Dr Nathalie Butt
School of Biological Sciences
Former Deputy Director - Community (2021–23)
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Researcher biography
My research is at the interface of ecosystem and climate science: climate-biodiversity interaction and ecosystem dynamics are key themes. Much of my work is concerned with landscape-scale patterns and processes, and the impact on biodiversity of various threats, from global change to human land use, and resource exploitation. Recent results have global significance for conservation planning and consequences for biodiversity, ranging from future marine turtle habitat to tropical forest protected areas. My focus on human-nature interactions, including how we manage our natural resources, aims to inform protection of people and livelihoods.
Journal Articles
Gallagher, Rachael V., Allen, Stuart P., Govaerts, Rafaël, Rivers, Malin C., Allen, Andrew P., Keith, David A., Merow, Cory, Maitner, Brian, Butt, Nathalie, Auld, Tony D., Enquist, Brian J., Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Wright, Ian J., Mifsud, Jonathon C. O., Espinosa‐Ruiz, Sylvia, Possingham, Hugh and Adams, Vanessa M. (2023). Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, 5 (6), 885-898. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10369
James, Robyn, Lyons, Kristen, McKay, Philippa, Konia, Ruth, Lionata, Hilda and Butt, Nathalie (2023). When solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises ignore gender, they harm society and the planet. Biological Conservation, 287 110308, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110308
Lloyd, Thomas J., Oliveira, Ubirajara, Soares‐Filho, Britaldo S., Fuller, Richard A., Butt, Nathalie, Ascher, John S., Barbosa, João Paulo Peixoto Pena, Batista, João Aguiar Nogueira, Brescovit, Antonio D., de Carvalho, Claudio J. B., De Marco, Paulo, Ferro, Viviane Gianluppi, Leite, Felipe Sá Fortes, Löwenberg‐Neto, Peter, Paglia, Adriano Pereira, de Rezende, Daniella Teixeira, Santos, Adalberto J., Silva, Daniel Paiva, de Vasconcelos, Marcelo Ferreira and Sonter, Laura J. (2023). Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian Amazon. Diversity and Distributions, 29 (9), 1190-1204. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13753
Adams, Vanessa M., Butt, Nathalie, Allen, Stuart, Pressey, Robert L., Engert, Jayden E. and Gallagher, Rachael V. (2023). Protected, cleared, or at risk: The fate of Australian plant species under continued land use change. Biological Conservation, 284 110201, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110201
James, Robyn, Fisher, Jonathan, Carlos-Grotjahn, Chelsea, Boylan, Marissa, Dembereldash, Baigalmaa, Demissie, Meaza, De Villegas, Crystal Diaz, Gibbs, Bridget, Konia, Ruth, Lyons, Kristen, Possingham, Hugh, Robinson, Cathy, Tang, Tiantian and Butt, Nathalie (2023). Gender bias and inequity holds women back in their conservation careers. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10 1056751, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1056751
Simmons, B. Alexander, Butt, Nathalie, O’Hara, Casey C., Ray, Rebecca, Ma, Yaxiong and Gallagher, Kevin P. (2022). China’s global development finance poses heterogeneous risks to coastal and marine socio-ecological systems. One Earth, 5 (12), 1377-1393. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.11.002
Needham, Jessica F., Johnson, Daniel J., Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J., Bourg, Norman, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Chen, Yu‐Yun, Chuyong, George, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Duque, Alvaro, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fernando, Edwino S., Fisher, Rosie, Fletcher, Christine D., Foster, Robin, Hao, Zhanqing, Hart, Terese, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kenfack, David, Koven, Charles D., Larson, Andrew J., Lutz, James A., McShea, William ... McMahon, Sean M. (2022). Demographic composition, not demographic diversity, predicts biomass and turnover across temperate and tropical forests. Global Change Biology, 28 (9), 2895-2909. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16100
