Assistant Professor
My primary research interests invole the maintenance of biodiversity in managed forest systems and climate change ecology. Prior to 2008 most of my research was
conducted in Australia and South America.

In my current position I focus on the maintenance of biodiversity in the broadleaf forest systems of southern Sweden. I am also investigating how proposed intensive silvicultural strategies to increase production, and to adapt to climate change, are likely to impact on forest biodiversity.

Concurrently I conduct research with my partner Annika Felton on moose and primate nutritional ecology, and have a number of ongoing projects with colleagues in Australia.

Selected Scientific Publications

Felton, A., Andersson, E., Ventorp, D., Lindsbladh, M. (In press) Avian biodiversity responses to retaining birch (Betula spp.) in Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands: An assessment from southern Sweden. Silva Fennica

Brunet, J., A Felton & M Lindbladh (2011): From wooded pasture to timber production – Changes in a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest landscape between 1840 and 2010, Scandinavian Journal of Forest, DOI:10.1080/02827581.2011.633548

Brunet, J., K. Valtinat, M. L. Mayr, A. Felton, M. Lindbladh, and H. H. Bruun. 2011. Understory succession in post-agricultural oak forests: Habitat fragmentation affects forest specialists and generalists differently. Forest Ecology and Management 262:1863-1871.

Driscoll D., Felton A., Gibbons P., Felton A., Munro N., Lindenmayer D. 2011. Priorities in policy and management when existing biodiversity stressors interact with climate-change. Climatic Change, Online 29th July 2011

Lindbladh, M., A. Felton, R. Trubins, and O. Sallnas. 2011. A landscape and policy perspective on forest conversion: Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) and the allocation of deciduous forests in southern Sweden. European Journal of Forest Research 130:861-869.

Lindbladh, M., T. Hultberg, M. K. Widerberg, and A. Felton. 2011. Halland's forests during the last 300 years: a review of Malmstrom (1939). Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26:81-90.

Felton, A., L. Ellingson, E. Andersson, L. Drossler, and K. Blennow. 2010. Adapting production forests in southern Sweden to climate change Constraints and opportunities for risk spreading. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 2:84-97.

Felton, A., M. Lindbladh, J. Brunet, and O. Fritz. 2010. Replacing coniferous monocultures with mixed-species production stands: An assessment of the potential benefits for forest biodiversity in northern Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 260:939-947.

Felton, A., E. Knight, J. Wood, C. Zammit, and D. Lindenmayer. 2010. A meta-analysis of fauna and flora species richness and abundance in plantations and pasture lands. Biological Conservation 143:545-554.

Felton, A. M., A. Felton, W. J. Foley, and D. B. Lindenmayer. 2010. The role of timber tree species in the nutritional ecology of spider monkeys in a certified logging concession, Bolivia. Forest Ecology and Management 259:1642-1649.

Kris Murray, Richard Retallick, Keith R. McDonald, Diana Mendez, Ken Aplin, Peter Kirkpatrick, Lee Berger, David Hunter, Harry B. Hines, R. Campbell, Matthew Pauza, Michael Driessen, Richard Speare, Stephen J. Richards, Michael Mahony, Alastair Freeman, Andrea D. Phillott, Jean-Marc Hero, Kerry Kriger, Don Driscoll, Adam Felton, Robert Puschendorf, and Lee F. Skerratt, (2010) The distribution and host range of the pandemic disease chytridiomycosis in Australia, spanning surveys from 1956–2007. Ecology 91:1557.

Felton, A., J. Fischer, D. B. Lindenmayer, R. Montague-Drake, A. R. Lowe, D. Saunders, A. M. Felton, W. Steffen, N. T. Munro, K. Youngentob, J. Gillen, P. Gibbons, J. E. Bruzgul, I. Fazey, S. J. Bond, C. P. Elliott, B. C. T. Macdonald, L. L. Porfirio, M. Westgate, and M. Worthy. 2009. Climate change, conservation and management: an assessment of the peer-reviewed scientific journal literature. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:2243-2253.

Felton, A. M., A. Felton, J. T. Wood, W. J. Foley, D. Raubenheimer, I. R. Wallis, and D. B. Lindenmayer. 2009. Nutritional Ecology of Ateles chamek in lowland Bolivia: How Macronutrient Balancing Influences Food Choices. International Journal of Primatology 30:675-696.

Fischer, J., G. D. Peterson, T. A. Gardner, L. J. Gordon, I. Fazey, T. Elmqvist, A. Felton, C. Folke, and S. Dovers. 2009. Integrating resilience thinking and optimisation for conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24:549-554.

Manning, A.D., Fischer, J., Felton, A., et al. 2009 Landscape fluidity – A unifying perspective for understanding and adapting to global change. J. of Biogeo. 36:193-199.

Felton, A. M., A. Felton, D. Raubenheimer, S. J. Simpson, W. J. Foley, J. T. Wood, I. R. Wallis, and D. B. Lindenmayer. 2009. Protein content of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate. Behavioral Ecology 20:685-690.

