Dr Tom Fayle

Tom Fayle

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Research

Network ecology, Big data, Ant-plant interactions, Tropical ecology

Interests

I am an ecologist, with interests in community ecology, conservation biology and behavioural ecology. I study how interactions between species build up to form networks, and the manner in which those networks then respond to variation in the environment.

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability

2024

Relevant PublicationDe Wint FC, Nicholson S, Koid QQ, Zahra S, Chestney-Claassen G, Seelan JSS, Xie J, Xing S, Fayle TM and Haelewaters D (2024). Introducing a global database of entomopathogenic fungi and their host associations. Scientific Data, Springer Nature vol. 11 (1) 
21-12-2024
bullet iconMo L, Crowther TW, Maynard DS, van den Hoogen J, Ma H, Bialic-Murphy L, Liang J, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs G-J, Reich PB, Phillips OL, Abegg M, Adou Yao YC, Alberti G, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Alvarado BV, Alvarez-Dávila E, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Amaral I, et al. (2024). The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks. Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 8 (12), 2195-2212.  
15-10-2024
Relevant PublicationWasti IG, Fayle TM, Kumaran JV, Anwarali Khan FA and Seelan JSS (2024). Fungal community composition in arthropogenically-active and non-active northern Borneo caves. Malayan Nature Journall, Malaysian Nature Society vol. 76 (3), 261-291.  
01-09-2024
Relevant PublicationEwers RM, Orme CDL, Pearse WD, Zulkifli N, Yvon-Durocher G, Yusah KM, Yoh N, Yeo DCJ, Wong A, Williamson J, Wilkinson CL, Wiederkehr F, Webber BL, Wearn OR, Wai L, Vollans M, Twining JP, Turner EC, Tobias JA, Thorley J, et al. (2024). Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 631 (8022), 808-813.  
17-07-2024
Relevant PublicationHordijk I, Bialic‐Murphy L, Lauber T, Routh D, Poorter L, Rivers MC, Steege HT, Liang J, Reich PB, de‐Miguel S, Nabuurs G, Gamarra JGP, Chen HYH, Zhou M, Wiser SK, Pretzsch H, Paquette A, Picard N, Hérault B, Bastin J, et al. (2024). Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley vol. 33 (10) 
17-07-2024
Relevant PublicationZou Y, Zohner CM, Averill C, Ma H, Merder J, Berdugo M, Bialic-Murphy L, Mo L, Brun P, Zimmermann NE, Liang J, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs G-J, Reich PB, Niinements U, Dahlgren J, Kändler G, Ratcliffe S, Ruiz-Benito P, de Zavala MA, et al. (2024). Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1), 4658-4658.  
31-05-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationBouchard E, Searle EB, Drapeau P, Liang J, Gamarra JGP, Abegg M, Alberti G, Zambrano AA, Alvarez‐Davila E, Alves LF, Avitabile V, Aymard G, Bastin J, Birnbaum P, Bongers F, Bouriaud O, Brancalion P, Broadbent E, Bussotti F, Gatti RC, et al. (2023). Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley vol. 33 (2), 303-324.  
26-12-2023
Relevant PublicationGranville NR, Barclay MVL, Boyle MJW, Chung AYC, Fayle TM, Hah HE, Hardwick JL, Kinneen L, Kitching RL, Maunsell SC, Miller JA, Sharp AC, Stork NE, Wai L, Yusah KM and Ewers RM (2023). Resilience of tropical invertebrate community assembly processes to a gradient of land use intensity. Oikos, Wiley vol. 2024 (2) 
22-12-2023
Relevant PublicationMo L, Zohner CM, Reich PB, Liang J, de Miguel S, Nabuurs G-J, Renner SS, van den Hoogen J, Araza A, Herold M, Mirzagholi L, Ma H, Averill C, Phillips OL, Gamarra JGP, Hordijk I, Routh D, Abegg M, Adou Yao YC, Alberti G, et al. (2023). Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 624 (7990), 92-101.  
13-11-2023
Relevant PublicationMa H, Crowther TW, Mo L, Maynard DS, Renner SS, van den Hoogen J, Zou Y, Liang J, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs G-J, Reich PB, Niinemets Ü, Abegg M, Adou Yao YC, Alberti G, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Alvarado BV, Alvarez-Dávila E, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, et al. (2023). The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit. Nature Plants, Springer Nature vol. 9 (11), 1795-1809.  
23-10-2023
Relevant PublicationDelavaux CS, Crowther TW, Zohner CM, Robmann NM, Lauber T, van den Hoogen J, Kuebbing S, Liang J, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs GJ, Reich PB, Abegg M, Adou Yao YC, Alberti G, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Alvarado BV, Alvarez-Dávila E, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Ammer C, et al. (2023). Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions (Nature, (2023), 621, 7980, (773-781), 10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7). Nature vol. 622 (7982), E2-E2.  
