Curriculum Vitae: Douglas Sheil
Last updated: 8 July 2011
Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC), Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Bwindi
Impenetrable National Park (at Ruhija), P.O. Box 44, Kabale, Uganda.
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Biodiversity, Biometrics, Community Consultation, Conservation, Ecology, Ethnobiology,
Environmental Impact, Ecosystem Services, Forestry, Indigenous Knowledge, Inventory, Monitoring,
Participatory Research, Resource Evaluation, Statistics, Surveys, Tropical Forest, Vegetation Survey.
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Nationality: Irish and British
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Doctorate (D.Phil.) Tropical Ecology, University of Oxford, UK (1996)
M.Sc. Forestry and its Relation to Land Use, University of Oxford, UK (1989)
M.A. Natural Sciences Tripos, University of Cambridge, UK (1987)
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Director, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation
2008 - present
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
I lead an institute dedicated to conservation relevant research, monitoring, capacity building and management.
Principle activities include designing projects, raising funds, supervising research and providing assistance to
local partners. I remain a senior research associate of CIFOR.
Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
1998 - 2008
Bogor, Indonesia
I developed led and coordinated biological, ecological, conservation and community-based studies with local
and international collaborators, mostly in East Kalimantan and West Papua. Additional emphases have been
reduced impact logging, integrating wildlife conservation in forestry practice, forest fires, and forest dynamics.
Supervision of young scientists was a major component. Funders included ITTO, EC, World Bank, SDC
(Swiss Development Corporation), MacArthur and UNESCO.
Consultancies
Since 1992
Include: 2009 Mid Term Review Team Leader for UNDP/GEF's Conservation of Biological Diversity Through
Improved Forest Planning Tools project in Malaysia; assessing logging and conservation in Guyana (for IUCN
and ITTO); the development of monitoring methods for the Semuliki and Kibale National Parks (for Uganda
Wildlife Authority and IUCN), Uganda. Methods design and supervision for Biodiversity Inventory of Mt Elgon
for IUCN.; review of WCS/CARE (SUBIR) research options in forestry and conservation in Esmeraldas
Province, Ecuador.; wrote ‘Managed Forests’ section for WCMC’s Resource Directory on Biodiversity
Information Management.; member of CIFOR’s rapid biodiversity survey, Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia; review
of the role of ‘benchmark sites’ in CIFOR’s Global research strategy (last two before I worked full-time for
CIFOR) Also: Tropical Biology Association course teacher, Kibale, Uganda. Ground truthing for ecological
mapping, for Makerere University-UWA, Murchison Falls, Uganda.
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Citation summary (Harzing’s Publish or Perish 8/06/2011): 2566 citations, 5 papers > 100, h-index = 27.
Curriculum Vitae: Douglas Sheil
Makarieva, A.M., Gorshkov V.G., Sheil, D., Nobre A.D., and Li, B.-L. (submitted) Where do winds come from? A new
theory on how water vapor condensation influences atmospheric pressure and dynamics. Atmospheric Chemistry and
Physics. (with online review and discussion) R
Putz, F. et al. (submitted) Sustaining the conservation values of logged and managed tropical forests. Conservation Letters.
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Sheil, D. & Salim, A (submitted) Diversity of useful wild-plant species across a tropical rain forest landscape as a function of
species richness and informant culture. R
Boissière , M., Sheil, D. & Basuki, I. (submitted) A booming trade? War scrap and its impact on livelihoods and forest
degradation in Vietnam. R
Basuki, I., Sheil, D., Padmanaba, M., Liswanti, N., Mulcahy, G. & Wan, M. (submitted) A decade of change in livelihoods
and the role of tropical production forests, in Indonesia. Growth and Change Journal. R
Sheil, D. & Padmanaba, M. (submitted) Of Cecropia, snarks and boojums. Plant Ecology & Diversity. R
Wood, P., Sheil, D., Syaf,R. & Warta, Z. (submitted) The impact of village conservation agreements around Kerinci Seblat
National Park, Indonesia. Society and Natural Resources. R
Twongyirwe, R., Sheil, D.,Majaliwa, J.G.M., Ebanyat, P., Tenywa, M. M., van Heist, M. & Kumar, L. (submitted) How do soil
organic carbon stocks vary within forest and following conversion to other land uses? A study in an afromontane
landscape. African Journal of Ecology. R
Meijaard, E., Slik, F. & Sheil, D. (submitted) How to protect what you cannot identify? Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment. R
Padmanaba, M. et al. (submitted) Accessing local knowledge to identify where species of global conservation concern
occur in a tropical forest landscape. Tropical Conservation. R
Setyawati, T. Read, S., Coulson, G. & Sheil, D. (submitted) Diet of bearded pig (Sus barbatus barbatus) in lowland
dipterocarp forest of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. R
Ahumada, J.A., Gajapersad, F.K., Hallam, C., Hurtado, J., Martin, E., McWilliam, A., Mugerwa, B., O'Brien, T., Rovero, F.,
Sheil, D., Spironello, W., Winarni, N. & Andelman, S.J. (in press) Community structure and diversity of tropical forest
mammals: data from a global camera trap network. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. R
Slik, F. et al. [30 authors] (in press) Soils on exposed Sunda Shelf shaped biogeographic patterns in the equatorial forests of
Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. R
Meijaard, E. & Sheil, D. (in press) Oil palm plantations in the context of biodiversity conservation. Chapter 340.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd edition. Editor Karieva, P. T
Sheil, D. (in press) A truly colourful inter‐continental tropical kaleidoscope – book review of Corlett, R.T. & Primack, R.B.
