species (Ericaceae) with contrasting local abundance and distribution patterns in Hong Kong, China

article published in 2003

The floral transcriptome of Machilus yunnanensis, a tree in the magnoliid family Lauraceae

scientific article published on 12 May 2018

The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview

scientific article published on 19 February 2021

The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview

scientific article published on 23 February 2021

The mangrove understory: some additional observations

scholarly article by Richard T. Corlett published February 1986 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

The persistence of ripe fleshy fruits in the presence and absence of frugivores

scientific article

The return of the elephants: How two groups of dispersing elephants attracted the attention of billions and what can we learn from their behavior

scientific article published in 2021

The shifted baseline: Prehistoric defaunation in the tropics and its consequences for biodiversity conservation

The use of species-area relationships to partition the effects of hunting and deforestation on bird extirpations in a fragmented landscape

article

The utility of DNA metabarcoding for studying the response of arthropod diversity and composition to land-use change in the tropics

scientific article (publication date: 26 April 2016)

Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability for the tropics

article

Trees represent community composition of other plant life-forms, but not their diversity, abundance or responses to fragmentation

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Tropical Forest Ecology in the Anthropocene

Tropical Forest Ecosystem Ecology: Water, Energy, Carbon, and Nutrients

Tropical Rain Forests

scholarly article published 18 February 2011

Tropical rainforests and the need for cross-continental comparisons

scientific article

Trouble with the Gray Literature

article by Richard T. Corlett published 19 November 2010 in Biotropica

Understanding the Effects of: Climate Change on Tropical Urban Biodiversity

scientific article published in 2012

Utilization of Wetlands by Ardeids in Starling Inlet, Hong Kong: A Year-Round Study and a Comparison between the Census and Flight-Line Methods

scientific article published in 2001

Vertical gradient in bryophyte diversity and species composition in tropical and subtropical forests in Yunnan, SW China

article

Vulnerability to climate change of species in protected areas in Thailand

scientific article published on 05 April 2022

We need to accelerate the digitization of existing botanical information and complete the global plant inventory

scientific article published in December 2022

What is secondary forest?

scientific article published in 1994

Where are the Subtropics?

article by Richard T. Corlett published 14 February 2013 in Biotropica

Will plant movements keep up with climate change?

scientific article

Winners and losers among tree species in Xishuangbanna: which traits are most important?

Winter cropping in Ficus tinctoria: an alternative strategy.

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

Zero extinction of known land plants is both desirable and achievable: a reply to Cannon and Lerdau

scientific article published in September 2023

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