List of works - Paul Eggleton

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of termites (Isoptera) illuminates key aspects of their evolutionary biology.

scientific article

Accelerated species inventory on Madagascar using coalescent-based models of species delineation

scientific article

Ant diversity as a direct and indirect driver of pselaphine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) functional diversity in tropical rainforests, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems

scholarly article by Diana L. Six published in May 2011

Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests.

scientific article

Assessing the Australian Termite Diversity Anomaly: How Habitat and Rainfall Affect Termite Assemblages

scientific article published in 2021

Assessing the Relative Efficiency of Termite Sampling Methods along a Rainfall Gradient in African Savannas

Baseline biodiversity surveys of the soil macrofauna of London’s green spaces

scientific article published in 2006

Biodiversity hanging by a thread: the importance of fungal litter-trapping systems in tropical rainforests

scientific article

Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modificationin tropical forest

scientific article published in Nature

Clarifying Terrestrial Recycling Pathways

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Comparison of Euryarchaea strains in the guts and food-soil of the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes fungifaber across different soil types.

scientific article published in July 2004

Consistency of effects of tropical-forest disturbance on species composition and richness relative to use of indicator taxa.

scientific article

Darker ants dominate the canopy: Testing macroecological hypotheses for patterns in colour along a microclimatic gradient

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches

scientific article

Detection of mitochondrial COII DNA sequences in ant guts as a method for assessing termite predation by ants

scientific article

Differences in nest structure influence the importance ofFormica rufagroup (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) wood ant nests as refugia for earthworms

scientific article published in September 2013

Earthworm distributions are not driven by measurable soil properties. Do they really indicate soil quality?

scientific article published on 30 August 2021

Erratum to: Mapping of earthworm distribution for the British Isles and Eire highlights the under-recording of an ecologically important group

scholarly article published in Biodiversity and Conservation

Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia

scientific article

Experimentally testing and assessing the predictive power of species assembly rules for tropical canopy ants

scientific article

Explaining global termite diversity: productivity or history?

First comparison of quantitative estimates of termite biomass and abundance reveals strong intercontinental differences

scientific article published on 06 February 2014

From chemical risk assessment to environmental quality management: the challenge for soil protection.

scientific article published on 24 August 2010

Functional compensation in a savanna scavenger community

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Fungus-growing termites originated in African rain forest.

scientific article published on May 2005

Global contribution of invertebrates to forest litter decomposition

scientific article published in 2024

Identifying possible sister groups of Cryptocercidae+Isoptera: a combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Dictyoptera.

scientific article

Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator

scientific article published in 2022

Interactive Effects of Fire, Rainfall, and Litter Quality on Decomposition in Savannas: Frequent Fire Leads to Contrasting Effects

article

Invertebrates and the complexity of tropical ecosystems

scientific article published in March 2020

Key Roles of Dipterocarpaceae, Bark Type Diversity and Tree Size in Lowland Rainforests of Northeast Borneo—Using Functional Traits of Lichens to Distinguish Plots of Old Growth and Regenerating Logged Forests

scientific article published on 08 March 2021

Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

scientific article

Mapping of earthworm distribution for the British Isles and Eire highlights the under-recording of an ecologically important group

No evidence for an elephant-termite feedback loop in Sand Forest, South Africa

article

Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter

article

On the respiratory quotient (RQ) of termites (Insecta: Isoptera).

scientific article

Patterns and drivers of lichen species composition in a NW-European lowland deciduous woodland complex

article

Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

article

Public goods, public services and by-product mutualism in an ant-fern symbiosis

article

Quantitative extraction of macro-invertebrates from temperate and tropical leaf litter and soil: efficiency and time-dependent taxonomic biases of the Winkler extraction

article

Resolving a heated debate: The utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath

scientific article published on 10 July 2023

Response to Lo et al

scientific article

Sampling termite assemblages in tropical forests: testing a rapid biodiversity assessment protocol

scientific article published in 2000

Seasonality of soil termites in a humid tropical forest, Mbalmayo, southern Cameroon

scientific article published in 1998

Spatial separation of Afrotropical dung beetle guilds: a trade-off between competitive superiority and energetic constraints (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 2003

Successional response of a tropical forest termite assemblage to experimental habitat perturbation

scientific article published in 1999

Suppression of savanna ants alters invertebrate composition and influences key ecosystem processes.

scientific article

Suspended Dead Wood Decomposes Slowly in the Tropics, with Microbial Decay Greater than Termite Decay

scholarly article

Symbiogenesis: beyond the endosymbiosis theory?

scientific article

Temperature sensitivity of termites determines global wood decay rates

Termite Diversity along an Amazon-Andes Elevation Gradient, Peru

scientific article

Termite diversity across an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in the humid forest zone of West Africa

scientific article published in 2002

Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

scientific article published on 23 September 2022

Termites and trees: a review of recent advances in termite phylogenetics

article

Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest

scientific article

The Effect of Rain Forest Canopy Architecture on the Distribution of Epiphytic Ferns (Aspleniumspp.) in Sabah, Malaysia

article

The challenge of estimating global termite methane emissions

scientific article published in June 2024

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

scientific article

The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts.

scientific article

The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil

scientific article published on 15 June 2021

The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages

scientific article published in 2012

The value of sown grass margins for enhancing soil macrofaunal biodiversity in arable systems

scientific article published in 2008

Tropical terrestrial invertebrates—Where to from here?

scientific article published in 2020

Vertical transmission as the key to the colonization of Madagascar by fungus-growing termites?

scientific article (publication date: 7 February 2010)

Why are trees hollow? Termites, microbes and tree internal stem damage in a tropical savanna

scientific article published on 20 December 2024

Woody encroachment slows decomposition and termite activity in an African savanna.