Butt, Nathalie, Halpern, Benjamin S., O'Hara, Casey C., Allcock, A. Louise, Polidoro, Beth, Sherman, Samantha, Byrne, Maria, Birkeland, Charles, Dwyer, Ross G., Frazier, Melanie, Woodworth, Bradley K., Arango, Claudia P., Kingsford, Michael J., Udyawer, Vinay, Hutchings, Pat, Scanes, Elliot, McClaren, Emily Jane, Maxwell, Sara M., Diaz‐Pulido, Guillermo, Dugan, Emma, Simmons, Blake Alexander, Wenger, Amelia S., Linardich, Christi and Klein, Carissa J. (2022). A trait‐based framework for assessing the vulnerability of marine species to human impacts. Ecosphere, 13 (2) e3919. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3919
Zhong, Yonglin, Chu, Chengjin, Myers, Jonathan A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Lutz, James A., Stillhard, Jonas, Zhu, Kai, Thompson, Jill, Baltzer, Jennifer L., He, Fangliang, LaManna, Joseph A., Davies, Stuart J., Aderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Burslem, David F.R.P., Alonso, Alfonso, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Wang, Xugao, Gao, Lianming, Orwig, David A., Yin, Xue, Sui, Xinghua, Su, Zhiyao, Abiem, Iveren, Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Bourg, Norm, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chao, Wei-Chun ... Zimmerman, Jess K. (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3137, 3137. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23236-3
Gallagher, Rachael V., Butt, Nathalie, Carthey, Alexandra J.R., Tulloch, Ayesha, Bland, Lucie, Clulow, Simon, Newsome, Thomas, Dudaniec, Rachael Y. and Adams, Vanessa M. (2021). A guide to using species trait data in conservation. One Earth, 4 (7), 927-936. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.013
Wills, Christopher, Wang, Bin, Fang, Shuai, Wang, Yunquan, Jin, Yi, Lut, James, Thompson, Jill, Harms, Kyle E., Pulla, Sandeep, Pasion, Bonifacio, Germain, Sara, Liu, Heming, Smokey, Joseph, Su, Sheng-Hsin, Butt, Nathalie, Chu, Chengjin, Chuyong, George, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Dattaraja, H. S., Davies, Stuart, Ediriweera, Sisira, Esufali, Shameema, Fletcher, Christine Dawn, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savi, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, He, Fangliang, Hubbell, Stephen, Hao, Zhanqing ... Wills, Christopher (2021). Interactions between all pairs of neighboring trees in 16 forests worldwide reveal details of unique ecological processes in each forest, and provide windows into their evolutionary histories. PLoS Computational Biology, 17 (4) e1008853, e1008853. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008853
James, Robyn, Gibbs, Bridget, Whitford, Laura, Leisher, Craig, Konia, Ruth and Butt, Nathalie (2021). Conservation and natural resource management: where are all the women?. Oryx, 55 (6), 1-8. doi: 10.1017/s0030605320001349
Williams, Brooke A., Watson, James E.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Ward, Michelle, Brooks, Thomas M., Butt, Nathalie, Bolam, Friederike C., Stuart, Simon N., Mair, Louise, McGowan, Philip J. K., Gregory, Richard, Hilton‐Taylor, Craig, Mallon, David, Harrison, Ian and Simmonds, Jeremy S. (2020). A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Letters, 14 (3) e12778. doi: 10.1111/conl.12778
Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor L.M., Adams, Vanessa M., Beger, Maria, Gallagher, Rachael V., Shanahan, Danielle F., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E.M. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2020). Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change. Conservation Biology, 35 (3) cobi.13643, 775-783. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13643
Butt, Nathalie, Rosner-Katz, Hanna, Binley, Allison D., Davis, Sierra, Pon, Jade, Radu, Taylor and Bennett, Joseph (2020). Threats, costs, and probability of success: informing conservation choices. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 223. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00223
Butt, Nathalie, Wenger, Amelia S., Lohr, Cheryl, Woodberry, Owen, Morris, Keith and Pressey, Robert L. (2020). Predicting and managing plant invasions on offshore islands. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (2) e192. doi: 10.1111/csp2.192