Tropical Rain Forests – An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison (second edition). Frontiers of Biogeography 3.1:
24-25. T
Rist, L., Shanley, P., Sunderland, T., Sheil, D., Ndoye, O., Liswanti N. & Tieguhong, J. (in press) The impacts of selective
timber harvest on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance. Forest Ecology and Management. R
Pfund, J-L , Watts, J.D., Boissière, M., Boucard, A., Bullock, R.M., Ekadinata, A., Dewi, S., Feintrenie, L., Levang, P.,
Rantala, S., Sheil, D., Sunderland, T.C.H. & Urech, Z.L. (in press) Local perceptions of trees and forests in increasingly
globalized tropical landscapes. Environmental Management. R
Liswanti, N., Sheil, D. et al. (in press) Falling back on forests: How forest dwelling people cope with catastrophe in a
changing landscape . International Forestry Review. R
Ladd, B., Laffan, S.W., Amelung, W., Peri, P.L., Sheil ,D., Silva, L.C.R., Gervassi, P., Bonser, S.P. & Navall, M. (in press)
Estimating soil carbon in forest and woodland ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography. R
Babweteera, F. Sheil, D. et al. (in press) Budongo Forest. Chapter in (provisional) Changes in the Protected Areas of the
Albertine Rift. Edited by Plumptre, A. T
Sheil, D. & Padmanaba, M. (in press) Innocent invaders? A preliminary assessment of Cecropia, an American tree, In
Java. Plant Ecology & Diversity. R
Meijaard, E. & Sheil, D. & (in press) A modest proposal for wealthy countries to reforest their land for the common good.
Biotropica. R
Guariguata, M., García-Fernández, C., Nasi, R., Sheil, D., Herrero-Jáuregui, C., Cronkleton, P., Ndoye, O. & Ingram, V. (in
press) In Non-timber Forest Products in the Global Context (Tropical Forestry Series) Ed. by S. Shackleton, D. Mitchell,
C. Shackleton, B. Campbell, P. Shanley. Springer. R
Sheil, D. (in press) An encounter with an African Golden cat Caracal aurata: one of the World’s least known felids. African
Journal of Ecology. R
Kettle, C.J et al. [26 authors] (2011) Seeing the fruit for the trees in Borneo. Conservation Letters, 4; 184–191. R
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Parmentier, I., Harrigan, R. J., Buermann, W., Mitchard, E. T. A., Saatchi, S., Malhi, Y., Bongers, F., Hawthorne, W. D.,
Leal, M. E., Lewis, S. L., Nusbaumer, L., Sheil, D., Sosef, M. S. M., Affum-Baffoe, K., Bakayoko, A., Chuyong, G. B.,
Chatelain, C., Comiskey, J. A., Dauby, G., Doucet, J.-L., Fauset, S., Gautier, L., Gillet, J.-F., Kenfack, D., Kouamé, F. N.,
Kouassi, E. K., Kouka, L. A., Parren, M. P. E., Peh, K. S. H., Reitsma, J. M., Senterre, B., Sonké, B., Sunderland, T. C.
