Professional summary

Dr Lindsay F Banin is a plant and ecosystem scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the structure, function and dynamics of plant communities, with a particular spotlight on Southeast Asian forests. Lindsay's work is concerned with impacts of environmental change, including land-use, climate and biogeochemical changes, on plant function, and how changes in the landscape affect the delivery of key ecosystem processes and services including carbon sequestration. Her work also emphasises evidence-based, equitable approaches to forest conservation and restoration.

She leads the FOR-RESTOR network which brings together international experts on Southeast Asian forest restoration. Lindsay has a strong interest in statistical methods, applying these to experimental and monitoring design and analysis of field-based and image-based data. Through this interdisciplinary work she aims to develop data science tools to help tackle environmental science’s most pertinent questions and challenges.

Selected publications

Banin Lindsay F. et al. , (2023), The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0090

Wallwork Abby et al. , (2022), Soil carbon storage is related to tree functional composition in naturally regenerating tropical forests. Functional Ecology, 36, 3175-3187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14221

Bittencourt Paulo Roberto de Lima et al. , (2022), Divergence of hydraulic traits among tropical forest trees across topographic and vertical environment gradients in Borneo. New Phytologist, 235, 2183-2198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18280

Jucker Tommaso et al. , (2022), Tallo: a global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Global Change Biology, 28, 5254-5268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302

Bartholomew David C. et al. , (2022), Differential nutrient limitation and tree height control leaf physiology, supporting niche partitioning in tropical dipterocarp forests. Functional Ecology, 36, 2084-2103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14094

Chazdon Robin L. et al. , (2021), The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active–passive dichotomy. Restoration Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13535

Hayward Robin M. et al. , (2021), Three decades of post-logging tree community recovery in naturally regenerating and actively restored dipterocarp forest in Borneo. Forest Ecology and Management, 488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119036

Waddell Emily H. et al. , (2020), Trait filtering during exotic plant invasion of tropical rainforest remnants along a disturbance gradient. Functional Ecology, 34, 2584-2597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13679

Waddell Emily H. et al. , (2020), Land-use change and propagule pressure promote plant invasions in tropical rainforest remnants. Landscape Ecology, 35, 1891-1906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01067-9

Qie Lan et al. , (2017), Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects. Nature Communications, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01997-0