About
Richard Corlett was born in London, England, and did his first degree at the University of Cambridge. He went on to do his PhD at the Australian National University, in Canberra, with field work in Papua New Guinea. He has subsequently lived and worked continuously in the East Asian tropics for nearly 40 years. He was a lecturer at Chiang Mai University (1980-82), and then moved to the National University of Singapore (1982-87) and the University of Hong Kong (1988-2008), before returning to Singapore (2008-2012). Since 2012, he has been Head of the Center for Integrative Conservation at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on ecology, conservation, and climate change biology in tropical East Asia. In addition to many scientific papers, he has written several books, including ‘The Ecology of Tropical East Asia’ (Oxford University Press, 3rd edition 2019) and ‘Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison’ (Wiley, 2nd edition 2011) co-authored with Richard Primack. He is chief editor of the journal ‘Global Ecology and Conservation’ (Elsevier), and an associate editor for ‘Biological Conservation’ and several other journals. He was a lead author for the ‘Asia’ chapter in the Working Group II contribution to the 2013 IPCC climate change report and also for the IPBES Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Asia-Pacific. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Climate Change Specialist Group, 2017-2019.
Honors and achievements:
Received Yunnan Friendship ‘Colorful Cloud’ Award 2015 from Governor Chen Hao.
Received the China Friendship Award 2016 from Vice-Premier Ma Kai.
Appointed as an Honorary Fellow by the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in 2018.
Articles
Books
1. Corlett, R.T. (2019) The Ecology of Tropical East Asia. Third Edition. Oxford University Press, U.K.
2. Peh, K. S.-H., Corlett, R.T. & Bergeron, Y. (eds.) (2015) The Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. Routledge, Oxford, UK.
3. Corlett, R.T. (2013) The Ecology of Tropical East Asia, Japanese translation by Noriyuki Osada, Hisashi Matsubayashi, Shinya Numata, Masatoshi Yasuda. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan.
4. Ng, P.K.L., R.T. Corlett and H.T.W. Tan (2011) (eds.) Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet, Singapore.
5. Corlett, R.T. and R.B. Primack (2011) Tropical Rainforests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison. Second Edition. Wiley, UK.
6. Dudgeon, D. and R.T. Corlett (2011) The Ecology and Biodiversity of Hong Kong. Second (Revised) Edition. Cosmos Books, Hong Kong. [In Chinese and English editions]
7. Wee, Y.C. and R.T. Corlett (1986) The Forest and the City: Plant Life in Urban Singapore. Singapore University Press. 186 pp
Journal articles and book chapters
8. Corlett, R.T. 2019. Auditing the wild: how do we assess if rewilding objectives are achieved? In: Pettorelli, N., Durant, S.M., Du Toit, J.T. (eds.) Rewilding. Cambridge University Press, pp. 375-385.
9. Miller-Rushing, A.J., Primack, R.B., Devictor, V., Corlett, R.T. et al. 2019. How does habitat fragmentation affect biodiversity? A controversial question at the core of Conservation Biology. Biological Conservation 232: 271-273.
10. Pakeman, R.J., Bates, A., Corlett, R.T. et al. 2019. Fifty years of Biological Conservation. Biological Conservation 230: A1-A4.
11. Chen, Z., Corlett, R.T., Jiao, X., Liu, S.-J., Charles-Dominique, T., Zhang, S., Li, H., Lai, R., Long, C., Quan, R.-C. 2018. Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider. Science 362: 1052-1055.
12. Song, Y., Gan, Y., Liu, L., Corlett, R.T. 2018. The ？oral transcriptome of Machilus yunnanensis, a tree in the magnoliid family Lauraceae. Computational Biology and Chemistry 77: 456-465.
13. Faridah-Hanum, I., Rawat, G. S., Yahara, T., Abi-Said, M., Corlett, R.T., and 22 other authors. 2018. Chapter 3: Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature's contributions to people. In IPBES (2018): The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific. Karki, M., Senaratna Sellamuttu, S., Okayasu, S., Suzuki, W. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services, Bonn, Germany.
14. Shen, T., Corlett, R.T., Song L., Ma, W.-Z., Guo, X.-L., Song, Y., Wu, Y. 2018. Vertical gradient in bryophyte diversity and species composition in tropical and subtropical forests in Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Vegetation Science 29: 1075-1087.
15. Corlett, R.T. 2018. Biodiversity and ecosystem services: Towards ecological security in tropical and subtropical East Asia. Biodiversity Science 26: 766-774.
16. Sreekar, R., Katabuchi, A., Nakamura, A., Corlett, R.T. et al. 2018. Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude. Royal Society Open Science 5: 181168
17. Pasion, B.O., Roeder, M., Liu, J., Yasuda, M., Corlett, R.T., Slik, J.W.F., Tomlinson, K.W. 2018. Trees represent community composition of other plant life forms, but not their diversity, abundance or responses to fragmentation. Scientific Reports 8: 11374
18. Khamcha, D., Corlett, R.T., Powell, L.A., Savini, T., Lynam, A.J., Gale, G.A. 2018. Road induced edge effects on a forest bird community in tropical Asia. Avian Research 9: 20
19. Beng, K.C., Tomlinson, K.W., Corlett, R.T. 2018. Seasonal changes in the diversity and composition of the litter fauna in native forests and rubber plantations. Scientific Reports 8: 10232
20. Ascens？o, F., Fahrig, L., Clevenger, A. P., Corlett, R.T., Jaeger, J.A.G., Laurance, W.F., Pereira, H.M. 2018. Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative. Nature Sustainability 1: 206–209.
