Publications
Marchant, R, Finch, J,
Kinjanjuyi, R, Muiruri, V, Mumbi, C, Platts, PJ &
Rucina, S (2010). Palaeoenvironmental perspectives for
sustainable development in East Africa.
Climate of the Past Discussions 6, 963-1007
Platts, PJ, Ahrends, A, Gereau, RE, McClean, CJ, Lovett, JC, Marshall, AR, Pellikka, PKE,
Mulligan, M, Fanning, E & Marchant, R (2010). Can
distribution models help refine inventory-based estimates of
conservation priority? A case study in the Eastern Arc
forests of Tanzania and Kenya.
Diversity and Distributions
16, 628-642
Marshall, AR, Jørgensbye, HIO, Rovero, F, Platts,
PJ,
White, PCL & Lovett, JC (2010).
The species-area relationship and confounding variables in a
threatened monkey community.
American Journal of Primatology 72, 325-336
Platts, PJ, McClean, CJ, Lovett, JC &
Marchant, R (2008). Predicting tree distributions in an
East African biodiversity hotspot: model selection, data
bias and envelope uncertainty.
Ecological Modelling 218, 121-134
Marchant, R (submitted). The impact of increased atmospheric CO2
on African ecosystems: the greening of the Sahara.
Finch, J, Leng, MJ & Marchant, R (2009). Late Quaternary vegetation
dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of
Tanzania.
Quaternary Research 72, 111-122
Chapman, H & Marchant, R. (submitted).
Afromontane forests – Biogeography and Ecology with reference to
Global Change.
Mumbi, CT, Hooghiemstra, H, Marchant, RA & Wooller, MJ (2008). Late Quaternary vegetation reconstruction from a dry Afromontane forest in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania.
Quaternary Research 69, 326-341
Marchant, RA, Behera, S, Yamagata, T & Mumbi, CT (2007).
The Indian Ocean Dipole - the unsung driver of climatic variability
in East Africa.
African Journal of Ecology 45,
4-16
Conference
Presentations
Oral presentations:
Marchant, R., Ahrends, A.,
Finch, J., Jump, A., Lovett, J., McClean, C., Mumbi C., Platts
P. and Rucina, S. (2007) Afromontane ecosystem stability or change? Combining
methodologies from a biodiverse area. Invited presentation,
Global Change Research Network in African Mountains Kampala, Uganda
Muiruri V.M. and Marchant R.A. (2007) Detecting environmental change
and anthropogenic activities on the Laikipia plateau, Kenya. Invited
presentation, British Institute in Eastern Africa, London, UK
Platts P. Lovett, J. McClean, C., Marchant, R.A., Ahrends, A.
Burgess, N., Finch, J.M. and Jump, A. (2007) Wetter or drier ? Past,
preset and future impacts of climate change-induced ecosystem shifts
within a tropical African biodiversity hotspot. Invited
presentation, International Conference of the Society for Tropical
Ecology (gtö), 20th Anniversary Meeting. Bonn, Germany
Ahrends, A. (2007) Bridging the past and the future –
phytogeograpy of the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, Environment
Department research workshop, University of York, UK.
Marchant, R.A., Ahrends, A. Finch, J.M., Jump, A., Lovett, J.,
McClean, C. and Platts P. (2006) Afromontane ecosystem stability or
change? Combining methodologies from a biodiverse area. Invited
presentation, Tropical Ecology seminar series, University of
Göttingen Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology, Göttingen, Germany
Marchant, R.A., Ahrends, A. Finch, J.M., Jump, A., Lovett, J.,
McClean, C. and Platts P. (2006) Afromontane ecosystem dynamics –
the role of the Indian Ocean? Invited presentation, .Japan Agency
for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Yokohama, Japan.
Marchant, R.A. (2006) Tropical ecosystem dynamics, Invited oral
presentation, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University
of Tokyo. Japan
Marchant, R.A., Ahrends, A. Finch, J.M., Jump, A., Lovett, J.,
McClean, C. and Platts P. (2006) Past, present and future Eastern
Arc Mountain ecosystem dynamics: developing methodologies. Annual
meeting of the Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, USA
Marchant, R.A., Ahrends, A. Finch, J.M., Jump, A., Lovett, J.,
McClean, C. and Platts P. (2006). Eastern Arc Mountain ecosystem
stability or change. International conference on ecosystem change
and implications for livelihoods of rural communities in Africa. Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania
Poster presentations:
Finch, J.M., Marchant, R., Ahrends, A., Leng, M., Mumbi, C., Platts
P. and Wooller, M. (2007) Vegetation history of a
biodiversity hotspot: the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. East
African Quaternary Research Society (EAQUA), Kampala, Uganda.
Jump, A.S., Ahrends, A., Marchant, R.M. (2007) From genes to
communities: do lpatterns of diversity correlate across multiple
organisational levels? Speciation and Ecology, BES Annual Symposium,
University of Sheffield.
Ahrends, A., Marchant, R.A. and Lovett, J. (2007) Bridging the past
and the future – phytogeographic research in the Eastern Arc
Mountains, Tanzania. 3rd Conference of the International
Biogeography Society, Tenerife, Spain.
Finch, J.M., Marchant, R.A., Lovett, J., McClean, C., Ahrends,
A., Mumbi, C.T., Rucina, S. (2006) The York Institute for Tropical
Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE). European Marie Curie Conference
2006: MC2 - Manchester.
Marchant R.A. and Hooghiemstra, H. (2006) Rapid environmental
change and cultural connections the tropics around 4000 years before
present: a review. Earth System Science Partnership Open Science
Conference, Beijing, China.
Marchant, R.A.,
Ahrends, A., Finch, J.M., Jump, A., Lovett, J., McClean, C., Mumbi,
C. Platts, P., Rucina, S. (2006) The York Institute for Tropical
Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE). Earth System Science Partnership Open
Science Conference, Beijing, China.
Marchant, R.A.,
Ahrends, A. Finch, J.M., Jump, A., Lovett, J., McClean, C. and
Platts P. (2006) Past, present and future Eastern Arc Mountain
ecosystem dynamics: developing methodologies. Earth System Science
Partnership Open Science Conference, Beijing, China.
Marchant, R.A., Lovett, J., McClean, C., Ahrends, A. Finch, J.M.,
Mumbi, C. and Rucina, S. (2005) Climate Change Science in Africa,
Pretoria, South Africa.
Reference Database
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