Publications

2022

Jia, S., X. Wang, Z. Hao, R. Bagchi. 2022. The effects of natural enemies on herb diversity in a temperate forest depend on species traits and neighbouring tree compositionJournal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13973

Bagchi, R., M.C. LaScaleia, V.R. Milici, D. Dalui. 2022. Replicated spatial point pattern analyses for ecological inference: A tutorial using the RSPPlme4 package in R. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5:810010

2021

Pasquarella, V. J., J. G. Mickley, A. B. Plotkin, R. G. MacLean, R. M. Anderson, L. M. Brown, D. L. Wagner, M. S. Singer & R. Bagchi. 2021.  Predicting defoliator abundance and defoliation measurements using Landsat-based condition scores. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 7:592–609. DOI: 10.1002/rse2.2112020

Milici, V. R., D. Dalui, J. G. Mickley, R. Bagchi, (2020). Responses of plant-pathogen interactions to precipitation: implications for tropical tree richness in a changing world. Journal of Ecology, 108:1800-1809. DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.13373

Garcia, C., J. Vendé, N. Konerira, J. Kalla, M. Nay, A. Dray, M. Delay, P. Waeber, N. Stoudmann, A. Bose, C. Le Page, Y. Raghuram, R. Bagchi, J. Ghazoul, C. Kushalappa & P. Vaast (2020) Coffee, farmers, and trees—shifting rights accelerates changing landscapes. Forests, 11:480. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040480

Jia, S., X. Wang, Z. Yuan, F. Lin, J. Ye, G. Lin, Z Hao & R. Bagchi (2020). Tree species traits affect which natural enemies drive the Janzen-Connell effect in a temperate forest. Nature Communications 11:286. DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-14140-y

Viswanathan, A., J. Ghazoul, O.T. Lewis, G. Honwad & R. Bagchi (2020). Effects of forest fragment area on interactions between plants and their natural enemies: consequences for plant diversity at multiple spatial scales. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2:88. DOI:10.3389/ffgc.2019.00088

2019

Anderson, R. M., N. M. Dallar, N. L. Pirtel, C. J. Connors, J. G. Mickley, R. Bagchi & M. S. Singer, (2019) Bottom-up and top-down effects of forest fragmentation differ between dietary generalist and specialist caterpillars. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:452. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2019.00452

Slade, E. M., R. Bagchi, N. Keller, & C. D. Philipson (2019) When do more species maximise more ecosystem services. Trends in Plant Science.  DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.014.

Viswanathan, A., J. Ghazoul, G. Honwad,  A. Kumar &  R. Bagchi (2019) The effects of rainforest fragment area on the strength of plant-pathogen interactions. Biology Letters, 15: 20180493. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0493.

Mickley, J. G., T. E. Moore, C. D. Schlichting, A. DeRobertis, E. N. Mason, & R. Bagchi (2019) Measuring Microenvironments for Global Change: DIY Environmental Microcontroller Units (EMUs). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10:578-584. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13128.

2018

Krishnadas, M., R. Bagchi, S. Sridhara & L. S. Comita (2018) Weaker plant-enemy interactions decrease tree seedling diversity with edge-effects in a fragmented tropical forest. Nature Communications.9:4523. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06997-2.

Moore, T. E., R. Bagchi, M. E. Aiello-Lammens, C. D. Schlichting (2018) Spatial autocorrelation inflates niche breadth-range size relationships. Global Ecology & Biogeography 27:1426-1436. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12818.

Bagchi, R.L. M. Brown, C. S. Elphick, D. L. Wagner, &  M. S. Singer (2018) Anthropogenic fragmentation of landscapes: mechanisms for eroding the specificity of plant-herbivore interactions. Oecologia, 187:521-533. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4115-5.

Bagchi, R, V. Swamy, J-P. L. Farfan, J. Terborgh, C. I. A. Vela, N. C. A. Pitman & W. G. Sanchez (2018) Defaunation increases the spatial clustering of lowland Western Amazonian tree communitiesJournal of Ecology106:1470-1482. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12929.

Bagchi, R. D. G. Hole,.S. H. M. Butchart,.Y.C. Collingham, L. D. Fishpool, A. J. Plumptre, I. Owiunji, H. Mugabe, S. G. Willis (2018) Forecasting potential routes for movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under projected climate change. Ecography41:401-413. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02712.

2016

Smith, J.R., R. Bagchi, C.J. Kettle, C. Maycock, E. Khoo, and J. Ghazoul. (2016) Predicting the terminal velocity of dipterocarp fruit. Biotropica, 48:154-158. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12316.

2015

Tito de Morais, C., J. Ghazoul, C. R. Maycock, R. Bagchi, D. F. R. P. Burslem, E. Khoo, A. Itoh, S. Nanami, S. Matsuyama, A. Finger, S. A. Ismail, and C. J. Kettle. (2015) Understanding local patterns of genetic diversity in dipterocarps using a multi-site, multi-species approach: Implications for forest management and restoration. Forest Ecology and Management356:153-165.