H., Swaine, M. D., Tchouto, M. G. P., Thomas, D., van Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. & Hardy, O. J. (2011) Predicting alpha
diversity of African rain forests: models based on climate and satellite-derived data do not perform better than a purely
spatial model. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (6): 1164-1176 R
Guariguata, M.R., Sheil, D. & Murdiyarso, D. (2011) “Linguistic injustice” is not black and white. Correspondence. Trends in
Ecology and Evolution, 26 (2): 58-59 .R
Twongyirwe, R., Majaliwa, J.G.M.,Ebanyat, P., Tenywa, M.M., Sheil, D., van Heist, M., Oluka, M. & Kumar, L. (2011)
Dynamics of forest cover conversion in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest, Southwestern Uganda. Journal of
Applied Science and Environmental Management, 15 (1): 189 – 195. T
Olupot, W. & Sheil, D. (2011) A preliminary assessment of large mammal and bird use of different habitats in Bwindi
Impenetrable National Park. African Journal of Ecology, 49 (1): 21-30. R
Kettle, C.J et al. (2010) Mass fruiting in Borneo: a missed opportunity? [letter] Science. 330:584 T
Zagt, R., Sheil, D. & Putz, F. (2010) Biodiversity conservation in certified forests: an overview. Pages v-xviii in European
Tropical Forest Research Net work. Newsletter No. 51. T
Sheil, D., Putz, F. & Zagt, R. Eds. (2010) Biodiversity conservation in certified forests. European Tropical Forest Research
Network. Newsletter, No. 51. T
Boissière, M., Sassen, M., Sheil, D., et al. (2010) What can we learn from the MLA surveys? A comparison of 10 case
studies. Pages 113-141 in Taking Stock of Nature. Edited by A.Lawrence. Cambridge University Press, UK. R
van Heist, M., Sheil, D., Rachman, I. & Gusbager, P. (2010) The forests and related vegetation of Kwerba, on the Foja
Foothills, Mamberamo, Papua (Indonesian New Guinea). Blumea, 55, 2010: 153–161 R
Sheil, D. & Meijaard, E. (2010) Purity and prejudice: deluding ourselves about biodiversity conservation. Biotropica, 42(5):
566–568 R
Scholte, P., Rugyerinyange, L., Bizimungu, F., Ruzigandekwe, F., Chao, N., Mulindahabi, F., Ntare, N., Babaasa, D., Sheil,
D., Fimbel, R., Fischer, E., Gapusi, J., Kaplin, B. (2010) Reaching consensus: impact of the liana Sericostachys
scandens on forest dynamics in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Oryx, 44(3), 325–326
Sheil, D., Kartawinata, K.., Samsoedin I., Priyadi, H. & Afriastini. J.J. (2010) The lowland forest tree community in Malinau,
Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo): results from a one-hectare plot. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 3(1): 59–66 R
Ghazoul, J. & Sheil, D. (2010) Tropical Rain Forests: Ecology Diversity and Conservation. Oxford University Press. UK. P
Guariguata, M., García-Fernández, C., Sheil, D., Nasi, R., Herrero-Jáuregui, C., Cronkleton, P. & Ingram, V. (2010)
Compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product management in natural tropical forests: perspectives, challenges,
and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management, 259: 237–245 R
Slik, J.W.F. et al. (2010) Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density
gradients in Borneo’s tropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19, 50–60.
Brooks, T.M., Wright, S.J. & Sheil, D. (2009) Evaluating the success of conservation actions in safeguarding tropical forest
biodiversity. Conservation Biology, 23(6): 1448–1457 R
Chazdon, R.L., Peres, C.A., Dent, D., Sheil, D., Lugo, A.E., Lamb, D., Stork, N.E. & Miller, S. (2009) The potential for
species conservation in tropical secondary forests. Conservation Biology, 23(6): 1406–1417. R
Guariguata, M.R., Fernández, C.G., Nasi, R, Sheil, D, Jáuregui, C.H., Cronkleton, P, Ndoye, O, Ingram, V. (2009) Hacia un
manejo múltiple en bosques tropicales: Consideraciones sobre la compatibilidad del manejo de madera y productos
forestales no maderables. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. T
Venter, O., Meijaard, E., Possingham, H., Denis, R., Sheil, D., Wich, S. and Wilson, K. (2009) Carbon payments as a
safeguard for threatened tropical mammals. Conservation Letters, 1–7 [online]. R
Bongers, F., Poorter, L., Hawthorne, W.D. & Sheil, D. (2009) The intermediate disturbance hypothesis applies to tropical
forests, but disturbance contributes little to tree diversity. Ecology Letters, 12. R
Sheil, D., Casson, C.,Meijaard, E., van Noordwijk, M., Gaskell, J., Sunderland-Groves, J., Wertz, K. & Kanninen, M. (2009)
The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know?
Occasional paper no. 51. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. R
Sheil, D.,van Heist, M..,Liswanti, N.; Basuki, I. & Wan, M. (2009) Keanekaragaman Hayati, Lansekap dan Sumber
Penghidupan: Sebuah perspektif lokal. Pages 57-83 In : Moeliono, M.; Wollenberg, E; Limberg, G.; eds. Desentralisasi
tata kelola hutan: politik, ekonomi dan perjuangan untuk menguasai hutan di Kalimantan, Indonesia. 284p. Center for
International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. ISBN: 978-979-1412-85-8.
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Boissière , M., Sheil, D., Basuki, I. & Wan, M. & Hien Le (2009) Can engaging local people’s interests reduce forest
degradation in Central Vietnam? Biodiversity and Conservation, 18(10): 2743-2757. R
Wollenberg, E., Campbell, B., Dounias, E., Gunarso, P., Moeliono, M. & Sheil, D. (2009) Interactive land use planning in
Indonesian rainforest landscapes - Reconnecting plans to practice. Ecology and Society. Ecology and Society, 14(1): 35.
