Dr Kyle Dexter
Reader in Terrestrial Vegetation Ecology
Background
Tropical dry forests, thickets, savannas and similar seasonally dry vegetation cover half the tropics, represent the most variable terrestrial flux of the global carbon cycle and house over a billion people in mostly marginalised societies. Yet, tropical dry vegetation remains poorly studied compared to the wet tropics. My driving motivation is to deepen our understanding of tropical dry vegetation, from ecological, ecosystem function, evolutionary and biogeographical perspectives.
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Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium (Acanthaceae) are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert
In:
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1193728
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Range restricted old and young lineages show the southern Western Ghats to be both a museum and a cradle of diversity for woody plants
In:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Precipitation is the main axis of tropical plant phylogenetic turnover across space and time
In:
Science Advances, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade4954
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Diversity and Divergence: Evolution of secondary metabolism in the tropical tree genus Inga
In:
New Phytologist, vol. 237, pp. 631-642
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18554
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Incorporating Dead Material in Ecosystem Assessments and Projections
In:
Nature Climate Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01565-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Cyclone Impacts on Coral Reef Communities in Southwest Madagascar
In:
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.753325
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Dissecting the difference in tree species richness between Africa and South America
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112336119
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A State-of-the-Art Vegetation Map for Jordan: A New Tool for Conservation in a Biodiverse Country
In:
Conservation, vol. 2, pp. 174-194
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation2010012
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Climatic niche lability but growth form conservatism in the African woody flora
In:
Ecology Letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13985
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The role of plant secondary metabolites in shaping regional and local plant community assembly
In:
Journal of Ecology, vol. 110, pp. 34-45
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13646
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)