C. Doughty

Functional traits and phylogeny predict vertical foraging in terrestrial mammals and birds

The paper predicts vertical foraging niches in mammals and birds using functional traits, phylogeny, and predation risk, revealing strong associations with diet, body mass, and geographic patterns.

Using a multiscale lidar approach to determine variation in canopy structure from African forest elephant trails.

The paper uses multiscale lidar data to analyze how forest structure varies on and off elephant trails in Lope National Park, Gabon, finding structural differences linked to elephant activity.

Multi-scale observations of mangrove blue carbon fluxes; the NASA Carbon Monitoring System BlueFlux field campaign

The paper describes the BlueFlux field campaign, which measures CO2 and CH4 fluxes in mangroves using multiple methods and scales them to gridded products to improve climate change mitigation strategies.

Anthropogenic supply of nutrients in a wildlife reserve may compromise conservation success

This study assesses the impact of anthropogenic mineral licks on nutrient intake and health of large mammals in a wildlife reserve, finding they help meet deficiencies but may lead to overpopulation and ecosystem instability.

Megafauna decline have reduced pathogen dispersal which may have increased emergent infectious diseases

This study links megafauna extinction to reduced pathogen dispersal, suggesting it may have increased zoonotic disease emergence in humans.