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I am a tropical ecologist with a key interest in the importance of plant-soil relationships for ecosystem processes in tropical forests (particularly South-east Asia). I co-lead the Soils, Plants and Ecosystems research group at MMU.
1999-2003: PhD University of Sheffield
2003: British Antarctic Survey
2003-2004: University of Cambridge
2004-2007: Trinity College, University of Dublin
2007-Present: Manchester Metropolitan University
Internal
Co-coordinator: Soils, Plants and Ecosystems research group
Faculty Academic Board Representative (2015-2017)
External
Editor of Biodiversity and Conservation
Subject editor for Biotropica (2008-2011)
Member: British Ecological Society Grants Commitee
Council Member: Linnean Society of London
Management Committee: COST FP1305 Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests (Bio-link)
Bahasa Indonesia
Joseph Nawachukwu - Environmental and Chemical Assessment of Soild Waste Dumpsites in Owerri, Nigeria
Liam Trethowan - Phytogeography of the Ultramafic Forests of Sulawesi
Giacomo Sellan - The Role of Nitrogen in the Formation of Tropical Heath Forests
The role of plant-soil relationships in the functioning of tropical forests.
JGA. Lageard, D. Sultana, FQ. Brearley (2021). Veteran trees in an historic landscape: The Bidnija olive grove, Malta. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 38, pp.103094-103094.
FQ. Brearley, AD. Thomas (2015). Land-use change impacts on soil processes: Tropical and savannah ecosystems.
G. Sellan, WWMAB. Medawatte, SMW. Ranwala, MCM. Iqbal, FQ. Brearley (2024). Linking plant traits to ecosystem service provision through a management gradient in a tropical dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 558, pp.121766-121766.
H. Zhao, FQ. Brearley, L. Huang, J. Tang, Q. Xu, et al. X. Li, Y. Huang, S. Zou, X. Chen, W. Hou, L. Pan, K. Dong, G. Jiang, N. Li. (2023). Abundant and Rare Taxa of Planktonic Fungal Community Exhibit Distinct Assembly Patterns Along Coastal Eutrophication Gradient. Microb Ecol. 85(2), pp.495-507.
NL. Devi, FQ. Brearley, SK. Tripathi (2023). Phenological diversity among sub-tropical moist forest trees of north-eastern India. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 39,
A. Sadili, A. Hidayat, S. Jakalalana, A. Kurniawan, D. Sahroni, et al. . Solikin, FQ. Brearley. (2022). Forest composition and structure after 200 years of succession following the eruption of Mount Tambora (Indonesia). Écoscience. 29(3), pp.191-198.
G. Sellan, J. Thompson, N. Majalap, FQ. Brearley (2022). Influence of species functional strategy on leaf stoichiometric responses to fertilizer in a Bornean heath forest. Journal of Ecology. 110(6), pp.1247-1258.
ALD. Paul, S. Isnard, FQ. Brearley, G. Echevarria, AJM. Baker, et al. PD. Erskine, AVD. Ent. (2022). Stocks and biogeochemical cycling of soil-derived nutrients in an ultramafic rain forest in New Caledonia. Forest Ecology and Management. 509, pp.120049-120049.