[online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art35/ R
Sheil. D. & Murdiyarso, D. (2009) How forests attract rain: an examination of a new hypothesis. Bioscience, 59: 341–347. R
Lewis, S.L., et al. [33 authors] (2009) Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. Nature, 457: 1003-1006. R
Slik, J.W.F., Raes, N., Aiba,S-I., Brearley, F.Q. Cannon, C.H., Meijaard, E., Nagamasu, H., Nilus, R., Paoli, G., Poulsen,
A.D., Sheil, D., Suzuki, E., Van Valkenburg J.L.C.H., Webb, C.O., Wilkie, P. & Wulffraat, S. (2009) Environmental
correlates for tropical tree diversity and distribution patterns in Borneo Diversity and Distributions, 15: 523–532. R
Slik., J.W.F., Bernard C.S., Breman, F.C., van Beek, M., Salim, A. & Sheil, D. (2008) Wood density as a conservation tool:
quantification of disturbance and identification of conservation priority areas in tropical forests. Conservation Biology, 22
(5):1299-1308 R
Murdiyarso, D., Lasco, R.D., Sheil, D., Wasrin, U.R., van Noordwijk M. & Meijaard E. (2008) Land transformation and its
consequences. 135-146. in: Lebel, L., Snidvongs, A., Chen, C-T. A. & Daniel, R. 2009. (Eds.) Critical States:
Environmental Challenges to Development in Monsoon Southeast Asia. SIRD, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. R
Sheil, D., van Heist, M., Liswanti, N., Basuki, I. & Wan, M. (2008) Biodiversity, landscapes and livelihoods: a local
perspective. In: Moeliono, M, Wollenberg, E., Limberg, G, eds. The decentralization of forest governance: politics,
economics and the fight for control of forest in Indonesian Borneo.:61-90. Earthscan. ISBN: 978-1-84407-586-7. R
Levang, P., Sheil, D. & Kanninen, M. (2008) Le palmier à huile, Dr Jekill pour l’énergie, Mr Hyde pour la biodiversité. Liaison
Énergie Francophone Numéro Spécial:26-31. (paper given at the IUCN World Congress Barcelona). R
van Heist, M., Sheil, D., Bitariho, R. & Kasangaki, A. (2008) Financing forest conservation in Uganda. ETFRN News, 49:
112-120. P
Sheil, D., Wunder, S., Jansen, P., Bongers, F. & Dudley, R. (2008) Hope for Bohemian ecologists – comments on “A
possible role of social activity to explain differences in publication output among ecologists?” by Tomáš Grim, Oikos
2008. Web Ecology, 8: 103-105. R
Dudley, R.G., Sheil, D. & Colfer C.J.P. (2008) Simulating oil palm expansion requires credible approaches which address
real issues. Ecology and Society, 13(1): r1. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/resp1/. R
Poorter, L., Hawthorne, W., Bongers, F. & Sheil, D. (2008) Maximum size distributions in tropical forest communities;
relationships with rainfall and disturbance. Journal of Ecology, 96 : 495–504. R
Putz, F.E., Zuidema, P.A., Pinard, M.A., Boot, R.G.A., Sayer, J.A., Sheil, D., Sist, P. & Vanclay J.K. (2008) Improved tropical
forest management for carbon retention. PLoS Biology, /journal.pbio.0060166. R
Meijaard, E. & Sheil, D. (2008) Cuddly animals don’t persuade poor people to back conservation. Nature, 454: 159. P
Meijaard, E. & Sheil, D. (2008) The persistence and conservation of Borneo's mammals in lowland rain forests managed
for timber: observations, overviews and opportunities. Ecological Research, 23: 21–34. R
Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., Marshall, A.J. & Nasi, R. (2008) Phylogenetic age is positively correlated with sensitivity to timber
harvest in bornean mammals. Biotropica, 40: 76-85. R
Sheil, D. & Meijaard, E. (2007) It’ll take more than research. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 38:4,75-77. P
Vermeulen, S. & Sheil, D. (2007) The possibility of common ground: a reply to Mavhunga and Robinson. Oryx, 41(4): 445–
446. R
Vermeulen, S. & Sheil, D. (2007) Partnerships for tropical conservation. Oryx, 41(4): 434–440. R
Cunliffe, R., Lynam, T., Sheil, D., Wan, M., Salim, A., Basuki, I.& Priyadi H. (2007) Developing a predictive understanding of
landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo. Ambio, 36: 593-599. R
Gustafsson, L., Nasi, R., Dennis, R., Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Sheil, D., Meijaard, E., Dykstra, D., Priyadi, H., Pham Quang
Thu (2007) Logging for the ark: Improving the conservation value of production forests in South East Asia. CIFOR
Occasional paper 48. CIFOR, Bogor. P
Sheil, D. & Meijaard, E. (2007) Science key to better environmental decisions (opinion piece) Jakarta Post on July 30. P