12-10-2023
Relevant PublicationFlynn T, Tuma J, Fayle TM, Veselá H and Frouz J (2023). Changes in soil chemical properties and their spatial distribution after logging and conversion to oil palm plantation in Sabah (Borneo). Journal of Tropical Ecology vol. 39 (4) 
10-10-2023
Relevant PublicationMoses J, Peters MK, Tiede Y, Mottl O, Donoso DA, Farwig N, Fayle TM, Novotny V, Sanders NJ and Klimes P (2023). Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross-continental comparison., Editors: Field R. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley 
13-09-2023
Relevant PublicationDelavaux CS, Crowther TW, Zohner CM, Robmann NM, Lauber T, van den Hoogen J, Kuebbing S, Liang J, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs G-J, Reich PB, Abegg M, Adou Yao YC, Alberti G, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Alvarado BV, Alvarez-Dávila E, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Ammer C, et al. (2023). Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 621 (7980), 773-781.  
23-08-2023
Relevant PublicationHordijk I, Maynard DS, Hart SP, Lidong M, ter Steege H, Liang J, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs GJ, Reich PB, Abegg M, Adou Yao CY, Alberti G, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Alvarado BV, Esteban AD, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Ammer C, Antón-Fernández C, Araujo-Murakami A, et al. (2023). Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology, Wiley vol. 111 (6), 1308-1326.  
02-05-2023
Relevant PublicationHouadria MYI, Barone G, Fayle TM, Schmitt T, Konik P and Feldhaar H (2023). An experimental, behavioral, and chemical analysis of food limitations in mutualistic Crematogaster ant symbionts inhabiting Macaranga host plants. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 13 (2) 
01-02-2023
bullet iconAsmah S, Soo CLIN, Fayle TM and Yusah KM (2023). Diversity and composition of arboreal ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in relation to experimental forest fragmentation in Kalabakan, Sabah. Malayan Nature Journal vol. 75 (4), 563-574.  
01-01-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationTuma J, Frouz J, Veselá H, Křivohlavý F and Fayle TM (2022). The impacts of tropical mound-building social insects on soil properties vary between taxa and with anthropogenic habitat change. Applied Soil Ecology vol. 179 
01-11-2022
Relevant PublicationAdvento AD, M. Yusah K, Naim M, Caliman J-P and Fayle TM (2022). Which Protein Source is Best for Mass-Rearing of Asian Weaver Ants? Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (JTBC) vol. 19, 93-107.  
15-10-2022
Relevant PublicationFayle TM and Klimes P (2022). Improving estimates of global ant biomass and abundance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (42) 
05-10-2022
Relevant PublicationAdvento AD, Yusah KM, Salim H, Naim M, Caliman JP and Fayle TM (2022). The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyra brassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations. Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft Publishers vol. 10 
15-08-2022
Relevant PublicationLiang J, Gamarra JGP, Picard N, Zhou M, Pijanowski B, Jacobs DF, Reich PB, Crowther TW, Nabuurs GJ, de-Miguel S, Fang J, Woodall CW, Svenning JC, Jucker T, Bastin JF, Wiser SK, Slik F, Hérault B, Alberti G, Keppel G, et al. (2022). Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 
08-08-2022
Relevant PublicationXing S, Hood ASC, Dial RJ and Fayle TM (2022). Species turnover in ant assemblages is greater horizontally than vertically in the world's tallest tropical forest. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley Open Access vol. 12 (8), e9158-e9158.  
29-07-2022
Relevant PublicationGatti RC, Reich PB, Gamarra JGP, Crowther T, Hui C, Morera A, Bastin JF, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs GJ, Svenning JC, Serra-Diaz JM, Merow C, Enquist B, Kamenetsky M, Lee J, Zhu J, Fang J, Jacobs DF, Pijanowski B, Banerjee A, et al. (2022). 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). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 119 (13) 
29-03-2022
Relevant PublicationCazzolla Gatti R, Reich PB, Gamarra JGP, Crowther T, Hui C, Morera A, Bastin J-F, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs G-J, Svenning J-C, Serra-Diaz JM, Merow C, Enquist B, Kamenetsky M, Lee J, Zhu J, Fang J, Jacobs DF, Pijanowski B, Banerjee A, et al. (2022). The number of tree species on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (6), e2115329119-e2115329119.  
31-01-2022