L. Tedersoo, V. Mikryukov, S. Anslan, M. Bahram, AN. Khalid, et al. A. Corrales, A. Agan, AM. Vasco-Palacios, A. Saitta, A. Antonelli, AC. Rinaldi, A. Verbeken, BP. Sulistyo, B. Tamgnoue, B. Furneaux, CD. Ritter, C. Nyamukondiwa, C. Sharp, C. Marín, DQ. Dai, D. Gohar, D. Sharmah, EM. Biersma, EK. Cameron, E. De Crop, E. Otsing, EA. Davydov, FE. Albornoz, FQ. Brearley, F. Buegger, G. Gates, G. Zahn, G. Bonito, I. Hiiesalu, I. Hiiesalu, I. Zettur, IC. Barrio, J. Pärn, J. Heilmann-Clausen, J. Ankuda, JY. Kupagme, J. Sarapuu, JG. Maciá-Vicente, JD. Fovo, J. Geml, JM. Alatalo, J. Alvarez-Manjarrez, J. Monkai, K. Põldmaa, K. Runnel, K. Adamson, KA. Bråthen, K. Pritsch, KI. Tchan, K. Armolaitis, KD. Hyde, KK. Newsham, K. Panksep, LA. Adebola, LJ. Lamit, M. Saba, ME. da Silva Cáceres, M. Tuomi, M. Gryzenhout, M. Bauters, M. Bálint, N. Wijayawardene, N. Hagh-Doust, NS. Yorou, O. Kurina, PE. Mortimer, P. Meidl, RH. Nilsson, R. Puusepp, R. Casique-Valdés, R. Drenkhan, R. Garibay-Orijel, R. Godoy, S. Alfarraj, S. Rahimlou, S. Põlme, SV. Dudov, S. Mundra, T. Ahmed, T. Netherway, TW. Henkel, T. Roslin, VE. Fedosov, VG. Onipchenko, WAE. Yasanthika, YW. Lim, M. Piepenbring, D. Klavina, U. Kõljalg, K. Abarenkov. (2021). The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research. Fungal Diversity. 111(1), pp.573-588.
EY. Ovung, SK. Tripathi, FQ. Brearley (2021). Changes in soil exchangeable nutrients across different land uses in steep slopes of Mizoram, north-east India. Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 13(3), pp.929-936.
JGA. Lageard, D. Sultana, FQ. Brearley (2021). Veteran trees in an historic landscape: The Bidnija olive grove, Malta. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 38, pp.103094-103094.
FQ. Brearley (2021). Geo-ecological insights on the island of Inchcailloch in Loch Lomond, Scotland: a small serpentine outcrop in a mixed geological setting. Plant Biosystems.
EY. Ovung, B. Loya, FQ. Brearley, SK. Tripathi (2021). Ethnic uses of Parkia timoriana (Fabaceae) and their significance to the Lotha tribes of Nagaland, North east India. Vegetos. 34(1), pp.77-85.
M. Tuomi, M. Väisänen, H. Ylänne, FQ. Brearley, IC. Barrio, et al. K. Anne Bråthen, I. Eischeid, BC. Forbes, IS. Jónsdóttir, AL. Kolstad, P. Macek, M. Petit Bon, JDM. Speed, S. Stark, K. Svavarsdóttir, J. Thórsson, CG. Bueno. (2021). Stomping in silence: Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra. Functional Ecology. 35(2), pp.306-317.
D. Singha, FQ. Brearley, SK. Tripathi (2020). Fine root and soil nitrogen dynamics during stand development following shifting agriculture in Northeast India. Forests. 11(12), pp.1-12.
LA. Trethowan, WL. Eiserhardt, D. Girmansyah, E. Kintamani, TMA. Utteridge, et al. FQ. Brearley. (2020). Floristics of forests across low nutrient soils in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biotropica. 52(6), pp.1309-1318.
