Stuart J. Davies
Director Center for Tropical Forest Science – Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory
e-mail: daviess@si.edu
Address: Department of Botany, MRC-166
Smithsonian Institution
P. O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
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Publications
Publications by Stuart J. Davies in STRI Bibliography
Research Interests
Ecology and evolution of tropical rain forest trees; Long-term dynamics of forest ecosystems; Tropical plant systematics.
Current Research
The goal of my current research is to understand broad-scale patterns in the diversity and dynamics of tropical rainforests. I am particularly interested in how variation in resource availability affects the composition and dynamics of rainforests. To investigate this, I am focusing on the impact of several well-known resource gradients on tropical forest diversity and dynamics: geographic variation in rainfall seasonality, local variation in soil resource availability, and temporal variation in climatic patterns. In each broad project, we are conducting a range of ecophysiological, demographic, community, and biogeographic studies. Understanding how environmental factors constrain species distributions and affect growth and mortality rates is fundamental to predicting the likely impacts of changes in land-use and global climatic conditions on tropical rainforests.
Education and Degrees
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996
B.Sc., University of Sydney, Australia, 1987
Selected Bibliography
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed):
Published:
Baldeck, C.A., K.E. Harms, J.B. Yavitt, R. John, B.L. Turner, R. Valencia, H. Navarrete, S.J. Davies, G.B. Chuyong, D. Kenfack, D.W. Thomas, S. Madawala, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, S. Bunyavejchewin, S. Kiratiprayoon, A. Yaacob, M.N. Nur Supardi and J.W. Dalling (2013) Soil resources and topography shape local tree community structure in tropical forests. Proc. R. Soc. B 280: …
Baltzer, J.L. & S.J. Davies (2012) Rainfall seasonality and pest pressure as determinants of tropical tree species’ distributions. Ecology & Evolution 2 (11): 2682-2694.
Banin, L., T. Feldpausch, O. Phillips, T. Baker, J. Lloyd, K. Affum-Beffoe, E. Arets, N. Berry, M. Bradford, R. Brienen, S.J. Davies, M. Drescher, N. Higuchi, D. Hilbert, A. Hladik, Y. Iida, K.A. Salim, A.R. Kassim, D. King & S. Lewis (2012) What controls tropical forest architecture? Testing environmental, structural and floristic drivers. Global Ecology and Biogeography (published online).
Itoh, A., S. Nanami, T. Harata, T. Ohkubo, S. Tan, L. Chong, S.J. Davies & T. Yamakura (2012) Interaction effect of edaphic condition and habitat preference on tree mortality during El Niño-induced drought in a Bornean dipterocarp forest. Biotropica 44: 606-617.
Dong, S.X., S.J. Davies, P.S. Ashton, S. Bunyavejchewin, M.N. Nur Supardi, A.R. Kassim, S. Tan & P.R. Moorcroft (2012) Variability in solar radiation and temperature explains observed patterns and trends in tree growth rates across four tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 3923-3931.
Katabuchi, M., H. Kurokawa, S.J. Davies, S. Tan & T. Nakashizuka (2012) Soil resource availability shapes community trait structure in a species-rich dipterocarp forest. Journal of Ecology 100: 643-651.
Swenson, N.G., J.C. Stegen, S.J. Davies, D.L. Erickson, J. Forero-Montana, A.H. Hurlbert, W.J. Kress, J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, S.J. Wright & J.K. Zimmerman (2012) Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity. Ecology 93 (3): 490-499.
Wang, X., L. Comita, Z. Hao, S.J. Davies, J. Ye, F. Lin & Z. Yuan (2011) Local-scale drivers of tree survival in a temperate forest. PlosOne 7(2) e29469.
Wang, X., T. Wiegand, A. Wolf, R. Howe, S.J. Davies & Z. Hao (2011) Spatial patterns of tree species richness in two temperate forests. Journal of Ecology 99: 1382-1393.