2021

Relevant PublicationButterill PT, Jorge LR, Xing S and Fayle TM (2021). LifeWebs: A (global) database of bipartite ecological interaction networks. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Pensoft Publishers vol. 5, e75626-e75626.  
23-09-2021
Relevant PublicationXing S and Fayle TM (2021). The rise of ecological network meta-analyses: problems and prospects. Global Ecology and Conservation vol. 30, e01805-e01805.  
08-09-2021
Relevant PublicationMoses J, Fayle TM, Novotny V and Klimes P (2021). Elevation and leaf litter interact in determining the structure of ant communities on a tropical mountain. Biotropica vol. 53 (3), 906-919.  
01-05-2021
Relevant PublicationBoyle MJW, Bishop TR, Luke SH, van Breugel M, Evans TA, Pfeifer M, Fayle TM, Hardwick SR, Lane-Shaw RI, Yusah KM, Ashford ICR, Ashford OS, Garnett E, Turner EC, Wilkinson CL, Chung AYC and Ewers RM (2021). Localised climate change defines ant communities in human-modified tropical landscapes. Functional Ecology vol. 35 (5), 1094-1108.  
01-05-2021
Relevant PublicationKlimes P, Bishop TR, Fayle TM and Xing S (2021). Reported climate change impacts on cloud forest ants are driven by sampling bias: A critical evaluation of Warne et al. (2020). Biotropica, Wiley vol. 53 (4), 982-986.  
28-04-2021
Relevant PublicationZahra S, Novotny V and Fayle TM (2021). Do Reverse Janzen-Connell Effects Reduce Species Diversity? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Cell Press vol. 36 (5), 387-390.  
13-04-2021
Relevant PublicationBurger HF, Vondráčková K, Skłodowski M, Koid QQ, Dent DH, Wallace K and Fayle TM (2021). Protection from herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo. Asian Myrmecology vol. 14 
20-03-2021
Relevant PublicationEdwards FA, Edwards DP, Hamer KC and Fayle TM (2021). Tropical land-use change alters trait-based community assembly rules for dung beetles and birds. Oecologia, Springer Verlag vol. 195 (3), 705-717.  
08-02-2021
Relevant PublicationWasti IG, Khan FAA, Bernard H, Hassan NH, Fayle T and Sathiya Seelan JS (2021). Fungal communities in bat guano, speleothem surfaces, and cavern water in Madai cave, Northern Borneo (Malaysia). Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology, Taylor and Francis Group vol. 12 (3), 188-202.  
25-01-2021