Meijaard, E. & Sheil, D. (2007) Is wildlife research useful for wildlife conservation in the tropics? A review for Borneo with
global implications. Biodiversity & Conservation, 16:3053–3065. R
Basuki, I. & Sheil, D. (2007) Understanding local perceptions of landscapes and natural resources: An interdisciplinary
approach with possible application to fire management Pages 32-34. Workshop Proceedings--Forest Fires in India,
February 19th to 23rd, 2007, Pillar Human Resource Development Centre, Madurai, India —Edited by Jo. Schmerbeck,
A. Hiremath, and C. Ravichandran. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore, India. P
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Kaimowitz, D. & Sheil, D. (2007) Conserving what and for whom? Why conservation should help to meet basic human
needs in the tropics Biotropica, 39(5): 567–574 2007. R
Parmentier, I. et al. [37 authors] (2007) The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree α -diversity of African rain
forests relative to Amazonian rain forests? Journal of Ecology, 95:1058–1071. R
Padmanaba, M. & Sheil, D. (2007) Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical
forest landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16(1): 1137-1151. R
Meijaard, E. & Sheil, D. (2007) A logged forest in Borneo is better than none at all. (correspondence) Nature, 446: 974. P
Sheil, D. & Meijaard, E. (2007) Kehidupan setelah pembalakan: merekonsiliasi pelestarian satwa dengan produksi
kehutanan di Kalimantan. Agro Observer, April: 58. P
Sheil, D. (2007) Letter - On the greenhouse effect Jakarta Post, March 12. P
Colfer, C.J.P., Sheil, D., Kishi, M. (2007) How do forests influence human health? ‘id21’ Natural Resources HighlightsForestry (March) 4:1. P
Lynam, T., de Jong, W., Sheil, D., Kusumanto, Y. & Evans, K. (2007) A review of tools for incorporating community
knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management. Ecology and Society 12
(1): 5. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art5/. R
Lynam, T., Cunliffe, R., Sheil,D., Wan, M., Salim, A., Priyadi H. & Basuki, I. (2007) Livelihoods, land types and the
importance of ecosystem goods and services: Developing a predictive understanding of landscape valuation by the
Punan Pelancau people of East Kalimantan. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor Indonesia. 38
pp. T
Boissière , M., van Heist, M., Sheil, D. and 14 others (2006) Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah
aliran Sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi. Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology, 1(2): 76 – 95. R
Colfer, C., Sheil, D. Kaimowitz, D. & Kishi, M. (2006) Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections.
Unasylva, 224: 3-10. R
Evans, K., de Jong, W., Cronkleton, P., Sheil, D., Lynam, T., Kusumanto, Y. & Colfer, C.J.P. (2006) Guide to Participatory
Tools for Forest Communities. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor Indonesia. 38 pp. T
Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., Nasi, R., Stanley, S.E. (2006) Wildlife conservation in Bornean timber concessions. Ecology and
Society, 11(1): 47, (11p.) [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art47/. R
Colfer, C.J.P., Sheil, D., Kishi, M. (2006) Forests and human health: assessing the evidence. Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. CIFOR Occasional Paper, no.45. 111p. R
Sheil, D., Salim, A., Chave, J., Vanclay, J. & Hawthorne, W. (2006) Illumination-size relationships of coexisting tropical forest
trees. Journal of Ecology, 94: 494–507. R
Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., Nasi, R., Augeri, D., Rosenbaum, B., Iskandar, D., Setyawati, T., Lammertink, A., Rachmatika, I.,
Wong, A., Soehartono, T., Stanley, S. Gunawan, T. & O ’Brien, T. (2006) Hutan pasca pemanenan: melindungi satwa
liar dalam kegiatan hutan produksi di Kalimantan. CIFOR, ITTO and UNESCO, Bogor, Indonesia. T
Boissière, M., Basuki, I., Koponen, P., Wan, M., Sheil, D. (2006) Biodiversity and local perceptions on the edge of a
conservation area, Khe Tran Village, Vietnam. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
106p. ISBN: 979-24-4642-7. T
Sheil, D. (2006) Villagers: villains or allies in forest biodiversity conservation? Do local people help or hinder conservation?
Arborvitae, 30:12. P
Sheil, D. & Liswanti, N. (2006) Scoring the importance of tropical forest landscapes with local people: patterns and insight.
