Emma R. Bush
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View article: Stand age drives changes in the biodiversity and microclimate of oil palm plantations
Stand age drives changes in the biodiversity and microclimate of oil palm plantations Open
Tree plantation age strongly dictates its environment. As they mature, the canopy closes and habitat complexity tends to increase, which in turn affects biodiversity. However, for oil palm, one of the most important and widespread tree pla…
View article: Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age
Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age Open
With biodiversity loss escalating globally, a step change is needed in our capacity to accurately monitor species populations across ecosystems. Robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) offer technological solutions that may substantially adva…
View article: Rare Long‐Term Data Reveal the Seasonal Dietary Plasticity of Mandrills (<i>Mandrillus sphinx</i>) in Response to Fruiting Tree Phenology
Rare Long‐Term Data Reveal the Seasonal Dietary Plasticity of Mandrills (<i>Mandrillus sphinx</i>) in Response to Fruiting Tree Phenology Open
Understanding primate dietary plasticity provides insights into trait evolution and resilience to environmental change. Here, we investigate the feeding ecology of mandrills ( Mandrillus sphinx ), a species that forms groups of close to 10…
View article: Patterns of fruit production in tropical forests are shifting with negative outnumbering positive trends
Patterns of fruit production in tropical forests are shifting with negative outnumbering positive trends Open
The impacts of climate change and anthropogenic disturbance are increasingly evident in the structure and demographics of tropical forests, yet the response of tree reproduction remains poorly understood. As fruit and seed production is th…
View article: Variable responses of individual species to tropical forest degradation
Variable responses of individual species to tropical forest degradation Open
The functional stability of ecosystems depends greatly on interspecific differences in responses to environmental perturbation. However, responses to perturbation are not necessarily invariant among populations of the same species, so intr…
View article: Cascading effects of climate change: new advances in drivers and shifts of tropical reproductive phenology
Cascading effects of climate change: new advances in drivers and shifts of tropical reproductive phenology Open
View article: Local‐scale temperature gradients driven by human disturbance shape the physiological and morphological traits of dung beetle communities in a Bornean oil palm–forest mosaic
Local‐scale temperature gradients driven by human disturbance shape the physiological and morphological traits of dung beetle communities in a Bornean oil palm–forest mosaic Open
Temperature change is an often‐assumed, but rarely tested, mechanism by which sensitive species may decline in forest landscapes following habitat degradation, fragmentation and destruction. Traits mediate how species respond to environmen…
View article: MASTREE+: Time‐series of plant reproductive effort from six continents
MASTREE+: Time‐series of plant reproductive effort from six continents Open
Significant gaps remain in understanding the response of plant reproduction to environmental change. This is partly because measuring reproduction in long‐lived plants requires direct observation over many years and such datasets have rare…
View article: Peer Review #1 of "Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa (v0.1)"
Peer Review #1 of "Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa (v0.1)" Open
Background.The humid tropical forests of Central Africa influence weather worldwide and play a major role in the global carbon cycle.However, they are also an ecological anomaly, with evergreen forests dominating the western equatorial reg…
View article: Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa
Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa Open
Background The humid tropical forests of Central Africa influence weather worldwide and play a major role in the global carbon cycle. However, they are also an ecological anomaly, with evergreen forests dominating the western equatorial re…
View article: Peer Review #3 of "Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa (v0.3)"
Peer Review #3 of "Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa (v0.3)" Open
Background.The humid tropical forests of Central Africa influence weather worldwide and play a major role in the global carbon cycle.However, they are also an ecological anomaly, with evergreen forests dominating the western equatorial reg…
View article: Peer Review #3 of "Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa (v0.2)"
Peer Review #3 of "Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa (v0.2)" Open
Background.The humid tropical forests of Central Africa influence weather worldwide and play a major role in the global carbon cycle.However, they are also an ecological anomaly, with evergreen forests dominating the western equatorial reg…
View article: Monitoring Mega-Crown Leaf Turnover from Space
Monitoring Mega-Crown Leaf Turnover from Space Open
Spatial and temporal patterns of tropical leaf renewal are poorly understood and poorly parameterized in modern Earth System Models due to lack of data. Remote sensing has great potential for sampling leaf phenology across tropical landsca…
View article: The Role of Forest Elephants in Shaping Tropical Forest–Savanna Coexistence
The Role of Forest Elephants in Shaping Tropical Forest–Savanna Coexistence Open
View article: Ground data confirm warming and drying are at a critical level for forest survival in western equatorial Africa
Ground data confirm warming and drying are at a critical level for forest survival in western equatorial Africa Open
Background. The humid tropical forests of Central Africa influence weather worldwide and play a major role in the global carbon cycle. However they are also an ecological anomaly, with evergreen forests dominating the western equatorial re…
View article: Ground data confirm warming and drying are at a critical level for forest survival in western equatorial Africa
Ground data confirm warming and drying are at a critical level for forest survival in western equatorial Africa Open
Background. The humid tropical forests of Central Africa influence weather worldwide and play a major role in the global carbon cycle. However they are also an ecological anomaly, with evergreen forests dominating the western equatorial re…
View article: A manifesto for predictive conservation
A manifesto for predictive conservation Open
View article: Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011
Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011 Open
Description: Dung beetle community and dung removal data at SAFE second order points 2011Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Effects of habitat modification and fragmentation…
View article: Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011
Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011 Open
Description: Dung beetle community and dung removal data at SAFE second order points 2011Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Effects of habitat modification and fragmentation…
View article: Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011
Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011 Open
Old version. Corrected and updated version at 10.5281/zenodo.3247492 Dung beetle community and dung removal data at SAFE second order points 2011
View article: Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011
Dung beetle community and dung removal data 2011 Open
Old version. Corrected and updated version at 10.5281/zenodo.3247492 Dung beetle community and dung removal data at SAFE second order points 2011
View article: Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities
Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities Open
We present the first cross‐continental comparison of the flowering and fruiting phenology of tropical forests across Africa. Flowering events of 5446 trees from 196 species across 12 sites and fruiting events of 4595 trees from 191 species…
View article: Dataset: Towards effective monitoring of tropical phenology
Dataset: Towards effective monitoring of tropical phenology Open
Data to accompany manuscript, Bush et al., "Towards effective monitoring of tropical phenology: maximising returns and reducing uncertainty in long-term studies”. Abstract for the publication is: Phenology is a key component of ecosystem f…
View article: Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using long‐term tropical field data and simulations
Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using long‐term tropical field data and simulations Open
Summary Changes in phenology are an inevitable result of climate change, and will have wide‐reaching impacts on species, ecosystems, human society and even feedback onto climate. Accurate understanding of phenology is important to adapt to…
View article: Dataset: Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using tropical field data and simulations
Dataset: Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using tropical field data and simulations Open
Data to accompany manuscript Bush et al. Accepted in Methods in Ecology and Evolution October 2016. Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using tropical field data and simulations. Abstract for the publication is: 1.Changes in phe…
View article: Mosquito Net Use in an Artisanal East African Fishery
Mosquito Net Use in an Artisanal East African Fishery Open
Widespread, anecdotal reports of the use of bed nets designed for malaria control (“mosquito nets”) in artisanal fisheries have led to concern from health and natural resource management sectors. However, mosquito net fishing (MNF) may pla…