Feeley, K.J., S.J. Davies, R. Peres, S. Hubbell & R. Foster (2011) Directional changes in the composition of a tropical forest due to climate change. Ecology 92 (4): 871–882.
Wright, S. J., Kitajima, K., Kraft, N.J.B., Reich, P.B., Wright, I.J., Bunker, D.E., Condit, R., Dalling, J.W., Davies, S.J., Diaz, S., Engelbrecht, B.M.J., Harms, K.E., Hubbell, S.P., Marks, C.O., Ruiz-Jaen, M.C., Salvador, C.M., & Zanne, A.E. (2010) Functional traits underlying the growth-mortality tradeoff among tropical trees. Ecology 91: 3664-3674.
Peay, K.G, P.G. Kennedy, S.J. Davies, S. Tan & T.D. Bruns (2010) Potential link between plant and fungal distributions in a dipterocarp rainforest: community and phylogenetic structure of tropical ectomycorrhizal fungi across a plant and soil ecotone. New Phytologist 185: 529-542.
Russo, S.E., W.L. Cannon, C. Elowsky, S. Tan & S.J. Davies (2010) Variation in leaf stomatal traits of 28 tree species in relation to gas exchange along an edaphic gradient in a Bornean rain forest. American Journal of Botany 97: 1109-1120.
Baltzer, J. D.M. Grégoire, S.J. Davies, S. Bunyavejchewin & N.S.M. Noor (2009) The safety vs. efficiency trade-off contributes to tropical tree distributions and productivity along the Malay-Thai Peninsula. American Journal of Botany 96: 2214-2223.
King, D.A., S.J. Davies, S. Tan & M.N. Nur Supardi (2009) Trees approach gravitational limits to height in tall lowland forests of Malaysia. Functional Ecology 23: 284-291.
Tan, S., T. Yamakura, M. Tani, P. Palmiotto, J.D. Mamit, C.S. Pin, S.J. Davies, P. Ashton & I. Baillie (2009) Review of soils on the 52 ha long term ecological research plot in mixed dipterocarp forest at Lambir, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Tropics 18: 61-86.
Baltzer J.L, Davies S.J, Bunyavejchewin S. & N.S.M. Noor (2008) The role of desiccation tolerance in determining tree species distributions along the Malay-Thai Peninsula. Functional Ecology 22: 221-231.
Chave, J., R. Condit, H.C. Muller-Landau, S.C. Thomas, P.S. Ashton, S. Bunyavejchewin, L.L. Co, H.S. Dattaraja, S.J. Davies, S. Esufali, C.E.N. Ewango, K.J. Feeley, R.B. Foster, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, P. Hall, T.B. Hart, C. Hernandez, S.P. Hubbell, A. Itoh, S. Kiratiprayoon, J.V. LaFrankie, S.L. Lao, J.-R. Makana, M.N. Supardi Noor, A.R. Kassim, C. Samper, R. Sukumar, H.S. Suresh, S. Tan, J. Thompson, M.D.C. Tongco, R. Valencia, M. Vallejo, G. Villa, T. Yamakura, J.K. Zimmerman & E.C. Losos (2008) Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities. PLoS Biology 6: 1-8.
Russo, S.E., M. Irwin, S.J. Davies & S. Tan (2008) Interspecific demographic trade-offs and edaphic niche specialization of tree species along resource gradients. Journal of Ecology 96: 192–203.
Feeley, K.J., S.J. Davies, P.S. Ashton, S. Bunyavejchewin, M.N. Nur Supardi, A.R. Kassim, S. Tan & J. Chave (2007) The role of gap-phase processes in the long-term biomass dynamics of four old-growth tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society UK 274: 2857–2864.
Baltzer, J.L, S.J. Davies, M.N. Nur Supardi, A.R. Kassim & J.V. LaFrankie (2007) Geographical distributions in tropical trees: can geographical range predict performance and habitat association in co-occurring tree species? Journal of Biogeography 34: 1916–1926.