Gordon, Elizabeth Robson, Butt, Nathalie, Rosner‐Katz, Hanna, Binley, Allison D. and Bennett, Joseph R. (2020). Relative costs of conserving threatened species across taxonomic groups. Conservation Biology, 34 (1) cobi.13382, 276-281. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13382
Prist, Paula Ribeiro, Levin, Noam, Metzger, Jean Paul, de Mello, Kaline, de Paula Costa, Micheli Duarte, Castagnino, Romi, Cortes-Ramirez, Javier, Lin, Da-Li, Butt, Nathalie, Lloyd, Thomas J., López-Cubillos, Sofía, Mayfield, Helen J., Negret, Pablo José, Oliveira-Bevan, Isabella, Reside, April E., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Simmons, B. Alexander, Suárez-Castro, A. Felipe and Kark, Salit (2019). Collaboration across boundaries in the Amazon. Science, 366 (6466), 699.1-700. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz7489
Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Abu Salim, Kamariah, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei‐Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A., den Ouden, Jan, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert ... Fung, Tak (2019). Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America. Journal of Ecology, 107 (6) 1365-2745.13199, 2598-2610. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13199
Butt, Nathalie, Lambrick, Frances, Menton, Mary and Renwick, Anna (2019). Publisher Correction: The supply chain of violence. Nature Sustainability, 2 (9), 886-886. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0379-y
Butt, Nathalie, Lambrick, Frances, Menton, Mary and Renwick, Anna (2019). The supply chain of violence. Nature Sustainability, 2 (8), 742-747. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0349-4
Dudley, Amelia, Butt, Nathalie, Auld, Tony D. and Gallagher, Rachael V. (2019). Using traits to assess threatened plant species response to climate change. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28 (7), 1905-1919. doi: 10.1007/s10531-019-01769-w
Adnan, Syed, Maltamo, Matti, Coomes, David A., García-Abril, Antonio, Malhi, Yadvinder, Manzanera, José Antonio, Butt, Nathalie, Morecroft, Mike and Valbuena, Rubén (2019). A simple approach to forest structure classification using airborne laser scanning that can be adopted across bioregions. Forest Ecology and Management, 433, 111-121. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.057
Butt, Nathalie (2019). Geographical bias constrains global knowledge of phenological change. Pacific Conservation Biology, 25 (4), 345-347. doi: 10.1071/pc18073
Maxwell, Sean L., Butt, Nathalie, Maron, Martine, McAlpine, Clive A., Chapman, Sarah, Ullmann, Ailish, Segan, Dan B. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (4) ddi.12878, 613-625. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12878
Bebber, Daniel P. and Butt, Nathalie (2018). Erratum to: Tropical protected areas reduced deforestation carbon emissions by one third from 2000–2012 (Scientific Reports, (2017), 7, 1, (14005), 10.1038/s41598-017-14467-w). Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 14845, 14845. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32998-8
Butt, Nathalie and Gallagher, Rachael (2018). Using species traits to guide conservation actions under climate change. Climatic Change, 151 (2), 317-332. doi: 10.1007/s10584-018-2294-z
Archibald, Carla L. and Butt, Nathalie (2018). Using Google search data to inform global climate change adaptation policy. Climatic Change, 150 (3-4), 447-456. doi: 10.1007/s10584-018-2289-9
Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Auerbach, Nancy, Avery-Gomm, Stephanie, Bayraktarov, Elisa, Butt, Nathalie, Dickman, Chris R., Ehmke, Glenn, Fisher, Diana O., Grantham, Hedley, Holden, Matthew H., Lavery, Tyrone H., Leseberg, Nicholas P., Nicholls, Miles, O'Connor, James, Roberson, Leslie, Smyth, Anita K., Stone, Zoe, Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Turak, Eren, Wardle, Glenda M. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (8), 1209-1217. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0608-1
