Richard Field
Recent Publications
 

International peer-reviewed journal papers:

Altamirano A, Field R, Cayuela L, Aplin P, Lara A and Rey-Benayas JM (2010) Woody species diversity in temperate Andean forests: the need for new conservation strategies. Biological Conservation 143, 2080-2091.

Kissling WD, Field R, Korntheuer H, Heyder, U. and Böhning-Gaese K (2010) Woody plants and the prediction of climate change impacts on bird diversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365, 2035-2045.

Jocqué 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, 244-252.

Jocqué M, Kernahan A, Nobes A, Willians C & Field R (2010) How effective are non-destructive sampling methods to assess aquatic invertebrate diversity in bromeliads? Hydrobiologia 649, 293-300.

Kolby JE, Padgett-Flohr GE and Field R (2009) Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Cusuco National Park, Honduras. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.  Published online at http://www.int-res.com/journals/dao/dao-specials/fungus/

Bini LM et mult. al. (2009) Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of
spatial and non-spatial regression. Ecography 32, 193-204.

Field R, Hawkins BA, Cornell HV, Currie DJ, Diniz-Filho JAF, Guégan J-F, Kaufman DM, Kerr JT, Mittelbach GG, Oberdorff T, O'Brien EM and Turner JRG (2009) Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis. Journal of Biogeography 36, 132-147.

Kissling WD, 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, 327-339.

Hawkins BA, Albuquerque FS, Araújo MB, Beck J, Bini LM, Cabrero-Sañudo FJ, Castro-Parga I, Diniz-Filho JAF, Ferrer-Castán D, Field R, Gómez JF, Hortal J, Kerr JT, Kitching IJ, León-Cortés JL, Lobo JM, Montoya D, Moreno JC, Olalla-Tárraga MÁ, Pausas JG, Qian H, Rahbek C, Rodríguez MÁ, Sanders NJ & Williams, P (2007) A global evaluation of metabolic theory as an explanation for terrestrial species richness gradients.  Ecology 88, 1877-1888. *2007 (Sept): on the Faculty of 1000 list as a 'must read'.

Hawkins BA, Diniz-Filho JAF, Bini LM, Araújo MB, Field R, Hortal J, Kerr JT, Rahbek C, Rodríguez MÁ & Sanders NJ (2007)  Metabolic theory and diversity gradients: where do we go from here? Ecology 88, 1898-1902.

Field, R., O’Brien, E.M. and Lavers, C.P. (2007) Global models for predicting woody plant richness from climate: reply. Ecology 88, 259-262. *click here for the comment (pp. 255-259) and reply (pp. 259-262).

Lavers, C.P. & Field, R. (2006) A resource-based conceptual model of plant diversity that reassesses causality in the productivity-diversity relationship. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15, 213-224. *click here for preview, courtesy of Blackwell Publishing

Field, R., O'Brien, E.M. & Whittaker, R.J. (2005) Global models for predicting woody plant richness from climate: development and evaluation. Ecology 86, 2263-2277. Click here for a pdf containing the paper, appendices, comment and reply.

Currie, D.J., Mittelbach, G.G., Cornell, H.V., Field, R., Guégan, J-F., Hawkins, B.A., Kaufman, D.M., Kerr, J.T., Oberdorff, T., O'Brien, E.M. and Turner, J.R.G. (2004) Predictions and tests of climate-based hypotheses of broad-scale variation in taxonomic richness. Ecology Letters 7, 1121-1134. *2008: reached 100 ISI citations; 2010: reached 200 ISI citations.

Hawkins, B.A., Field, R., Cornell, H.V., Currie, D.J., Guégan, J-F., Kaufman, D.M., Kerr, J.T., Mittelbach, G.G., Oberdorff, T., O'Brien, E.M., Porter, E.E. and Turner, J.R.G. (2003) Energy, water, and broad-scale geographic patterns of species richness. Ecology 84, 3105-3117. *2006: reached 100 ISI citations; 2008: reached 200 ISI citations; 2009: reached 300 ISI citations; 2010: reached 400 ISI citations.

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, 453-470. *2005: reached 100 ISI citations; 2007: reached 200 ISI citations; 2009: reached 300 ISI citations.

Whittaker, R.J., Field, R. and Partomihardjo, T. (2000) How to go extinct: lessons from the lost plants of Krakatau. Journal of Biogeography 27, 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 89, 588-600.

Whittaker, R.J. and Field, R. (2000) Tree species richness modelling: an approach of global applicability? Oikos 89, 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 21, 495-509.