Feeley, K.J., S.J. Wright, M.N. Nur Supardi, A.R. Kassim & S.J. Davies (2007) Decelerating growth in tropical forest trees. Ecology Letters 10: 461-469.
Quek, S.P., S.J. Davies, P.S. Ashton, T. Itino & N.E. Pierce (2007) The geography of diversification in mutualistic ants: a gene's-eye view into the Neogene history of Sundaland rain forests. Molecular Ecology 16: 2045-2062.
Feeley, K.J., S.J. Davies, M. Nur Supardi Noor, A.R. Kassim & S. Tan (2007) Do current stem size distributions predict future population changes? An empirical test of intraspecific patterns in tropical trees at two spatial scales. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 191-198.
Shono, K., S.J. Davies & Y.K. Chua (2007) Performance of 45 native tree species on degraded lands in Singapore. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 19: 25-34.
Shono, K., S.J. Davies & Y.K. Chua (2006) Regeneration of native plant species in restored forests on degraded lands in Singapore. Forest Ecology and Management 237: 574-582.
Baillie, I.C., P. S. Ashton, S.P. Chin, S.J. Davies, P.A. Palmiotto, S.E. Russo & S. Tan (2006) Spatial associations of humus, nutrients and soils in mixed dipterocarp forest at Lambir, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 543-553.
King, D.A., S.J. Davies, M.N. Nur Supardi & S. Tan (2006) The role of wood density and stem support costs in the growth and mortality of tropical trees. Journal of Ecology 94: 670-680.
Condit, R., P. Ashton, S. Bunyavejchewin, H.S. Dattaraja, S. Davies, S. Esufali, C. Ewango, R. Foster, I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, C.V.S. Gunatilleke, P. Hall, K.E. Harms, T. Hart, C. Hernandez, S. Hubbell, A. Itoh, S. Kiratiprayoon, J. LaFrankie, S. Loo de Lao, J.-R. Makana, M.N. Supardi Noor, A.R. Kassim, S. Russo, R. Sukumar, C. Samper, H.S. Suresh, S. Tan, S. Thomas, R. Valencia, M. Vallejo, G. Villa & T. Zillio (2006) The importance of demographic niches to tree diversity. Science 313: 98-101.
Davies, S.J. & H. Semui (2006) Competitive dominance in a secondary successional rain forest community in Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22: 53-64.
LaFrankie, J.V., P.S. Ashton, G.B. Chuyong, L. Co, R. Condit, S.J. Davies, R. Foster, S.P. Hubbell, D. Kenfack, D. Lagunzad, E.C. Losos, Noor Supardi Md. Noor, S. Tan, D.W. Thomas, R. Valencia & G. Villa (2006) Contrasting structure and composition of the understory in species-rich tropical rain forests. Ecology 87 (9): 2298–2305.
Muller-Landau, H.C., R.S. Condit, K.E. Harms, C.O. Marks, S.C. Thomas, S. Bunyavejchewin, G. Chuyong, L. Co, S. Davies, R. Foster, S. Gunatilleke, N. Gunatilleke, T. Hart, S.P. Hubbell, A. Itoh, A.R. Kassim, D. Kenfack, James V. LaFrankie, D. Lagunzad, H.S. Lee, E. Losos, J.-R. Makana, T. Ohkubo, C. Samper, R. Sukumar, I-F. Sun, Nur Supardi M. N, S. Tan, D. Thomas, J. Thompson, R. Valencia, M. Vallejo, G. Villa, T. Yamakura, J.K. Zimmerman, H.S. Dattaraja, S. Esufali, P. Hall, F. He, C. Hernandez, S. Kiratiprayoon, H.S. Suresh, C. Wills & P. Ashton (2006) Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models. Ecology Letters 9: 589-602.