21. Dossa, G.G.O., Schaefer, D., Zhang, J.-L., Tao, J.-P., Cao, K.-F., Corlett, R.T., Cunningham, A.B., Xu, J.-C., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Harrison, R.D. 2018. The cover uncovered: Bark control over wood decomposition. Journal of Ecology 106: 2147-2160.
22. Chen, H., Zhang, Y., Peng, Y., Corlett, R.T. 2018. Latitudinal effects on phenology near the northern limit of figs in China. Scientific Reports 8: 4320.
23. Corlett, R.T. 2018. Tropical rainforests and climate change. In: DellaSala, D.A. and Goldstein, M.I. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 25-29.
24. Song Y., Yao, X., Liu, B., Tan, Y., Corlett, R.T. 2018. Complete plastid genome sequences of three tropical Alseodaphne trees in the family Lauraceae. Holzforschung 72: 337-345.
25. Song Y., Yao, X., Tan, Y., Gan, Y., Yang, J.-B., Corlett, R.T. 2017. Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequences of two subtropical trees, and Phoebe omeiensis (Lauraceae). Tree Genetics and Genomes 13: 120.
26. Song, Y., Yu, W.-B., Tan, Y., Liu, B., Yao, X., Jin, J., Padmanaba, M., Yang, J.-B., Corlett, R.T. 2017. Evolutionary comparisons of the chloroplast genome in Lauraceae and insights into loss events in the Magnoliids. Genome Biology and Evolution 9: 2354-2364.
27. Sreekar, R., Corlett, R.T., Dayananda, S., Goodale, U.M., Kilpatrick, A., Kotogama, S.W., Koh, L.P., Goodale, E. 2017. Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use. Biology Letters 13: 20170186.
28. Chen, J., Corlett, R.T., and Cannon, C.H. 2017. The role of botanic gardens in in situ conservation. In: Blackmore, S. & Oldfield, S. (eds.), Plant Conservation Science and Practice: The Role of Botanic Gardens, Cambridge University Press, pp. 49-72.
29. Padmanaba, M., Tomlinson, K.W., Hughes, A.C., Corlett, R.T. 2017. Alien plant invasions of protected areas in Java, Indonesia. Scientific Reports 7: 9334 |
30. Palma, E., Catford, J.A., Corlett, R.T., Duncan, R.P., Hahs, A.K., McCarthy, M.A., McDonnell, M.J., Thompson, K., Williams, N.S.G, Vesk, P.A. 2017. Functional trait changes in the floras of 11 cities across the globe in response to urbanization. Ecography 40: 875–886
31. Ma, K., Shen, X., Grumbine, R.E, Corlett, R.T. 2017. China's biodiversity conservation research in progress. Biological Conservation 210: 1–2
32. Corlett, R.T. 2017. Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in tropical and subtropical Asia: An update. Global Ecology and Conservation 11: 1-22.
33. Wang, B. and Corlett, R.T. 2017 Scatter-hoarding rodents select different caching habitats for seeds with different traits. Ecosphere 8(4): e01774.
34. Corlett, R.T. (2017) A bigger toolbox: biotechnology in biodiversity conservation. Trends in Biotechnology 35: 55-65.
35. Ripple W.J., Chapron, G., López-Bao, J.V., Durant, S.M., Macdonald, D.W., Lindsey, P.A., Bennett, E.L., Beschta, R.L., Bruskotter, J.T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Corlett, R.T., et al. (2017) Conserving the world’s megafauna and biodiversity: the fierce urgency of now. BioScience 67: 197–200.
36. Scheffers, B.R., De Meester, L., Bridge, T.C.L., Hoffmann, A.A., Pandolfi, J.M., Corlett, R.T., Butchart, S.H.M., Pearce-Kelly, P., Kovacs, K.M., Dudgeon, D., Pacifici, M., Rondinini, C., Foden, W.B., Martin, T.G., Mora, C., Bickford, D., Watson, J.E.M. (2016) The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science Vol. 354, 6313
37. Yao, X., Liu, Y.Y., Tan, Y.H., Song, Y., Corlett, R.T. (2016) The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Helwingia himalaica (Helwingiaceae, Aquifoliales) and a chloroplast phylogenomic analysis of the Campanulidae. PeerJ 4: e2734.
38. Costello M.J., Beard K.H., Corlett, R.T., Cumming G., Devictor V., Loyola R., Maas B., Miller-Rushing A.J., Pakeman R., Primack R.B. (2016) Field work ethics in biological research. Biological Conservation 203: 269-271.
