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 PublicationIntroducing a global database of entomopathogenic fungi and their host associations
De Wint FC, Nicholson S, Koid QQ, Zahra S, Chestney-Claassen G, Seelan JSS, Xie J, Xing S, Fayle TM and Haelewaters D
Scientific Data, Springer Nature vol. 11 (1) 
21-12-2024
bullet iconThe global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
Mo 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.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 8 (12), 2195-2212.  
15-10-2024
Relevant PublicationFungal community composition in arthropogenically-active and non-active northern Borneo caves
Wasti IG, Fayle TM, Kumaran JV, Anwarali Khan FA and Seelan JSS
Malayan Nature Journall, Malaysian Nature Society vol. 76 (3), 261-291.  
01-09-2024
Relevant PublicationThresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate
Ewers 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.
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 631 (8022), 808-813.  
17-07-2024
Relevant PublicationDominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Hordijk 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.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley vol. 33 (10) 
17-07-2024
Relevant PublicationPositive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
Zou 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.
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1), 4658-4658.  
31-05-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationGlobal patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition
Bouchard 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.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley vol. 33 (2), 303-324.  
26-12-2023
Relevant PublicationResilience of tropical invertebrate community assembly processes to a gradient of land use intensity
Granville 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
Oikos, Wiley vol. 2024 (2) 
22-12-2023
Relevant PublicationIntegrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
Mo 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.
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 624 (7990), 92-101.  
13-11-2023
Relevant PublicationThe global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
Ma 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.
Nature Plants, Springer Nature vol. 9 (11), 1795-1809.  
23-10-2023
Relevant PublicationAuthor Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions (Nature, (2023), 621, 7980, (773-781), 10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7)
Delavaux 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.
Nature vol. 622 (7982), E2-E2.  
12-10-2023
Relevant PublicationChanges in soil chemical properties and their spatial distribution after logging and conversion to oil palm plantation in Sabah (Borneo)
Flynn T, Tuma J, Fayle TM, Veselá H and Frouz J
Journal of Tropical Ecology vol. 39 (4) 
10-10-2023
Relevant PublicationNutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross-continental comparison
Moses J, Peters MK, Tiede Y, Mottl O, Donoso DA, Farwig N, Fayle TM, Novotny V, Sanders NJ and Klimes P
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Wiley Editors: Field R. 
13-09-2023
Relevant PublicationNative diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
Delavaux 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.
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 621 (7980), 773-781.  
23-08-2023
Relevant PublicationEvenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
Hordijk 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.
Journal of Ecology, Wiley vol. 111 (6), 1308-1326.  
02-05-2023
Relevant PublicationAn experimental, behavioral, and chemical analysis of food limitations in mutualistic Crematogaster ant symbionts inhabiting Macaranga host plants
Houadria MYI, Barone G, Fayle TM, Schmitt T, Konik P and Feldhaar H
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 13 (2) 
01-02-2023
bullet iconDiversity and composition of arboreal ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in relation to experimental forest fragmentation in Kalabakan, Sabah
Asmah S, Soo CLIN, Fayle TM and Yusah KM
Malayan Nature Journal vol. 75 (4), 563-574.  
01-01-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationThe impacts of tropical mound-building social insects on soil properties vary between taxa and with anthropogenic habitat change
Tuma J, Frouz J, Veselá H, Křivohlavý F and Fayle TM
Applied Soil Ecology vol. 179 
01-11-2022
Relevant PublicationWhich Protein Source is Best for Mass-Rearing of Asian Weaver Ants?
Advento AD, M. Yusah K, Naim M, Caliman J-P and Fayle TM
Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (Jtbc) vol. 19, 93-107.  
15-10-2022
Relevant PublicationImproving estimates of global ant biomass and abundance
Fayle TM and Klimes P
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (42) 
05-10-2022
Relevant PublicationThe first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar Liphyra brassolis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) nests in oil palm plantations
Advento AD, Yusah KM, Salim H, Naim M, Caliman JP and Fayle TM
Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft Publishers vol. 10 
15-08-2022
Relevant PublicationCo-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
Liang 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.
Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 
08-08-2022
Relevant PublicationSpecies turnover in ant assemblages is greater horizontally than vertically in the world's tallest tropical forest.
Xing S, Hood ASC, Dial RJ and Fayle TM
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley Open Access vol. 12 (8), e9158-e9158.  
29-07-2022
Relevant PublicationErratum: 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)
Gatti 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.
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America vol. 119 (13) 
29-03-2022
Relevant PublicationThe number of tree species on Earth
Cazzolla 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.
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (6), e2115329119-e2115329119.  
31-01-2022