Muller-Landau, H.C., R.S. Condit, J. Chave, S. Thomas, S.A. Bohlman, S. Bunyavejchewin, S. Davies, R. Foster, C.V.S. Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, K.E. Harms, T. Hart, S.P. Hubbell, A. Itoh, A.R. Kassim, J.V. LaFrankie, H.S. Lee, E. Losos, J.-R. Makana, T. Ohkubo, R. Sukumar, I-F. Sun, Nur Supardi M. N., S. Tan, J. Thompson, R. Valencia, G. Villa Muñoz, C. Wills, T. Yamakura, G. Chuyong, H.S. Dattaraja, S. Esufali, P. Hall, C. Hernandez, D. Kenfack, S. Kiratiprayoon, H.S. Suresh, D. Thomas, M.I. Vallejo & P. Ashton (2006) Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth, and mortality in tropical forests. Ecology Letters 9: 575-588.
Wills, C., K.E. Harms, R. Condit, D. King, J. Thompson, F. He, H.C. Muller-Landau, P. Ashton, E. Losos, L. Comita, S. Hubbell, J. LaFrankie, S. Bunyavejchewin, H. S. Dattaraja, S. Davies, S. Esufali, R. Foster, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, P. Hall, A. Itoh, R. John, S. Kiratiprayoon, S. Loo de Lao, M. Massa, C. Nath, M.N. Supardi Noor, A. Rahman Kassim, R. Sukumar, H.S. Suresh, I-F. Sun, S. Tan, T. Yamakura & J. Zimmerman (2006) Nonrandom Processes Maintain Diversity in Tropical Forests. Science 311: 527-531.
King, D.A. S.J. Davies, M.N. Nur Supardi and S. Tan. (2006) Growth and mortality are related to adult tree size in a Malaysian mixed dipterocarp forest. Forest Ecology and Management 223: 152-158.
Condit, R., et al. S.J. Davies…. (2005) Tropical tree a-diversity: results from a worldwide network of large plots. Biologiske Skrifter 55: 565-582.
King, D.A., S.J. Davies, M.N. Nur Supardi & S. Tan. (2005). Tree growth is related to light interception and wood density in two mixed dipterocarp forests of Malaysia. Functional Ecology 19: 445-453.
Russo, S.E., S.J. Davies, D. King & S. Tan. (2005) Edaphically-associated variation in performance correlates with species’ distribution patterns in a Bornean rainforest. Journal of Ecology 93: 879-889.
Potts, M.D., S.J. Davies, W.H. Bossert, S. Tan & M.N. Supardi (2004) Habitat heterogeneity and niche structure of trees in two tropical rain forests. Oecologia 139: 446-453.
Palmiotto, P., S.J. Davies, M.S. Ashton, K.A. Vogt, D.J. Vogt & P.S. Ashton (2004) Soil-related habitat specialization in dipterocarp rain forest tree species in Borneo. Journal of Ecology 92: 609-623.
Quek, S.P., S.J. Davies, T. Itino & N. Pierce (2004) Evolution of host affiliation in Crematogaster (Formicidae) inhabitants of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae). Evolution 58: 554-570.
Vincent, A. & Davies, S.J. (2003) Effects of nutrient addition, mulching and planting-hole size on early performance of Dryobalanops aromatica and Shorea parvifolia in enrichment plantings in Sarawak, Malaysia. Forest Ecology and Management 180: 261-271.
Lee, H.S., S.J. Davies, J.V. LaFrankie, S. Tan, A. Itoh, T. Yamakura, T. Okhubo & P.S. Ashton (2002) Floristic and structural diversity of 52 hectares of mixed dipterocarp forest in Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 14(3): 379-400.
Davies, S.J. (2002) Ethnobotany of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) among the Kedayan of Brunei Darussalam. Harvard Papers in Botany 7: 7-12.
Davies, S.J. (2001) Systematic of Macaranga sects. Pachystemon and Pruinosae (Euphorbiaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 6: 371-448.
Davies, S.J., S.K.Y. Lum, R.K.G. Chan & L.K. Wang (2001) Evolution of myrmecophytism in Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae). Evolution 55(8): 1542-1559.