39. Song, Y., Yao, X., Tan, Y., Gan, Y., Corlett, R.T. (2016) Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the avocado: Gene organization, comparative analysis, and phylogenetic relationships with other Lauraceae. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46: 1293-1301
40. Corlett, R.T. (2016) The role of rewilding in landscape design for conservation. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 1. 127
41. Yao, X., Tan, Y.H., Liu, Y.Y., Song, Y., Yang, J.B., and R.T. Corlett (2016) Chloroplast genome structure in Ilex (Aquifoliaceae). Scientific Reports 6: 28559
42. Beng, K.C., Tomlinson, K.W., Shen, X.H., Surget-Groba, Y., Hughes, A.C., Corlett, R.T., Slik, J.W.F. (2016) The utility of DNA metabarcoding for studying the response of arthropod diversity and composition to land-use change in the tropics. Scientific Reports 6: 24965
43. Ripple W.J., Chapron, G., López-Bao, J.V., Durant, S.M., Macdonald, D.W., Lindsey, P.A., Bennett, E.L., Beschta, R.L., Bruskotter, J.T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Corlett, R.T., et al. (2016) Saving the world’s terrestrial megafauna. BioScience 66: 807-812.
44. Palma, E., Catford, J.A., Corlett, R.T., Duncan, R.P., Hahs, A.K., McCarthy, M.A., McDonnell, M.J., Thompson, K., Williams, N.S.G., and P.A. Vesk. (2016) Functional trait changes in the floras of 11 cities across the globe in response to urbanization. Ecography 40: 875–886,
45. Cui, Q. and R.T. Corlett (2016) Seasonal and diurnal patterns of activity in honeybees (Apis spp.) on the northern edge of the Asian tropics; their implications for the climate-change resilience of pollination. Tropical Conservation Science DOI: 10.1177/1940082916667142
46. Corlett, R.T. (2016) Plant diversity in a changing world: status, trends and conservation needs. Plant Diversity 38: 10-16.
47. Corlett, R.T. (2016) The impacts of droughts in tropical forests. Trends in Plant Science 21: 584-593.
48. Corlett, R.T. (2016) Restoration, reintroduction, and rewilding in a changing world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: 453-462.
49. Soliman, T, MacLeod, A., Mumford, J.D., Nghiem, T.P.L., Tan, H.T.W., Papworth, S.K., Corlett, R.T., & Carrasco, L.R. (2016) A regional decision support scheme for pest risk analysis in Southeast Asia. Risk Analysis 36: 904-913.
50. Wilson, M.C., Chen, X.Y., Corlett, R.T. et al. (2016) Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges. Landscape Ecology 31: 219-227.
51. Sridhara, S., McConkey, K, Prasad, S., and Corlett, R.T. (2016) Frugivory and seed dispersal by large herbivores of Asia. In: Ahrestani, F. & Sankaran, M. (eds.) The ecology of large herbivores in South and Southeast Asia. Ecological Studies vol. 225, pp. 121-150. Springer.
52. Sreekar, R., Huang, G., Yasuda, M., Quan, R.C., Goodale, E., Corlett, R.T., Tomlinson, K.W. (2016) Effects of forests, roads and mistletoe on bird diversity in monoculture rubber plantations. Scientific Reports 6: 21822.
53. Chen, H., Peng, Y., Zhang, Y. and Corlett, R.T. (2015) Winter cropping in Ficus tinctoria: an alternative strategy. Scientific Reports 5: 16496.
54. Blackham, G.V. and Corlett, R.T. (2015) Post-dispersal seed removal by ground-feeding rodents in tropical peatlands, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Scientific Reports 5: 14152.
55. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Humid Tropical Environments. In: Oxford Bibliographies in Environmental Science. Ed. Ellen Wohl. New York: Oxford University Press.
56. Song, Y., W. Dong, B. Liu, X. Yao, C. Xu, J. Gao, and R. T. Corlett (2015) Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequences of two tropical trees Machilus yunnanensis and Machilus balansae in the family Lauraceae. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 662.
57. Zhao, M., Pan, B., Tan, Y., Corlett, R.T. (2015) Winners and losers among tree species in Xishuangbanna: which traits are most important? Science Bulletin 60: 916–924.
58. Liu, Q., Chen, J., Corlett, R.T., Fan, X., Yu, D., Yang, H., and Gao, J. (2015) Orchid conservation in the biodiversity hotspot of southwestern China: status assessment, threats, and conservations strategies. Conservation Biology 29: 1563-1572.
59. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Plant movements in response to rapid climate change. In: Peh, K. S.-H., Corlett, R.T. & Bergeron, Y. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 517-526.
60. Corlett, R.T. and Hughes, A.C. (2015) Subtropical forests. In: Peh, K. S.-H., Corlett, R.T. & Bergeron, Y. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 46-55.
61. Corlett, R.T. and Hughes, A.C. (2015) Mammals in forest ecosystems. In: Peh, K. S.-H., Corlett, R.T. & Bergeron, Y. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 264-278.
62. Pacifici, M, Foden, W.B., Visconti, P., Watson, J.E.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Kovacs, K.M., Scheffers, B.R., Hole, D.G., Martin, T.G., Ak？akaya, H.R., Corlett, R.T., Huntley, B., Bickford, D., Carr, J.A., Hoffmann, A.A., Midgley, G.F., Pearce-Kelly, P., Pearson, R.G., Williams, S.E., Willis, S.G., Young, B., & Rondinini, C. (2015) Assessing species vulnerability to climate change. Nature Climate Change 5: 215-225.
