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This is a selection of EBI publications in Nature and Science. To see the full publication list of a particular member, follow the links on the People pages.

Nature and Science Publications

Reinhardt, Raiswell, Scott, Anbar, Lyons (2009). A late Archaen sulfidic sea stimulated by early oxidative weathering of the continents. Science, 326, 713-716.

Paul B. Wignall,Yadong Sun, David P. G. Bond, Gareth Izon, Robert J. Newton, Stéphanie Védrine, Mike Widdowson, Jason R. Ali, Xulong Lai, Haishui Jiang, Helen Cope, Simon H. Bottrell (2009)'Volcanism, Mass Extinction, and Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in the Middle Permian of China', Science, Vol. 324. no. 5931, pp. 1179 - 1182

Oliver L. Phillips , Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Simon L. Lewis, Joshua B. Fisher, Jon Lloyd, Gabriela López-González, Yadvinder Malhi, Abel Monteagudo, Julie Peacock, Carlos A. Quesada, Geertje van der Heijden, Samuel Almeida, Iêda Amaral, Luzmila Arroyo, Gerardo Aymard, Tim R. Baker, Olaf Bánki, Lilian Blanc, Damien Bonal, Paulo Brando, Jerome Chave, Átila Cristina Alves de Oliveira, Nallaret Dávila Cardozo, Claudia I. Czimczik, Ted R. Feldpausch, Maria Aparecida Freitas, Emanuel Gloor, Niro Higuchi, Eliana Jiménez, Gareth Lloyd, Patrick Meir, Casimiro Mendoza, Alexandra Morel, David A. Neill, Daniel Nepstad, Sandra Patiño, Maria Cristina Peñuela, Adriana Prieto, Fredy Ramírez, Michael Schwarz, Javier Silva, Marcos Silveira, Anne Sota Thomas, Hans ter Steege, Juliana Stropp, Rodolfo Vásquez, Przemyslaw Zelazowski, Esteban Alvarez Dávila, Sandy Andelman, Ana Andrade, Kuo-Jung Chao, Terry Erwin, Anthony Di Fiore, Eurídice Honorio C., Helen Keeling, Tim J. Killeen, William F. Laurance, Antonio Peña Cruz, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Percy Núñez Vargas, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo, Agustín Rudas, Rafael Salamão, Natalino Silva, John Terborgh, Armando Torres-Lezama (2009) Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest. Science Vol. 323. no. 5919, pp. 1344 - 1347

Simon L. Lewis , Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Bonaventure Sonké, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Timothy R. Baker, Lucas O. Ojo, Oliver L. Phillips, Jan M. Reitsma, Lee White, James A. Comiskey, Marie-Noël Djuikouo, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Ted R. Feldpausch, Alan C. Hamilton, Manuel Gloor, Terese Hart, Annette Hladik, Jon Lloyd, Jon C. Lovett, Jean-Remy Makana, Yadvinder Malhi, Frank M. Mbago, Henry J. Ndangalasi, Julie Peacock, Kelvin S.-H. Peh, Douglas Sheil1, Terry Sunderland, Michael D. Swaine, James Taplin, David Taylor, Sean C. Thomas, Raymond Votere & Hannsjörg Wöll(2009). Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests Nature 457, 1003-1006

Lunt, D.J.; Foster, G.L.; Haywood, A.M.; Stone, E.J. (2008) Late Pliocene Greenland glaciation controlled by a decline in atmospheric CO2 levels, Nature: 454, 1102-1105

Hughes, W.O.H.; Oldroyd B.P.; Beekman, M.; Ratnieks F.L.W. (2008) Ancestral monogamy shows kin selection is key to the evolution of eusociality. Science, 320(5880), pp.1213 - 1216.

Stephens, B.B.; Gurney, K.R.; Tans, P.; Sweeney, C.; Peters, W.; Brawlier, L.; Ciais, P.; Nakazawa, T.; Aoki, S.; Machida, T.; Inoue, G.; Vinnichenko, N.; Lloyd, J.J.; Langfields, R.; Jordon, A.; Heimann, M.; Shibistova, O.; Francey, R.; Denning, S. (2007) Weak northern and strong tropical land carbon uptake from vertical profiles of atmospheric CO2 . Science, (316), pp.1732-1735.

