Publications

2024

A Bornean database of plant uses and their cultural contexts: Introducing BioCultBase\Borneo. 
Axelsson, E. P., D. Lussetti, and F. M. Franco. 2024. Data in brief 57:110926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110926

Lessons learned from 25 years of operational large-scale restoration: The Sow-A-Seed project, Sabah, Borneo.
Axelsson, E.P., Grady, K.C., Alloysius, D., Falck, J., Lussetti, D., Vairappan, C.S., Sau Wai, Y., Ioki, K., Lardizabal, M.L.T., Ahmad, B., Ilstedt, U., 2024. Ecological Engineering 206, 107282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107282

Functional traits to predict financial value of enrichment planting in degraded tropical forests.
Lindh, A., Sundqvist, M.K., Axelsson, E.P., Hasselquist, N.J., Aguilar, F.X., Alloysius, D., Ilstedt, U., 2024. New Forests 55, 1283–1310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-024-10030-4

Explore before you restore: Incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration.
Maes, S.L., Perring, M.P., Cohen, R., Akinnifesi, F.K., Bargués‐Tobella, A., Bastin, J. ‐F., Bauters, M., Bernardino, P.N., Brancalion, P.H.S., Bullock, J.M., Ellison, D., Fayolle, A., Fremout, T., Gann, G.D., Hishe, H., Holmgren, M., Ilstedt, U., Mahy, G., Messier, C., Parr, C.L., Ryan, C.M., Sacande, M., Sankaran, M., Scheffer, M.S., Suding, K.N., Van Meerbeek, K., Verbeeck, H., Verbist, B.J.P., Verheyen, K., Winowiecki, L.A., Muys, B., 2024. Journal of Applied Ecology 61, 922–939. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14614

Accounting for deep soil carbon in tropical forest conservation payments.
Sundqvist, M.K., Hasselquist, N.J., Jensen, J., Runesson, J., Goodman, R.C., Axelsson, E.P., Alloysius, D., Lindh, A., Ilstedt, U., Aguilar, F.X., 2024. Sci Rep 14, 16772. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65138-6

2023

Using intraspecific molecular and phenotypic variation to promote multi-functionality of reforestation during climate change – A review of tropical forest case studies in South-east Asia.
Grady, K., and E. Axelsson. 2023. CABI reviews 2023:16.https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0033

Popular Cultural Keystone Species are also understudied — the case of the camphor tree (Dryobalanops aromatica).
Axelsson, E. P., and F. M. Franco. 2023. Trees, Forests and People 13:100416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100416

Elevational clines predict genetically determined variation in tropical forest seedling performance in Borneo: implications for seed sourcing to support reforestation.
Axelsson, E.P., Ilstedt, U., Alloysius, D., Grady, K.C., 2023. Restoration Ecology 31, e14038. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14038

The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests.
Banin, L.F., Raine, E.H., Rowland, L.M., Chazdon, R.L., Smith, S.W., Rahman, N.E.B., Butler, A., Philipson, C., Applegate, G.G., Axelsson, E.P., Budiharta, S., Chua, S.C., Cutler, M.E.J., Elliott, S., Gemita, E., Godoong, E., Graham, L.L.B., Hayward, R.M., Hector, A., Ilstedt, U., Jensen, J., Kasinathan, S., Kettle, C.J., Lussetti, D., Manohan, B., Maycock, C., Ngo, K.M., O’Brien, M.J., Osuri, A.M., Reynolds, G., Sauwai, Y., Scheu, S., Silalahi, M., Slade, E.M., Swinfield, T., Wardle, D.A., Wheeler, C., Yeong, K.L., Burslem, D.F.R.P., 2023. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378, 20210090. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0090

Soil physico-chemical properties in a selectively logged forest at Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
Nurul Syakilah Suhaili, Syazwani Nisa Anuar, Wong, Wilson Vun Chiong, Daniel Lussetti, E. Petter Axelsson, Rosa Goodman, Niles Hasselquist, Ulrik Ilstedt, Normah Awang Besar @ Raffie. 2023. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management 18:4, 73-86. DOI: 10.46754/jssm.2023.04.006

2022

Symphony for the native wood(s): Global reforestation as an opportunity to develop a culture of conservation. 
Axelsson, E. P., and K. C. Grady. 2022. People and Nature 4:576-587. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10299

A trait-based plant economic framework can help increase the value of reforestation for conservation.
Axelsson, E. P., J. V. Abin, M. L. T Lardizabal, U. Ilstedt, and K. C. Grady. 2022.  Ecology and Evolution 12:e8855. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8855