63. Nghiem, L.T.P., Tan, H.T.W., and Corlett, R.T. (2015) Invasive trees in Singapore: are they a threat to native forests? Tropical Conservation Science 8: 201-214.
64. Sreekar, R., Huang, G., Zhao, J., Pasion, B.O., Yasuda, M., Zhang, K., Peabotuwag, I., Wang, X., Quan, R., Slik, J.W.F., Corlett, R.T., Goodale, E. & Harrison, R.D. (2015) The use of species–area relationships to partition the effects of hunting and deforestation on bird extirpations in a fragmented landscape. Diversity and Distributions 21: 441-450.
65. Corlett, R.T. (2015) The Anthropocene concept in ecology and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30: 36-41.
66. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Tropical forest ecology in the Anthropocene. In: K？hl, M. and Pancel, L. (eds.) Tropical Forestry Handbook. Springer, Berlin, pp. 1-6.
67. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Classifying tropical forests. In: K？hl, M. and Pancel, L. (eds.) Tropical Forestry Handbook. Springer, Berlin, pp. 1-9.
68. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Tropical forest ecosystem ecology: water, energy, carbon, and nutrients. In: K？hl, M. and Pancel, L. (eds.) Tropical Forestry Handbook. Springer, Berlin, pp. 1-9.
69. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Ecological roles of animals in tropical forests. In: K？hl, M. and Pancel, L. (eds.) Tropical Forestry Handbook. Springer, Berlin, pp. 1-6.
70. Corlett, R.T. (2015) Applied ecology of tropical forests. In: K？hl, M. and Pancel, L. (eds.) Tropical Forestry Handbook. Springer, Berlin, pp. 1-6.
71. Corlett, R.T. (2014) Tropical Forests. In: eLS 2014 (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester.
72. Louys, J., Corlett, R.T., Price, G.J., Hawkins, S., Piper, P.J. (2014) Rewilding the tropics, and other conservation translocations strategies in the tropical Asia-Pacific region. Ecology and Evolution 4: 4380-4398.
73. Corlett, R.T. (2014) Forest: Tropical Rain. In: Wang, Y. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Natural Resources: Land. Taylor and Francis, New York, pp. 224-229.
74. Wang, B., Chen, J. & Corlett, R.T. (2014) Factors influencing repeated seed movements by scatter-hoarding rodents in an alpine forest.Scientific Reports4: 4786.
75. Padmanaba, M. and Corlett, R.T. (2014) Minimizing risks of invasive alien plant species in tropical production forest management. Forests 5: 1982-1998.
76. Corlett, R.T. (2014) The impacts of climate change in the Tropics. In: State of the Tropics 2014 Report. James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, pp. 155-161.
77. Corlett, R.T. (2014) Forest fragmentation and climate change. In: Kettle, C.J. and Koh, L.P. (eds), Global Forest Fragmentation. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 69-78.
78. Hijioka, Y, Lin, E, Pereira, J.J., Corlett R.T., Cui, X., Insarov, G., Lasco, R., Lindgren, E., & Surjan, A. (2014) Chapter 24. Asia. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Working Group 2 contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
79. Blackham, G.V., Webb, E.L. and Corlett, R.T. (2014) Natural regeneration in a degraded tropical peatland, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: implications for forest restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 324: 8-15.
80. Corlett, R.T. (2013) Becoming Europe: Southeast Asia in the Anthropocene. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 1: 000016
81. Corlett, R.T. (2013) Singapore: half full or half empty? In: Sodhi, N.S., Gibson. L., and Raven, P.H. (eds.), Conservation Biology: Voices from the Tropics. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 142-147.
82. Yeo, H.T.H, Chong, K.Y., Yee, A.T.K., Giam, X., Corlett, R.T. & H.T.W. Tan (2014) Leaf litter depth as an important factor inhibiting seedling establishment of an exotic palm in tropical secondary forest patches. Biological Invasions 16: 381–392
83. Nghiem, L.T.P Soliman, T., Yeo, D.C., Tan, H.T.W., Evans, T.A., Mumford, J.D., Keller, R.P., Baker, R.H.A., Corlett, R.T., & Carrasco, L.R. (2013) Economic and environmental impacts of harmful non-indigenous species in Southeast Asia. PLoS One 8: e71255
84. Blackham, G.V., Andri, T., Webb, E.L. and Corlett, R.T. (2013) Seed rain into a degraded tropical peatland in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biological Conservation 167: 215-223.
85. Corlett, R.T. and Westcott, D.A. (2013) Will plant movements keep up with climate change? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28: 482-488
86. Rodríguez-Gironés, M.A., Gonzálvez, F.G., Llandres, A.L., Corlett, R.T., Santamaria, L. (2013) Possible role of weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina, in shaping plant-pollinator interactions in South-East Asia. Journal of Ecology 101: 1000-1006
87. Jevanandam, N., Goh, A.G.R., Corlett, R.T. (2013) Climate warming and the potential extinction of fig wasps, the obligate pollinators of figs. Biology Letters 9： 20130041
88. Corlett, R.T. (2013) Where are the subtropics? Biotropica 45: 273-275
89. Corlett, R.T. (2013) The shifted baseline: Prehistoric defaunation in the tropics and its consequences for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation 163: 13-21.