Felton, A.M., Felton, A., et al. 2009 Nutritional ecology of wild primates. Funct. Ecol. 23:70-78.

Lindenmayer, D.B., Fischer, J., Felton, A., et al. 2008 Novel ecosystems resulting from landscape transformation create dilemmas for modern conservation practice. Con. Letters 1:129-135.

Lindenmayer, D.B., Cunningham, R.B., MacGregor, C., Crane, M., Michael, D., Fischer, J., Montague-Drake, R., Felton, A., et al. 2008 Temporal changes in vertebrates during landscape transformation: A large-scale “natural experiment”. Ecol. Mono. 78(4):567-590.

Gibbons, P., Zammit, C., Youngentob, K., Possingham, H.P., Lindenmayer, D.B., Bekessy, S., Burgman, M., Colyvan, M., Considine, M., Felton, A., et al. 2008 Some practical suggestions for improving engagement between researchers and policy makers in natural resource management. Ecol. Manage. & Restor. 9(3):182-186.

Felton, A., et al. 2008 Bird community responses to reduced-impact logging in a certified forestry concession in lowland Bolivia, Biol. Con., 141:545-555.

Felton, A.M., Felton, A., et al. 2008. Diet and feeding ecology of the Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek) in a Bolivian semi-humid forest: The importance of Ficus as a staple food resource. Int. J. of Prim., 29:379-403.

Felton, A., et al. 2008 A comparison of bird communities in the anthropogenic and natural-tree fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical forest in Bolivia, Bird Cons. Int., 18:129-143.

Felton, A., et al. 2008 The Display of a Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) in a Lowland Rainforest, Bolivia. The Wilson J. of Orn., 120(1):201-204.

Felton, A., et al. 2007. Birds surveyed in the harvested and unharvested areas of a
reduced-impact logged forestry concession, located in the lowland subtropical humid forests of the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Check List 3(1):43-50

Lindenmayer, D.B., Fischer, J., Felton, A., et al. 2007 The complementarity of single-species and ecosystem-oriented research in conservation research, Oikos, 116(7):1220-1226.

Fischer, J., Manning, A.D., Steffen, W., Rose, D.B., Daniell, K., Felton, A., et al. 2007 Mind the Sustainability Gap, Trends in Ecol. & Evol., 22(12):621-624.

Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D.B., Blomberg, S.P., Montague-Drake, R., Felton, A., et al. 2007 Functional richness and relative resilience of bird communities in regions with different land use intensities. Ecosystems, 10(6):964-974.

Felton, A., et al. 2006. Vegetation structure, phenology, and regeneration in the natural and anthropogenic tree-fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical Bolivian forest. For. Ecol. & Manage., 235: 186-193.

Felton, A., et al. 2006. Identification, behavioral observations, and notes on the distribution of the Titi monkeys Callicebus modestus Lonnberg, 1939 and Callicebus olallae, Lonnberg 1939. Prim. Cons., 20: 41-46.

Felton, A., et al. 2006. Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus. Beh. Ecol. & Soc. 59(6): 786-795.

Wallace, R.B., Gomez, H., Felton, A., et al. 2006. On a new species of Titi monkey, Genus Callicebus Thomas (Primates, Pitheciidae), from western Bolivia with preliminary notes on distribution and abundance. Prim. Cons. 20: 29-39.

Garnett, S. T., Clarkson, J.R., Felton, A., et al. 2005. Habitat and diet of the Star
Finch (Neochmia ruficauda clarescens) in the early wet season at Princess Charlotte Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Emu 105(1): 81-85.

Read MA, Miller JD, Bell IP, & Felton A. 2004. The distribution and abundance of the
estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, in Queensland. Wild. Res. 31: 527-534.

Felton, A.M., Engström, L., Felton, A., et al. 2003. Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus population density, forest structure and fruit availability in hand-logged and unlogged peat swamp forests in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biol. Cons. 114(1): 91-101.

Todd, M.K., Felton, A., et al. 2003. Morphological and dietary differences between common and uncommon subspecies of Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton, and Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda in Northern Australia. Emu 103: 141-148.

Selected Popular Science Publications

Book chapter
Boman M., Felton A. 2011. Kitesurfing. In: Sandell K., Arnegård J., Backman E. (Eds.), Friluftssport och Äventyrsidrott: Utmaningar för lärare, ledare och miljö i en föränderlig värld. 194-195

PhD research
Reduced-impact Logging: The Right Direction, but There’s Room for Improvement Nathan Brouwer Current Conservation (2009)3:2
http://www.currentconservation.org/issues/cc_3-2-10.pdf

Media coverage associated with primate nutritional ecology.
-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519214940.htm

Media coverage associated with discovery of the Titi-monkey Callicebus aureipalatii.
-What’s in a species name? More than $450,000. 2005 Science, 307:1399.
-Going ape over an Amazon treasure. 2005 CBS U.S. 60 Minutes. Broadcast February 2nd.
-Have your very own species, for a price. 2005 The New York Times. February 8th edition.

Media coverage of honours research
-Morell, V. 2001. The fragile world of frogs, National Geographic, May edition 106-123.