Smith, J.R., R. Bagchi, J. Ellens, C.J. Kettle, D.F.R.P. Burslem, C.R. Maycock, E. Khoo & J. Ghazoul (2015) Predicting dispersal of auto-gyrating fruit in tropical trees: a case study from the DipterocarpaceaeEcology & Evolution, 5:1794-1801.

Bagchi, R. & J.B. Illian (2015) A method for analyzing replicated point patterns in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.6:482-490.

Born, J., R. Bagchi, D.F.R.P. Burslem, R. Nilus, C. Tellenbach, A.R. Pluess, & J. Ghazoul (2015) Differential responses of dipterocarp seedlings to soil moisture and microtopographyBiotropica, 47:49-58.

2014

Bagchi R., R.E. Gallery, S. Gripenberg, S.J. Gurr, L. Narayan, C.E. Addis, R.P. Freckleton & O.T. Lewis (2014) Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition Nature 506: 85-88

Gripenberg S., R. Bagchi, R.E. Gallery, R.P. Freckleton, L. Narayan & O.T. Lewis (2014) Testing for enemy‐mediated density‐dependence in the mortality of seedlings: field experiments with five Neotropical tree species. Oikos 123:185-193

Kai Z, T.S. Woan, L. Jie, E. Goodale, K. Kitajima, R. Bagchi & R.D. Harrison (2014) Shifting Baselines on a Tropical Forest Frontier: Extirpations Drive Declines in Local Ecological Knowledge. PLoS ONE 9: e86598

2013

Bagchi R., M. Crosby, B. Huntley, D.G. Hole, S.H.M. Butchart, Y.C. Collingham, M. Kalra, J. Rajkumar, A. Rahmani, M. Pandey, H. Gurung, L.T. Trai, N.V. Quang & S.G. Willis (2013) Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation site networks under climate change: accounting for uncertainty. Global Change Biology 19, 1236-1248

Gamfeldt L., T. Snall, R. Bagchi, M. Jonsson, L. Gustafsson, P. Kjellander, M.C. Ruiz-Jaen, M. Froberg, J. Stendahl, C.D. Philipson, G. Mikusinski, E. Andersson, B. Westerlund, H. Andren, F. Moberg, J. Moen & J. Bengtsson (2013) Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species. Nature Communications 4, 1340

2012

Swinfield T., O.T. Lewis, R. Bagchi & R. P. Freckleton (2012) Consequences of changing rainfall for fungal pathogen-induced mortality in tropical tree seedlings. Ecology and Evolution, 2:1408-1413

Paine, C.E.T., M. Stenflo, C.D. Philipson, P. Saner, R. Bagchi, R.C. Ong & A. Hector (2012) Differential growth responses in seedlings of ten species of Dipterocarpaceae to experimental shading and defoliation. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28:377-384

2011

Bagchi R., C.D. Philipson, E.M. Slade, A. Hector, S. Phillips, J.F. Villanueva, O.T. Lewis, C.H.C. Lyal, R. Nilus, A. Madran, J.D. Scholes, and M.C. Press.(2011) Impacts of logging on density dependent predation of dipterocarp seeds in a Southeast Asian rainforest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B.366:3246-3255

Bagchi R., P.A. Henrys, P.E. Brown, D.F.R.P. Burslem, P.J. Diggle, C.V.S. Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, A.R. Kassim, R. Law, S. Noor, and R.L. Valencia.(2011) Spatial patterns reveal negative density dependence and habitat associations in tropical trees. Ecology,92:1723-1729

2010

Bagchi R., T. Swinfield, R.E. Gallery, O.T. Lewis, S. Gripenberg, L. Narayan & R.P. Freckleton (2010). Testing the Janzen-Connell mechanism: pathogens cause overcompensating density dependence in a tropical tree. Ecology Letters 13:1262-1269. (Cover article)

Hautier Y., P. Saner P, C.D. Philipson, R. Bagchi, R.C. Ong, A. Hector (2010) Effects of seed predators of different body size on seed mortality in Bornean logged forest. PLoS One, 5:e11651

Hector, A., Y. Hautier, P. Saner, L. Wacker, R. Bagchi, et al. (2010) Diversity and stability:A multisite test of the insurance hypothesis using experimental grassland communities. Ecology, 91:2213-2220

2005-9

Bagchi R, M.C. Press & J.D. Scholes (2010) Evolutionary history and distance dependence control survival of dipterocarp seedlings. Ecology Letters. 13:51-59

Hector, A. & R. Bagchi (2007) Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature 448:188-190

Pilkington, M.G., S.J.M. Caporn, J.A. Carroll, N. Cresswell, J.A. Lee, B.A. Emmett & R. Bagchi (2007) Phosphorus supply influences heathland responses to atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution 148:191-200

Dent, D.H., R. Bagchi, D. Robinson, N. Majalap, & D.F.R.P. Burslem (2006) Nutrient fluxes via litterfall and leaf litter decomposition vary across a gradient of soil nutrient supply in a lowland tropical rain forest. Plant & Soil 288:197-215

Wells, K. & R. Bagchi (2005) Eat in or take away – seed predation and removal by rats (Muridae) during a fruiting event in a dipterocarp rainforest. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53:125-130.