de los Ríos, Carolina, Watson, James E. M. and Butt, Nathalie (2018). Persistence of methodological, taxonomical, and geographical bias in assessments of species’ vulnerability to climate change: a review. Global Ecology and Conservation, 15 e00412, e00412. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00412
Allek, Adriana, Assis, Ariadna S., Eiras, Nicoli, Amaral, Thais P., Williams, Brooke, Butt, Nathalie, Renwick, Anna R., Bennett, Joseph R. and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2018). The threats endangering Australia's at-risk fauna. Biological Conservation, 222, 172-179. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.029
Straka, Tanja M., Bal, Payal, Corrigan, Colleen, Di Fonzo, Martina M.I. and Butt, Nathalie (2018). Conservation leadership must account for cultural differences. Journal for Nature Conservation, 43, 111-116. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2018.03.003
Deb, Jiban Chandra, Phinn, Stuart, Butt, Nathalie and McAlpine, Clive A. (2018). Adaptive management and planning for the conservation of four threatened large Asian mammals in a changing climate. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 24 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s11027-018-9810-3
Overman, Han, Butt, Nathalie, Cummings, Anthony R., Luzar, Jeffrey B. and Fragoso, José M.V. (2018). National REDD+ implications for tenured indigenous communities in Guyana, and communities' impact on forest carbon stocks. Forests, 9 (5) 231, 231. doi: 10.3390/f9050231
Butt, Nathalie, Shanahan, Danielle F., Shumway, Nicole, Bekessey, Sarah A., Fuller, Richard A., Watson, James E. M., Maggini, Ramona and Hole, David G. (2018). Opportunities for biodiversity conservation as cities adapt to climate change. Geo: geography and environment, 5 (1) e00052, e00052. doi: 10.1002/geo2.52
Deb, J.C., Phinn, S., Butt, N. and McAlpine, C.A. (2018). Climate change impacts on tropical forests: identifying risks for tropical Asia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 30 (2), 182-194. doi: 10.26525/jtfs2018.30.2.182194
Yan, Hao, Wang, Shao-Qiang, da Rocha, Humberto R., Rap, Alexandru, Bonal, Damien, Butt, Nathalie, Coupe, Natalia Restrepo and Shugart, Herman H. (2017). Simulation of the nnexpected photosynthetic seasonality in Amazonian evergreen forests by using an improved diffuse fraction-based light use efficiency model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122 (11), 3014-3030. doi: 10.1002/2017JG004008
Bebber, Daniel P. and Butt, Nathalie (2017). Tropical protected areas reduced deforestation carbon emissions by one third from 2000-2012. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 14005, 14005. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14467-w
Reside, April E., Butt, Nathalie and Adams, Vanessa M. (2017). Adapting systematic conservation planning for climate change. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27 (1), 1-29. doi: 10.1007/s10531-017-1442-5
Holden, Matthew H., Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor, Plein, Michaela, Stringer, Martin and Chades, Iadine (2017). Academic conferences urgently need environmental policies. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 (9), 1211-1212. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0296-2
Deb, Jiban Chandra, Phinn, Stuart, Butt, Nathalie and McAlpine, Clive A. (2017). Climatic-induced shifts in the distribution of teak (Tectona grandis) in tropical Asia: implications for forest management and planning. Environmental Management, 60 (3), 422-435. doi: 10.1007/s00267-017-0884-6
Di Marco, Moreno, Chapman, Sarah, Althor, Glenn, Kearney, Stephen, Besancon, Charles, Butt, Nathalie, Maina, Joseph M. , Possingham, Hugh P. , Bieberstein, Katharina Rogalla von, Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2017). Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science. Global Ecology and Conservation, 10, 32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.01.008
Deb, Jiban C. , Phinn, Stuart, Butt, Nathalie and Mcalpine, Clive A. (2017). The impact of climate change on the distribution of two threatened Dipterocarp trees. Ecology and Evolution, 7 (7), 2238-2248. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2846