Itino, T., S.J. Davies, H. Tada, Y. Hieda, M. Inoguchi, T. Itioka, S. Yamane, & T. Inoue. (2001). Cospeciation in an ant-plant defensive mutualism. Ecological Research 16: 787-793.
Davies, S.J. (2001) Tree mortality and growth in 11 sympatric Macaranga species in Borneo. Ecology 82: 920-932.
Davies, S.J., S. Bunyavejchewin & J.V. LaFrankie (2001) A new giant-leaved Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) from the dry seasonal evergreen forests of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin 29: 43-50.
Whitmore, T.C. & S.J. Davies (2001) Studies in Macaranga XIII. A novelty from northern Borneo. Harvard Papers in Botany 6: 269-272.
Davies, S.J. & P.S. Ashton (1999) Phenology and fecundity in 11 sympatric pioneer species of Macaranga in Borneo. American Journal of Botany 86: 1786-1795.
Davies, S.J. (1999) New species of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) from Borneo. Kew Bulletin 54: 147-154.
Davies, S.J. & L. Unam (1999) Smoke-haze from the 1997 Indonesian forest fires: Effects on pollution levels, local climate, atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and tree photosynthesis. Forest Ecology & Management 124: 137-144.
Davies, S.J. (1999) A new myrmecophytic, thrip-pollinated species of Macaranga from the highlands of Sarawak. Harvard Papers in Botany 4: 433-437.
Becker, P., S.J. Davies, M. Moksin, M. Z. Ismail & P. M. Simanjuntak (1999) Leaf size distributions of understorey plants in mixed dipterocarp and tropical heath forests of Brunei. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 123-128.
Davies, S.J. (1998) Photosynthetic characteristics of nine early-successional Macaranga species from Borneo in relation to life-history traits. Ecology 79: 2292-2308.
Davies, S.J., P.A. Palmiotto, P.S. Ashton, H.S. Lee & J.V. LaFrankie (1998) Comparative ecology of 11 sympatric species of Macaranga in Borneo: Tree distribution in relation to horizontal and vertical resource heterogeneity. Journal of Ecology 86: 662-673.
Davies, S.J. & P. Becker (1996) Floristic composition and stand structure of mixed dipterocarp and heath forests in Brunei Darussalam. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 8: 542-569.
Davies, S.J. & P.J. Myerscough (1991) Post-fire demography of the wet-mallee Eucalyptus luehmanniana F. Muell. (Myrtaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 39: 459-466.
Davies, S.J., D.S. Edwards & W.E. Booth (1996) A botanical survey of the proposed Meragang Beach Recreation Park. Brunei Museum Journal.
Maschwitz, U., Fiala, B., S.J. Davies & K.E. Linsenmair (1996) A south-east Asian myrmecophyte with two alternative inhabitants: Camponotus or Crematogaster as partners of Macaranga lamellata. Ecotropica 2: 29-40.
Tindale, M.D. & S.J. Davies (1990) Acacia paula (Fabaceae: Group of A. stigmatophylla), a new species from North-western Australia. Australian Journal of Systematic Botany 3: 287-291.
Tindale, M.D., P.G. Kodela & S.J. Davies (1992) Acacia bulgaensis and A. matthewii, two new species of Acacia Section Juliflorae (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) allied to A. cheelii, from eastern New South Wales, Australia. Australian Journal of Systematic Botany 5: 645-655.
Books:
McShea, W.J., S.J. Davies & N. Bhumpakphan, eds. (2011) “The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forest in Asia”. Rowman & Littlefield, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington D.C.
Bunyavejchewin, S., J.V. LaFrankie, P.J. Baker, S.J. Davies & P.S. Ashton (2009) Forest Trees of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand: Data from the 50-Hectare Forest Dynamics Plot. 342 pp. National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok, Thailand.
Co, L., D. Lagunzad, K.A. Pasion, H. Consunji, N. Bartolome, S. Yap, J. Molina, D.C. Tongco, U.F. Ferreras, J.V. LaFrankie, S.J. Davies & P.S. Ashton (2006) Forest Trees of Palanan, Philippines: A Study in Population Ecology. 313 pp. Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines – Diliman, Philippines.