Environmental Management, 38: 126-136. R
Sheil, D. & Boissière, M. (2006) Local people may be the best allies in conservation. Nature, 440: 868. P
Sheil, D., R. Puri, M. Wan, I. Basuki, M. van Heist, N. Liswanti, Rukmiyati, Rachmatika I. & Samsoedin I. (2006) Local
people's priorities for biodiversity: examples from the forests of Indonesian Borneo. Ambio, 35: 17-24. R
Kartawinata, K., Priyadi, H., Sheil, D., Riswan, S., Sist, P. & Machfudh (2006) A field guide to the permanent sample plots in
the conventional logging blocks 28 & 29 at CIFOR Malinau research forest East Kalimantan. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
113p. T
Kartawinata, K., Priyadi, H., Sheil, D., Riswan, S., Sist, P. & Machfudh (2006) A field guide to the permanent sample plots in
the reduced-impact logging block 27 at CIFOR Malinau research forest East Kalimantan. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
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Priyadi, H., Sheil, D., Kartawinata, K, Sist, P., Gunarso, P. & Kanninen, M. (2006) Tree growth and forest regeneration
under different logging treatments in permanent sample plots of a hill mixed dipterocarps forest, Malinau Research
Forest, Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In: Priyadi, H., Gunarso, P., Kanninen, M. (eds.) Permanent sample plots:
more than just forest data. Proceedings of International Workshop on Promoting Permanent Sample Plots in Asia and
the Pacific Region, Bogor, Indonesia, 3-5 August 2005: 47-69. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
Bogor, Indonesia. T
Rachmatika, I., Nasi, R., Sheil, D. & Wan, M. (2005) A First Look at the Fish Species of the Middle Malinau: taxonomy,
ecology, vulnerability and importance. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
<http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/scripts/newscripts/publications/detail.asp?pid=1813> T
Sheil, D. (2005) Tropical trails and forest tales. (Book review) Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present and Future edited by
Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick and Craig Moritz. University of Chicago Press, 2005. Trends in Ecology
and Evolution, 20, 285-286. P
Szaro, R.C. Anglestrom, P. & Sheil, D. (2005) New challenges for forest management. pages 31-46 in: Sayer, J. &
Maginnis, S. Eds Forests in Landscapes: Ecosystem approaches to sustainability: IUCN, Cambridge and Earthscan
London. R
Sheil, D. & Meijaard, E. (2005) Life after logging: How to reconcile wildlife conservation and production forestry in Indonesian
Borneo, Tropical Forest Update, 15: 12-15. http://www.itto.int/tfu/id=10060000 P/T
Sheil, D. & Basuki, I. (2005) Future rides on land use. Editorial Jakarta Post, 30 March. P
Meijaard, E., Sheil, D,. Nasi, R., Augeri, D., Rosenbaum, B., Iskandar, D., Setyawati, T., Lammertink, A., Rachmatika, I.,
Wong, A., Soehartono, T., Stanley, S. & O'Brien, T (2005) Life after logging: reconciling wildlife conservation and
production forestry in Indonesian Borneo. CIFOR, Bogor (with UNESCO) (Indonesian language version in prep.)
(http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/scripts/newscripts/publications/detail.asp?pid=1663) T
Basuki, I. & Sheil, D. (2005) Local Perspectives of Forest Landscapes: A Preliminary Evaluation of Land and Soils, and their
Importance in Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. T
van Nieuwstadt, M.G.L. & Sheil, D. (2005) Drought, fire and tree survival in a Borneo rain forest, East Kalimantan,
Indonesia. Journal of Ecology, 93: 191-201. R
Wollenberg, E.,Belcher, B., Sheil, D., Dewi, S. & Moeliono, M. (2004) Why are forest areas relevant to reducing poverty in
Indonesia? CIFOR Governance Brief No. 4. P
Wollenberg, E., Belcher, B., Sheil, D., Dewi, S., Moeliono, M. (2004) Mengapa kawasan hutan penting bagi
penanggulangan kemiskinan di Indonesia? CIFOR Governance Brief. No.4. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. P
Sheil, D. & Basuki, I. (2004) Mengalahkan Perjudian dalam Penggunaan Lahan. Tribun Kaltim (Ulin), December 30. P
(Newspaper)
Liswanti, N. Indrawan, A., Sumardjo & Sheil, D. (2004) Persepsi masyarakat dayak Merap dan Punan tentang pentingnya
hutan di lansekap hutan tropis, Kapupaten Malinau, Kalimantan Timur. Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 10: 1-13. R
Sheil, D. & Salim, A. (2004) Forest trees, elephants, stem scars and persistence. Biotropica, 36: 505-521. R
Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.P., Sheil, D., Vinceti, B., Baker, T., Brown, S., Graham, A.W., Hilbert, D.W., Laurance, W., Lejoly, J.,
Malhi, Y., Monteagudo, A., Nũńez Vargas, P., Sonké, B., Terborgh, J. & Vásquez R.M. (2004) Tropical forest tree
mortality, recruitment and turnover rates: calculation, interpretation, and comparison when census intervals vary. Journal
of Ecology, 92: 929–944. R
Lead author of: CIFOR, CI-Papua, LIPI, 18 Papua-based Trainees, and the people of Papasena-I & Kwerba (2004)
Building Capacity for Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment in Papua: three phases of training and pilot assessments
in the Mamberamo Basin. Project Report. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. T
Sheil, D. (2004) Conservation priorities and conservation distractions. Living Forests–A magazine for biodiversity
conservation in South China (in Chinese and English) 8: 22-23. P
Meijaard, E., Sheil, D., Rosenbaum, B., Iskandar, D., Augeri, D., Setyawati, T., Duckworth, W., Lammertink, M.J.,
Rachmatika, I. & O’Brien, T. 2004. How to make wildlife conservation more compatible with production forestry: a case
study from Kalimantan. Invited Conference paper BBEC Sabah. T
Sheil, D. & Lawrence, A. (2004) Tropical biologists, local people and conservation: new opportunities for collaboration.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19: 634-638. R
Sheil, D. Puri, R., Basuki, I., van Heist, M., Wan, M., Liswanti, N., Rukmiyati, Sardjono, M.A., Samsoedin, I., Sidiyasa, K.,
Chrisandini, Permana, E., Angi, E.M., Gatzweiler, F., Johnson, B. and Wijaya, A. (2004 ***) Exploring Biological Diversity,
Environment and Local People’s Perspectives in Forest Landscapes. Center for International for Forestry Research,
Ministry of Forestry and International Tropical Timber Organization, Bogor, Indonesia. Revised and Updated Edition.