R. Muscarella, T. Emilio, OL. Phillips, SL. Lewis, F. Slik, et al. WJ. Baker, TLP. Couvreur, WL. Eiserhardt, J. Svenning, K. Affum‐Baffoe, S. Aiba, EC. de Almeida, SS. de Almeida, EA. de Oliveira, E. Álvarez‐Dávila, LF. Alves, CM. Alvez‐Valles, FA. Carvalho, FA. Guarin, A. Andrade, LEOC. Aragão, AA. Murakami, L. Arroyo, PS. Ashton, GAA. Corredor, TR. Baker, PB. de Camargo, J. Barlow, J. Bastin, NN. Bengone, E. Berenguer, N. Berry, L. Blanc, K. Böhning‐Gaese, D. Bonal, F. Bongers, M. Bradford, F. Brambach, FQ. Brearley, SW. Brewer, JLC. Camargo, DG. Campbell, CV. Castilho, W. Castro, D. Catchpole, CE. Cerón Martínez, S. Chen, P. Chhang, P. Cho, W. Chutipong, C. Clark, M. Collins, JA. Comiskey, MNC. Medina, FRC. Costa, H. Culmsee, H. David‐Higuita, P. Davidar, J. del Aguila‐Pasquel, G. Derroire, A. Di Fiore, T. Van Do, J. Doucet, A. Dourdain, DR. Drake, A. Ensslin, T. Erwin, CEN. Ewango, RM. Ewers, S. Fauset, TR. Feldpausch, J. Ferreira, LV. Ferreira, M. Fischer, J. Franklin, GM. Fredriksson, TW. Gillespie, M. Gilpin, C. Gonmadje, AUN. Gunatilleke, KR. Hakeem, JS. Hall, KC. Hamer, DJ. Harris, RD. Harrison, A. Hector, A. Hemp, B. Herault, CGH. Pizango, ENH. Coronado, W. Hubau, MS. Hussain, F. Ibrahim, N. Imai, CA. Joly, S. Joseph, A. K, K. Kartawinata, J. Kassi, TJ. Killeen, K. Kitayama, BB. Klitgård, R. Kooyman, N. Labrière, E. Larney, Y. Laumonier, SG. Laurance, WF. Laurance, MJ. Lawes, A. Levesley, J. Lisingo, T. Lovejoy, JC. Lovett, X. Lu, AM. Lykke, WE. Magnusson, NPD. Mahayani, Y. Malhi, A. Mansor, JLM. Peña, BH. Marimon‐Junior, AR. Marshall, K. Melgaco, CM. Bautista, V. Mihindou, J. Millet, W. Milliken, D. Mohandass, ALM. Mendoza, B. Mugerwa, H. Nagamasu, L. Nagy, N. Seuaturien, MT. Nascimento, DA. Neill, LM. Neto, R. Nilus, MPN. Vargas, E. Nurtjahya, RNO. de Araújo, O. Onrizal, WA. Palacios, S. Palacios‐Ramos, M. Parren, E. Paudel, PS. Morandi, RT. Pennington, G. Pickavance, JJ. Pipoly, NCA. Pitman, E. Poedjirahajoe, L. Poorter, JR. Poulsen, P. Rama Chandra Prasad, A. Prieto, J. Puyravaud, L. Qie, CA. Quesada, H. Ramírez‐Angulo, JC. Razafimahaimodison, JM. Reitsma, EJ. Requena‐Rojas, ZR. Correa, CR. Rodriguez, A. Roopsind, F. Rovero, A. Rozak, AR. Lleras, E. Rutishauser, G. Rutten, R. Punchi‐Manage, RP. Salomão, H. Van Sam, SK. Sarker, M. Satdichanh, J. Schietti, CB. Schmitt, BS. Marimon, F. Senbeta, L. Nath Sharma, D. Sheil, R. Sierra, JE. Silva‐Espejo, M. Silveira, B. Sonké, MK. Steininger, R. Steinmetz, T. Stévart, R. Sukumar, A. Sultana, TCH. Sunderland, HS. Suresh, J. Tang, E. Tanner, H. ter Steege, JW. Terborgh, I. Theilade, J. Timberlake, A. Torres‐Lezama, P. Umunay, M. Uriarte, LV. Gamarra, M. van de Bult, P. van der Hout, RV. Martinez, ICG. Vieira, SA. Vieira, E. Vilanova, JV. Cayo, O. Wang, CO. Webb, EL. Webb, L. White, TJS. Whitfeld, S. Wich, S. Willcock, SK. Wiser, KR. Young, R. Zakaria, R. Zang, CE. Zartman, IC. Zo‐Bi, H. Balslev. (2020). The global abundance of tree palms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(9), pp.1495-1514.
G. Sellan, J. Thompson, N. Majalap, R. Robert, FQ. Brearley (2020). Impact of soil nitrogen availability and pH on tropical heath forest organic matter decomposition and decomposer activity. Pedobiologia. 80,
NN. Wijayawardene, KD. Hyde, LKT. Al-Ani, L. Tedersoo, D. Haelewaters, et al. KC. Rajeshkumar, RL. Zhao, A. Aptroot, DV. Leontyev, RK. Saxena, YS. Tokarev, DQ. Dai, PM. Letcher, SL. Stephenson, D. Ertz, HT. Lumbsch, M. Kukwa, IV. Issi, H. Madrid, AJL. Phillips, L. Selbmann, WP. Pfliegler, E. Horváth, K. Bensch, PM. Kirk, K. Kolaríková, HA. Raja, R. Radek, V. Papp, B. Dima, J. Ma, E. Malosso, S. Takamatsu, G. Rambold, PB. Gannibal, D. Triebel, AK. Gautam, S. Avasthi, S. Suetrong, E. Timdal, SC. Fryar, G. Delgado, M. Réblová, M. Doilom, S. Dolatabadi, JZ. Pawlowska, RA. Humber, R. Kodsueb, I. Sánchez-Castro, BT. Goto, DKA. Silva, FA. de Souza, F. Oehl, GA. da Silva, IR. Silva, J. Blaszkowski, K. Jobim, LC. Maia, FR. Barbosa, PO. Fiuza, PK. Divakar, BD. Shenoy, RF. Castañeda-Ruiz, S. Somrithipol, AA. Lateef, SC. Karunarathna, S. Tibpromma, PE. Mortimer, DN. Wanasinghe, R. Phookamsak, J. Xu, Y. Wang, F. Tian, P. Alvarado, DW. Li, I. Kušan, N. Matocec, A. Mešic, Z. Tkalcec, SSN. Maharachchikumbura, M. Papizadeh, G. Heredia, F. Wartchow, M. Bakhshi, E. Boehm, N. Youssef, VP. Hustad, JD. Lawrey, ALCMA. Santiago, JDP. Bezerra, CM. Souza-Motta, AL. Firmino, Q. Tian, J. Houbraken, S. Hongsanan, K. Tanaka, AJ. Dissanayake, JS. Monteiro, HP. Grossart, A. Suija. (2020). Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere Online: Journal of Fungal Biology. 11(1), pp.1060-1456.
AL. Smith, TR. Hodkinson, J. Villellas, JA. Catford, AM. Csergő, et al. SP. Blomberg, EE. Crone, J. Ehrlén, MB. Garcia, AL. Laine, DA. Roach, R. Salguero-Gómez, GM. Wardle, DZ. Childs, BD. Elderd, A. Finn, S. Munné-Bosch, MEA. Baudraz, J. Bódis, FQ. Brearley, A. Bucharova, CM. Caruso, RP. Duncan, JM. Dwyer, B. Gooden, R. Groenteman, LN. Hamre, A. Helm, R. Kelly, L. Laanisto, M. Lonati, JL. Moore, M. Morales, SL. Olsen, M. Pärtel, WK. Petry, S. Ramula, PU. Rasmussen, SR. Enri, A. Roeder, C. Roscher, M. Saastamoinen, AJM. Tack, JP. Töpper, GE. Vose, EM. Wandrag, A. Wingler, YM. Buckley. (2020). Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117(8), pp.4218-4227.
C. Lalnunzira, FQ. Brearley, SK. Tripathi (2019). Root growth dynamics during recovery of tropical mountain forest in North-east India. Journal of Mountain Science. 16(10), pp.2335-2347.
FQ. Brearley, WC. Adinugroho, R. Cámara-Leret, H. Krisnawati, A. Ledo, et al. L. Qie, TEL. Smith, F. Aini, F. Garnier, NS. Lestari, M. Mansur, A. Murdjoko, S. Oktarita, E. Soraya, HL. Tata, T. Tiryana, LA. Trethowan, CE. Wheeler, M. Abdullah, . Aswandi, BJW. Buckley, E. Cantarello, I. Dunggio, H. Gunawan, CD. Heatubun, DID. Arini, . Istomo, TE. Komar, R. Kuswandi, Z. Mutaqien, SR. Pangala, . Ramadhanil, . Prayoto, A. Puspanti, MA. Qirom, AH. Rozak, A. Sadili, I. Samsoedin, E. Sulistyawati, S. Sundari, . Sutomo, AP. Tampubolon, CO. Webb. (2019). Opportunities and challenges for an Indonesian forest monitoring network. Annals of Forest Science. 76(2),
A. Ledo, J. Hillier, P. Smith, E. Aguilera, S. Blagodatskiy, et al. FQ. Brearley, A. Datta, E. Diaz-Pines, A. Don, M. Dondini, J. Dunn, DM. Feliciano, MA. Liebig, R. Lang, M. Llorente, YL. Zinn, N. McNamara, S. Ogle, Z. Qin, P. Rovira, R. Rowe, JL. Vicente-Vicente, J. Whitaker, Q. Yue, A. Zerihun. (2019). A global, empirical, harmonised dataset of soil organic carbon changes under perennial crops. Scientific Data. 6,
BS. Steidinger, TW. Crowther, J. Liang, ME. Van Nuland, GDA. Werner, et al. PB. Reich, GJ. Nabuurs, S. de-Miguel, M. Zhou, N. Picard, B. Herault, X. Zhao, C. Zhang, D. Routh, KG. Peay, . GFBI consortium. (2019). Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature. 569(7756), pp.404-408.
G. Sellan, J. Thompson, N. Majalap, FQ. Brearley (2019). Soil characteristics influence species composition and forest structure differentially among tree size classes in a Bornean heath forest. Plant and Soil. 438(1-2), pp.173-185.
EJ. Schofield, JK. Rowntree, E. Paterson, MJ. Brewer, EAC. Price, et al. FQ. Brearley, RW. Brooker. (2019). Cultivar differences and impact of plant-plant competition on temporal patterns of nitrogen and biomass accumulation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10,
KS. Ramirez, CG. Knight, M. de Hollander, FQ. Brearley, B. Constantinides, et al. A. Cotton, S. Creer, TW. Crowther, J. Davison, M. Delgado-Baquerizo, E. Dorrepaal, DR. Elliott, G. Fox, RI. Griffiths, C. Hale, K. Hartman, A. Houlden, DL. Jones, EJ. Krab, FT. Maestre, KL. McGuire, S. Monteux, CH. Orr, WH. van der Putten, IS. Roberts, DA. Robinson, JD. Rocca, J. Rowntree, K. Schlaeppi, M. Shepherd, BK. Singh, AL. Straathof, JM. Bhatnagar, C. Thion, MGA. van der Heijden, FT. de Vries. (2018). Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils. Nature Microbiology. 3(2), pp.189-196.
L. Qie, SL. Lewis, MJP. Sullivan, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, GC. Pickavance, et al. T. Sunderland, P. Ashton, W. Hubau, K. Abu Salim, SI. Aiba, LF. Banin, N. Berry, FQ. Brearley, DFRP. Burslem, M. Dančák, SJ. Davies, G. Fredriksson, KC. Hamer, R. Hédl, LK. Kho, K. Kitayama, H. Krisnawati, S. Lhota, Y. Malhi, C. Maycock, F. Metali, E. Mirmanto, L. Nagy, R. Nilus, R. Ong, CA. Pendry, AD. Poulsen, RB. Primack, E. Rutishauser, I. Samsoedin, B. Saragih, P. Sist, JWF. Slik, RS. Sukri, M. Svátek, S. Tan, A. Tjoa, M. Van Nieuwstadt, RRE. Vernimmen, I. Yassir, PS. Kidd, M. Fitriadi, NKH. Ideris, RM. Serudin, LS. Abdullah Lim, MS. Saparudin, OL. Phillips. (2017). Long-term carbon sink in Borneo's forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects. Nature Communications. 8(1),
SA. Wood, JA. Gilbert, JW. Leff, N. Fierer, H. D'Angelo, et al. C. Bateman, SM. Gedallovich, CM. Gillikin, MR. Gradoville, P. Mansor, A. Massmann, N. Yang, BL. Turner, FQ. Brearley, KL. McGuire. (2017). Consequences of tropical forest conversion to oil palm on soil bacterial community and network structure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 112, pp.258-268.