Tzedakis, P.C.; Hughen, K.A.; Cacho, I.; Harvati, K. (2007) Placing late Neanderthals in a climatic context. Nature, 449(7159), pp.206-208.

ter Steege, H., Pitman, N.C.A., Phillips, O.L, Chave, J., Sabatier, D., Duque, A., Molino, J.F., Prévost, M.F., Spichiger, R., Castellanos, H., van Hildebrand, P., & Vásquez, R. (2006) Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia. Nature 443:444-447. Oliver Phillips Research

Kiel, S. and Little, C.T.S. (2006) Cold-seep mollusks are older than the general marine mollusk fauna. Science, v. 313, 1429-1431.

Walker, J., Cliff, R.A., Latham, A.G. (2006) U-Pb Isotopic Age of the StW 573 Hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa. Science Vol. 314. no. 5805, pp. 1592 - 1594 DOI: 10.1126/science.1132916

Wignall, P.B., McArthur, J.M., Little, C.T.S. and Hallam, A. (2006) Palaeoceanography: Methane release in the Early Jurassic period. Naturev. 442, doi:10.1038/nature04905.

Biesmeijer JC, Roberts SPM, Reemer M, Ohlemuller R, Edwards M, Peeters T, Schaffers AP, Potts SG, Kleukers R, Thomas CD, Settele J, and Kunin WE (2006) Parallel declines in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science 313 (5785): pp. 351-354.

Couzin I.D., Krause, J., Franks N.R., Levin, S.A. (2005) Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move. Nature, 433(7025), pp.513 - 516

Green, R.E., Cornell, S.J., Scharlemann, J. P. W and Balmford, A .P. Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature. Science 307 550­555 (2005)

Thingstad, T.F., Krom, M.D., Mantoura, R. F. C., Flaten, G. A. F., Groom, S., Herut, B., Kress, N., Law, C. S., Pasternak, A., Pitta, P., Psarra, S., Rassoulzadegan, F., Tanaka, T., Tselepides, A., Wassmann, P., Woodward, E. M. S., Wexels Riser,C., Zodiatis, G., Zohary, T. (2005) Nature of P limitation in the ultraoligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean. Science 309: 1068-1071

Cardinale, B.J.; Srivastava, D.S.; Duffy, J.E.; Wright, J.P.; Downing, A.L.; Sankaran, M. ; Jouseau, C. Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems Nature 443, pp.989-992, (2006)

Sankaran, M. ; Hanan, N.P.; Scoles, R.J.; Ratnam, J.; Augustine, D.J.; Cade, B.S.; Gignoux, J.; Higgins, S.J.; Le Roux, X.; Ludwig, F.; Ardo, J.; Banyikwa, F.; Bronn, A.; Bucini, G.; Caylor, K.K.; Coughenour, M.B.; Diouf, A.; Ekaya, W.; Feral, C.J.; February E; et al. Determinants of woody cover in African savannas Nature 438, pp.846-849, (2005)

Bunker, D.E., DeClerck, F., Bradford, J.C., Colwell, R.K., Perfecto, I., Phillips, O.L., Sankaran, M., Naeem, S. (2005) Species loss and above ground carbon storage in a tropical forest. [pdf]  Science 310 1029-1031

Votier, S.C., Bearhop, S., Crane, J.E., Caldow, R.W.G., Catry, P., Ensor, K, Hamer, K.C. , Kalmbach, E., Klomp, N.I., Pfeiffer, S., Phillips, R.A., Thompson, D.R. & Furness, R.W. (2004). Changes in fisheries discard rates and seabird communities. Nature 427: 727-730.

Wilson, R.J., Thomas, C.T., Fox, R., Roy, D.B. and Kunin, W.E. (2004) Spatial patterns in species distributions reveal biodiversity change. Nature 432, 393 - 396

Thomas, C.D., Cameron, A., Green, R.E., Bakkenes, M., Beaumont, L.J., Collingham, Y.C., Erasmus, B.F.N., Ferreira de Siqueira, M., Grainger, A., Hannah, L., Hughes, L., Huntley, B., S. van Jaarsveld, A., Midgley, G.F., Miles, L., Ortega-Huerta, M.A., Peterson, A.T., Phillips, O.L., & Williams, S.E. (2004) 'Extinction risk from climate change'. Nature 427: 145-148.

Tzedakis, P.C., Roucoux, K.H., de Abreu, L. & Shackleton, N.J. (2004) The duration of forest stages in southern Europe and interglacial climate variability. Science doi 10.1126/science.1102398