Our group is pursuing a wide range of projects, which can be grouped under the following major headings.
Genomics of Tropical Trees
With the advent of affordable next-gen sequencing, we have launched an ambitious effort to bring genomics to the research, conservation, and management of tropical trees. In order to explore the greatest range of possibilities, we chose to start with whole genome shot-gun sequencing on the Illumina platform. The sequencing has all been done at the [...]
Historical Biogeography of SE Asia
There is no understanding of the present without understanding the past. This is particularly true when the majority of the historical biogeographical setting is substantially different than the present situation. Even the most long-term ecological studies of existing rainforest communities, lasting for decades, capture the tiniest fraction of their overall history. Through the creation of [...]
Lithocarpus and the Chestnut Subfamily
The tropical stone oaks (Lithocarpus) represent a major diversification in the globally dominant beech or oak family (Fagaceae). Confined to East Asia, two centers of biodiversity exist: one in Indochina and one on the island of Borneo. These trees dominate the tropical forests of Indochina but disappear quickly at the boundary between the subtropical and [...]
Community Ecology of Bornean Woody Plants
With the combined expertise of Drs. Cannon and Slik, the EcoEvo group at XTBG represents a global center for the comprehensive research of the Bornean rainforests. Dr. Slik has compiled an extensive database on the physical structure and taxonomic composition of Bornean trees with the collaboration of numerous international collaborators. He has effectively used these [...]
Conservation and Management of Tropical Forests
Over the past fifty years, the tropical forests of Asia have undergone a dramatic transformation from vast areas of virtually untouched wilderness to largely human-dominated production forests (or worse yet, simply degraded and unproductive forest). In many places, this transformation has occurred in just the last twenty years or less and shows little sign of [...]
Reconstruction of Cabang Panti
Cabang Panti Research Station, Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia lives again!
In 2007, Dr. Andrew Marshall of University of California, Davis and John Harting returned to Cabang Panti after several years of abandonment to rebuild this important ecological research site. Funds from UC Davis Anthropology Department were used to tear down and rebuild new [...]
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