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):

    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    • SDG 13 - Climate Action
    • SDG 15 - Life on Land

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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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    • Increasing tree size across Amazonia

      Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Banbury Morgan, R., Brienen, R., Gloor, E., Lewis, S. L., Dexter, K. G., Almeida, E., Almeida de Oliveira, E., Álvarez-Dávila, E., Alves de Oliveira, A., Andrade, A., Vieira, S. A., Aragão, L., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E., Arroyo, L., Aymard-Corredor, G., Banki, O., de Camargo, P. B. & Barroso, J. & 69 others, Blanc, L., Brown, F., Camargo, J. L., Castro, W., Chama Moscoso, V., Chave, J., Chavez, E., Comiskey, J., da Costa, A. C. L., del Aguila Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T. R., Flores Llampazo, G., Guillen Villaroel, R., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Honorio Coronado, E., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huaraca Huasco, W., Jimenez, E., Killeen, T., Laurance, S., Laurance, W., Levesley, A., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Malhi, Y., Marimon, B., Marimon Junior, B. H., Matias de Almeida Reis, S., Mendoza Bautista, C., Polo, I. M., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Morandi, P. S., Nogueira Lima, A., Núñez Vargas, P., Pallqui Camacho, N., Parada Gutierrez, A., Peacock, J., Peñuela-Mora, M. C., Pickavance, G., Pipoly, J., Pitman, N., Prieto, A., Quesada, C., Ramirez Arevalo, F., Réjou-Méchain, M., Restrepo Correa, Z., Rojas, R., Rodriguez Bayona, L., Roopsind, A., Salomão, R., Silva, N., Silva Espejo, J., Silveira, M., Stropp, J., Talbot, J., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Thomas, R., Gamarra, L. V., van der Hout, P., Vasquez Martinez, R., Guimarães Vieira, I. C., Vilanova, E., Zagt, R., Baker, T. R. & Phillips, O. L., 25 Sept 2025, In: Nature Plants. 11, 10, p. 2016-2025 10 p.

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    • Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras

      Baker, T. R., Adu-Bredu, S., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S.-I., Fauset, S., Akite, P., Alexiades, M., Almeida, E., de Oliveira, E. A., Davila, E. A., Amani, C., Andrade, A., Aragao, L., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E., Arroyo, L., Ashton, P., Ifo, S. A. A., Aymard, G. A. C. & Baisie, M. & 202 others, Balee, W., Balinga, M., Banin, L. F., Banki, O., Baraloto, C., Barroso, J., Beeckman, H., Bastin, J.-F., Begne, S., Bengone, N. N., Berry, N., Betian, W., Bezard, V., Blanc, L., Boeckx, P., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Brearley, F. Q., Brienen, R., Brown, F., Nasaradin, M. B., Burban, B., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Camargo, P., Camargo, J. L., Castro, W., Ceron, C., Moscoso, V. C., Chapman, C., Chave, J., Chezeaux, E., Collins, M., Comiskey, J., Coomes, D., Valverde, F. C., Costa, F. R. C., Cuni-Sanchez, A., da Costa, L., Daly, D. C., Dančák, M., Daniels, A., Dargie, G., Davies, S., De Canniere, C., de Haulleville, T., Del Aguila Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Dexter, K. G., Di Fiore, A., Djuikouo, M.-N. K., Doucet, J.-L., Droissart, V., Eilu, G., Emillio, T., Engel, J., Enock, B. Y., Ondo, F. E., Ewango, C., Feldpausch, T. R., Fitriadi, M., Llampazo, G. F., Foli, E. G., Fredriksson, G., Galbraith, D. R., Gilpin, M., Gloor, E., Gonmadje, C., Villaroel, R. G., Hall, J., Hamer, K. C., Hamilton, A., Hardy, O., Hart, T., Hédl, R., Herrera, R., Higuchi, N., Hladik, C. M., Coronado, E. H., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Huasco, W. H., Hubau, W., Idhamsyah, M., Ismail, S. A., Jeffery, K., Jimenez, E., Jucker, T., Kearsley, E., Kho, L. K., Killeen, T., Kitayama, K., Laurance, W., Laurance, S., Leal, M., Lewis, S. L., Lhota, S., Lindsell, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Lovett, J., Lowe, R., Magnusson, W. E., Makana, J.-R., Malhi, Y., Marimon, B., Junior, B. H. M., Marshall, A., Maycock, C., Mbayu, F., Mendoza, C., Polo, I. M., Metali, F., Mihindou, V., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Moore, S., Mucunguzi, P., Mukinzi, J., Munishi, P., Nagy, L., Naisso, P., Neill, D., Lima, A. N., Vargas, P. N., Ojo, L., Palacios, W., Camacho, N. P., Gutierrez, A. P., Peacock, J., Peh, K.S.-H., Cruz, A. P., Pendry, C., Pennington, T., Penuela-Mora, M. C., Petronelli, P., Phillips, O. L., Pickavance, G., Pipoly, G. J., Pitman, N., Poulsen, A. D., Prance, G. T., Prieto, A., Primack, R. B., Qie, L., Queenborough, S. A., Sunderland, T., Quesada, C., Arevalo, F. R., Ramirez-Angulo, H., Reitsma, J., Réjou-Méchain, M., Roopsind, A., Rovero, F., Rutishauser, E., Salim, K. A., Salomao, R., Samsoedin, I., Saparudin, M. S., Schietti, J., Segovia, R. A., Serrano, J., Serudia, R., Sheil, D., Silva, N., Espejo, J. S., Silveira, M., Simo-Droissart, M., Singh, J., Sonké, B., De Sousa, T. E. L., Stropp, J., Sukri, R., Sunderland, T., Svátek, M., Swaine, M., Taedoumg, H., Talbot, J., Tan, S., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Torres-Lezama, A., Mukendi, J. T., Tuagben, D., van de Meer, P., van der Heijden, G., van der Hout, P., van Nieuwstadt, M., van Ulft, B., Martinez, R. V., Vernimmen, R., Vinceti, B., Vieira, S., Vieira, I. C. G., Torre, E. V., Vleminckx, J., White, L., Willcock, S., Williams, M., Woods, J. T., Yao, T. L., Yassir, I., Zagt, R. & Zemagho, L., 8 Feb 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 4695.

