Richard Field

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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• richard.field@nottingham.ac.uk
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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 of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 365(1549), 2035-2046
• KISSLING, W.D., FIELD, R. and BÖHNING-GAESE, K., 2008. Spatial patterns of woody plant and bird diversity: functional relationships or environmental effects? Global Ecology and Biogeography. 17(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. 19(2), 244-252

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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.

• 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. 19(2), 244-252
• 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. 143(9), 2080-2091
• 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
• 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 of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 365(1549), 2035-2046
• 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.)
• 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
• 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
• KISSLING, W.D., FIELD, R. and BÖHNING-GAESE, K., 2008. Spatial patterns of woody plant and bird diversity: functional relationships or environmental effects? Global Ecology and Biogeography. 17(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., 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
• 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
• LAVERS, C. and FIELD, R., 2006. A resource-based conceptual model of plant diversity that reassesses causality in the productivity-diversity relationship Global Ecology and Biogeography. 15(3), 213-224
• 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
• FIELD, R., 2004. Making the Gentry data more accessible Journal of Biogeography. VOL 31(NUMBER 1), 173-174
• 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
• WHITTAKER, R.J., WILLIS, K.J. and FIELD, R., 2003. Climatic-energetic explanations of diversity: a macroscopic perspective. In: Macroecology: Concepts and Consequences
• 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
• FIELD, R., 2003. Rogerson, P.A., Statistical methods for geography Progress in Physical Geography. VOL 27(PART 1), 149
• 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. The handling and presentation of geographic data. In: Key Methods in 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
• FIELD, R., 2002. Biodiversity: the variety of life. In: The Student's Companion to Geography
• 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
• FIELD, R., 2001. Latitudinal diversity gradients. In: Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences
• 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
• 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., 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
• 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