90. Gonzálvez, F.G., Santamaria, L., Corlett, R.T., Rodríguez-Gironés, M.A. (2013) Flowers attract weaver ants that deter less effective pollinators. Journal of Ecology 101: 78-85.
91. Matsuda, I., Higashi, S., Otani, Y., Tuuga, A., Bernard, H., & R.T. Corlett (2013) A short note on seed dispersal by colobines: The case of the proboscis monkey. Integrative Zoology 8: 395-399.
92. Corlett, R.T. (2012) Climate change in the tropics: the end of the world as we know it? Biological Conservation 151: 22-25.
93. Laurance, W.F. et al. (2012) Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489: 290-294.
94. Chong, K.Y., Lee, S.M.L., Gwee, A.T., Leong, P.K.F., Ahmad, S., Ang, W.F., Lok, A.F.S.L., Yeo, C.K., Corlett, R.T., & H.T.W. Tan (2012) Herbarium records do not predict rediscovery of presumed nationally extinct species. Biodiversity and Conservation 21: 2589-2599.
95. Tan, C.K.W, & R.T. Corlett (2012) Scavenging of dead invertebrates along an urbanization gradient in Singapore. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 138-145.
96. Campos-Arceiz, A., Traeholt, C., Jaffar, R., Santamaria, L. & R.T. Corlett (2012) Asian tapirs are no elephants when it comes to seed dispersal. Biotropica 44: 220-227.
97. Corlett, R.T. (2011) Impacts of warming on tropical lowland rainforests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26: 606-613.
98. McConkey, K.R., Prasad, S., Corlett, R.T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Brodie, J.F., Rogers, H. & Santamaria, L. (2012) Seed dispersal in changing landscapes. Biological Conservation 146: 1-13.
99. Corlett, R.T. (2011) Vertebrate carnivores and predation in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59: 325-360.
100. Corlett, R.T. (2011) Seed dispersal in Hong Kong: past, present and possible futures. Integrative Zoology 6: 97-109.
101. Corlett, R.T. (2011) How to be a frugivore (in a changing world). Acta Oecologica 37: 674-681
102. Corlett, R.T. (2011) The importance of animals in the forest. In: Wickneswari, R. & C. Cannon (eds.), Managing the future of Southeast Asia's valuable tropical rainforests: a practitioner’s guide to forest genetics. Springer, Dordrecht, Berlin, pp. 83-92.
103. Ng, P.K.L. & R.T. Corlett (2011) Biodiversity in Singapore: an overview. In: Ng, P.K.L., R.T. Corlett & H.T.W. Tan (eds.) Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet, Singapore, pp. 18-27.
104. Corlett, R.T. (2011) Terrestrial ecosystems. In: Ng, P.K.L., R.T. Corlett & H.T.W. Tan (eds.) Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet, Singapore, pp. 44-51.
105. Corlett, R.T. (2011) Urban biodiversity. In: Ng, P.K.L., R.T. Corlett & H.T.W. Tan (eds.) Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet, Singapore, pp. 88-95.
106. Corlett, R.T., Liong, S.-Y., Tkalich, P. & L.M. Chou (2011) Climate change and biodiversity in Singapore. In: Ng, P.K.L., R.T. Corlett & H.T.W. Tan (eds.) Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet, Singapore, pp. 114-121.
107. Chong, K.Y., Corlett, R.T., Yeo, D.C.J., & H.T.W. Tan (2011) Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability in the tropics. Biological Invasions 13: 1571-1577
108. Duncan, R.P., Clements, S.E., Corlett, R.T., Hahs, A.K., McCarthy, M.A., McDonnell, M.J., Schwartz, M.W., Thompson, K., Vesk, P.A. & N.S.G. Williams. (2011) Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of eleven cities. Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 509-519
109. Lucas, P.W., Corlett, R.T., Dominy, N.J., Essackjee, H.C., Hernandez, P.R., Ramsden, L., Stoner, K.E., & N. Yamashita (2011) Dietary analysis II: food chemistry. In: Setchell, J.M. & D.J. Curtis (eds.) Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 255-270.
110. Corlett, R.T. (2011) Honeybees in natural ecosystems. In: Hepburn, H.R. & S.E. Radloff (eds.) Honeybees of Asia. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 215-225.
111. Corlett, R.T. (2010) Trouble with the grey literature. Biotropica 43: 3-5.
112. Posa, M.R.C., Wijedasa, L.S., Corlett, R.T. (2011) Biodiversity and Conservation of tropical peat swamp forests. BioScience 61: 49-57
113. Pei, K. J.-T., Lai, Y.C., Corlett R.T. and K.-Y. Suen (2010) The larger mammal fauna of Hong Kong: species survival in a highly degraded landscape. Zoological Studies 49: 253-264.
114. Corlett, R.T. (2010) Megafaunal extinctions and their consequences in the tropical Indo-Pacific. In: Haberle, S.G., J. Stevenson & M. Prebble (eds) Terra Australis 32: Altered Ecologies: Fire, Climate and Human Influence on Terrestrial Landscapes. ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 117-131.
115. Nichol, J.E., Wong, M.S., Corlett, R.T. and D.W. Nichol (2010) Assessing avian habitat fragmentation in urban areas of Hong Kong (Kowloon) at high spatial resolution using spectral unmixing. Landscape and Urban Planning 95: 54-60.