M. Tashakor, B. Hochwimmer, FQ. Brearley (2017). Geochemical assessment of metal transfer from rock and soil to water in serpentine areas of Sabah (Malaysia). Environmental Earth Sciences. 76(7), pp.281-293.
FQ. Brearley, P. Saner, A. Uchida, DFRP. Burslem, A. Hector, et al. R. Nilus, JD. Scholes, S. Egli. (2017). Testing the importance of a common ectomycorrhizal network for dipterocarp seedling growth and survival in tropical forests of Borneo. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 9(5-6), pp.563-576.
FQ. Brearley, LF. Banin, P. Saner (2017). The ecology of the Asian dipterocarps. Plant Ecology and Diversity. 9(5-6), pp.429-436.
FQ. Brearley, DR. Elliott, A. Iribar, R. Sen (2016). Arbuscular mycorrhizal community structure on co-existing tropical legume trees in French Guiana. Plant and Soil. 403(1-2), pp.253-265.
LN. Hudson, T. Newbold, S. Contu, SLL. Hill, I. Lysenko, et al. A. De Palma, HRP. Phillips, TI. Alhusseini, FE. Bedford, DJ. Bennett, H. Booth, VJ. Burton, CWT. Chng, A. Choimes, DLP. Correia, J. Day, S. Echeverría-Londoño, SR. Emerson, D. Gao, M. Garon, MLK. Harrison, DJ. Ingram, M. Jung, V. Kemp, L. Kirkpatrick, CD. Martin, Y. Pan, GD. Pask-Hale, EL. Pynegar, AN. Robinson, K. Sanchez-Ortiz, RA. Senior, BI. Simmons, HJ. White, H. Zhang, J. Aben, S. Abrahamczyk, GB. Adum, V. Aguilar-Barquero, MA. Aizen, B. Albertos, EL. Alcala, M. del Mar Alguacil, A. Alignier, M. Ancrenaz, AN. Andersen, E. Arbeláez-Cortés, I. Armbrecht, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, T. Aumann, JC. Axmacher, B. Azhar, AB. Azpiroz, L. Baeten, A. Bakayoko, A. Báldi, JE. Banks, SK. Baral, J. Barlow, BIP. Barratt, L. Barrico, P. Bartolommei, DM. Barton, Y. Basset, P. Batáry, AJ. Bates, B. Baur, EM. Bayne, P. Beja, S. Benedick, Å. Berg, H. Bernard, NJ. Berry, D. Bhatt, JE. Bicknell, JH. Bihn, RJ. Blake, KS. Bobo, R. Bóçon. (2016). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution. 7(1), pp.145-188.
P. Martin, M. Jung, FQ. Brearley, RR. Ribbons, ER. Lines, et al. AL. Jacob. (2016). Can we set a global threshold age to define mature forests?. PeerJ. 2016(2),
D. Flores-Rentería, J. Curiel Yuste, A. Rincón, FQ. Brearley, JC. García-Gil, et al. F. Valladares. (2015). Habitat Fragmentation can Modulate Drought Effects on the Plant-soil-microbial System in Mediterranean Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) Forests. Microbial Ecology. 69(4), pp.798-812.
FQ. Brearley (2013). Nitrogen stable isotopes indicate differences in nitrogen cycling between two contrasting Jamaican montane forests. Plant and Soil. 367(1-2), pp.465-476.
FQ. Brearley, W. Rod Cullen (2012). Providing students with formative audio feedback. Bioscience Education. 20(1), pp.22-36.
FQ. Brearley (2012). Ectomycorrhizal Associations of the Dipterocarpaceae. Biotropica. 44(5), pp.637-648.
MC. Aime, FQ. Brearley (2012). Tropical fungal diversity: Closing the gap between species estimates and species discovery. Biodiversity and Conservation. 21(9), pp.2177-2180.
FQ. Brearley, PVA. Fine, K. Perreijn (2011). Does nitrogen availability have greater control over the formation of tropical heath forests than water stress? A hypothesis based on nitrogen isotope ratios. Acta Amazonica. 41(4), pp.589-592.
JWF. Slik, S-I. Aiba, M. Bastian, FQ. Brearley, CH. Cannon, et al. KAO. Eichhorn, G. Fredriksson, K. Kartawinata, Y. Laumonier, A. Mansor, A. Marjokorpi, E. Meijaard, RJ. Morley, H. Nagamasu, R. Nilus, E. Nurtjahya, J. Payne, A. Permana, AD. Poulsen, N. Raes, S. Riswan, CP. van Schaik, D. Sheil, K. Sidiyasa, E. Suzuki, JLCH. van Valkenburg, CO. Webb, S. Wich, T. Yoneda, R. Zakaria, N. Zweifel. (2011). Soils on exposed Sunda shelf shaped biogeographic patterns in the equatorial forests of Southeast Asia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(30), pp.12343-12347.
FQ. Brearley (2011). Below-ground secondary succession in tropical forests of Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 27(4), pp.413-420.
SA. Wich, ER. Vogel, MD. Larsen, G. Fredriksson, M. Leighton, et al. CP. Yeager, FQ. Brearley, CP. van Schaik, AJ. Marshall. (2011). Forest fruit production is higher on Sumatra than on Borneo. PLoS ONE. 6(6),
JWF. Slik, S. Aiba, FQ. Brearley, CH. Cannon, O. Forshed, et al. K. Kitayama, H. Nagamasu, R. Nilus, J. Payne, G. Paoli, AD. Poulsen, N. Raes, D. Sheil, K. Sidiyasa, E. Suzuki, JLCH. van Valkenburg. (2010). Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density gradients in Borneo's tropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19(1), pp.50-60.
FQ. Brearley (2009). How does sample preparation affect the δ15N values of terrestrial ecological materials?. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 172(4), pp.461-463.
JS. Powers, RA. Montgomery, EC. Adair, FQ. Brearley, SJ. Dewalt, et al. CT. Castanho, J. Chave, E. Deinert, JU. Ganzhorn, ME. Gilbert, JA. González-Iturbe, S. Bunyavejchewin, HR. Grau, KE. Harms, A. Hiremath, S. Iriarte-Vivar, E. Manzane, AA. De Oliveira, L. Poorter, JB. Ramanamanjato, C. Salk, A. Varela, GD. Weiblen, MT. Lerdau. (2009). Decomposition in tropical forests: A pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient. Journal of Ecology. 97(4), pp.801-811.
JWF. Slik, N. Raes, SI. Aiba, FQ. Brearley, CH. Cannon, et al. E. Meijaard, H. Nagamasu, R. Nilus, G. Paoli, AD. Poulsen, D. Sheil, E. Suzuki, JLCH. Van Valkenburg, CO. Webb, P. Wilkie, S. Wulffraat. (2009). Environmental correlates for tropical tree diversity and distribution patterns in Borneo. Diversity and Distributions. 15(3), pp.523-532.
FQ. Brearley, JD. Scholes, MC. Press, G. Palfner (2007). How does light and phosphorus fertilisation affect the growth and ectomycorrhizal community of two contrasting dipterocarp species?. Plant Ecology. 192(2), pp.237-249.