2020

Relevant PublicationHood ASC, Advento AD, Stone J, Fayle TM, Fairnie ALM, Waters HS, Foster WA, Snaddon JL, Ps S, Caliman J-P, Naim M and Turner EC (2020). Removing understory vegetation in oil palm agroforestry reduces ground-foraging ant abundance but not species richness. Basic and Applied Ecology vol. 48, 26-36.  
01-11-2020
Relevant PublicationBladon AJ, Lewis M, Bladon EK, Buckton SJ, Corbett S, Ewing SR, Hayes MP, Hitchcock GE, Knock R, Lucas C, McVeigh A, Menéndez R, Walker JM, Fayle TM and Turner EC (2020). How butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends. Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley vol. 89 (11), 2440-2450.  
23-09-2020
Relevant PublicationSegar ST, Fayle TM, Srivastava DS, Lewinsohn TM, Lewis OT, Novotny V, Kitching RL and Maunsell SC (2020). On the Perils of Ignoring Evolution in Networks. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 35 (10), 865-866.  
24-08-2020
Relevant PublicationZohner CM, Mo L, Renner SS, Svenning J-C, Vitasse Y, Benito BM, Ordonez A, Baumgarten F, Bastin J-F, Sebald V, Reich PB, Liang J, Nabuurs G-J, de-Miguel S, Alberti G, Antón-Fernández C, Balazy R, Brändli U-B, Chen HYH, Chisholm C, et al. (2020). Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 117 (22), 12192-12200.  
11-05-2020
Relevant PublicationHouadria MYI, Feldhaar H, Fiala B, Lestina D, Chung A, Salleh A, Justin H, Kokorova P and Fayle TM (2020). Reduced benefits of ant occupation for ant-trees in oil palm compared with heavily logged forest. Symbiosis, Springer Nature vol. 81 (1), 79-91.  
01-05-2020
Relevant PublicationSegar ST, Fayle TM, Srivastava DS, Lewinsohn TM, Lewis OT, Novotny V, Kitching RL and Maunsell SC (2020). The Role of Evolution in Shaping Ecological Networks. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 35 (5), 454-466.  
12-02-2020
Relevant PublicationDumbrell AJ, Turner EC and Fayle TM (2020). Tropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century, Volume 62 Preface. TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY  XVII-XXVI.  
01-01-2020
Relevant PublicationLamarre GPA, Fayle TM, Segar ST, Laird-Hopkins BC, Nakamura A, Souto-Vilarós D, Watanabe S and Basset Y (2020). Monitoring tropical insects in the 21st century. Tropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century  295-330.  
01-01-2020
Relevant PublicationDumbrell AJ, Turner EC and Fayle TM (2020). Preface. Advances in Ecological Research vol. 62, xvii-xxvi.  
01-01-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationTuma J, Eggleton P and Fayle TM (2019). Ant‐termite interactions: an important but under‐explored ecological linkage. Biological Reviews, Wiley vol. 95 (3), 555-572.  
25-12-2019
Relevant PublicationTuma J, Fleiss S, Eggleton P, Frouz J, Klimes P, Lewis OT, Yusah KM and Fayle TM (2019). Logging of rainforest and conversion to oil palm reduces bioturbator diversity but not levels of bioturbation. Applied Soil Ecology, Elsevier vol. 144, 123-133.  
01-12-2019
Relevant PublicationMottl O, Yombai J, Fayle TM, Novotný V and Klimeš P (2019). Experiments with artificial nests provide evidence for ant community stratification and nest site limitation in a tropical forest. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 52 (2), 277-287.  
30-06-2019
Relevant PublicationSteidinger BS, Crowther TW, Liang J, Van Nuland ME, Werner GDA, Reich PB, Nabuurs GJ, de-Miguel S, Zhou M, Picard N, Herault B, Zhao X, Zhang C, Routh D and Peay KG (2019). Author Correction: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 571 (7765), e8-e8.  
28-06-2019
Relevant PublicationSteidinger BS, Crowther TW, Liang J, Van Nuland ME, Werner GDA, Reich PB, Nabuurs GJ, de-Miguel S, Zhou M, Picard N, Herault B, Zhao X, Zhang C, Routh D and Peay KG (2019). Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 569 (7756), 404-408.  
01-05-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationPhilip AJ, Fayle TM and Yusah KM (2018). Selectively Logging Old Growth Rain Forest Twice Changes Canopy Ant Species Composition, While Conversion to Oil Palm Changes Composition and Reduces Species Richness and Diversity. Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (JTBC), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) vol. 15 
15-10-2018
Relevant PublicationArnan X, Andersen AN, Gibb H, Parr CL, Sanders NJ, Dunn RR, Angulo E, Baccaro FB, Bishop TR, Boulay R, Castracani C, Cerdá X, Del Toro I, Delsinne T, Donoso DA, Elten EK, Fayle TM, Fitzpatrick MC, Gómez C, Grasso DA, et al. (2018). Dominance–diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion. Global Change Biology, Wiley vol. 24 (10), 4614-4625.  
21-06-2018
Relevant PublicationHouadria MYI, Klimes P, Fayle TM and Gullan PJ (2018). Host‐plant dissections reveal contrasting distributions of Crematogaster ants and their symbionts in two myrmecophytic Macaranga species. Ecological Entomology, Wiley vol. 43 (5), 601-611.  
24-05-2018
Relevant PublicationBladon A, Lucas C, Fayle T and Turner E (2018). British butterflies differ in micro-temperature and habitat preferences, and in their ability to buffer body temperature against changes in air temperature – consequences for reserve management. Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology
24-05-2018
Relevant PublicationYusah KM, Foster WA, Reynolds G and Fayle TM (2018). Ant mosaics in Bornean primary rain forest high canopy depend on spatial scale, time of day, and sampling method. PeerJ, PeerJ vol. 6 
30-01-2018