Peer-reviewed book chapters and sections:

Field R (2010) Data handling and representation. Pp. 317-349 in: Clifford NJ and French S (eds) Key methods in Geography. 2nd edition. Sage Publications.

Field R (2010) Biota and climate. In: Encyclopedia of Geography. Sage Publications.

Field R (2010) Nestedness. Invited contribution to Cox B & Moore PD Biogeography: an ecological and evolutionary approach. 8th edition. Blackwell Publishing.

Gough L & Field R (2007) Latitudinal diversity gradients. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003233.pub2]

Whittaker, R.J., Willis, K.J. and Field, R. (2003) Climatic-energetic explanations of diversity: a macroscopic perspective. In: Blackburn, T.M. and Gaston, K.J. (eds) Macroecology: concepts and consequences, pp. 107-129. British Ecological Society Symposia Series, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Field, R. (2003) The handling and presentation of geographical data. In: Clifford, N.J. and Valentine, G. (eds) Key methods in Geography, pp. 309-341. Sage Publications, London.

Field, R. (2002) Biodiversity: the variety of life. In: Rogers, A. and Viles, H.A. (eds) The student's companion to Geography (2nd edition), pp. 27-33. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Field, R. (2001) Latitudinal diversity gradients. In: Encyclopaedia of life sciences (published on-line primarily: www.els.net, and on paper). Macmillan Reference.

Book reviews:

Field, R. (2010) Review of Gillespie, R.G. & Clague, D.A. (eds) (2009) Encyclopedia of Islands. Frontiers of Biogeography 2, 38-41.

Field, R. (2004) Making the Gentry data more accessible. Review of Phillips, O. & Miller, J.S. (eds) (2002) Global Patterns of Plant Diversity: Alwyn H. Gentry's Forest Transect Data Set. Journal of Biogeography 31, 173-174.

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) Review of Rogerson, P.A. (2001) Statistical methods for geography. Progress in Physical Geography 27, 149-150.

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. (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. (2000) A starting point for biodiversity literature. Review of Smith, C.H. (2000) Biodiversity Studies: A Bibliographic Review. Diversity and Distributions 6, 325-326.  

Other:

Field R, Horton J, Chambers C, Hill S and Cobb S (2010) Online statistics e-learning resource for students in higher education. In Proceedings of ICERI2010 Conference 15-17 November 2010, Madrid, Spain. pp 3908-3915 [Peer reviewed – light touch.]

Field R, Horton J, Hill S, Cobb S and Donaghy M (2010) ‘Statistics – an intuitive introduction’ (SII): development of an e-learning resource for students in higher education. In Proceedings of INTED2010 Conference 8-10 March 2010, Valencia, Spain. pp 4328-4339. [Peer reviewed – light touch.]

Long PR and Field R (2008) Field Report: University of Nottingham / Operation Wallacea Forest Projects, Honduras 2007.  To be published on www.opwall.com.

Coles TF, Smith DJ and Field R (2007) Operation Wallacea Science Programme 2007. 129 pp.  Published by Operation Wallacea.

Altamirano A, Aplin P, Field R & Lara A (2006) Deforestation patterns in central-south Chile using satellite imagery. Biological Research 39 (B): 61.

Field, R. (ed.) (2004, 2005, 2006) Field Report: University of Nottingham / Operation Wallacea Forest Projects, Honduras.  Published on www.opwall.com.  104 pp. (2004), 206 pp. (2005), 117 pp. (2006).

Baginetas K, Watkins C, Field R (2005). Development of Soil Quality Indicators for Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability. A Blend of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge. Bayreuther Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten 26, 137-148. Proceedings of the Rural Geography Research Group, British-German Conference on 'The Countryside in the 21st Century: Anglo-German Perspectives', Editors Doris Schmied and Olivia Wilson. Published by Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Bayreuth e.V. Institute of Bio-Sciences, University of Bayreuth, Germany (July 2005).

Mathew TR, Aplin P and Field R (2005) A multiscale remote sensing approach to analyse the spatial dynamics of savanna in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security, International Center for Remote Sensing of Environment, Columbia, CD.

Mathew TR, Aplin P and Field R (2004) Land cover change and its impact on savanna heterogeneity in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Proceedings RSPSoc2004, 7-10 September 2004, Aberdeen.

Bateman SM, Field R and Smithers RJ (2004) Effects of fertiliser drift at ancient woodland edges.  In: Landscape ecology of trees and forests: Proceedings of the twelfth annual IALE (UK) conference, Cirencester, June 2004, IALE (UK), pp. 297-301.