John Terborgh, Ph.D.
Director

Duke University
Box 90381
Durham, NC 27708

• Terborgh, J., G. Nunez-Ituri, N. Pitman, F.H. Cornejo Valverde, P. Alvarez,
  V. Swamy, B. Pringle, C. E.T. Paine (2008). Tree recruitment in an empty
  forest. Ecology.89: 1757-1768
  
  
• Terborgh. J.W. and K.J. Feeley. 2008. ³High functional redundancy and
  diffuse vertical links create multiple pathways for the trophic cascade in
  tropical forests² in Trophic Cascades (J.W. Terborgh and J.A. Estes, eds.).
  Island Press.
  
  
• Feeley, K.J. and J.W. Terborgh. 2008. Featured Paper: Direct vs. indirect
  effects of habitat reduction on the loss of avian species from tropical
  forest fragments. Animal Conservation 11: 353-360.
  
  
• Feeley, K.J. and J.W. Terborgh. 2008 Trophic drivers of species loss from
  fragments. Animal Conservation. 11: 366-368.
  
  
• Terborgh, J.W. and K.J. Feeley. 2008. ³Ecosystem decay in closed forest
  fragments² in Tropical Forest Community Ecology (W.P. Carson and S.A.
  Schnitzer, eds.). Blackwell Publishing. pp 308-321.
  
  
• Pringle, E.G., P. Alvarez-Loayza, and J. Terborgh. 2007. Seed
  characteristics and susceptibility pathogen attack in tree seeds of the
  Peruvian Amazon. Plant Ecol. 193: 211-222.
  
• Feeley, K.J. and J.W. Terborgh. 2006. Habitat fragmentation and the effects
  of herbivore (howler monkey) abundances on bird diversity. Ecology
  87:144-150.
  
  
• Terborgh, J.W, K.J. Feeley, P. Nuñez V., B. Balukjian, and M.R. Silman.
  2006. Vegetation dynamics of predator-free land-bridge islands. Journal of
  Ecology 94: 253-263.
  -Ranked as ³Exceptional² by the Faculty of 1000
  -Featured in Science and Nature magazines
  
  
• Malhi, Y. Wood, D., Baker T.R., Wright, J.S., Philips, O.L., Cochrane, T.,
  Meir, P., Chave, Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N.; Killeen, T.;
  Laurance, S., Laurance, W.F.; Lewis, S.L.; Monteagudo, A.; Neill, D.; Nunez
  Vargas, Pitman, N.; Quesada C.A., Slamao, Silva, J. N., Torres-Lezama, A.,
  Terborgh, J., Vasquez, M. R. & Vinceti, B. (2006) The regional variation of
  aboveground live biomass in old-growth Amazonian forests. Global Change
  Biology, 12, 1-32.
  
  
• Feeley, K.J. and J.W. Terborgh. 2005. The effects of herbivore density on
  soil nutrients and tree growth in tropical forest fragments. Ecology 86:
  116-124.
  
  
• Feeley, K.J., T.G. Gillespie, and J.W. Terborgh. 2005. The utility of
  spectral indices from Landsat ETM+ for measuring the structure and
  composition of tropical dry forests. Biotropica (invited) 37: 508-519.
  
  
• Lewis, S. L., Phillips, O. L., Baker, T. R., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Almeida,
  S., Higuchi, N., Laurance, W. F., Neill, D., Silva, N., Terborgh, J.,
  Torres-Lezama, A., Brown, S., Chave, J., Kuebler, C., Nunez, P., Vasquez, M.
  R. & Vinceti, B. (2005) Late twentieth century trends in the structure and
  dynamics of South American forests 143-154. In Tropical Forests and Global
  Atmospheric Changes. (eds O. Phillips & Y. Malhi). Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Phillips, O.L.; Baker, T.R.; Arroyo, L.; Higuchi, N.; Killeen, T.; Laurance,
  W.F.; Lewis, S.L.; Lloyd, J.J.; Malhi, Y.; Monteagudo, A.; Neill, D.; Nunez
  Vargas, P.; Silva, N.; Terborgh J.; Vasquez, M.; Alexiades, M.; Almeida, S.;
  Brown, S.; Chave J.; Comiskey, J.; Czimczik, C.; Di Fiore, A.; Erwin, T.;
  Kuebler C.; Laurance, S.G.; Nascimento, H.E.M.; Olivier, J.; Palacios, W.;
  Patino, S.; Pitman, N.; Quesada C.A.; Saldias, M.; Torres Lezama, A. (2005)
  Late twentieth-century patterns and trends in Amazon tree turnover. In: Y.
  Malhi, O.L. Philips (ed.) Tropical forests and global atmospheric change,
  Oxford University Press, pp.107-128.
  