2021

Relevant PublicationLifeWebs: A (global) database of bipartite ecological interaction networks
Butterill PT, Jorge LR, Xing S and Fayle TM
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Pensoft Publishers vol. 5, e75626-e75626.  
23-09-2021
Relevant PublicationThe rise of ecological network meta-analyses: problems and prospects
Xing S and Fayle TM
Global Ecology and Conservation vol. 30, e01805-e01805.  
08-09-2021
Relevant PublicationElevation and leaf litter interact in determining the structure of ant communities on a tropical mountain
Moses J, Fayle TM, Novotny V and Klimes P
Biotropica vol. 53 (3), 906-919.  
01-05-2021
Relevant PublicationLocalised climate change defines ant communities in human-modified tropical landscapes
Boyle 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
Functional Ecology vol. 35 (5), 1094-1108.  
01-05-2021
Relevant PublicationReported climate change impacts on cloud forest ants are driven by sampling bias: A critical evaluation of Warne et al. (2020)
Klimes P, Bishop TR, Fayle TM and Xing S
Biotropica, Wiley vol. 53 (4), 982-986.  
28-04-2021
Relevant PublicationDo Reverse Janzen-Connell Effects Reduce Species Diversity?
Zahra S, Novotny V and Fayle TM
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Cell Press vol. 36 (5), 387-390.  
13-04-2021
Relevant PublicationProtection from herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo
Burger HF, Vondráčková K, Skłodowski M, Koid QQ, Dent DH, Wallace K and Fayle TM
Asian Myrmecology vol. 14 
20-03-2021
Relevant PublicationTropical land-use change alters trait-based community assembly rules for dung beetles and birds.
Edwards FA, Edwards DP, Hamer KC and Fayle TM
Oecologia, Springer Verlag vol. 195 (3), 705-717.  
08-02-2021
Relevant PublicationFungal communities in bat guano, speleothem surfaces, and cavern water in Madai cave, Northern Borneo (Malaysia).
Wasti IG, Khan FAA, Bernard H, Hassan NH, Fayle T and Sathiya Seelan JS
Mycology: An International Journal On Fungal Biology, Taylor and Francis Group vol. 12 (3), 188-202.  
25-01-2021

2020

Relevant PublicationRemoving understory vegetation in oil palm agroforestry reduces ground-foraging ant abundance but not species richness
Hood 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
Basic and Applied Ecology vol. 48, 26-36.  
01-11-2020
Relevant PublicationHow butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends
Bladon 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
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley vol. 89 (11), 2440-2450.  
23-09-2020
Relevant PublicationOn the Perils of Ignoring Evolution in Networks
Segar ST, Fayle TM, Srivastava DS, Lewinsohn TM, Lewis OT, Novotny V, Kitching RL and Maunsell SC
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 35 (10), 865-866.  
24-08-2020
Relevant PublicationLate-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia
Zohner 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.
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 PublicationReduced benefits of ant occupation for ant-trees in oil palm compared with heavily logged forest
Houadria MYI, Feldhaar H, Fiala B, Lestina D, Chung A, Salleh A, Justin H, Kokorova P and Fayle TM
Symbiosis, Springer Nature vol. 81 (1), 79-91.  
01-05-2020
Relevant PublicationThe Role of Evolution in Shaping Ecological Networks
Segar ST, Fayle TM, Srivastava DS, Lewinsohn TM, Lewis OT, Novotny V, Kitching RL and Maunsell SC
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 35 (5), 454-466.  
12-02-2020
Relevant PublicationTropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century, Volume 62 Preface
Dumbrell AJ, Turner EC and Fayle TM
In Tropical Ecosystems in The 21st Century XVII-XXVI.  
01-01-2020
Relevant PublicationMonitoring tropical insects in the 21st century
Lamarre GPA, Fayle TM, Segar ST, Laird-Hopkins BC, Nakamura A, Souto-Vilarós D, Watanabe S and Basset Y
In Tropical Ecosystems in The 21st Century, Elsevier 295-330.  
01-01-2020
Relevant PublicationPreface
Dumbrell AJ, Turner EC and Fayle TM
Advances in Ecological Research vol. 62, xvii-xxvi.  
01-01-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationAnt‐termite interactions: an important but under‐explored ecological linkage
Tuma J, Eggleton P and Fayle TM
Biological Reviews, Wiley vol. 95 (3), 555-572.  
25-12-2019
Relevant PublicationLogging of rainforest and conversion to oil palm reduces bioturbator diversity but not levels of bioturbation
Tuma J, Fleiss S, Eggleton P, Frouz J, Klimes P, Lewis OT, Yusah KM and Fayle TM
Applied Soil Ecology, Elsevier vol. 144, 123-133.  
01-12-2019
Relevant PublicationExperiments with artificial nests provide evidence for ant community stratification and nest site limitation in a tropical forest
Mottl O, Yombai J, Fayle TM, Novotný V and Klimeš P
Biotropica, Wiley vol. 52 (2), 277-287.  
30-06-2019
Relevant PublicationAuthor Correction: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
Steidinger 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
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 571 (7765), e8-e8.  
28-06-2019
Relevant PublicationClimatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
Steidinger 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
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 569 (7756), 404-408.  
01-05-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationSelectively Logging Old Growth Rain Forest Twice Changes Canopy Ant Species Composition, While Conversion to Oil Palm Changes Composition and Reduces Species Richness and Diversity
Philip AJ, Fayle TM and Yusah KM
Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (Jtbc), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Ums) vol. 15 
15-10-2018
Relevant PublicationDominance–diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion
Arnan 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.
Global Change Biology, Wiley vol. 24 (10), 4614-4625.  
21-06-2018
Relevant PublicationHost‐plant dissections reveal contrasting distributions of Crematogaster ants and their symbionts in two myrmecophytic Macaranga species
Houadria MYI, Klimes P, Fayle TM and Gullan PJ
Ecological Entomology, Wiley vol. 43 (5), 601-611.  
24-05-2018
Relevant PublicationBritish 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
Bladon A, Lucas C, Fayle T and Turner E
Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology
24-05-2018
Relevant PublicationAnt mosaics in Bornean primary rain forest high canopy depend on spatial scale, time of day, and sampling method
Yusah KM, Foster WA, Reynolds G and Fayle TM
Peerj, Peerj vol. 6 
30-01-2018

