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Sophie Fauset

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Dr Sophie Fauset

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-1828

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    Associate Professor in Terrestrial Ecology. 

    My research interests are in the response of forests to global change, including the impacts of climate change, increasing carbon dioxide, and forest degradation. I have experience in tropical forest ecology, ecophysiology and ecosystem modelling. A particular focus at present is how different species of tree maintain leaf temperatures, and the impacts of climate change on leaf functioning. I am also interested in the local environment closer to my office, with increasing interest in urban ecology and temperate rainforests, on which I am working with community groups.

    Professional memberships

    British Ecological Society
    Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

    Roles on external bodies

    Associate Editor - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (Tropical Forests)
    Associate Editor - Food and Energy Security (past)

    Supervised research degrees

     

     

    • Ndaba Maposa - PhD commenced 2023 - University of Plymouth (co-supervisor)
    • William Hagan Brown - PhD commenced 2021 - University of Plymouth (director of studies)
    • Igor Araujo - MSc completed 2020 - State University of Mato Grosso (external collaborator)
    • Rakesh Tiwari - PhD completed 2019 - University of Leeds (co-supervisor)

     

     

    Teaching interests

    I teach on the BSc (Hons) Environment Science, BSc (Hons) Environmental Management and Sustainability, and BSc/BA (Hons) Geography. I also supervise projects for undergraduate and postgraduate students. My teaching areas are in ecology, conservation and statistical analysis. I try to embed examples from my own research and the scientific literature into my materials.


    ENVS1003 - The Biosphere (module leader)

    ENVS/M2002 - Environmental Expedition

    GGP3204 - Biological Conservation (module leader)

     

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
    4. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action
    5. SDG 15 - Life on Land
      SDG 15 Life on Land

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    • Erratum: Author Correction: Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change (Nature ecology & evolution (2026) 10 2 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02956-5.)

      Fadrique, B., Costa, F., Cuesta, F., Arellano, G., Cayuela, L., Baker, T. R., Draper, F. C., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Ter Steege, H., Bauters, M., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Aguirre-Mendoza, Z., Alexiades, M. N., Alvarez-Davila, E., Arets, E., Ayala, E., Aymard, C. G. A., Baccaro, F., Báez, S. & Baraloto, C. & 141 others, Barbosa, R. I., Barbosa Camargo, P., Barlow, J., Barni, P. E., Barroso, J., Benchimol, M., Bennett, A. C., Berenguer, E., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Brienen, R., Brown, F., Bt Andrade, M., Burban, B., Burnham, R. J., Camargo, J. L., Carvalho, S. P. C., Castilho, C., Chave, J., Coelho de Souza, F., Comiskey, J., da Costa, L., de Lima, R. B., de Oliveira, E. A., de Oliveira, R. L. C., de Oliveira Perdiz, R., De Rutte, J., Del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Disney, M., Duque, A., Emilio, T., Farfan-Rios, W., Fauset, S., Fearnside, P. M., Feeley, K. J., Feldpausch, T. R., Ferreira, J., Ferreira, L., Flores Llampazo, G. R., Galbraith, D., García-Cabrera, K., García Criado, M., Gloor, E., Grandez-Rios, J. M., Hérault, B., Homeier, J., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huaraca Huasco, W., Huillca-Aedo, Y. T., Idárraga, Jadán-Maza, O., Kalamandeen, M., Killeen, T. J., Laurance, S. G. W., Laurance, W. F., Levesley, A., Lopez, W., Macía, M. J., Magnusson, W. E., Malhi, Y., Manzatto, A. G., Marimon, B. S., Marimon Junior, B. H., Martínez-Villa, J. A., Medeiros, M. B., Melgaço, K., Melo, L., Metzker, T., Monteagudo, A., Morandi, P. S., Myers, J. A., Nascimento, H. M., Nascimento, R., Neill, D., Nieto-Ariza, B., Palacios, W. A., Palacios-Ramos, S., Pallqui-Camacho, N. C., Pardo Molina, G., Peacock, J., Peña, M. A., Pennington, R. T., Peñuela, M. C., Peres, C. A., Pérez, Á., Pickavance, G. C., Pinto, E., Pipoly, J., Pitman, N., Prieto, A., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Reis, S. M., Restrepo, Z., Reynel, C., Ribeiro, S., Rivas-Torres, G., Rojas, R., Rudas, A., Salinas, N., Salomão, R. P., Santana, F., Schietti, J., Schwartz, G., Serrano, J., Silman, M., Silva, C., Silva, C. A., Silva, R. C., Silva, R. S. A., Silva-Espejo, J., Silveira, M., Simon, M. F., Soto-Shareva, Y. C., Souza, P. F., Storck-Tonon, D., Stropp, J., Swamy, V., Tello, J. S., Terborgh, J., Thomas, R., Torres-Lezama, A., Vale, J. D., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., van der Heijden, G., van der Hout, P., van der Meer, P. J., Vasquez Martinez, R., Vedovato, L., Verbeeck, H., Vieira, I., Vieira, S. A., Vilanova, E., Vinceti, B., Vos, V. A., Zagt, R., Zuidema, P. A. & Phillips, O. L., 1 Mar 2026, In: Nature ecology & evolution. 10, 3, p. 606-607 2 p.

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    • Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance

      Tavares, J. V., Gloor, E., Silva, T. S. F., Oliveira, R. S., Coelho de Souza, F., Signori-Müller, C., Diniz, F. C., Pereira, L., Acosta, M., Gilpin, M., Marca Zevallos, M. J., Salas Yupayccana, C. A., Perez-Mullisaca, F. M., Jancoski, H., Scalon, M. C., Schwantes Marimon, B., Marimon Junior, B. H., Malhi, Y., Oliveras Menor, I. & Rowland, L. & 75 others, Meir, P., Bittencourt, P., Carlos Lola da Costa, A., Santos, J. A. R., Teixeira de Oliveira, R., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Álvarez-Dávila, E., Alexiades, M. N., de Oliveira, E. A., Andrade, A., Aragão, L., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Aymard, G., Barroso, J. G., Bonal, D., Brienen, R., Céron, C., Camargo, J. L., Silva, R., Castro, W., Chave, J., Comiskey, J., Daly, D. C., Derroire, G., Disney, M., Dourdain, A., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T., Flores Llampazo, G., Hérault, B., Hernández, L., Higuchi, N., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Jimenez-Rojas, E., Kalamandeen, M., Laurance, S., Laurance, W., Lewis, S., Lima, A. S., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Morandi, P., NúñezVargas, P., Neill, D., Palacios, W., Parada Gutierrez, A., Pardo-Molina, G., Peñuela-Mora, M. C., Pitman, N., Rojas, R., Prieto, A., Réjou-Méchain, M., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Cerruto Ribeiro, S., Ruokolainen, K., Salomão, R. P., Serrano, J., Sierra, R., Ruschel, A. R., Silveira, M., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., Vásquez Martinez, R., Vieira, I., Vilanova Torre, E., Vos, V. A., Wang, O., Young, K., Muscarella, R., Dexter, K. G., Baker, T. R., Phillips, O. L., Mencuccini, M. & Galbraith, D., 26 Feb 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 2073.

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    • Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change

      Fadrique, B., Costa, F., Cuesta, F., Arellano, G., Cayuela, L., Baker, T. R., Draper, F. C., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., ter Steege, H., Bauters, M., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Aguirre-Mendoza, Z., Alexiades, M. N., Alvarez-Davila, E., Arets, E., Ayala, E., Aymard, C. G. A., Baccaro, F., Báez, S. & Baraloto, C. & 141 others, Barbosa, R. I., Barbosa Camargo, P., Barlow, J., Barni, P. E., Barroso, J., Benchimol, M., Bennett, A. C., Berenguer, E., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Brienen, R., Brown, F., BT Andrade, M., Burban, B., Burnham, R. J., Camargo, J. L., Carvalho, S. P. C., Castilho, C., Chave, J., Coelho de Souza, F., Comiskey, J., da Costa, L., de Lima, R. B., de Oliveira, E. A., de Oliveira, R. L. C., de Oliveira Perdiz, R., De Rutte, J., del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Disney, M., Duque, A., Emilio, T., Farfan-Rios, W., Fauset, S., Fearnside, P. M., Feeley, K. J., Feldpausch, T. R., Ferreira, J., Ferreira, L., Flores Llampazo, G. R., Galbraith, D., García-Cabrera, K., García Criado, M., Gloor, E., Grandez-Rios, J. M., Hérault, B., Homeier, J., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huaraca Huasco, W., Huillca-Aedo, Y. T., Idárraga, Jadán-Maza, O., Kalamandeen, M., Killeen, T. J., Laurance, S. G. W., Laurance, W. F., Levesley, A., Lopez, W., Macía, M. J., Magnusson, W. E., Malhi, Y., Manzatto, A. G., Marimon, B. S., Marimon Junior, B. H., Martínez-Villa, J. A., Medeiros, M. B., Melgaço, K., Melo, L., Metzker, T., Monteagudo, A., Morandi, P. S., Myers, J. A., Nascimento, H. M., Nascimento, R., Neill, D., Nieto-Ariza, B., Palacios, W. A., Palacios-Ramos, S., Pallqui-Camacho, N. C., Pardo Molina, G., Peacock, J., Peña, M. A., Pennington, R. T., Peñuela, M. C., Peres, C. A., Pérez, J., Pickavance, G. C., Pinto, E., Pipoly, J., Pitman, N., Prieto, A., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Reis, S. M., Restrepo, Z., Reynel, C., Ribeiro, S., Rivas-Torres, G., Rojas, R., Rudas, A., Salinas, N., Salomão, R. P., Santana, F., Schietti, J., Schwartz, G., Serrano, J., Silman, M., Silva, C., Silva, C. A., Silva, R. C., Silva, R. S. A., Silva-Espejo, J., Silveira, M., Simon, M. F., Soto-Shareva, Y. C., Souza, P. F., Storck-Tonon, D., Stropp, J., Swamy, V., Tello, J. S., Terborgh, J., Thomas, R., Torres-Lezama, A., Vale, J. D., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., van der Heijden, G., van der Hout, P., van der Meer, P. J., Vasquez Martinez, R., Vedovato, L., Verbeeck, H., Vieira, I., Vieira, S. A., Vilanova, E., Vinceti, B., Vos, V. A., Zagt, R., Zuidema, P. A. & Phillips, O. L., 23 Feb 2026, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 10, 2, p. 267-280 14 p.