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    • The Impact of LED Light Spectra on the Growth, Yield, Physiology, and Sweetness Compound of Stevia rebaudiana

      Aljafer, N., Alrajhi, A., Anderson von Trampe, T., Vevers, W., Fauset, S. & Rihan, H. Z., Feb 2025, In: Biology. 14, 2, 108.

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    • Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

      Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Fauset, S., Díaz, S., Rifai, S. W., Corral-Rivas, J. J., Nava-Miranda, M. G., González-M, R., Hurtado-M, A. B., Revilla, N. S., Vilanova, E., Almeida, E., de Oliveira, E. A., Alvarez-Davila, E., Alves, L. F., de Andrade, A. C. S., Lola da Costa, A. C., Vieira, S. A., Aragão, L., Arets, E. & Aymard C, G. A. & 114 others, Baccaro, F., Bakker, Y. V., Baker, T. R., Bánki, O., Baraloto, C., de Camargo, P. B., Berenguer, E., Blanc, L., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Bordin, K. M., Brienen, R., Brown, F., Prestes, N. C. C. S., Castilho, C. V., Ribeiro, S. C., de Souza, F. C., Comiskey, J. A., Valverde, F. C., Müller, S. C., da Costa Silva, R., do Vale, J. D., de Andrade Kamimura, V., de Oliveira Perdiz, R., Del Aguila Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Disney, M., Farfan-Rios, W., Feldpausch, T. R., Ramos, R. F., Llampazo, G. F., Martins, V. F., Fortunel, C., Cabrera, K. G., Barroso, J. G., Hérault, B., Herrera, R., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Pipoly, J. J., Zanini, K. J., Jiménez, E., Joly, C. A., Kalamandeen, M., Klipel, J., Levesley, A., Oviedo, W. L., Magnusson, W. E., Dos Santos, R. M., Marimon, B. S., Marimon-Junior, B. H., de Almeida Reis, S. M., Melo Cruz, O. A., Mendoza, A. M., Morandi, P., Muscarella, R., Nascimento, H., Neill, D. A., Menor, I. O., Palacios, W. A., Palacios-Ramos, S., Pallqui Camacho, N. C., Pardo, G., Pennington, R. T., de Oliveira Pereira, L., Pickavance, G., Picolotto, R. C., Pitman, N. C. A., Prieto, A., Quesada, C., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Réjou-Méchain, M., Correa, Z. R., Reyna Huaymacari, J. M., Rodriguez, C. R., Rivas-Torres, G., Roopsind, A., Rudas, A., Salgado Negret, B., van der Sande, M. T., Santana, F. D., Maës Santos, F. A., Bergamin, R. S., Silman, M. R., Silva, C., Espejo, J. S., Silveira, M., Souza, F. C., Sullivan, M. J. P., Swamy, V., Talbot, J., Terborgh, J. J., van der Meer, P. J., van der Heijden, G., van Ulft, B., Martinez, R. V., Vedovato, L., Vleminckx, J., Vos, V. A., Wortel, V., Zuidema, P. A., Zwerts, J. A., Laurance, S. G. W., Laurance, W. F., Chave, J., Dalling, J. W., Barlow, J., Poorter, L., Enquist, B. J., Ter Steege, H., Phillips, O. L., Galbraith, D. & Malhi, Y., 7 Mar 2025, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 387, 6738, eadl5414.

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