Dr Daisy Dent

Lecturer

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Contact details

Email d.h.dent@stir.ac.uk
Telephone+44 (0)1786 467770

ORCID 0000-0002-1219-7344

About me

Lecturer in Tropical Ecology Research Associate - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

PhD - University of Aberdeen, 2004 In collaboration with the Forest Research Centre, Sabah Malaysia

Research

Tropical landscapes are rapidly shifting from continuous tracts of undisturbed forest to complex landscape mosaics, and secondary forests comprise increasing proportions of these dynamic landscapes. Tropical landscapes will continue to change over the coming decades and research needs to keep pace with these shifts in land use so that we fully understand the value of emerging tropical landscapes for species conservation and ecosystem processes. I am interested in how tropical forest communities recover after disturbance, the interactions between the regeneration of forest plant communities and the recovery of key ecosystem processes, and how we can maintain viable populations of forest species in human-modified tropical landscapes. My principal research projects and collaborations are listed below: Barro Colorado Nature Monument chronosequence study, Panama: Exploring long-term trends in species diversity and ecosystem function in secondary forest succession. 2ndFOR Network: A network of >45 secondary forest sites spanning the Neotropics, enabling us to make regional scale estimates about forest recovery. Conservation potential of selectively-logged forest, Malaysia: Investigating the long-term sustainability of production forests in Danum Valley Conservation Area and surrounding forests, Sabah, Malaysia. The environmental impacts of mega-dams in Amazonia, Brazil: This UK-Brazil partnership investigates the persistence of multiple taxa on islands in the Balbina dam reservoir in central Amazonia. Balancing species conservation and agricultural productivity in tropical landscapes, Panama: This project aims identify how tree and bird community composition, seed dispersal and recruitment vary across gradients of forest cover and disturbance.

Projects

The Functional Composition of Tree Communities in Regenerating Secondary Forests
PI: Dr Daisy Dent
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
01/01/2012–01/03/2012

Outputs

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Article

Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests

Gei M, Rozendaal DMA, Poorter L, Bongers F, Sprent JI, Garner MD, Aide TM, Andrade JL, Balvanera P, Becknell JM, Brancalion PHS, Cabral GAL, Cesar RG, Chazdon RL & Dent DH (2018)
Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (7), pp. 1104-1111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0559-6.

Article

Canopy bird assemblages are less influenced by habitat age and isolation than understory bird assemblages in Neotropical secondary forest

Bradfer-Lawrence T, Gardner N & Dent D (2018)
Ecology and Evolution, 8 (11), pp. 5586-5597. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4086.

Article

Woody lianas increase in dominance and maintain compositional integrity across an Amazonian dam-induced fragmented landscape

Jones IL, Peres CA, Benchimol M, Bunnefeld L & Dent DH (2017) Woody lianas increase in dominance and maintain compositional integrity across an Amazonian dam-induced fragmented landscape. PLoS ONE, 12 (10), Art. No.: e0185527. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185527.

Article

Bat use of commercial coniferous plantations at multiple spatial scales: Management and conservation implications

Kirkpatrick L, Maher SJ, Lopez Z, Lintott PR, Bailey S, Dent D & Park K (2017)
Biological Conservation, 206, pp. 1-10.

Article

Extinction debt on reservoir land-bridge islands

Jones IL, Bunnefeld N, Jump A, Peres CA & Dent D (2016)
Biological Conservation, 199, pp. 75-83.

Article

Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

Chazdon RL, Broadbent EN, Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Aide TM, Balvanera P, Becknell JM, Boukili V, Brancalion PHS, Craven DJ, Almeida-Cortez JS, Cabral GAL, de Jong B & Dent D (2016)
Science Advances, 2 (5), Art. No.: e1501639. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501639.

Article

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

Poorter L, Bongers F, Aide TM, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Balvanera P, Becknell JM, Boukili V, Brancalion PHS, Broadbent EN, Chazdon RL, Craven DJ, Almeida-Cortez JS, Cabral GAL, de Jong B, Denslow JS & Dent D (2016)
Nature, 530 (7589), pp. 211-214.

Article

Leaf traits of dipterocarp species with contrasting distributions across a gradient of nutrient and light availability

Dent D & Burslem DFPR (2016)
Plant Ecology and Diversity, 9 (5-6), pp. 521-533.

Article

Forest regeneration under Tectona grandis and Terminalia amazonia plantation stands managed for biodiversity conservation in western Panama

Wolfe BT, Dent D, Deago J & Wishnie MH (2015)
New Forests, 46 (1), pp. 157-165.

Article

A trait-based trade-off between growth and mortality: Evidence from 15 tropical tree species using size-specific relative growth rates

Philipson CD, Dent D, O'Brien MJ, Chamagne J, Dzulkifli D, Nilus R, Philips S, Reynolds G, Saner P & Hector A (2014)
Ecology and Evolution, 4 (18), pp. 3675-3688.

Article

Secondary forests of central Panama increase in similarity to old-growth forest over time in shade tolerance but not species composition

Dent D, DeWalt SJ & Denslow JS (2013)
Journal of Vegetation Science, 24 (3), pp. 530-542.

Article

Scale-dependence of aboveground carbon accumulation in secondary forests of Panama: A test of the intermediate peak hypothesis

Mascaro J, Asner GP, Dent D, DeWalt SJ & Denslow JS (2012)
Forest Ecology and Management, 276, pp. 62-70.

Article

Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama

van Breugel M, Hall JS, Craven DJ, Gregoire TG, Park A, Dent D, Wishnie MH, Mariscal E, Deago J, Ibarra D, Cedeno N & Ashton MS (2011)
Forest Ecology and Management, 261 (10), pp. 1580-1589.

Article

Seasonal variability of photosynthetic characteristics influences growth of eight tropical tree species at two sites with contrasting precipitation in Panama

Craven DJ, Dent D, Braden D, Ashton MS, Berlyn GP & Hall JS (2011)
Forest Ecology and Management, 261 (10), pp. 1643-1653.

Article

Defining the conservation value of secondary tropical forests

Dent D (2010)
Animal Conservation, 13 (1), pp. 14-15.

Article

The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests

Chazdon RL, Peres CA, Dent D, Sheil D, Lugo AE, Lamb D, Stork NE & Miller SE (2009)
Conservation Biology, 23 (6), pp. 1406-1417.

Article

The future of tropical species in secondary forests: A quantitative review

Dent D & Wright SJ (2009)
Biological Conservation, 142 (12), pp. 2833-2843.