2017

Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Wanji C, Turner EC and Yusah KM (2017). Living Together in Novel Habitats: A Review of Land-Use Change Impacts on Mutualistic Ant-Plant Symbioses in Tropical Forests. Ant-Plant Interactions  52-72.  
17-08-2017
Relevant PublicationNakamura A, Kitching RL, Cao M, Creedy TJ, Fayle TM, Freiberg M, Hewitt CN, Itioka T, Koh LP, Ma K, Malhi Y, Mitchell A, Novotny V, Ozanne CMP, Song L, Wang H and Ashton LA (2017). Forests and Their Canopies: Achievements and Horizons in Canopy Science. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 32 (6), 438-451.  
28-03-2017
Relevant PublicationPlowman NS, Hood ASC, Moses J, Redmond C, Novotny V, Klimes P and Fayle TM (2017). Network reorganization and breakdown of an ant–plant protection mutualism with elevation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 284 (1850) 
15-03-2017
Relevant PublicationGibb H, Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Grossman BF, Photakis M, Abril S, Agosti D, Andersen AN, Angulo E, Armbrecht I, Arnan X, Baccaro FB, Bishop TR, Boulay R, Brühl C, Castracani C, Cerda X, Del Toro I, Delsinne T, Diaz M, et al. (2017). A global database of ant species abundances. Ecology, Wiley vol. 98 (3), 883-884.  
01-03-2017