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    • Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests

      Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Fauset, S., Rifai, S. W., Deng, X., Ter Steege, H., Thomson, E., Corral-Rivas, J. J., Guimaraes, A. F., Muller, S., Klipel, J., Resende, A. F., Wallin, G., Joly, C. A., Abernethy, K., Adu-Bredu, S., Alexandre Silva, C., de Oliveira, E. A., Almeida, D. R. A., Alvarez-Davila, E. & Asner, G. P. & 99 others, Baker, T. R., Benchimol, M., Bentley, L. P., Berenguer, E., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Bordin, K., Borges de Lima, R., Both, S., Cabezas Duarte, J., Cardoso, D., de Lima, H. C., Cavalheiro, L., Cernusak, L. A., dos Santos Prestes, N. C. C., da Silva Zanzini, A. C., da Silva, R. J., dos Santos Alves da Silva, R., de Andrade Iguatemy, M., De Sousa Oliveira, T. C., Dechant, B., Derroire, G., Dexter, K. G., Rodrigues, D. J., Espírito-Santo, M., Silva, L. F., Domingues, T. F., Ferreira, J., Simon, M. F., Girardin, C. A. J., Hérault, B., Jeffery, K. J., Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy, S., Kavidapadinjattathil Sivadasan, A., Klitgaard, B., Laurance, W. F., Dan, M. L., Magnusson, W. E., Campos-Filho, E. M., Manoel dos Santos, R., Manzatto, A. G., Silveira, M., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Martin, R. E., Vieira, D. L. M., Metzker, T., Milliken, W., Moonlight, P., Moraes de Seixas, M. M., Morandi, P. S., Muscarella, R., Nava-Miranda, M. G., Nyirambangutse, B., Silva, J. O., Oliveras Menor, I., Francisco Pena Rodrigues, P. J., Pereira de Oliveira, C., Pereira Zanzini, L., Peres, C. A., Punjayil, V., Quesada, C. A., Réjou-Méchain, M., Riutta, T., Rivas-Torres, G., Rosa, C., Salinas, N., Bergamin, R. S., Marimon, B. S., Shenkin, A., Silva Rodrigues, P. M., Figueiredo, A. E. S., Garcia, Q. S., Spósito, T., Storck-Tonon, D., Sullivan, M. J. P., Svátek, M., Vieira Santiago, W. T., Arn Teh, Y., Theruvil Parambil Sivan, P., Nascimento, M. T., Veenendaal, E., Zo-Bi, I. C., Dago, M. R., Traoré, S., Patacca, M., Badouard, V., de Padua Chaves E Carvalho, S., White, L. J. T., Zhang-Zheng, H., Zibera, E., Zwerts, J. A., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Silman, M., Chave, J., Enquist, B. J., Barlow, J., Phillips, O. L., Coomes, D. A. & Malhi, Y., May 2025, In: Nature. 641, 8061, p. 129-136 8 p., 16024.

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    • Elevated CO2 Increases the Canopy Temperature of Mature Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)

      Hagan Brown, W., Gloor, E., Fyfe, R., MacKenzie, A. R., Harper, N. J., Ganderton, P., Hart, K., Curioni, G., Quick, S., Davidson, S. J., Yetton, E., Diehl, J. L. & Fauset, S., Nov 2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 11, e70565.

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