FQ. Brearley (2007). Another threat to Borneo's rainforests?. Science. 317(5841), pp.1032-1032.
FQ. BREARLEY, J. PROCTOR, . SURIANTATA, L. NAGY, G. DALRYMPLE, et al. BC. VOYSEY. (2007). Reproductive phenology over a 10‐year period in a lowland evergreen rain forest of central Borneo. Journal of Ecology. 95(4), pp.828-839.
FQ. Brearley, L. Nagy (2007). Professor John Proctor (1944–2006). Plant and Soil. 293(1-2), pp.3-5.
FQ. Brearley (2006). Differences in the growth and ectomycorrhizal community of Dryobalanops lanceolata (Dipterocarpaceae) seedlings grown in ultramafic and non-ultramafic soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38(12), pp.3407-3410.
FQ. Brearley (2005). Nutrient limitation in a Malaysian ultramafic soil. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 17(4), pp.596-609.
FQ. Brearley, JD. Scholes, L. Su See (2005). Nitrogen nutrition and isotopic discrimination in tropical ectomycorrhizal fungi. Res Microbiol. 156(2), pp.184-190.
FQ. Brearley (2004). Tropical Rainforest Disturbance and Recovery. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2(7), pp.346-346.
FQ. Brearley, S. Prajadinata, PS. Kidd, J. Proctor, . Suriantata (2004). Structure and floristics of an old secondary rain forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, and a comparison with adjacent primary forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 195(3), pp.385-397.
FQ. Brearley, MC. Press, JD. Scholes (2003). Nutrients obtained from leaf litter can improve the growth of dipterocarp seedlings. New Phytologist. 160(1), pp.101-110.
J. PROCTOR, FQ. BREARLEY, H. DUNLOP, K. PROCTOR, . SUPRAMONO, et al. D. TAYLOR. (2001). Local wind damage in Barito Ulu, Central Kalimantan: a rare but essential event in a lowland dipterocarp forest?. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 17(3), pp.473-475.
FQ. Brearley (2023). Ecophysiological Response of Dipterocarp Seedlings to Ectomycorrhizal Colonisation. In: Ecophysiology of Tropical Plants. CRC Press, pp.138-145.
WWMAB. Medawatte, SMW. Ranwala, FQ. Brearley, MCM. Iqbal (2021). Dry Forest Degradation and Traditional Land-Use in the Context of Sustainable Forest Management in Sri Lanka. In: Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests: Emerging Features and Ecological Perspectives. pp.179-205.
AD. Thomas, MD. Corre, L. Schwendenmann, E. Veldkamp, K. Fujii, et al. KL. McGuire, DD. Mkwambisi, LR. Ng Cheong, JS. Powers, FQ. Brearley. (2015). Land-use change impacts on soil processes in tropical and savannah ecosystems: Emerging themes and future research directions. In: Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes: Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems. pp.176-181.
H. D'Angelo, KL. McGuire, C. Gillikin, FQ. Brearley, DC. Merrer (2015). Evaluating the impact of oil palm agriculture and logging on soil microbial communities in South-east Asia. In: Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes: Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems. pp.21-30.
FQ. Brearley (2015). Microbial functioning in response to a simulated drought in Malaysian rain forest and oil palm soils. In: Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes: Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems. pp.31-40.
AJ. Marshall, M. Ancrenaz, FQ. Brearley, GM. Fredriksson, N. Ghaffar, et al. M. Heydon, SJ. Husson, M. Leighton, KR. McConkey, HC. Morrogh-Bernard, J. Proctor, CP. van Schaik, CP. Yeager, SA. Wich. (2008). The effects of forest phenology and floristics on populations of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans. In: Orangutans. Oxford University Press, pp.97-118.
FQ. Brearley, G. Sellan, D. McKendry, S. Sumail, A. van der Ent (2023). Soil Mercury Along an Elevation Gradient in Northern Borneo. In: Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation. pp.99-102.