Ectomycorrhizal (dipterocarp) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (non-dipterocarp) tree hosts and their relative distribution in a tropical forest predict soil bacterial communities.
Cowan, J. A., C. A. Gehring, E. P. Axelsson, U. Ilstedt, V. K. Subbiah, and K. C. Grady. 2022. Journal of Ecology, 111, 251–262. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14030

Soil Carbon Pool and Carbon Fluxes Estimation in 26 Years after Selective Logging Tropical Forest at Sabah, Malaysia
Suhaili, Nurul Syakilah; Anuar, Syazwani Nisa; Wong, Wilson Vun Chiong; Lussetti, Daniel; Axelsson, Erik Petter; Hasselquist, Niles; Ilstedt, Ulrik; Besar, Normah Awang. 2022. Forests 13:11. DOI: 10.3390/f13111890

2021

Mega El Niño's change the playing field for culturally important tree species and hence the foundation for human-nature interactions in tropical forests.
Axelsson, E. P., F. M. Franco, D. Lussetti, K. C. Grady, and U. Ilstedt. 2021.  Trees, Forests and People:100109. DOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100109

Host identity and neighborhood trees affect belowground microbial communities in a tropical rainforest.
Cowan, J., C. Gehring, U. Ilstedt, and K. Grady. 2021. Tropical Ecology 63, 216–228. DOI: 10.1007/s42965-021-00203-z

Camera-trapping assessment of terrestrial mammals and birds in rehabilitated forest in INIKEA Project Area, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Laneng, L. A., F. Nakamura, Y. Tachiki, and C. S. Vairappan. 2021. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 17:135-146. DOI: 10.1007/s11355-020-00442-7

2020

A pre-adaptive approach for tropical forest restoration during climate change using naturally occurring genetic variation in response to water limitation.
Axelsson, E. P., K. C. Grady, M. L. T. Lardizabal, I. B. S. Nair, D. Rinus, and U. Ilstedt. 2020.Restoration Ecology 28:156-165. DOI: 10.1111/rec.13030

2019

New dataset of foliicolous lichens on leaves of five major species of Dipterocarpaceae in INIKEA forest rehabilitation plot of Borneo.
Shahpuan, M. S., L. A. Laneng, K. C. Looi, Y. Inaguma, and C. S. Vairappan. 2019. Data in brief 27:104422. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104422

The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass. 
Schepaschenko, D., Chave, J., Phillips, O.L. et al. 2019. Sci Data 6, 198. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

Using linear mixed models to evaluate stand level growth rates for dipterocarps and Macaranga species following two selective logging methods in Sabah, Borneo.
Daniel Lussetti, Kristi Kuljus, Bo Ranneby, Ulrik Ilstedt, Jan Falck, Anders Karlsson. 2019. Forest Ecology and Management 437:372-379. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.044.

2018

Defoliation symptoms on trees planted at a restoration site in Sabah, Malaysia
Abin, JV; Nair, IBS; Lardizabal, ML; Mat, FF; Gohun, M; Ilstedt, U; Axelsson, P; Grady, KC. 2018. Sepilok Bulletin 27: 59-72.

2016

Tree traits and canopy closure data from an experiment with 34 planted species native to Sabah, Borneo
Gustafsson, Malin; Gustafsson, Lena; Alloysius, David; Falck, Jan; Yap, Suawai; Karlsson, Anders; Ilstedt, Ulrik. 2016. Data in brief 6: 466-470. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.12.048

Life history traits predict the response to increased light among 33 tropical rainforest tree species.
Gustafsson, M., L. Gustafsson, D. Alloysius, J. Falck, S. Yap, A. Karlsson, and U. Ilstedt. 2016. Forest Ecology and Management 362:20-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.11.017

Supervised logging and climber cutting improves stand development: 18 years of post-logging data in a tropical rain forest in Borneo.
Lussetti, D., E. P. Axelsson, U. Ilstedt, J. Falck, and A. Karlsson. 2016. Forest Ecology and Management 381:335-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.09.025

2008

Stand development after two modes of selective logging and pre-felling climber cutting in a dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia.
Forshed, O., A. Karlsson, J. Falck, and J. Cedergren. 2008. Forest Ecology and Management 255:993-1001. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.006

Artificial canopy gaps in a Macaranga spp. dominated secondary tropical rain forest—Effects on survival and above ground increment of four under-planted dipterocarp species.
Romell, E., G. Hallsby, A. Karlsson, and C. Garcia. 2008. Forest Ecology and Management 255:1452-1460. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.003

2006

Initial impact of supervised logging and pre-logging climber cutting compared with conventional logging in a dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia.
Forshed, O., T. Udarbe, A. Karlsson, and J. Falck. 2006. Forest Ecology and Management 221:233-240. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.007