***Also in Indonesian (2003) Spanish (2004), French (2004) T
Sheil, D., Nasi, R. & Johnson, B. (2004) Ecological criteria and indicators for tropical forest-landscapes: challenges in the
search for progress. Ecology and Society, 9(1):7 http: //www.ecologyand society.org/vol9/iss1/art7. R
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Sist, P., Fimbel, R., Sheil, D., Nasi, R. & Chevallier, M-H. (2003) Towards sustainable management of mixed dipterocarp
forests of Southeast Asia: moving beyond minimum diameter cutting limits. Environmental Conservation, 30:364-374. R
Sheil, D. (2003) Growth assessment in tropical trees: large daily diameter fluctuations and their concealment by
dendrometer bands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33:2027–2035. R
Sheil, D (2003) Conservation priorities in Indonesia and the value of tropical forests to the people who live there.
Environmental Review, 10(7): 6-14 - www.environmentalreview.org/ &
http://www.environmentalreview.org/vol10/Vol10No7.pdf. P
Rainforest Alliance and ProForest (with 18 authors listed alphabetically) (2003) Identifying, Managing, and Monitoring High
Conservation Value Forests in Indonesia: A Toolkit for Forest Managers and other Stakeholders Version 1 August 2003
Rainforest Alliance, New York, USA. (technical guide) T
Sheil, D., Liswanti, N.,Basuki, I., Wan, M., van Heist, M., Samsoedin, I., Kartawinata, K., Rukmiyati, Agung, M. (2003)
Prioritas lokal dan keanekaragaman hayati dalam lansekap hutan: apa yang penting menurut masyarakat? Jurnal
Hutan Indonesia (Indonesia Forest Journal) Edisi Agustus (August)—4 page pull out special, and cover story. P
Sheil, D., Ducey, M.J., Sidiyasa, K., Samsoedin, I. (2003) A new type of sample unit for the efficient assessment of diverse
tree communities in complex forest landscapes. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 15:117-135. R
Sheil, D., Liswanti, N., van Heist, M., Basuki, I., Syaefuddin, Samsoedin, I., Rukmiyati, Agung, M. (2003) Local priorities and
biodiversity in tropical forest landscapes: asking people what matters. Tropical Forest Update, 13:1.
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=245. T
Sheil, D. (2003) Observations of long-term change in an African rain forest. In Long-Term Changes in Tropical Tree
Diversity as a Result of Natural and Man Made Disturbances: Studies from the Guiana Shield, Africa, Borneo and
Melanesia (Ed. Hans ter Steege), pp. 37-59, Tropenbos Series 22, Wageningen, the Netherlands. R
Sist, P., Sheil, D., Kartawinata, K. & Priyadi, H. (2003) Reduced-impact logging in Indonesian Borneo: some results
confirming the need for new silvicultural prescriptions. Forest Ecology and Management, 179:415-427. R
Sheil, D. & Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2003) Disturbing hypotheses in tropical forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18:18-26.
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van Nieuwstadt, M.G.L., Kartawinata, K. & Sheil, D. (2002) Konsekuensi ekologis pembalakan dalam kawasan hutan yang
terbakar di Kalimantan Timur. Jurnal Hutan Indonesia (Indonesia Forest Journal), Edisi Perdana Agustus (August):1-4.
P
Sheil, D., Liswanti, N., van Heist, M., Basuki, I., Syaefuddin, Nasi, R. Samsoedin, I., Rukmiyati, Agung, M. (2002) Local
priorities and biodiversity in tropical forest landscapes: asking people what really matters. Special CIFOR information
brief. T
Sheil, D. (2002) Exploring community priorities in tropical forest landscapes. ETFRN NEWS 36. http:
//www.etfrn.org/etfrn/newsletter/news36. P
Sheil, D. & Wunder, S. (2002) The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats and cautions.
Conservation Ecology. 6(2):9. http: //www.consecol.org/vol6/iss2/art9. R
Priyadi, H., Kartawinata, K., Sheil, D. & Sist, P. (2002) Monitoring permanent sample plots (PSPs) after conventional and
reduced-impact logging in The Bulungan Research Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Paper presented in the
International workshop on growth and yield of managed tropical forest 25-29 June 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(Proceedings to be published) T
Sheil, D. & Nasi, R. (2002) Recherche et conservation: réalités, priorités et distractions. Canopée. T
Prabhu, R., Mendoza, G., Purnomo, H., McDougall, C., Hartanto, H., Colfer, C., Sheil, D., Applegate, G. & Haggith, M.
