Publications
48 Sayer EJ & Tanner EVJ. (2010) Experimental investigation of the importance of litterfall in lowland semi-evergreen tropical forest nutrient cycling. Journal of Ecology in press
47 Andrew T. Nottingham A.T., Turner B.L., Winter K., van der Heijden M.G.A, & Tanner, E.V.J (2010) Arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelial respiration in a moist tropical forest. New Phytologist 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03226
46 Chai S-L & Tanner E.V.J (2010). Are We Losing the Best Parts of Our Protected Areas in Tropical Mountains? Biotropica 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00634
45 Sayer EJ, Sutcliffe, LME, Ross RIC, & Tanner EVJ. (2010)Arthropod abundance and diversity in a lowland tropical forest floor in Panama: the role of habitat space vs. nutrient concentrations. Biotropica
44 Sayer EJ & Tanner EVJ (2010) A new approach to trenching experiments for measuring root-rhizosphere respiration in a lowland tropical forest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42, 347-352.
43 Vincent A. G. Turner, B.L. & Tanner E.V.J (2010) Soil organic phosphorus dynamics following perturbation of litter cycling in a tropical moist forest . European Journal of Soil Science 61, 48-57.
42 Chai SL, Tanner EVJ & McLaren K (2009) High rates of forest clearance and fragmentation pre- and post-National park Establishment: the case of a Jamaican Montane rainforest. Biol Cons 142, 2484-2492
41 Nottingham A.T., Griffiths, H., Chamberlain P. M., Stott, A W. & Tanner E.V.J. (2009) Soil priming by sugar and leaf-litter C substrates: A link to microbial groups. Applied Soil Ecology 42, 183-190.
40 Sayer EJ, Powers JS, Tanner EVJ (2007) Increased Litterfall in Tropical Forests Boosts the Transfer of Soil CO2 to the Atmosphere. PLoSONE 2(12): e1299. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001299
39 Tanner EVJ & Barberis I M (2007) Trenching increased growth, and irrigation increased survival of tree seedlings in the understorey of a semi-evergreen rain forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, 257-268.
38 Tanner EVJ & Bellingham PJ (2006) Less diverse forest is more resistant to hurricane disturbance: evidence from montane rain forests in Jamaica. Journal of Ecology 94, 1003-1010
37 Sayer EJ, Tanner EVJ, Lacey AL (2006) Effects of litter manipulation on early-stage decomposition and meso-arthropod abundance in a tropical moist forest Forest Ecology and Management 229, 285-293
36 Sayer, E. J., Tanner, E. V. J. & Cheesman, A. W. (2006) Increased litterfall changes fine root distribution in a moist tropical forest. Plant & Soil, 281, 5-13 Download zip files
35 Barberis I. M. & Tanner E.V.J. (2005) Gaps and root trenching increase tree seedling growth in Panamanian semi-evergreen forest. Ecology. 86 667-674
34 Tanner E.V.J., Teo, V.K. Coomes, D.A. & Midgley, J.J. (2005) Pair-wise competition-trials amongst seedlings of ten dipterocarp species; the role of initial height, growth rate and leaf attributes. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 21, 317-328
33 P.J., Tanner, E.V.J. & Healey, J.R. (2005) Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien tree (Pittosporum undulatum) in Jamaican montane rain forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 16, 675-684
32 Bellingham, P.J. & Tanner, E.V.J. (2000) Patterns of forest dynamics due to topography in tropical montane forests. Biotropica 32, 378-384.
31 Sizer, NC. & Tanner, E.V.J. (2000) Edge effects on litterfall mass and nutrient concentrations in forest fragments in central Amazonia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16 853-863.
30 Lewis, S.L. & Tanner, E.V.J. (2000) Effects of above- and belowground competition on growth and survival of rain forest tree seedlings. Ecology 81, 2525-2538.
29 Cavelier, J., Tanner E.V.J. & Santamaria, J. (2000) Effect of water, temperature and fertilizers on soil nitrogen net transformations and tree growth in an elfin cloud forest of Colombia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16, 83-99.
28 Sizer, N.C. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1999) Responses of woody plant seedlings to edge formation in a lowland tropical rain forest, Amazonia. Biological Conservation 91, 135-142.
27 Jankowska-Blaszczuk, M., Kwiatkowska, A.J., Panufnik, D. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1998) the size and diversity of the soil seed banks and the light requirements of the species in sunny and shady natural communities of the Bialowieza primeval forest. Plant Ecology 136, 105-118.
26 Tanner, E.V.J., Kapos, V., and Adams, J.B. 1998. Tropical forests - spatial pattern and change with time, as assessed by remote sensing. Pp. 599-615. in Newbery et al. (eds) Population and Community Dynamics; 37th Symposium of the British Ecological Society. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK.
25 Tanner, E.V.J., Vitousek, P.M. & Cuevas, E. (1998) Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains. Ecology 79, 10-22.
24 Bellingham, P.J., Tanner, E.V.J., Rich, P.M. & Goodland, T.C.R (1996) Changes in light below the canopy of a Jamaican montane rain forest after a hurricane. Journal of Tropical Ecology 12, 699-722.
23 Bellingham, P.J., Tanner, E.V.J., & Healey, J.R (1995) Damage and responsiveness of Jamaican montane forest tree species after disturbance by a hurricane. Ecology 76, 2562-2580.
22 Dalling, J.W. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1995) An experimental study of regeneration on landslides in montane rain forest in Jamaica. Journal of Ecology 83, 55-64.
21 Bellingham, P.J., Tanner, E.V.J., & Healey, J.R (1994) Sprouting of trees in Jamaican montane forests, after a hurricane. Journal of Ecology 82, 747-292.
20 Kelly, D.L., E.M. Nic Lughada, E.V.J. Tanner and V. Kapos. 1994. Floristics and biogeography of a rain forest in the Venezuelan Andes. Journal of Biogeography 21: 421-440.
19 Haggar, J.P., Tanner, E.V.J., Beer, J.W. & Kass, D. (1993) The effect on nitrogen dynamics of introducing legume trees into a tropical annual cropping system. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 25, 1363-1378.
18 Tanner, E.V.J., Kapos, V., and Franco, W. (1992) Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization effects on Venezuelan montane forest trunk growth and litterfall. Ecology 73, 78-86
17 Bellingham, P.J., V. Kapos, N. Varty, J.R Healey, E.V:J. Tanner, D.L. Kelly, J.W. Dalling, L. Burns, D. Lee and G. Sidrak. (1992). Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: The effects of Hurricane Gilbert on the forests of Jamaica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8, 217-223.
16 Tanner, E.V.J., Kapos, V. and Healey, J.R (1991). Hurricane effects on forest ecosystems in the Caribbean. Biotropica 23, 513-521.
15 Tanner, E.V.J., Kapos, V., Freskos, S. Healey, J.R. & Theobald, A.M. (1990) Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization of Jamaican montane forest trees. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6, 231-238.
14 Kelly, D.L., Tanner, E.V.J., Kapos, V., Fairbairn, P., Dickinson, T.A. & Goodfriend, G. (1988) Jamaican limestone forests: floristics, structure and environment of three examples along a rainfall gradient. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4, 121-156.
13 Tanner, E.V.J. (1986) Forests of the Blue Mountains and the Port Royal Mountains of Jamaica. In Forests of Jamaica, edited by Thompson, D.A. Bretting, P. Humphries, M.. Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica.
12 Sugden, A.M., Tanner, E.V.J. & Kapos V. (1985) Regeneration following clearing in a Jamaican montane forest: results of a ten year study. Journal of Tropical Ecology l, 329-351.
11 Tanner, E.V.J. (1985) Jamaican montane forests: nutrient capital and cost of growth. Journal of Ecology 73, 553-568.
10 Kapos, V., & Tanner, E.V.J. (1985) Water relations of Jamaican Upper montane rain forest. Ecology 73, 553-568.
9 Tanner, E.V.J. (1983) Leaf demography and growth of the tree-fern Cyathea pubescens in Jamaica. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 87, 213-227.
8 Tanner, E.V.J. (1982) Species diversity and reproductive mechanisms in Jamaican trees. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 18, 263-278.
7 Tanner, E.V.J., & Kapos, V. (1982) Leaf structure of Jamaican montane rain forest trees. Biotropica 14, 16-24.
6 Tanner, E.V.J. (1981) The decomposition of leaf litter in Jamaican montane rain forests. Journal of Ecology 69, 263-275.
5 Tanner, E.V.J. (1980b) Litterfall in montane rain forest of Jamaica and its relation to climate. Journal of Ecology 68, 833-848.
4 Tanner, E.V.J. (1980a) Studies on the biomass and productivity in a series of montane rain forest in Jamaica. Journal of Ecology 68, 573-588.
3 Dickinson, T.A. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1978) Exploitation of hollow trunks by tropical trees. Biotropica 10, 231-233.
2 Tanner, E.V.J. (1977) Four montane rain forest of Jamaica: a quantitative characterisation of the floristics, the soils, and the foliar mineral levels, and a discussion of the interrelations. Journal of Ecology 65, 883-918.
1 Grubb, P.J. & Tanner, E.V.J. (1976) The montane forests and soils of Jamaica: a reassessment. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 57, 313-368.