Butt, Nathalie, Whiting, Scottt and Dethmers, Kiki (2016). Identifying future sea turtle conservation areas under climate change. Biological Conservation, 204 (B), 189-196. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.012
Gonzalez-Orozco, Carlos E., Pollock, Laura J., Thornhill, Andrew H., Mishler, Brent D., Knerr, Nunzio, Laffan, Shawn W., Miller, Joseph T., Rosauer, Dan F., Faith, Daniel P., Nipperess, David A., Kujala, Heini, Linke, Simon, Butt, Nathalie, Kulheim, Carsten, Crisp, Michael D. and Gruber, Bernd (2016). Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 6 (12), 1110-1114. doi: 10.1038/nclimate3126
Butt, N., Possingham, H. P., De Los Rios, C., Maggini, R., Fuller, R. A., Maxwell, S. L. and Watson, J. E. M. (2016). Challenges in assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change to inform conservation actions. Biological Conservation, 199, 10-15. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.020
Lee, Juheon, Cai, Xiaohao, Lellmann, Jan, Dalponte, Michele, Malhi, Yadvinder, Butt, Nathalie, Morecroft, Mike, Schonlieb, Carola-Bibiane and Coomes, David A. (2016). Individual tree species classification from airborne multisensor imagery using robust PCA. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9 (6), 2554-2567. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2569408
Needham, Jessica, Merow, Cory, Butt, Natalie, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marthews, Toby R., Morecroft, Michael and Mcmahon, Sean M. (2016). Forest community response to invasive pathogens: the case of ash dieback in a British woodland. Journal of Ecology, 104 (2), 315-330. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12545
Butt, Nathalie, Seabrook, Leonie, Syktus, Jozef and McAlpine, Clive (2015). Climate extremes impact nectar and fruit availability. Decision Point, 10-11.
Schwartz, Mark W., Butt, Nathalie, Dolanc, Christopher R., Holguin, Andrew, Moritz, Max A., North, Malcolm P., Safford, Hugh D., Stephenson, Nathan L., Thorne, James H. and van Mantgem, Phillip J. (2015). Increasing elevation of fire in the Sierra Nevada and implications for forest change. Ecosphere, 6 (7) 121, 121.1-121.10. doi: 10.1890/ES15-00003.1
Rap, A., Spracklen, D. V., Mercado, L., Reddington, C. L., Haywood, J. M., Ellis, R. J., Phillips, O. L., Artaxo, P., Bonal, D., Restrepo Coupe, N. and Butt, N. (2015). Fires increase Amazon forest productivity through increases in diffuse radiation. Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (11), 4654-4662. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063719
Evans, Matthew R., Moustakas, Aristides, Carey, Gregory, Malhi, Yadvinder, Butt, Nathalie, Benham, Sue, Pallett, Denise and Schäfer, Stefanie (2015). Allometry and growth of eight tree taxa in United Kingdom woodlands. Scientific Data, 2 (1) 150006, 150006. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.6
Butt, Nathalie, Epps, Kimberly, Overman, Han, Iwamura, Takuya and Fragoso, Jose M. V. (2015). Assessing carbon stocks using indigenous peoples' field measurements in Amazonian Guyana. Forest Ecology and Management, 338, 191-199. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.014
Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart J., Bennett, Amy C., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika B., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M., Alonso, Alfonso, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Basset, Yves, Bourg, Norman A., Broadbent, Eben N., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F. R. P., Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Deng, Xiaobao, Detto, Matteo, Du, Xiaojun, Duque, Alvaro, Erikson, David L., Ewango, Corneille E. N. ... Zimmerman, Jess (2015). CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change. Global Change Biology, 21 (2), 528-549. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12712
Watson, James, Butt, Nathalie and Iwamura, Takuya (2015). Ser “climáticamente inteligente” significa mirar hacia el futuro y hacia el pasado: Conservación eficiente en tiempos de cambio climático. Decision Point en Español (E01), 8-9.