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

List of works by Paul Eggleton

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of termites (Isoptera) illuminates key aspects of their evolutionary biology.

Accelerated species inventory on Madagascar using coalescent-based models of species delineation

Ant diversity as a direct and indirect driver of pselaphine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) functional diversity in tropical rainforests, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems

Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests.

Assessing the Australian Termite Diversity Anomaly: How Habitat and Rainfall Affect Termite Assemblages

Assessing the Relative Efficiency of Termite Sampling Methods along a Rainfall Gradient in African Savannas

Baseline biodiversity surveys of the soil macrofauna of London’s green spaces

Biodiversity hanging by a thread: the importance of fungal litter-trapping systems in tropical rainforests

Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modificationin tropical forest

Clarifying Terrestrial Recycling Pathways

Comparison of Euryarchaea strains in the guts and food-soil of the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes fungifaber across different soil types.

Consistency of effects of tropical-forest disturbance on species composition and richness relative to use of indicator taxa.

Darker ants dominate the canopy: Testing macroecological hypotheses for patterns in colour along a microclimatic gradient

Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches

Detection of mitochondrial COII DNA sequences in ant guts as a method for assessing termite predation by ants

Differences in nest structure influence the importance ofFormica rufagroup (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) wood ant nests as refugia for earthworms

Earthworm distributions are not driven by measurable soil properties. Do they really indicate soil quality?

Erratum to: Mapping of earthworm distribution for the British Isles and Eire highlights the under-recording of an ecologically important group

Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia

Experimentally testing and assessing the predictive power of species assembly rules for tropical canopy ants

Explaining global termite diversity: productivity or history?

First comparison of quantitative estimates of termite biomass and abundance reveals strong intercontinental differences

From chemical risk assessment to environmental quality management: the challenge for soil protection.

Functional compensation in a savanna scavenger community

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Fungus-growing termites originated in African rain forest.

Global contribution of invertebrates to forest litter decomposition

Identifying possible sister groups of Cryptocercidae+Isoptera: a combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Dictyoptera.

Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator

Interactive Effects of Fire, Rainfall, and Litter Quality on Decomposition in Savannas: Frequent Fire Leads to Contrasting Effects

Invertebrates and the complexity of tropical ecosystems

Key Roles of Dipterocarpaceae, Bark Type Diversity and Tree Size in Lowland Rainforests of Northeast Borneo—Using Functional Traits of Lichens to Distinguish Plots of Old Growth and Regenerating Logged Forests

Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

Mapping of earthworm distribution for the British Isles and Eire highlights the under-recording of an ecologically important group

No evidence for an elephant-termite feedback loop in Sand Forest, South Africa

Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter

On the respiratory quotient (RQ) of termites (Insecta: Isoptera).

Patterns and drivers of lichen species composition in a NW-European lowland deciduous woodland complex

Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

Public goods, public services and by-product mutualism in an ant-fern symbiosis

Quantitative extraction of macro-invertebrates from temperate and tropical leaf litter and soil: efficiency and time-dependent taxonomic biases of the Winkler extraction

Resolving a heated debate: The utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath

Response to Lo et al

Sampling termite assemblages in tropical forests: testing a rapid biodiversity assessment protocol

Seasonality of soil termites in a humid tropical forest, Mbalmayo, southern Cameroon

Spatial separation of Afrotropical dung beetle guilds: a trade-off between competitive superiority and energetic constraints (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Successional response of a tropical forest termite assemblage to experimental habitat perturbation

Suppression of savanna ants alters invertebrate composition and influences key ecosystem processes.

Suspended Dead Wood Decomposes Slowly in the Tropics, with Microbial Decay Greater than Termite Decay

Symbiogenesis: beyond the endosymbiosis theory?

Temperature sensitivity of termites determines global wood decay rates

Termite Diversity along an Amazon-Andes Elevation Gradient, Peru

Termite diversity across an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in the humid forest zone of West Africa

Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Termites and trees: a review of recent advances in termite phylogenetics

Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest

Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest

The Effect of Rain Forest Canopy Architecture on the Distribution of Epiphytic Ferns (Aspleniumspp.) in Sabah, Malaysia

The challenge of estimating global termite methane emissions

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts.

The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil

The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages

The value of sown grass margins for enhancing soil macrofaunal biodiversity in arable systems

Tropical terrestrial invertebrates—Where to from here?

Vertical transmission as the key to the colonization of Madagascar by fungus-growing termites?

Why are trees hollow? Termites, microbes and tree internal stem damage in a tropical savanna

Woody encroachment slows decomposition and termite activity in an African savanna.