Scientific publications
*updated April 2024
**if for any reason you cannot access the papers via their links below, please email me at sullivanmks [at] gmail [dot] com and I will send you a .pdf copy
in review:
Sullivan, M. K., Vleminckx, J., Mayoungou, M.I., Temba, J.M., Bénédet, F., Abernethy, K., Queenborough, S. A., & Comita, L. Low-intensity logging alters species and functional composition, but does not negatively impact key ecosystem services in a Central African tropical forest. Global Ecology and Conservation.
LaManna J.A., Hartig F., Myers J.A., Bachelot B., Bagchi, R., Comita L.S., DeFilippis, D.M., Detto, M., Doolittle, C.J., Freckleton, R.P., Jevon, F.V., Johnson, D.J., Krishnadas, M., Hülsmann, L., Lukas J. Magee, L.J., Mangan, S.A., Milici, V.R., Barahebuza Murengera, A.L., Huanca-Nunez N., Schnitzer, S.A, Smith, Stein, C., Sullivan, M.K., Surendra A., Torres, E., Umaña M.N., Delavaux, C.S. Towards a unified understanding of density-dependent biotic interactions and their consequences for community and ecosystem dynamics. Ecology Letters.
2024
Sullivan, M.K., Browne, L., Penagos Zuluaga, J.C., Liu, J., Surendra, A, Estrada-Villegas, S. (2024) Sacred forests and their significance to biodiversity conservation: a quantitative meta-analysis. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13055
2023
Graves S.J., Marconi S., Stewart D., Harmon I., Weinstein B., Kanazawa Y., Scholl V.M., Joseph M.B., McGlinchy J., Browne L., Sullivan M.K., Estrada-Villegas S., Wang D.Z., Singh A., Bohlman S., Zare A., White E.P. (2023) Data science competition for cross-site individual tree species identification from airborne remote sensing data. PeerJ 11:e16578. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16578
Sullivan, M.K., Fayolle, A., Bush, E. Ofosu-Bamfo, B., Vleminckx, J., Metz, M.R., and Queenborough, S.A. (2023) Reproductive phenology of tropical forests: recent advances in our understanding of patterns, drivers, and cues. Plant Ecology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01377-3
2022
Sullivan, M.K., Biessiemou P.A.M., Niangadouma, R., Abernethy, K.A, Queenborough, S.A., Comita, L.S. (2022) A decade of diversity and forest structure: post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120169
2020
Vandvik, V., Halbritter, A.H., Yang, Y., He, H., Klanderud, K., Maitner, B.S., Michaletz S., Sun X., Telford R.J., Wang G., Zhang, L., Althuizen I., Henn J., Gya,, R.,Jaroszynska F., Joyce, B.L., Moerland, M.S., Peng A., Ponsac, C., Seltzer L., Sullivan, M.K., Tjendra, J., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X., Enquist, B.J. (2020). "Plant traits and vegetation data from climate warming experiments along an 1100 m elevation gradient in Gongga Mountains, China." Sci Data 7, 189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0529-0
Sullivan, M.K. & Queenborough, S.A. (2020). "Precipitation gradients, plant biogeography, and the incidence of drip‐tips in Cerrado plant species." Biotropica. 52, 583– 589. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12797
Rosin C., Beals K.K., Belovitch M.W., Harrison R.E., Pendred M., Sullivan M.K., Yao N., Poulsen J.R.. (2020). Assessing the effects of elephant foraging on the structure and diversity of an Afrotropical forest. Biotropica. 52, 502– 508. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12758
**if for any reason you cannot access the papers via their links below, please email me at sullivanmks [at] gmail [dot] com and I will send you a .pdf copy
in review:
Sullivan, M. K., Vleminckx, J., Mayoungou, M.I., Temba, J.M., Bénédet, F., Abernethy, K., Queenborough, S. A., & Comita, L. Low-intensity logging alters species and functional composition, but does not negatively impact key ecosystem services in a Central African tropical forest. Global Ecology and Conservation.
LaManna J.A., Hartig F., Myers J.A., Bachelot B., Bagchi, R., Comita L.S., DeFilippis, D.M., Detto, M., Doolittle, C.J., Freckleton, R.P., Jevon, F.V., Johnson, D.J., Krishnadas, M., Hülsmann, L., Lukas J. Magee, L.J., Mangan, S.A., Milici, V.R., Barahebuza Murengera, A.L., Huanca-Nunez N., Schnitzer, S.A, Smith, Stein, C., Sullivan, M.K., Surendra A., Torres, E., Umaña M.N., Delavaux, C.S. Towards a unified understanding of density-dependent biotic interactions and their consequences for community and ecosystem dynamics. Ecology Letters.
2024
Sullivan, M.K., Browne, L., Penagos Zuluaga, J.C., Liu, J., Surendra, A, Estrada-Villegas, S. (2024) Sacred forests and their significance to biodiversity conservation: a quantitative meta-analysis. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13055
2023
Graves S.J., Marconi S., Stewart D., Harmon I., Weinstein B., Kanazawa Y., Scholl V.M., Joseph M.B., McGlinchy J., Browne L., Sullivan M.K., Estrada-Villegas S., Wang D.Z., Singh A., Bohlman S., Zare A., White E.P. (2023) Data science competition for cross-site individual tree species identification from airborne remote sensing data. PeerJ 11:e16578. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16578
Sullivan, M.K., Fayolle, A., Bush, E. Ofosu-Bamfo, B., Vleminckx, J., Metz, M.R., and Queenborough, S.A. (2023) Reproductive phenology of tropical forests: recent advances in our understanding of patterns, drivers, and cues. Plant Ecology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01377-3
2022
Sullivan, M.K., Biessiemou P.A.M., Niangadouma, R., Abernethy, K.A, Queenborough, S.A., Comita, L.S. (2022) A decade of diversity and forest structure: post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120169
2020
Vandvik, V., Halbritter, A.H., Yang, Y., He, H., Klanderud, K., Maitner, B.S., Michaletz S., Sun X., Telford R.J., Wang G., Zhang, L., Althuizen I., Henn J., Gya,, R.,Jaroszynska F., Joyce, B.L., Moerland, M.S., Peng A., Ponsac, C., Seltzer L., Sullivan, M.K., Tjendra, J., Xiao, Y., Zhao, X., Enquist, B.J. (2020). "Plant traits and vegetation data from climate warming experiments along an 1100 m elevation gradient in Gongga Mountains, China." Sci Data 7, 189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0529-0
Sullivan, M.K. & Queenborough, S.A. (2020). "Precipitation gradients, plant biogeography, and the incidence of drip‐tips in Cerrado plant species." Biotropica. 52, 583– 589. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12797
Rosin C., Beals K.K., Belovitch M.W., Harrison R.E., Pendred M., Sullivan M.K., Yao N., Poulsen J.R.. (2020). Assessing the effects of elephant foraging on the structure and diversity of an Afrotropical forest. Biotropica. 52, 502– 508. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12758
Other writing
- Report for the Forests Dialogue: Land Use Dialogue DRC – Idiofa, Mangai Landscape (theforestsdialogue.org). 2019.
- Article in Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies News (US): Gabon ‘Dialogue’ Examines Challenges Of Deforestation-Free Development (environment.yale.edu/news). 2017.
- Article in The Plain Dealer (US): Americans aren't quitters - stay in the Paris climate-change agreement, President Trump (Opinion) (cleveland.com/opinion). 2017.
- Sullivan MK. Undergraduate thesis: Reproductive success in a tropical tree species, Virola surinamensis. Ohio State University Library Catalog. (PDF) 2014.