116. Corlett, R.T. (2010) Invasive aliens on tropical East Asian islands. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 411-423
117. Hahs, A.K., McDonnell, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., Vesk, P.A., Corlett, R.T., Norton, B.A., Clements, S.E., Duncan, R.P., Thompson, K., Schwartz, M.W., Williams N.S.G. (2009) A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas. Ecology Letters 12: 1165-1173.
118. Wells, K., Corlett, R.T., Lakim, M.B., Kalko, E.K.V., Pfeiffer, M. (2009) Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 555-558.
119. Corlett, R.T. (2009) Seed dispersal distances and plant migration potential in Tropical East Asia. Biotropica 41: 592-598
120. Williams, N.S.G., Schwartz, M.W., Vesk, P.A., McCarthy, M.A., Hahs, A.K., Clements, S.E., Corlett, R.T., Duncan, R.P., Norton, B.A., Thompson, K., McDonnell, M.J. (2009) Future directions. A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras. Journal of Ecology 97: 4-9
121. Leung, G.P.C., Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett (2009) Exotic plant invasion in upland semi-natural plant communities of Hong Kong, China. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 191-202
122. Corlett, R.T. and R.B. Primack (2008) Tropical rainforest conservation: a global perspective. In: Carson, W.P. & S.A. Schnitzer (eds.) Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Blackwell Science, UK, pp. 442-457.
123. Lee, E., Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett. (2008) Seed rain and natural regeneration in Lophostemon confertus plantations in Hong Kong, China. New Forests 35(2): 119-130.
124. Sodhi, N.S., Koh, L.P., Peh, S.-H., Tan, H.T.W., Chazdon, R.L., Corlett, R.T., Lee, T.M., Colwell, R.K., Brook, B.W., Sekercioglu, C.H. and C.J.A. Bradshaw (2008) Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions 14: 1-10
125. Wright, S.J., Stoner, K., Beckman, N., Corlett, R.T., Dirzo, R., Muller-Landau, H.C., Nu？ez-Iturri, G., Peres, C.A. and B.C. Wang (2007) The plight of large animals in tropical forests and the consequences for forest structure and dynamics. Biotropica 39: 289-291.
126. Corlett, R.T. (2007) The impact of hunting on the mammalian fauna of tropical Asian forests. Biotropica 39 (3): 292-303
127. Corlett, R.T. and R.B. Primack (2006) Tropical rain forests: why cross-continental comparisons are needed. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21 (2): 104-110.
128. Corlett, R.T. (2007) Pollination or seed dispersal: which should we worry about most? In: Dennis, A.J., E.W. Schupp, R. J. Green, and D.W. Westcott (eds.) Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, pp. 525-544.
129. Corlett, R.T. (2006) Conservation of biodiversity in a highly degraded landscape: problems and prospects. In: R.T. Corlett and C.Y. Jim (eds.) Sustainable Management of Protected Areas for Future Generations. IUCN, Switzerland, and Friends of the Country Parks, Hong Kong, pp. 77-92.
130. Buckley, Y.M., Anderson, S., Catterall, C.P., Corlett, R.T., Engel, T., Gosper, C.R., Nathan, R., Richardson, D.M., Setter, M., Speigel, O., Vivian-Smith, G., Voigt, F.A., Weir, J.E.S., and D.A. Westcott (2006) Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 848-857.
131. Chung, K.P.S. and R.T. Corlett (2006) Rodent diversity in a highly degraded tropical landscape: Hong Kong, South China. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 4521-4532
132. Weir, J.E.S. and R.T. Corlett (2007) How far do birds disperse seeds in the degraded tropical landscape of Hong Kong, China? Landscape Ecology 22: 131-140
133. Au, A.Y.Y., Corlett R.T. and B.C.H. Hau (2006) Seed rain into upland plant communities in Hong Kong, China. Plant Ecology 186: 13-22
134. Corlett, R.T. (2006) Figs (Ficus, Moraceae) in urban Hong Kong, South China. Biotropica 38 (1): 116-121
135. Tsang, A.C.W. and R.T. Corlett (2005) Reproductive biology of the Ilex species (Aquifoliaceae) in Hong Kong, China. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 1645-1654
136. Yip, Y., Corlett, R.T. and D. Dudgeon (2006) Selecting small reserves in a human-dominated landscape: a case study of Hong Kong, China. Journal of Environmental Management 78: 86-96
137. Corlett, R.T. (2005) Vegetation. In: A. Gupta (ed.) The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 105-119.
138. Lee, E., Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett. (2005) Natural regeneration in exotic tree plantations in Hong Kong, China. Forest Ecology and Management 212: 358-366
139. Corlett, R.T. (2005) Interactions between birds, fruit bats and exotic plants in urban Hong Kong, South China. Urban Ecosystems 8: 275-283
140. Hau, B.C.H., D. Dudgeon and R.T. Corlett (2005) Beyond Singapore: what does Hong Kong tell us about the prospects for Asian biodiversity? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 281-282
141. Tang, A.M.C., Corlett, R.T, and K.D. Hyde (2005) The persistence of ripe fleshy fruits in the presence and absence of frugivores. Oecologia 142: 232-237
142. Corlett, R.T. (2004) Flowers visitors and pollination in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region. Biological Reviews 79: 497-532.
143. Leven, M.R. and R.T. Corlett (2004) Invasive birds in Hong Kong, China. Ornithological Science 3: 43-55.
144. Yip, Y., Corlett, R.T. and D. Dudgeon (2004) A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 943-957.
145. Tang, A.M.C., Hyde, K.D. and R.T. Corlett (2003) Diversity of fungi on wild fruits in Hong Kong. Fungal Diversity 14: 165-185.
146. Corlett, R.T. (2003) Climate change and biodiversity in tropical East Asian forests. In: R.E. Green, M. Harley, L. Miles, J. Scharlemann, A. Watkinson and O. Watts (eds.) Global Climate Change and Biodiversity. University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, pp. 9-10.
147. Lucas, P.W., Corlett, R.T., Dominy, N.J., Essackjee, H.C., Riba-Hernandez, P. Stoner, K.E. and N. Yamashita (2003) Dietary analysis II: food chemistry. In: J. M. Setchell (ed.) Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 199-213.
148. Tang, A.M.C., Hyde, K.D, Tsui, K.M. and R.T. Corlett (2003) A new species of Lophiotrema from wild fruit in Hong Kong. Persoonia 18: 265-269.
149. Hau, B.C.H. and R.T. Corlett (2003) Factors affecting the early survival and growth of native tree seedlings planted on a degraded hillside grassland in Hong Kong, China. Restoration Ecology 11: 1-6
150. Zhang, L. and R.T. Corlett (2003) Phytogeography of Hong Kong bryophytes. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1329-1337.
151. Teo, D. H.L., H. T.W. Tan, R.T. Corlett, C.M. Wong and S. K.Y. Lum (2003) Continental rain forest fragments in Singapore resist invasion by exotic plants. Journal of Biogeography 30: 305-310.
152. Ng, S.C. and R.T. Corlett (2003) The ecology of six rhododendron species (Ericaceae) with contrasting local abundance and distribution patterns in Hong Kong, China. Plant Ecology 164: 225-233.
153. Kwok, H.K. and R.T. Corlett (2002) Seasonality of forest invertebrates in Hong Kong, China. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18: 637-644.
154. Corlett, R.T. (2002) Frugivory and seed dispersal in degraded tropical East Asian landscapes. In: Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (eds. Levey, D.J., Silva, W.R., and M. Galetti). CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 451-465.
155. Shanahan, M., So, S., Compton, S.G. & Corlett, R. (2001) Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review. Biological Reviews 76: 529-572.
156. Wong, L.C., Corlett, R.T., Young, L. and S.Y. Lee (2001) Utilization of wetlands by ardeids in Starling Inlet, Hong Kong: a year-round study and a comparison between the census and flight-line methods. Waterbirds 24: 153-160
157. Corlett, R.T. (2001) Pollination in a degraded tropical landscape: a Hong Kong case study. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17: 155-161.
158. Ng, S.C. and R.T. Corlett (2000) Genetic variation and structure in six Rhododendron species (Ericaceae) with contrasting local distribution patterns in Hong Kong, China. Molecular Ecology 9: 959-969.
159. Ng, S.C. and R.T. Corlett (2000) Comparative reproductive biology of the six species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in Hong Kong, South China. Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 221-229.
160. Wong, L.C., Corlett, R.T., Young, L. and S.Y. Lee (2000) Comparative feeding ecology of Little Egrets on intertidal mudflats in Hong Kong, South China. Waterbirds 23: 214-225.
161. Kwok, H.K. and R.T. Corlett (2000) The bird communities of a natural secondary forest and a Lophostemon confertus plantation in Hong Kong, South China. Forest Ecology and Management 130: 227-234.
162. Wong, L.C., Corlett, R.T., Young, L. and S.Y. Lee (1999) Foraging flights of nesting egrets and herons from a Hong Kong egretry, South China. Waterbirds 22: 424-434.
163. Corlett, R.T. (1999) Environmental forestry in Hong Kong: 1871-1997. Forest Ecology and Management 116: 93-105.
164. Zhang, L., Corlett, R.T. and L.Chau (1999) Syrrhopodon hongkongensis (Calymperaceae, Musci), a new species from Hong Kong, China. Bryologist 102: 122-124.
165. Kwok, H.K. and R.T. Corlett (1999) Seasonality of a forest bird community in Hong Kong, South China. Ibis 141: 70-79.
166. Zhang, L., Corlett, R.T. and L.Chau (1998) Eccremidium Wils., a moss genus new to China from Hong Kong. Journal of Bryology 20: 518-521.
167. Corlett, R.T. (1998) Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region. Biological Reviews 73: 413-448.
168. Chen, R.J., Corlett, R.T. and R.D. Hill (1998) The biological sustainability of biomass harvesting. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 69: 159-170.
169. Corlett, R.T. and J.V. LaFrankie (1998) Potential impacts of climate change on tropical Asian forests through an influence on phenology. Climatic Change 39: 439-453.
170. Lucas, P.W. and R.T. Corlett (1998) Seed dispersal by long-tailed macaques. American Journal of Primatology 45: 29-44.
