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Education
University of Cambridge, BA 1^st Class Honours Natural Sciences (Botany), 1971-1974

Australian National University, PhD (Plant Ecology), 1975-1980



Research interests

Biodiversity conservation in tropical East Asia.

Plant-animal interactions.

The ecological impacts of climate change.



Achievements

Elected President (for 2012) of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC); Appointed a Lead Author for Chapter 24, 'Asia', in the Working Group II contribution to the Fifth (2014) Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Appointed to the Steering Committee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Climate Change Taskforce.
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Selected recent publications

Books:



Corlett, R.T. and R.B. Primack (2011) Tropical Rainforests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison. Second Edition. Wiley, UK



Ng, P.K.L., R.T. Corlett and H.T.W. Tan (2011) (eds.) Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet, Singapore.

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Dudgeon, D. and R.T. Corlett (2011) The Ecology and Biodiversity of Hong Kong. Second Edition. Cosmos Books, Hong Kong.



Corlett, R.T. (2009) The Ecology of Tropical East Asia. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.



Journal articles and book chapters:



Chong, K.Y., Lee, S.M.L., Gwee, A.T., Leong, P.K.F., Ahmad, S., Ang, W.F., Lok, A.F.S.L., Yeo, C.K., Corlett, R.T., & H.T.W. Tan (2012) Herbarium records do not predict rediscovery of presumed nationally extinct species. Biodiversity & Conservation 21: 2589-2599.



Corlett, R.T. (2012) Climate change in the tropics: the end of the world as we know it? Biological Conservation 151:22-25.



Corlett, R.T. (2011) Impacts of warming on tropical lowland rainforests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26: 606-613.



McConkey, K.R., Prasad, S., Corlett, R.T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Brodie, J.F., Rogers, H. & Santamaria, L. (2012) Seed dispersal in changing landscapes. Biological Conservation 146: 1-13.



Corlett, R.T. (2011) Vertebrate carnivores and predation in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59: 325-360.



Campos-Arceiz, A., Traeholt, C., Jaffar, R., Santamaria, L. & R.T. Corlett (2012) Asian tapirs are no elephants when it comes to seed dispersal. Biotropica 44: 220-227.



Tan, C.K.W, & R.T. Corlett (2012) Scavenging of dead invertebrates along an urbanization gradient in Singapore. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 138-145.



Corlett, R.T. (2011) Seed dispersal in Hong Kong: past, present and possible futures. Integrative Zoology 6: 97-109.



Corlett, R.T. (2011) How to be a frugivore (in a changing world). Acta Oecologica 37: 674-681.



Corlett, R.T. (2011) The importance of animals in the forest. In: Wickneswari, R. & C. Cannon (eds.), Managing the future of Southeast Asia's valuable tropical rainforests: a practitioner鈥檚 guide to forest genetics. Springer, Dordrecht, Berlin, pp. 83-92.



Chong, K.Y., Corlett, R.T., Yeo, D.C.J., & H.T.W. Tan (2011) Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability in the tropics. Biological Invasions 13: 1571-1577.



Duncan, R.P., Clements, S.E., Corlett, R.T., Hahs, A.K., McCarthy, M.A., McDonnell, M.J., Schwartz, M.W., Thompson, K., Vesk, P.A. & N.S.G. Williams. (2011) Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of eleven cities. Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 509-519.



Lucas, P.W., Corlett, R.T., Dominy, N.J., Essackjee, H.C., Hernandez, P.R., Ramsden, L., Stoner, K.E., & N. Yamashita (2011) Dietary analysis II: food chemistry. In: Setchell, J.M. & D.J. Curtis (eds.) Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide, 2^nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 255-270.



Corlett, R.T. (2011) Honeybees in natural ecosystems. In: Hepburn, H.R. & S.E. Radloff (eds) Honeybees of Asia. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 215-225.



Corlett, R.T. (2010) Trouble with the grey literature. Biotropica 43:3-5.



