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Richard Field

Associate Professor of Biogeography, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Research Summary

See my main website. My main research interests are biogeography, conservation, macroecology and plant ecology, with particular focus on biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological… read more

Selected Publications

  • FIELD, R., HAWKINS, B.A., CORNELL, H.V., CURRIE, D.J., DINIZ-FILHO, J.A.F., GUÉGAN, J.-F., KAUFMAN, D.M., KERR, J.T., MITTELBACH, G.G., OBERDORFF, T., O'BRIEN, E.M. and TURNER, J.R.G., 2009. Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis Journal of Biogeography. 36(1), 132-147
  • KISSLING, W.D., FIELD, R., KORNTHEUER, H., HEYDER, U. and BOHNING-GAESE, K., 2010. Woody plants and the prediction of climate-change impacts on bird diversity PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS- ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. NUMB 1549, 2035-2046
  • KISSLING, W. D., FIELD, R. and BOHNING-GAESE, K., 2008. Spatial patterns of woody plant and bird diversity: functional relationships or environmental effects? GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. VOL 17(NUMBER 3), 327-339
  • JOCQUE, M., FIELD, R., BRENDONCK, L. and DE MEESTER, L., 2010. Climatic control of dispersal-ecological specialization trade-offs: a metacommunity process at the heart of the latitudinal diversity gradient? GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. VOL 19(NUMBER 2), 244-252

Current Research

See my main website. My main research interests are biogeography, conservation, macroecology and plant ecology, with particular focus on biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological communities.