171. Ko, I.W.P., Corlett, R.T. and R.J. Xu (1998) Sugar composition of wild fruits in Hong Kong, China. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14: 381-387.
172. Zhuang, X. and R.T. Corlett (1997) Forest and forest succession in Hong Kong, China. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14: 857-866.
173. Chen, R.J., Hill, R.D. and R.T. Corlett (1997) Energy and nutrient flow through the storage and consumption of upland phytomass fuel. Forest Ecology and Management 93: 63-71.
174. Corlett, R.T. (1997) Biodiversity and its conservation in Hong Kong. In: Conservation Biology (eds. Jiang Z.G., Ma K.P., and Han X.G., pp. 225-228. Zhejiang Science and Technology Press. [In Chinese]
175. Corlett, R.T. and I.M. Turner (1997) Long-term survival in tropical forest remnants in Singapore and Hong Kong. In: Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management and Conservation of Fragmented Communities. (Eds. W.F. Laurance and R.O. Bierregaard, Jr.), pp. 333-345. Chicago University Press.
176. Turner, I.M. and R.T. Corlett (1996) The conservation value of small, isolated fragments of lowland tropical rain forest. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 330-333.
177. Corlett, R.T. (1996) Characteristics of vertebrate-dispersed fruits in Hong Kong. Journal of Tropical Ecology 12: 819-833.
178. Corlett, R.T. (1995) Tropical secondary forests. Progress in Physical Geography 19: 159-172.
179. Turner, I.M., H.T.W. Tan, Y.C. Wee, Ali bin Ibrahim, P.T. Chew and R.T. Corlett (1994) A study of plant species extinction in Singapore: lessons for the conservation of tropical biodiversity. Conservation Biology 8: 705-712.
180. Corlett, R.T. (1994) What is secondary forest? Journal of Tropical Ecology 10: 445-447.
181. Corlett, R.T. (1993) The reproductive phenology of Hong Kong shrubland. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9: 501-510.
182. Corlett, R.T. (1992) The ecology of public open space in Singapore. In: Public Space: Design, Use and Management. (eds. C.B. Huat and N. Edwards), pp. 128-137. Singapore University Press.
183. Corlett, R.T. (1992) The changing urban vegetation. In: Physical Adjustments in a Changing Landscape: the Singapore Story. (eds. Gupta, A. and J. Pitts), pp.190-214. Singapore University Press, Singapore.
184. Corlett, R.T. (1992) The naturalized flora of Hong Kong. Journal of Biogeography 19: 421-430.
185. Corlett, R.T. (1992) The ecological transformation of Singapore: 1819-1990. Journal of Biogeography 19: 411-420.
186. Corlett, R.T. (1991) Vegetation. In: The Biophysical Environment of Singapore (eds. Chia L.S., A. Rahman and B.H. Tay), pp. 34？154. Singapore University Press.
187. Corlett, R.T. (1991) Singapore. In: The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Rain Forests: Asia and the Pacific. (eds. Collins, N.M., J.A. Sayer and T.C. Whitmore), pp. 211-215. Macmillan Press, London.
188. Lucas, P.W. and R.T. Corlett (1991) Quantitative aspects of the relationship between dentitions and diets. In: Feeding and the Texture of Food (eds. Vincent, J.F.V. and P. Lillford), Society for Experimental Biology Symposium, Vol. 43, pp. 93-121. Cambridge University Press.
189. Corlett, R.T. (1991) Plant succession on degraded land in Singapore. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 4: 151-161.
190. Lucas, P.W. and R.T. Corlett (1991) The relationship between the diet of Macaca fascicularis and forest phenology. Folia Primatologica 57: 201？215.
191. Corlett, R.T. (1990) Flora and reproductive phenology of the rain forest at Bukit Timah, Singapore. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6: 55-63.
192. Corlett, R.T. and P.W. Lucas (1990) Alternative seed？handling strategies in primates: seed？spitting by Long？tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Oecologia 82: 166？171.
193. Corlett, R.T. (1988) The naturalized flora of Singapore. Journal of Biogeography. 15: 657-663.
194. Corlett, R.T. (1988) Bukit Timah: history and significance of a small rain？forest reserve. Environmental Conservation 15: 3744.
195. Corlett, R.T. (1987) The phenology of Ficus fistulosa in Singapore. Biotropica. 19: 122-124.
196. Corlett, R.T. (1987) Post？fire succession on Mt Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Biotropica. 19: 157-160.
197. Corlett, R. T. (1987) Singapore. In: Mangroves of Asia and the Pacific: status and management. UNDP/UNESCO. pp. 211-218.
198. Tan, H.T.W. and R.T. Corlett (1987) Seed germination in Hedyotis species (Rubiaceae). Biotropica. 19: 286-288.
199. Corlett, R.T. (1986) The mangrove understorey: some additional observations. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2: 93-94.
200. Lucas, P.W., R.T. Corlett and D.A. Luke (1986) Patterns of post？canine tooth size in anthropoids. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie 76: 253？276.
201. Corlett, R.T. (1984) Human impact on the subalpine vegetation of Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Ecology 72: 841-854.
202. Buckley, R.C., R.T. Corlett and P.J. Grubb (1980) Are the xeromorphic trees of tropical montane rainforests drought tolerant? Biotropica 12: 124-136.