LaFrankie, J.V., S.J. Davies, L.K. Wang, S.K.Y. Lum & S.K. Lee (2005) Forest Trees of Bukit Timah, Singapore: Population Ecology in a Forest Fragment. 178 pp. Simply Green, Singapore.
Lee, H.S., P.S. Ashton, T. Yamakura, S. Tan, S.J. Davies, A. Itoh, T. Ohkubo & J.V. LaFrankie. (2002). The 52-Hectare Forest Dynamics Plot at Lambir Hills, Sarawak, Malaysia: Tree Distribution Maps, Diameter Tables and Species Documentation. Sarawak Forest Department. 621 pp. Lee Ming Press, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Book Sections:
Bunyavejchewin, S., P.J. Baker & S.J. Davies (2011) Seasonally dry tropical forests in continental Southeast Asia: structure, composition, and dynamics. In: The Ecology and Conservation Seasonally Dry Forest in Asia. (McShea, W.J., S.J. Davies & N. Bhumpakphan, eds.), pp. 9-35.
McShea, W.J. & S.J. Davies (2011) Seasonally dry forests of tropical Asia: an ecosystem adapted to seasonal drought, frequent fire, and human activity. In: The Ecology and Conservation Seasonally Dry Forest in Asia. (McShea, W.J., S.J. Davies & N. Bhumpakphan, eds.), pp. 1-8.
Webb. C.O., C.H. Cannon & S.J. Davies (2008) Ecological organization, biogeography, and the phylogenetic structure of rain forest tree communities. In: Tropical Forest Community Ecology. (W. Carson & S. Schnitzer, eds.), pp. 79-97.
Rubinoff, I., E. Bermingham & S.J. Davies (2007) Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories. In: The Full Picture. Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 82-84.
Whitmore, T.C. & S.J. Davies (2007) Macaranga. In: Flora of Thailand Volume Eight Part 2: Euphorbiaceae. (Van Welzen, P.C. & K. Chayamarit, eds.), pp. 361-384.
van Welzen, P.C. & S.J. Davies (2007) Key to Species of Macaranga, Mallotus and Trewia. In: Flora of Thailand Volume Eight Part 2: Euphorbiaceae. (Van Welzen, P.C. & K. Chayamarit, eds.), pp. 356-361.
Russo, S.E., M.D. Potts, S.J. Davies & S. Tan (2007) Determinants of tree species distributions: comparing the roles of dispersal, seed size and soil specialization in a Bornean rain forest. In: Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World. (A.J. Dennis et al., eds.), pp. 499-518.
Davies, S.J., S. Tan, J.V. LaFrankie & M.D. Potts (2005) Soil-related floristic variation in a hyperdiverse dipterocarp forest. In: Pollination Ecology and the Rain Forest (Sarawak Studies). (Roubik, D., S. Sakai & A.A. Hamid Karim eds.). Springer Science, New York, pp. 22-34.
Lee, H.S., S. Tan, S.J. Davies, J.V. LaFrankie, P.S. Ashton, T. Yamakura, A. Itoh, T. Ohkubo & R. Harrison (2004) Lambir Hills Forest Dynamic Plot, Sarawak, Malaysia. In: Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Network of Large-Scale Tropical Forest Plots. (Losos, E. & E.G. Leigh, eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 527-539.
Itino, T., T. Itioka & S.J. Davies (2003) Coadaptation and coevolution of Macaranga trees and their symbiotic ants. In: Genes, Behaviours and Evolution of Social Insects. (Kikuchi, T., N. Azuma & S. Higashi, eds.). Sapporo, Japan, Hokkaido University Press, pp. 281-292.
Davies, S.J., M.N. Nur Supardi, J.V. LaFrankie & P.S. Ashton (2003) The Trees of Pasoh Forest: Stand Structure and Floristic Composition of the 50-Hectare Forest Research Plot. In: Pasoh: Ecology and natural history of a Southeast Asian lowland tropical rain forest. (Okuda, T., N. Manokaran, S.C. Thomas & P.S. Ashton, eds.), pp. 35-50.