Posa, M.R.C., Wijedasa, L.S., Corlett, R.T. (2011) Biodiversity and conservation of tropical peat swamp forests. BioScience 61:49-57.



Pei, K. J.-T., Lai, Y.C., Corlett R.T. and K.-Y. Suen (2010) The larger mammal fauna of Hong Kong: species survival in a highly degraded landscape. Zoological Studies 49:253-264.



Corlett, R.T. (2010) Megafaunal extinctions and their consequences in the tropical Indo-Pacific. In: Haberle, S.G., J. Stevenson & M. Prebble (eds) Terra Australis 32: Altered Ecologies: Fire, Climate and Human Influence on Terrestrial Landscapes. ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 117-131.



Nichol, J.E., Wong, M.S., Corlett, R.T. and D.W. Nichol (2010) Assessing avian habitat fragmentation in urban areas of Hong Kong (Kowloon) at high spatial resolution using spectral unmixing. Landscape and Urban Planning 95:54-60.



Corlett, R.T. (2010) Invasive aliens on tropical East Asian islands. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 411-423.



Hahs, A.K., McDonnell, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., Vesk, P.A., Corlett, R.T., Norton, B.A., Clements, S.E., Duncan, R.P., Thompson, K., Schwartz, M.W., Williams N.S.G. (2009) A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas. Ecology Letters 12:1165-1173.



Corlett, R.T. (2009) Seed dispersal distances and plant migration potential in Tropical East Asia. Biotropica 41: 592-598.



Williams, N.S.G., Schwartz, M.W., Vesk, P.A., McCarthy, M.A., Hahs, A.K., Clements, S.E., Corlett, R.T., Duncan, R.P., Norton, B.A., Thompson, K., McDonnell, M.J. (2009) Future directions. A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras. Journal of Ecology 97: 4-9.



Leung, G.P.C., Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett (2009) Exotic plant invasion in upland semi-natural plant communities of Hong Kong, China. Biodiversity & Conservation 18: 191-202.



Corlett, R.T. and R.B. Primack (2008) Tropical rainforest conservation: a global perspective. In: Carson, W.P. & S.A. Schnitzer (eds.) Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Blackwell Science, UK, pp. 442-457.



Sodhi, N.S., Koh, L.P.,Peh, S.-H., Tan, H.T.W., Chazdon, R.L., Corlett, R.T., Lee, T.M., Colwell, R.K., Brook, B.W., Sekercioglu, C.H. and C.J.A. Bradshaw (2008) Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions 14: 1-10.



Wright, S.J., Stoner, K., Beckman, N., Corlett, R.T., Dirzo, R., Muller-Landau, H.C., Nu帽ez-Iturri, G., Peres, C.A. and B.C. Wang (2007) The plight of large animals in tropical forests and the consequences for forest structure and dynamics. Biotropica 39: 289-291.



Corlett, R.T. (2007) The impact of hunting on the mammalian fauna of tropical Asian forests. Biotropica 39 (3): 292-303.



Corlett, R.T. and R.B. Primack (2006) Tropical rain forests: why cross-continental comparisons are needed. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21: 104-110.



Corlett, R.T. (2007) Pollination or seed dispersal: which should we worry about most? In: Dennis, A.J., E.W. Schupp, R. J. Green, and D.W. Westcott (eds.) Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, pp. 525-544.



Buckley, Y.M., Anderson, S., Catterall, C.P., Corlett, R.T., Engel, T., Gosper, C.R., Nathan, R., Richardson, D.M., Setter, M., Speigel, O., Vivian-Smith, G., Voigt, F.A., Weir, J.E.S., and D.A. Westcott (2006) Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 848-857.



Chung, K.P.S. and R.T. Corlett (2006) Rodent diversity in a highly degraded tropical landscape: Hong Kong, South China. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 4521-4532.



Weir, J.E.S. and R.T. Corlett (2007) How far do birds disperse seeds in the degraded tropical landscape of Hong Kong, China? Landscape Ecology 22: 131-140.



Au, A.Y.Y., Corlett R.T. and B.C.H. Hau (2006) Seed rain into upland plant communities in Hong Kong, China. Plant Ecology 186: 13-22.



Corlett, R.T. (2006) Figs (Ficus, Moraceae) in urban Hong Kong, South China. Biotropica 38 (1): 116-121.



Tsang, A.C.W. and R.T. Corlett (2005) Reproductive biology of the Ilex species (Aquifoliaceae) in Hong Kong, China. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 1645-1654.



Yip, Y., Corlett, R.T. and D. Dudgeon (2006) Selecting small reserves in a human-dominated landscape: a case study of Hong Kong, China. Journal of Environmental Management 78: 86-96.



Corlett, R.T. (2005) Vegetation. In: A. Gupta (ed.) The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 105-119.



Lee, E., Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett. (2005) Natural regeneration in exotic tree plantations in Hong Kong, China. Forest Ecology and Management 212: 358-366.



Corlett, R.T. (2005) Interactions between birds, fruit bats and exotic plants in urban Hong Kong, South China. Urban Ecosystems 8: 275-283.



Hau, B.C.H., D. Dudgeon and R.T. Corlett (2005) Beyond Singapore: what does Hong Kong tell us about the prospects for Asian biodiversity? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 281-282.



Tang, A.M.C., Corlett, R.T, and K.D. Hyde (2005) The persistence of ripe fleshy fruits in the presence and absence of frugivores. Oecologia 142: 232-237.



Corlett, R.T. (2004) Flowers visitors and pollination in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region. Biological Reviews 79: 497-532.



Leven, M.R. and R.T. Corlett (2004) Invasive birds in Hong Kong, China. Ornithological Science 3: 43-55.



Yip, Y., Corlett, R.T. and D. Dudgeon (2004) A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 943-957.



Corlett, R.T. (2003) Climate change and biodiversity in tropical East Asian forests. In: R.E. Green, M. Harley, L. Miles, J. Scharlemann, A. Watkinson and O. Watts (eds.) Global Climate Change and Biodiversity. University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, pp. 9-10.



Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett (2003) Factors affecting the early survival and growth of native tree seedlings planted on a degraded hillside grassland in Hong Kong, China. Restoration Ecology 11: 1-6.



Zhang, L. and R.T. Corlett (2003) Phytogeography of Hong Kong bryophytes. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1329-1337.



Teo, D. H.L., H. T.W. Tan, R.T. Corlett, C.M. Wong and S. K.Y. Lum (2003) Continental rain forest fragments in Singapore resist invasion by exotic plants. Journal of Biogeography 30: 305-310.



Ng, S.C. and R.T. Corlett (2003) The ecology of six rhododendron species (Ericaceae) with contrasting local abundance and distribution patterns in Hong Kong, China. Plant Ecology 164: 225-233.



Kwok, H.K. and R.T. Corlett (2002) Seasonality of forest invertebrates in Hong Kong, China. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18: 637-644.



Corlett, R.T. (2002) Frugivory and seed dispersal in degraded tropical East Asian landscapes. In: Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (eds. Levey, D.J., Silva, W.R., and M. Galetti). CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 451-465.



Shanahan, M., So, S., Compton, S.G. & Corlett, R. (2001) Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review. Biological Reviews 76: 529-572.



Wong, L.C., Corlett, R.T., Young, L. and S.Y. Lee (2001) Utilization of wetlands by ardeids in Starling Inlet, Hong Kong: a year-round study and a comparison between the census and flight-line methods. Waterbirds 24: 153-160.



Corlett, R.T. (2001) Pollination in a degraded tropical landscape: a Hong Kong case study. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17: 155-161.



Ng, S.C. and R.T. Corlett (2000) Genetic variation and structure in six Rhododendron species (Ericaceae) with contrasting local distribution patterns in Hong Kong, China. Molecular Ecology 9: 959-969.
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