John L. Godlee

Published articles

Jucker T. … Godlee J. L. … (2025), The global spectrum of tree crown architecture. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x

Rees M., Fayolle, A., Godlee J. L. … (2025), Patterns and drivers of phylogenetic beta diversity in the forests and savannas of Africa. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.15140

Diesse H., Godlee J. L. … (2025), Quantifying unseen woody biomass and diversity in understorey trees and shrubs at the extremes of water availability in the Miombo ecoregion. DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100302

International Tree Mortality Network (2025), Towards a global understanding of tree mortality. DOI: 10.1111/nph.20407

Hua X., … Godlee J. L. … (2024), Site-specific nutrient data reveal the importance of soils in driving the mycorrhizal make-up of woody vegetation worldwide. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13936

Godlee J. L., Ryan C. M., Siampale A., Dexter K. G. (2024), Tree species diversity drives the land surface phenology of seasonally dry tropical woodlands. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14366 - Download PDF

Davies R. W., … Godlee J. L. … (2023), Precipitation gradients drive high tree species turnover in the woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06720

Rees M., Godlee J. L. … (2023), Testing White’s floristic impoverishment hypothesis in the forest-savanna transition zones of Africa. DOI: 10.3390/d15070833

Jucker T. … Godlee J. L. … (2022), Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16302

Godlee J. L., Ryan C. M., Bauman D., Bowers S. J., Carreiras J. M. B., Chisingui A. V., Cromsigt J. P. G. M., Druce D. J., Finckh M., Gonçalves F. M., Holdo R. M., Makungwa S., McNicol I. M., Mitchard E. T. A., Muchawona A., Revermann R., Ribeiro N. S., Siampale A., Syampungani S., Tchamba J. J., Tripathi H. G., Wallenfang J., te Beest M., Williams M., Dexter K. G. (2021), Structural diversity and tree density drives variation in the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship of woodlands and savannas. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17639 - Download PDF

Godlee J. L., Gonçalves F. M., Tchamba J. J., Chisingui A. V., Muledi J. I., Shutcha M. N., Ryan C. M., Brade T. K., Dexter K. G. (2020), Diversity and Structure of an Arid Woodland in Southwest Angola, with Comparison to the Wider Miombo Ecoregion. Diversity. DOI: 10.3390/d12040140 - Download PDF

The SEOSAW Partnership (2020), A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods. Plants People Planet. DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10168

Panzou G. J. L. … Godlee J. L. … (2020), Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13231

Daskalova G. N., Myers-Smith I. H., Godlee J. L. (2019), Rare and common vertebrates span a wide spectrum of population trends. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17779-0

Rowland L., da Costa A. C., Oliveira A. A., Oliveira R. S., Bittencourt P. L., Costa P. B., Giles A. L., Sosa A. I., Coughlin I., Godlee J. L., Vasconcelos S. S., Junior J. A., Ferreira L. V., Mencuccini M. and Meir P. (2018), Drought stress and tree size determine stem CO2 efflux in a tropical forest. New Phytol, 218: 1393-1405. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15024