Davies, S.J. (2004) Sinharaja 25-hectare plot: Comparisons with other forests in the CTFS network. In: Ecology of Sinharaja Rain Forest and the Forest Dynamics Plot in Sri Lanka’s Natural World Heritage Site. (Gunatilleke, C.V.S., I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, A.U.K. Ethugala & S. Esufali. Eds.), pp.195-201.
Co, L.L., D.A. Lagunzad, J.V. LaFrankie, S.J. Davies, N.A. Bartolome, J.E. Molina, S.L. Yap, H.G. Garcia, J.P. Bautista, E.C. Gumpal & R.R. Araño (2004) Palanan forest dynamics plot, Philippines. Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Network of Large-Scale Tropical Forest Plots. (Losos, E. & E.G. Leigh, eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 574-584.
Davies, S.J. (2001) Fires and smoke: effects on tropical rain forests in South-East Asia. In: Forest Fires and Regional Haze in Southeast Asia. (Eaton, P. & M. Radojevic, eds.), Nova Science, New York, pp. 143-163.
Losos, E., P.S. Ashton, S.J. Davies, S. Hubbell, I. Sun, P. Palmiotto & F. He (2001) Standards on archiving and sharing data: a reply. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 82(3): 207.
Latiff, A., Ahmad, B., Ibrahim, A. Z., Mat-Salleh, K., Middleton, D. J. & S.J. Davies (2001) An account and preliminary checklist of the angiosperms and gymnosperms of Crocker Range, Sabah. In: Crocker Range National Park Sabah, vol. 1. Natural ecosystem and species components. (Ghazally, I.L. ed.).
Davies, S.J. (1998) Tropical ecosystems: Environmental impacts. In: Biodiversity Conservation in ASEAN: Emerging Issues and Regional Needs. (Ismail, G. & M. Mohamed, eds.), ASEAN Academic Press, London, UK, pp. 14-41.
Morrison, D.A. & S.J. Davies (1991) Acacia. In: Flora of New South Wales, Vol. 2. (Harden, G. ed.), University of N.S.W Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 327-392.
Book Reviews:
Davies, S.J. (2003) Journal of Tropical Forest Science (2003). Review of: Krishnapillay, B. (Ed.) 2002. A Manual for Forest Plantation Establishment in Malaysia. Malayan Forest Records No. 45. pp. 286. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, 52109, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 15 (2): 365-367.
Conference Proceedings and Invited Papers (not peer-reviewed):
Wolf, A., S.J. Davies & R. Condit (2009) Ecological insights from long-term research plots in tropical and temperate forests. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 90 (4): 519-525.
Davies, S.J., N.R. Hashim, M. Mohamad & H. Semui (2001) Early stages of rain forest regeneration after logging and shifting agriculture in Sarawak, Malaysia. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems. (Ganeshaiah, K.N., R. Uma Shaanker & K.S. Bawa eds.), pp. 257-261. Oxford-IBH, New Delhi.
Davies, S.J. & H.A. Oakley (1998) Proceedings of the 1998 Tropical Biodiversity Field Course - Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak.
Davies, S.J., P.S. Ashton & H.S. Lee (1995). Pioneer trees of the genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) in Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Long-Term Ecological Research at Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Davies, S.J. (1995) "Macaranga - in the changing tropical rain forest: Ecological and systematic studies in Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia." Inside CTFS, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Newsletter. Fall 1995
Consultancy Reports:
Booth, W.E., Edwards, D.S. and S.J. Davies (1994) "Meragang Beach Park Floristic Survey and Environmental Management Recommendations", Unpublished report.
Davies, S.J. and Truebridge Callender Beach (B) Sdn. Bhd. (1992) "Establishment of Teaching and Research Plots for Biology." Unpublished report for the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.