2016

Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Sam K, Humlova A, Cagnolo L and Novotny V (2016). The LifeWebs project: A call for data describing plant-herbivore interaction networks. Frontiers of Biogeography, California Digital Library (CDL) vol. 8 (4) 
31-12-2016
Relevant PublicationHudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Alhusseini TI, Bedford FE, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Burton VJ, Chng CWT, Choimes A, Correia DLP, Day J, Echeverría-Londoño S, Emerson SR, Gao D, Garon M, et al. (2016). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecol Evol vol. 7 (1), 145-188.  
16-12-2016
Relevant PublicationParr CL, Dunn RR, Sanders NJ, Weiser MD, Photakis M, Bishop TR, Fitzpatrick MC, Arnan X, Baccaro F, Brandão CRF, Chick L, Donoso DA, Fayle TM, Gómez C, Grossman B, Munyai TC, Pacheco R, Retana J, Robinson A, Sagata K, et al. (2016). GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Conservation and Diversity, Wiley vol. 10 (1), 5-20.  
12-12-2016
Relevant PublicationEllwood MDF, Blüthgen N, Fayle TM, Foster WA and Menzel F (2016). Competition can lead to unexpected patterns in tropical ant communities. Acta Oecologica, Elsevier vol. 75, 24-34.  
01-08-2016
Relevant PublicationColwell RK, Gotelli NJ, Ashton LA, Beck J, Brehm G, Fayle TM, Fiedler K, Forister ML, Kessler M, Kitching RL, Klimes P, Kluge J, Longino JT, Maunsell SC, McCain CM, Moses J, Noben S, Sam K, Sam L, Shapiro AM, et al. (2016). Midpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints. Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 19 (9), 1009-1022.  
30-06-2016
Relevant PublicationGray CL, Simmons BI, Fayle TM, Mann DJ and Slade EM (2016). Are riparian forest reserves sources of invertebrate biodiversity spillover and associated ecosystem functions in oil palm landscapes? Biological Conservation, Elsevier vol. 194, 176-183.  
01-02-2016
Relevant PublicationFayle TM (2016). Mutualistic ant-plant symbioses and habitat change in tropical forests. 2016 International Congress of Entomology
01-01-2016

2015

Relevant PublicationGibb H, Sanders NJ, Dunn RR, Watson S, Photakis M, Abril S, Andersen AN, Angulo E, Armbrecht I, Arnan X, Baccaro FB, Bishop TR, Boulay R, Castracani C, Del Toro I, Delsinne T, Diaz M, Donoso DA, Enríquez ML, Fayle TM, et al. (2015). Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 282 (1808) 
07-06-2015
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Turner EC, Basset Y, Ewers RM, Reynolds G and Novotny V (2015). Whole-ecosystem experimental manipulations of tropical forests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 30 (6), 334-346.  
17-04-2015
Relevant PublicationEwers RM, Boyle MJW, Gleave RA, Plowman NS, Benedick S, Bernard H, Bishop TR, Bakhtiar EY, Chey VK, Chung AYC, Davies RG, Edwards DP, Eggleton P, Fayle TM, Hardwick SR, Homathevi R, Kitching RL, Khoo MS, Luke SH, March JJ, et al. (2015). Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 6 (1) 
13-04-2015
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Scholtz O, Dumbrell AJ, Russell S, Segar ST and Eggleton P (2015). Detection of Mitochondrial COII DNA Sequences in Ant Guts as a Method for Assessing Termite Predation by Ants. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 10 (4) 
08-04-2015
Relevant PublicationFayle TM (2015). Moral hazard in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers vol. 3 
29-01-2015
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Eggleton P, Manica A, Yusah KM and Foster WA (2015). Experimentally testing and assessing the predictive power of species assembly rules for tropical canopy ants. Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 18 (3), 254-262.  
27-01-2015
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Edwards DP, Foster WA, Yusah KM and Turner EC (2015). An ant–plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation. Oecologia, Springer Nature vol. 178 (2), 441-450.  
10-01-2015

2014

Relevant PublicationGray CL, Lewis OT, Chung AYC and Fayle TM (2014). Riparian reserves within oil palm plantations conserve logged forest leaf litter ant communities and maintain associated scavenging rates. Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley vol. 52 (1), 31-40.  
08-12-2014
Relevant PublicationHudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Senior RA, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Choimes A, Correia DLP, Day J, Echeverría-Londoño S, Garon M, Harrison MLK, Ingram DJ, Jung M, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, et al. (2014). The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (24), 4701-4735.  
01-12-2014
Relevant PublicationKonopik O, Gray CL, Grafe TU, Steffan-Dewenter I and Fayle TM (2014). From rainforest to oil palm plantations: Shifts in predator population and prey communities, but resistant interactions. Global Ecology and Conservation, Elsevier vol. 2, 385-394.  
01-12-2014
Relevant PublicationYusah KM and Fayle TM (2014). The first record of a fly of the family Milichiidae (Diptera) interacting with an ant of the genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft Publishers (2), e4168-e4168.  
14-11-2014
Relevant PublicationLuke SH, Fayle TM, Eggleton P, Turner EC and Davies RG (2014). Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo. Biodiversity and Conservation, Springer Nature vol. 23 (11), 2817-2832.  
30-07-2014
Relevant PublicationMiller JA, Schilthuizen M, Burmester JL, van der Graaf L, Merckx V, Jocqué M, Kessler PJA, Fayle TM, Breeschoten T, Broeren R, Bouman R, Chua W-J, Feijen F, Fermont T, Groen K, Groen M, Kil NJC, de Laat HA, Moerland MS, Moncoquet C, et al. (2014). Dispatch from the field: ecology of ground-web-building spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft Publishers (2), e1076-e1076.  
26-03-2014

2013

Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Turner EC and Foster WA (2013). Ant mosaics occur in SE Asian oil palm plantation but not rain forest and are influenced by the presence of nest‐sites and non‐native species. Ecography, Wiley vol. 36 (9), 1051-1057.  
15-02-2013

2012

Relevant PublicationSenior MJM, Hamer KC, Bottrell S, Edwards DP, Fayle TM, Lucey JM, Mayhew PJ, Newton R, Peh KS-H, Sheldon FH, Stewart C, Styring AR, Thom MDF, Woodcock P and Hill JK (2012). Trait-dependent declines of species following conversion of rain forest to oil palm plantations. Biodiversity and Conservation, Springer Nature vol. 22 (1), 253-268.  
07-12-2012
Relevant PublicationBrussaard L, Aanen DK, Briones MJI, Decaëns T, Deyn GBD, Fayle TM, James SW and Nobre T (2012). Biogeography and Phylogenetic Community Structure of Soil Invertebrate Ecosystem Engineers: Global to Local Patterns, Implications for Ecosystem Functioning and Services and Global Environmental Change Impacts. Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services  201-232.  
13-06-2012
Relevant PublicationKlimes P, Idigel C, Rimandai M, Fayle TM, Janda M, Weiblen GD and Novotny V (2012). Why are there more arboreal ant species in primary than in secondary tropical forests? Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley vol. 81 (5), 1103-1112.  
29-05-2012

2011

Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Edwards DP, Turner EC, Dumbrell AJ, Eggleton P and Foster WA (2011). Public goods, public services and by‐product mutualism in an ant–fern symbiosis. Oikos, Wiley vol. 121 (8), 1279-1286.  
29-12-2011
Relevant PublicationSnaddon JL, Turner EC, Fayle TM, Khen CV, Eggleton P and Foster WA (2011). Biodiversity hanging by a thread: the importance of fungal litter-trapping systems in tropical rainforests. Biology Letters, The Royal Society vol. 8 (3), 397-400.  
21-12-2011
Relevant PublicationWoodcock P, Edwards DP, Fayle TM, Newton RJ, Khen CV, Bottrell SH and Hamer KC (2011). The conservation value of South East Asia's highly degraded forests: evidence from leaf-litter ants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 366 (1582), 3256-3264.  
27-11-2011
Relevant PublicationFoster WA, Snaddon JL, Turner EC, Fayle TM, Cockerill TD, Ellwood MDF, Broad GR, Chung AYC, Eggleton P, Khen CV and Yusah KM (2011). Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 366 (1582), 3277-3291.  
27-11-2011
Relevant PublicationTurner EC, Snaddon JL, Ewers RM, Fayle TM and Foster WA (2011). The Impact of Oil Palm Expansion on Environmental Change: Putting Conservation Research in Context. Environmental Impact of Biofuels  
06-09-2011
Relevant PublicationFayle TM and Manica A (2011). Bias in null model analyses of species co-occurrence: A response to Gotelli and Ulrich (2011). Ecological Modelling, Elsevier vol. 222 (7), 1340-1341.  
01-04-2011
Relevant PublicationYusah KM, Fayle TM, Harris G and Foster WA (2011). Optimizing Diversity Assessment Protocols for High Canopy Ants in Tropical Rain Forest. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 44 (1), 73-81.  
25-03-2011