  • ALTAMIRANO, A., FIELD, R., CAYUELA, L., APLIN, P., LARA, A. and REY-BENAYAS, J. M., 2010. Woody species diversity in temperate Andean forests: The need for new conservation strategies Biological Conservation. VOL 143, 2080-2091
  • KISSLING, W.D., FIELD, R., KORNTHEUER, H., HEYDER, U. and BOHNING-GAESE, K., 2010. Woody plants and the prediction of climate-change impacts on bird diversity PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS- ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. NUMB 1549, 2035-2046
  • JOCQUE, M., KERNAHAN, A., NOBES, A., WILLIANS, C. and FIELD, R., 2010. How effective are non-destructive sampling methods to assess aquatic invertebrate diversity in bromeliads? HYDROBIOLOGIA -THE HAGUE-. VOL 649, 293-300
  • JOCQUE, M., FIELD, R., BRENDONCK, L. and DE MEESTER, L., 2010. Climatic control of dispersal-ecological specialization trade-offs: a metacommunity process at the heart of the latitudinal diversity gradient? GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. VOL 19(NUMBER 2), 244-252
  • BINI, L.M., DINIZ-FILHO, J.A.F., RANGEL, T.F.L.V.B., AKRE, T.S.B, ALBALADEJO, R.G., ALBUQUERQUE, F.S., APARICIO, A., ARAÚJO, M.B., BASELGA, A., BECK, J., BELLOCQ, M.I., BÖHNING-GAESE, K., BORGES, P.A.V., CASTRO-PARGA, I., CHEY, V.K., CHOWN, S.L., DE MARCO, P.JR., DOBKIN, D.S., FERRER-CASTÁN, D., FIELD, R., FILLOY, J., FLEISHMAN, E., GÓMEZ, J.F., HORTAL, J., IVERSON, J.B., KERR, J.T., KISSLING, W.D., KITCHING, I.J., LEÓN-CORTÉS, J.L., LOBO, J.M., MONTOYA, D., MORALES-CASTILLA, I., MORENO, J.C., OBERDORFF, T., OLALLA-TÁRRAGA, M.Á., PAUSAS, J.G., QIAN, H., RAHBEK, C., RODRÍGUEZ, M.Á., RUEDA, M., RUGGIERO, A., SACKMANN, P., SANDERS, N.J., TERRIBILE, L.C., VETAAS, O.R. and HAWKINS, B.A., 2009. Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression Ecography. 32, 193-204
  • FIELD, R., HAWKINS, B.A., CORNELL, H.V., CURRIE, D.J., DINIZ-FILHO, J.A.F., GUÉGAN, J.-F., KAUFMAN, D.M., KERR, J.T., MITTELBACH, G.G., OBERDORFF, T., O'BRIEN, E.M. and TURNER, J.R.G., 2009. Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis Journal of Biogeography. 36(1), 132-147
  • KOLBY, J.E., PADGETT-FLOHR, G.E. and FIELD, R., 2009. Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Cusuco National Park, Honduras Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. (In Press.)
  • KISSLING, W. D., FIELD, R. and BOHNING-GAESE, K., 2008. Spatial patterns of woody plant and bird diversity: functional relationships or environmental effects? GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. VOL 17(NUMBER 3), 327-339
  • FIELD, R., O BRIEN, E. M. and LAVERS, C. P., 2007. Global models for predicting woody plant richness from climate: reply Ecology. VOL 88(NUMB 1), 259-262
  • HAWKINS, B.A., ALBUQUERQUE, F.S., ARAÚJO, M.B., BECK, J., BINI, L.M., CABRERO-SAÑUDO, F.J., CASTRO-PARGA, I., DINIZ-FILHO, J.A.F., FERRER-CASTÁN, D., FIELD, R., GÓMEZ, J.F., HORTAL, J., KERR, J.T., KITCHING, I.J., LEÓN-CORTÉS, J.L., LOBO, J.M., MONTOYA, D., MORENO, J.C., OLALLA-TÁRRAGA, M.Á., PAUSAS, J.G., QIAN, H., RAHBEK, C., RODRÍGUEZ, M.Á., SANDERS, N.J. and WILLIAMS, P., 2007. A global evaluation of metabolic theory as an explanation for terrestrial species richness gradients Ecology. 88(8), 1877-1888
  • HAWKINS, B.A., DINIZ-FILHO, J.A.F., BINI, L.M., ARAÚJO, M.B., FIELD, R., HORTAL, J., KERR, J.T., RAHBEK, C., RODRÍGUEZ, M.Á. and SANDERS, N.J., 2007. Metabolic theory and diversity gradients: where do we go from here? Ecology. 88(8), 1898-1902
  • FIELD, R., O BRIEN, E. M. and WHITTAKER, R. J., 2005. Global models for predicting woody plant richness from climate: development and evaluation Ecology. 86(9), 2263-2277
  • CURRIE, D. J., MITTELBACH, G. G., CORNELL, H. V., FIELD, R., GUEGAN, J. F., HAWKINS, B. A., KAUFMAN, D. M., KERR, J. T., OBERDORFF, T. and O'BRIEN, E., 2004. Predictions and tests of climate-based hypotheses of broad-scale variation in taxonomic richness Ecology Letters. 7(12), 1121-1134
  • FIELD, R., 2004. Making the Gentry data more accessible Journal of Biogeography. VOL 31(NUMBER 1), 173-174
  • HAWKINS, B. A., FIELD, R., CORNELL, H. V., CURRIE, D. J., GUEGAN, J.-F., KAUFMAN, D. M., KERR, J. T., MITTELBACH, G. G., OBERDORFF, T. and O BRIEN, E. M., 2003. Energy, water, and broad-scale geographic patterns of species richness Ecology. 84(12), 3105-3117
  • WHITTAKER, R.J., WILLIS, K.J. and FIELD, R., 2003. Climatic-energetic explanations of diversity: a macroscopic perspective. In: Macroecology: Concepts and Consequences
  • FIELD, R., 2003. The handling and presentation of geographic data. In: Key Methods in Geography
  • FIELD, R., 2003. All creatures great and small: review of Tudge, C (2002,2000) The variety of life: a survey and celebration of all the creatures that have ever lived Global Ecology and Biogeography. 12, 357-358
  • FIELD, R., 2003. Rogerson, P.A., Statistical methods for geography Progress in Physical Geography. VOL 27(PART 1), 149
  • FIELD, R., 2002. Biodiversity: the variety of life. In: The Student's Companion to Geography
  • FIELD, R., 2002. Macroecology takes wing: review of Gaston, K J. and Blackburn, T M. (2000) Pattern and process in macroecology Global Ecology and Biogeography. 11, 87-88
  • WHITTAKER, R. J., WILLIS, K. J. and FIELD, R., 2001. Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity Journal of Biogeography. 28(4), 453-470
  • FIELD, R., 2001. Latitudinal diversity gradients. In: Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences
  • FIELD, R., 2001. The puma debate: review of Shaw, H. (2000) Soul among lions: the cougar as a peaceful adversary Journal of Biogeography. 28, 941
  • WHITTAKER, R. J., FIELD, R. and PARTOMIHARDJO, T., 2000. How to go extinct: lessons from the lost plants of Krakatau Journal of Biogeography. VOL 27(PART 5), 1049-1064
  • O'BRIEN, E. M., FIELD, R. and WHITTAKER, R. J., 2000. Climatic gradients in woody plant (tree and shrub) diversity: water-energy dynamics, residual variation, and topography Oikos. VOL 89(PART 3), 588-600
  • WHITTAKER, R. J. and FIELD R., 2000. Tree species richness modelling: an approach of global applicability? Oikos. VOL 89(PART 2), 399-402
  • O'BRIEN, E. M., WHITTAKER, R. J. and FIELD, R., 1998. Climate and woody plant diversity in southern Africa: Relationships at species, genus and family levels Ecography. VOL 21(NUMBER 5), 495-509

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