2017

Relevant PublicationLiving Together in Novel Habitats: A Review of Land-Use Change Impacts on Mutualistic Ant-Plant Symbioses in Tropical Forests
Fayle TM, Wanji C, Turner EC and Yusah KM
In Ant-Plant Interactions, Cambridge University Press (Cup) 52-72.  
17-08-2017
Relevant PublicationForests and Their Canopies: Achievements and Horizons in Canopy Science
Nakamura 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
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 32 (6), 438-451.  
28-03-2017
Relevant PublicationNetwork reorganization and breakdown of an ant–plant protection mutualism with elevation
Plowman NS, Hood ASC, Moses J, Redmond C, Novotny V, Klimes P and Fayle TM
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 284 (1850) 
15-03-2017
Relevant PublicationA global database of ant species abundances
Gibb 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.
Ecology, Wiley vol. 98 (3), 883-884.  
01-03-2017

2016

Relevant PublicationThe LifeWebs project: A call for data describing plant-herbivore interaction networks
Fayle TM, Sam K, Humlova A, Cagnolo L and Novotny V
Frontiers of Biogeography, California Digital Library (Cdl) vol. 8 (4) 
31-12-2016
Relevant PublicationThe database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project.
Hudson 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.
Ecol Evol vol. 7 (1), 145-188.  
16-12-2016
Relevant PublicationGlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Parr 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.
Insect Conservation and Diversity, Wiley vol. 10 (1), 5-20.  
12-12-2016
Relevant PublicationCompetition can lead to unexpected patterns in tropical ant communities
Ellwood MDF, Blüthgen N, Fayle TM, Foster WA and Menzel F
Acta Oecologica, Elsevier vol. 75, 24-34.  
01-08-2016
Relevant PublicationMidpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints
Colwell 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.
Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 19 (9), 1009-1022.  
30-06-2016
Relevant PublicationAre riparian forest reserves sources of invertebrate biodiversity spillover and associated ecosystem functions in oil palm landscapes?
Gray CL, Simmons BI, Fayle TM, Mann DJ and Slade EM
Biological Conservation, Elsevier vol. 194, 176-183.  
01-02-2016
Relevant PublicationMutualistic ant-plant symbioses and habitat change in tropical forests
Fayle TM
2016 International Congress of Entomology
01-01-2016

2015

Relevant PublicationClimate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure
Gibb 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.
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 282 (1808) 
07-06-2015
Relevant PublicationWhole-ecosystem experimental manipulations of tropical forests
Fayle TM, Turner EC, Basset Y, Ewers RM, Reynolds G and Novotny V
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 30 (6), 334-346.  
17-04-2015
Relevant PublicationLogging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest
Ewers 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.
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 6 (1) 
13-04-2015
Relevant PublicationDetection of Mitochondrial COII DNA Sequences in Ant Guts as a Method for Assessing Termite Predation by Ants
Fayle TM, Scholtz O, Dumbrell AJ, Russell S, Segar ST and Eggleton P
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 10 (4) 
08-04-2015
Relevant PublicationMoral hazard in ecology
Fayle TM
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers vol. 3 
29-01-2015
Relevant PublicationExperimentally testing and assessing the predictive power of species assembly rules for tropical canopy ants
Fayle TM, Eggleton P, Manica A, Yusah KM and Foster WA
Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 18 (3), 254-262.  
27-01-2015
Relevant PublicationAn ant–plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation
Fayle TM, Edwards DP, Foster WA, Yusah KM and Turner EC
Oecologia, Springer Nature vol. 178 (2), 441-450.  
10-01-2015