2010

Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Dumbrell AJ, Turner EC and Foster WA (2010). Distributional Patterns of Epiphytic Ferns are Explained by the Presence of Cryptic Species. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 43 (1), 6-7.  
08-12-2010
Relevant PublicationFayle TM and Manica A (2010). Reducing over-reporting of deterministic co-occurrence patterns in biotic communities. Ecological Modelling, Elsevier vol. 221 (19), 2237-2242.  
01-09-2010
Relevant PublicationFayle TM (2010). ‘Go to the ant thou sluggard...’ Ant Ecology edited by Lori Lach, Catherine L. Parr and Kirsti L. Abbott. Oxford University Press, 2010. £80.00 hbk (432 pages) ISBN 978-0199544639. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 25 (8), 431-432.  
01-08-2010
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Turner EC, Snaddon JL, Chey VK, Chung AYC, Eggleton P and Foster WA (2010). Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter. Basic and Applied Ecology, Elsevier vol. 11 (4), 337-345.  
01-06-2010
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Bakker L, Cheah C, Ching TM, Davey A, Dem F, Earl A, Huaimei Y, Hyland S, Johansson B, Ligtermoet E, Lim R, Lin LK, Luangyotha P, Martins BH, Palmeirim AF, Paninhuan S, Rojas SK, Sam L, Sam PTT, et al. (2010). A positive relationship between ant biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rate of scavenger-mediated nutrient redistribution along a disturbance gradient in a southeast asian rain forest. Myrmecological News vol. 14, 5-12.  
01-01-2010

2009

Relevant PublicationEdwards DP, Ansell FA, Woodcock P, Fayle TM, Chey VK and Hamer KC (2009). Can the failure to punish promote cheating in mutualism? Oikos, Wiley vol. 119 (1), 45-52.  
13-11-2009
Relevant PublicationFayle TM, Chung AYC, Dumbrell AJ, Eggleton P and Foster WA (2009). The Effect of Rain Forest Canopy Architecture on the Distribution of Epiphytic Ferns (Asplenium spp.) in Sabah, Malaysia. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 41 (6), 676-681.  
01-11-2009

2008

Relevant PublicationDisney RHL and Fayle TM (2008). A new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitizing an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Borneo. Sociobiology vol. 51 (2), 327-332.  
23-04-2008
Relevant PublicationFayle TM (2008). Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 152 (4), 847-847.  
01-04-2008
Relevant PublicationTurner EC, Snaddon JL, Fayle TM and Foster WA (2008). Oil Palm Research in Context: Identifying the Need for Biodiversity Assessment. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 3 (2) 
13-02-2008

2007

Relevant PublicationAldridge DC, Fayle TM and Jackson N (2007). Freshwater mussel abundance predicts biodiversity in UK lowland rivers. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Wiley vol. 17 (6), 554-564.  
24-01-2007

2006

Relevant PublicationField J, Turner E, Fayle T and Foster WA (2006). Costs of egg-laying and offspring provisioning: multifaceted parental investment in a digger wasp. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 274 (1608), 445-451.  
21-11-2006