Butt, Nathalie, Seabrook, Leonie, Maron, Martine, Law, Bradley S., Dawson, Terence P., Sytkus, Jozef and McAlpine, Clive A. (2015). Cascading effects of climate extremes on vertebrate fauna through changes to low‐latitude tree flowering and fruiting phenology. Global Change Biology, 21 (9), 3267-3277. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12869
McMahon, Sean M., Bebber, Daniel P., Butt, Nathalie, Crockatt, Martha, Kirby, Keith, Parker, Geoffrey G., Riutta, Terhi and Slade, Eleanor M. (2015). Ground based LiDAR demonstrates the legacy of management history to canopy structure and composition across a fragmented temperate woodland. Forest Ecology and Management, 335, 255-260. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.039
Rejou-Mechain, M., Muller-Landau, H. C., Detto, M., Thomas, S. C., Le Toan, T., Saatchi, S. S., Barreto-Silva, J. S., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Butt, N., Brockelman, W. Y., Cao, M., Cardenas, D., Chiang, J.-M., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, K., Condit, R., Dattaraja, H. S., Davies, S. J., Duque, A., Esufali, S., Ewango, C., Fernando, R. H. S., Fletcher, C. D., N. Gunatilleke, I. A. U., Hao, Z., Harms, K. E., Hart, T. B., Herault, B. ... Chave, J. (2014). Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks. Biogeosciences, 11 (23), 6827-6840. doi: 10.5194/bg-11-6827-2014
Butt, N., Bebber, D. P., Riutta, T., Crockatt, M., Morecroft, M. D. and Malhi, Y. (2014). Relationships between tree growth and weather extremes: spatial and interspecific comparisons in a temperate broadleaf forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 334, 209-216. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.006
Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a
Réjou-Méchain, M., Muller-Landau, H. C., Detto, M., Thomas, S. C., Le Toan, T., Saatchi, S. S., Barreto-Silva, J. S., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Butt, N., Brockelman, W. Y., Cao, M., Cárdenas, D., Chiang, J.-M., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, K., Condit, R., Dattaraja, H. S., Davies, S. J., Duque, A., Esufali, S., Ewango, C., Fernando, R. H. S., Fletcher, C. D., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Hao, Z., Harms, K. E., Hart, T. B., Hérault, B. ... Chave, J. (2014). Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks. Biogeosciences Discussions, 11 (4), 5711-5742. doi: 10.5194/bgd-11-5711-2014
Butt, Nathalie, Malhi, Yadvinder, New, Mark, Macia, Manuel J., Lewis, Simon L., Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Laurance, William F., Laurance, Susan, Luizao, Regina, Andrade, Ana, Baker, Timothy R., Almeida, Samuel and Phillips, Oliver L. (2014). Shifting dynamics of climate-functional groups in old-growth Amazonian forests. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 7 (1-2), 267-279. doi: 10.1080/17550874.2012.715210
Watson, James, Butt, Nathalie and Iwamura, Takuya (2013). Being climate smart means looking forward and backward: cost-effective conservation in a time of climate change. Decision Point (75), 7-7.