2002. Tools of the Trade: Improving the Technical Basis for Adaptive Co-Management of Community Forestry. 2002.
ADB report Volume 3, CIFOR, Bogor.T
Sheil, D. (2002) Why doesn’t biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics? Unasylva, 209:50-55.
http: //www.fao.org/forestry/foris. T
Sheil, D. & Ducey, M. (2002) An extreme-value approach to detect clumping and an application to tropical forest gapmosaic dynamics. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 18:671-686. R
Sheil, D., Puri, R.K., Basuki, I., van Heist, M., Syaefuddin, Rukmiyati, Sardjono, M.A., Samsoedin, I., Sidiyasa, K.,
Chrisandini, Permana, E., Angi, E.M., Gatzweiler, F., Wijaya, A. & Johnson, B. with help from the people of Paya
Seturan, Long Lake, Rian, Langap, Laban Nyarit, Long Jalan, Lio Mutai & Gong Solok (2002) Exploring Biological
Diversity, Environment and Local People’s Perspectives in Forest Landscapes. Center for International for Forestry
Research, Ministry of Forestry and International Tropical Timber Organization, Bogor, Indonesia. T
Sheil, D. (2002) Biodiversity research in Malinau, - Chapter 5 (pp. 58 -107) in CIFOR & ITTO. Technical Report, Phase I
(1997-2001) Forest, science and sustainability: The Bulungan Model Forest. ITTO Project PD 12/97 Rev.1 (F) CIFOR,
MOF and ITTO Bogor, Indonesia. http: //www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/index.htm. T
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Second author on chapters 1, 2, 4 & 8 in CIFOR & ITTO (2002) Technical Report, Phase I (1997-2001) Forest, science
and sustainability: The Bulungan Model Forest. ITTO Project PD 12/97 Rev.1 (F) CIFOR, MOF and ITTO Bogor,
Indonesia. T
Syaefuddin & Sheil, D. (2002) The Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessments (MLA) – explorasi keaneka ragaman hayati
dan persepsi masyarakat lokal terhadap bentang lahan (lansekap) hutan: metode penelitian etnobotani di Malinau
makalah yang disampaikan pada Workshop Nasional Metode Penelitian Partisipatif, 2002. T
Sheil, D. (2001) Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance. Plant
Ecology, 155(2):183-199. R
van Nieuwstadt, M.G.L., Sheil, D. & Kartawinata, K. (2001) The ecological consequences of logging in the burned forests of
East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Conservation Biology, 15(4):1183-1186. R
Sheil, D. (2001) Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics – realities, priorities and distractions. Conservation
Biology, 15(4):1179-1182. R
Sheil, D. & van Heist, M. (2000) Ecology for tropical forest management. International Forestry Review, 2:261-270. R
Sheil, D., Jennings, S.B. & Savill. P. (2000) Long-term permanent plot observations in Budongo, a Ugandan rain-forest.
Journal of Tropical Ecology, 16:865-882. R
Szaro R.C., Sayer J.A., Sheil, D., Snook L., Gillison A. (1999) Biodiversity Conservation in Production Forests. IUFROSPDC, Vienna & CIFOR, Bogor. Discussion Paper commissioned by GEF. T
Sheil, D. (1999) Tropical forest diversity, environmental change and species augmentation: after the intermediate
disturbance hypothesis. Journal of Vegetation Science, 10:851-860. R
van Heist, M. & Sheil, D. (1999) Ecological aspects of tree harvesting: with emphasis on trees and vegetation. Section in an
EU funded report to the Uganda Forest Department (Overall editor Prof. D. Pomeroy) T
Sheil, D., Sayer, J.A. & O’Brien, T. (1999) Tree diversity and conservation in logged rainforest. Science, 284:1587. http:
//www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5420/1587a. R
Sheil, D. (1999, unpublished) Critique for Biodiversity Criteria and Indicators. CIFOR internal document. T
Sheil, D. (1999) Developing tests of successional hypotheses with size-structured populations, and an assessment using
long-term data from a Ugandan rain forest. Plant Ecology, 140(1):117-127. R
Jennings, S.B., Brown, N.D. & Sheil, D. (1999) Assessing forest canopies and understorey illumination: canopy closure,
canopy cover and other measures. Forestry, 72(1):59-73. R
Sheil, D. (1999) A simple graphical method for the comparison of mortality, recruitment and other event-rates. Journal of
Tropical Forest Science, 11(1):323-325. R
CIFOR et al (Multi-authored report) (1998) World Heritage Forests: the World Heritage Convention as a mechanism for
conserving tropical forest biodiversity. CIFOR, the Government of Indonesia and UNESCO. T
Sheil, D. (1998) Hollywood misrepresents a familiar rare plant. Plant Talk:15, 5. P
Sheil, D. (1998) A half century of permanent plot observation in Budongo Forest, Uganda: histories, highlights and
hypotheses. In: Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling: Conceptual background and Old World case
studies (Proceedings from the 1995 Smithsonian MAB Washington Symposium, Eds. F.Dallmeier & J.A. Comiskey),
pp. 399-428, M.A.B. UNESCO, Paris. R
Sheil, D. (1997) