Publications

These are SCOPUS indexed publications by FOS academics in the past 5 years.


The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite …
Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
The emergence of alternative stable states in forest systems has significant implications for the functioning and structure of the …
Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Smoking is the leading behavioural risk factor for mortality globally, accounting for more than 175 million deaths and …
Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Aim: Ecological and anthropogenic factors shift the abundances of dominant and rare tree species within local forest communities, thus …
Wind dispersed tree species have greater maximum height
Aim: We test the hypothesis that wind dispersal is more common among emergent tree species given that being tall increases the …
General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants
Background: Adiposity can be measured using BMI (which is based on weight and height) as well as indices of abdominal adiposity. We …
Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death …
Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Accurate assessments of current and future fertility—including overall trends and changing population age structures across …
Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Regular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision …
Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk factors is necessary to inform public health policy …
Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. The profound impact …
Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Future trends in disease burden and drivers of health are of great interest to policy makers and the public at large. This …
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
Background: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual …
Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition
Aim: To determine the relationships between the functional trait composition of forest communities and environmental gradients across …
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable …
Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions (Nature, (2023), 621, 7980, (773-781), 10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7)
Correction to: Nature Published online 23 August 2023 In the version of the article initially published, Stanislaw Miscicki’s name …
Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
Determining the drivers of non-native plant invasions is critical for managing native ecosystems and limiting the spread of invasive …
Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
  1. Biodiversity is an important component of natural ecosystems, with higher species richness often correlating with an increase in …
The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
Understanding what controls global leaf type variation in trees is crucial for comprehending their role in terrestrial ecosystems, …
Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most recognized global patterns of species richness exhibited across a wide …
The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Background: Understanding the magnitude of cancer burden attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors is crucial for development …
Erratum: The number of tree species on Earth (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2022) 119 (e2115329119) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115329119)
The authors note that in Fig. 1, the values for the number of trees and of species in Oceania mistakenly repeated the correct values …
The number of tree species on Earth
One of the most fundamental questions in ecology is how many species inhabit the Earth. However, due to massive logistical and …
The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Background: In estimating the global burden of cancer, adolescents and young adults with cancer are often overlooked, despite being a …
Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
IMPORTANCE The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) provided systematic estimates of incidence, …
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for …
The global abundance of tree palms
Aim: Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being …
Long-term thermal sensitivity of earth's tropical forests
The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global climate change. Although short-term …