Butt, N., Beyer, H. L., Bennett, J. R., Biggs, D., Maggini, R., Mills, M., Renwick, A. R., Seabrook, L. M. and Possingham, H. P. (2013). Biodiversity Risks from Fossil Fuel Extraction. Science, 342 (6157), 425-426. doi: 10.1126/science.1237261
Watson, James E. M., Iwamura, Takuya and Butt, Nathalie (2013). Mapping vulnerability and conservation adaptation strategies under climate change. Nature Climate Change, Advance online publication (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2007
Chisholm, Ryan A., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Abdul Rahman, Kassim, Bebber, Daniel P., Bin, Yue, Bohlman, Stephanie A., Bourg, Norman A., Brinks, Joshua, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Honglin, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart, Duque, Alvaro, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hao, Zhanqing, Harrison, Rhett D., Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira ... Zimmerman, Jess K. (2013). Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests. Journal of Ecology, 101 (5), 1214-1224. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12132
Butt, Nathalie, Slade, Eleanor, Thompson, Jill, Malhi, Yadvinder and Riutta, Terhi (2013). Quantifying the sampling error in tree census measurements by volunteers and its effect on carbon stock estimates. Ecological Applications, 23 (4), 936-943. doi: 10.1890/11-2059.1
Butt, Nathalie, Pollock, Laura J. and McAlpine, Clive A. (2013). Eucalypts face increasing climate stress. Ecology and Evolution, 3 (15), 5011-5022. doi: 10.1002/ece3.873
Butt, Nathalie, De Oliveira, Paula Afonso and Costa, Marcos Heil (2011). Evidence that deforestation affects the onset of the rainy season in Rondonia, Brazil. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (11) D11120. doi: 10.1029/2010JD015174
Butt, Nathalie, New, Mark, Malhi, Yadvinder, da Costa, Antonio Carlos Lôla, Oliveira, Paulo and Silva-Espejo, Javier Eduardo (2010). Diffuse radiation and cloud fraction relationships in two contrasting Amazonian rainforest sites. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150 (3), 361-368. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.12.004
Malhado, A. C. M., Whittaker, R. J., Malhi, Y., Ladle, R. J., ter Steege, H., Butt, N., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Quesada, C. A., Murakami-Araujo, A., Phillips, O. L., Peacock, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Baker, T. R., Anderson, L. O., Arroyo, L., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T. J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D. A., Pitman, N. C. A., Prieto, A., Salomao, R. P., Vasquez-M, R., Laurance, W. F. and Ramirez A, H. (2009). Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees. Biogeosciences, 6 (8), 1577-1590. doi: 10.5194/bg-6-1577-2009
Malhado, A. C. M., Malhi, Y., Whittaker, R. J., Ladle, R. J., ter Steege, H., Phillips, O. L., Butt, N., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Quesada, C. A., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Peacock, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Baker, T. R., Anderson, L. O., Almeida, S., Higuchi, N., Killeen, T. J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D., Pitman, N., Prieto, A., Salomao, R. P., Vasquez-Martinez, R. and Laurance, W. F. (2009). Spatial trends in leaf size of Amazonian rainforest trees. Biogeosciences, 6 (8), 1563-1576. doi: 10.5194/bg-6-1563-2009
Butt, Nathalie, New, Mark, Lizcano, Gil and Malhi, Yadvinder (2009). Spatial patterns and recent trends in cloud fraction and cloud-related diffuse radiation in Amazonia. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 114 (D21) D21104. doi: 10.1029/2009JD012217
Butt, Nathalie, Malhi, Yadvinder, Phillips, Oliver and New, Mark (2008). Floristic and functional affiliations of woody plants with climate in western Amazonia. Journal of Biogeography, 35 (5), 939-950. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01878.x
Harrison, P. A., Berry, P. M., Butt, N. and New, M. (2006). Modelling climate change impacts on species' distributions at the European scale: implications for conservation policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 9 (2), 116-128. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2005.11.003
del Barrio, G., Harrison, P. A., Berry, P. M., Butt, N., Sanjuan, M. E., Pearson, R. G. and Dawson, T. (2006). Integrating multiple modelling approaches to predict the potential impacts of climate change on species' distributions in contrasting regions: comparison and implications for policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 9 (2), 129-147. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2005.11.005
Berry, Pam M., Dawson, Terry P., Harrison. Paula A., Pearson, Richard and Butt, Nathalie (2003). The sensitivity and vulnerability of terrestrial habitats and species in Britain and Ireland to climate change.. Journal for Nature Conservation, 11 (1), 15-23. doi: 10.1078/1617-1381-00030
Dawson, Terence P., Butt, Natalie and Miller, Florence (2001). The ecology of forest fires. ASEAN Biodiversity: The Newsmagazine of the ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, 1 (3), 18-21.
Data Collection
Deb, Jiban , Phinn, Stuart R., Butt, Nathalie and McAlpine, Clive A. (2017). Summary of climate change impacts on tree species distribution, phenology, forest structure and composition for each of the 85 studies reviewed. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.814