  
• Baker, T.R.; Phillips, O.L.; Malhi, Y.; Almeida, S.; Arroyo, L.; Di Fiore,
  A.; Erwin, T.; Higuchi, N.; Killeen, T.J.; Laurance, S.G.; Laurance, W.F.;
  Lewis, S.L.; Monteagudo, A.; Neill, D.A.; Vargas, P.N.; Pitman, N.; Silva,
  N.M.; Martinez, R.V. (2005) Late twentieth-century trends in the biomass of
  Amazonian forest plots. In: Y. Malhi, O.L. Phillips (ed.) Tropical Forests
  and Global Atmospheric Change , Oxford University Press, pp.129-142.
  
  
• Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di Fiore,
  A., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J.,
  Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva, N., Vásquez
  Martínez, R. (2004) Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in
  Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology 10:545-562.
  
  
• Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di Fiore,
  A., Killeen, T., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J.,
  Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A., Silva, N., Vásquez
  Martínez, R. (2004) Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in
  Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology 10:545-562.
  
  
• Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T.R., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S.,
  Higuchi, N., Laurance, W.F., Neill, D., Silva, N., Terborgh, J., Torres
  Lezama, A., Vásquez M., R., Brown, S., Chave, J., Kuebler, C., Núñez V., P.,
  Vinceti, B. (2004) Concerted changes in tropical forest structure and
  dynamics: evidence from 50 South American long-term plots Philosophical
  Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 359:421-436.
  
  
• Malhi, Y., Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Almeida, S., Alvarez, E., Arroyo,
  L., Chave, J., Czimczik, C., Di Fiore, A., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T.,
  Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Mercado, L.M., Monteagudo, A.,
  Neill, D.A., Pitman, N.C.A., Quesada, C.A., Silva, J. N. M., Vásquez
  Martínez, R., Terborgh, J., Vinceti, B. & Lloyd, J. (2004) The above-ground
  wood productivity and net primary productivity of 100 Neotropical forests.
  Global Change Biology 10:563-591.
  
  
• Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L., Lloyd, J., Baker, T., Wright, J., Almeida, S.,
  Arroyo, L., Frederiksen, T., Grace, J., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance,
  W.F., Leaño, C., Lewis, S., Meir, P., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Núñez
  Vargas, P., Panfil, S., Patiño, S., Pitman, N., Quesada, C.A., Rudas-Ll. A.,
  Salomão, R., Saleska, S., Silva, N., Silveira, M., Sombroek, W.G., Valencia,
  R., Vásquez Martínez, R., Vieira, I.C.G. & Vinceti, B. (2002) An
  international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of
  Amazonian forests (RAINFOR). Journal of Vegetation Science 13:439-450.
  
  
• Phillips, O., Baker T.R., Arroyo, L., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T., Laurance,
  W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Núñez
  Vargas, P., Silva, N., Terborgh, J., Vásquez Martínez, R., Alexiades, M.,
  Almeida, S., Brown, S., Chave, J., Comiskey, J.A., Czimczik, C.I., Di Fiore,
  A., Erwin, T., Kuebler, C., Laurance, S.G., Nascimento, H.E.M., Palacios,
  W., Patiño, S., Pitman, N., 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 359:381-407.

• Condit et al. Science Magazine Report, Volume 295, January 25, 2001: Beta-Diversity in Tropical Forest Trees
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• Terborgh et al. Science Magazine Report, Volume 294, November 30, 2001: Ecological Meltdown in Predator Free Forest Fragments
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• From the Duke News Service: Island Study Suggests Predators Key to Healthy Ecosystem