2014

Relevant PublicationRiparian reserves within oil palm plantations conserve logged forest leaf litter ant communities and maintain associated scavenging rates
Gray CL, Lewis OT, Chung AYC and Fayle TM
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley vol. 52 (1), 31-40.  
08-12-2014
Relevant PublicationThe PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts
Hudson 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.
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (24), 4701-4735.  
01-12-2014
Relevant PublicationFrom rainforest to oil palm plantations: Shifts in predator population and prey communities, but resistant interactions
Konopik O, Gray CL, Grafe TU, Steffan-Dewenter I and Fayle TM
Global Ecology and Conservation, Elsevier vol. 2, 385-394.  
01-12-2014
Relevant PublicationThe first record of a fly of the family Milichiidae (Diptera) interacting with an ant of the genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Yusah KM and Fayle TM
Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft Publishers (2), e4168-e4168.  
14-11-2014
Relevant PublicationFunctional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo
Luke SH, Fayle TM, Eggleton P, Turner EC and Davies RG
Biodiversity and Conservation, Springer Nature vol. 23 (11), 2817-2832.  
30-07-2014
Relevant PublicationDispatch from the field: ecology of ground-web-building spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae).
Miller 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.
Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft Publishers (2), e1076-e1076.  
26-03-2014

2013

Relevant PublicationAnt 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
Fayle TM, Turner EC and Foster WA
Ecography, Wiley vol. 36 (9), 1051-1057.  
15-02-2013

2012

Relevant PublicationTrait-dependent declines of species following conversion of rain forest to oil palm plantations
Senior 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
Biodiversity and Conservation, Springer Nature vol. 22 (1), 253-268.  
07-12-2012
Relevant PublicationBiogeography and Phylogenetic Community Structure of Soil Invertebrate Ecosystem Engineers: Global to Local Patterns, Implications for Ecosystem Functioning and Services and Global Environmental Change Impacts
Brussaard L, Aanen DK, Briones MJI, Decaëns T, Deyn GBD, Fayle TM, James SW and Nobre T
In Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services, Oxford University Press (Oup) 201-232.  
13-06-2012
Relevant PublicationWhy are there more arboreal ant species in primary than in secondary tropical forests?
Klimes P, Idigel C, Rimandai M, Fayle TM, Janda M, Weiblen GD and Novotny V
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley vol. 81 (5), 1103-1112.  
29-05-2012

2011

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

2010

Relevant PublicationDistributional Patterns of Epiphytic Ferns are Explained by the Presence of Cryptic Species
Fayle TM, Dumbrell AJ, Turner EC and Foster WA
Biotropica, Wiley vol. 43 (1), 6-7.  
08-12-2010
Relevant PublicationReducing over-reporting of deterministic co-occurrence patterns in biotic communities
Fayle TM and Manica A
Ecological Modelling, Elsevier vol. 221 (19), 2237-2242.  
01-09-2010
Relevant Publication‘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.
Fayle TM
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 25 (8), 431-432.  
01-08-2010
Relevant PublicationOil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter
Fayle TM, Turner EC, Snaddon JL, Chey VK, Chung AYC, Eggleton P and Foster WA
Basic and Applied Ecology, Elsevier vol. 11 (4), 337-345.  
01-06-2010
Relevant PublicationA positive relationship between ant biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rate of scavenger-mediated nutrient redistribution along a disturbance gradient in a southeast asian rain forest
Fayle 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.
Myrmecological News vol. 14, 5-12.  
01-01-2010

2009

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

2008

Relevant PublicationA new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitizing an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Borneo
Disney RHL and Fayle TM
Sociobiology vol. 51 (2), 327-332.  
23-04-2008
Relevant PublicationAnts of North America: A Guide to the Genera
Fayle TM
Zoological Journal of The Linnean Society, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 152 (4), 847-847.  
01-04-2008
Relevant PublicationOil Palm Research in Context: Identifying the Need for Biodiversity Assessment
Turner EC, Snaddon JL, Fayle TM and Foster WA
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 3 (2) 
13-02-2008

2007

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

2006

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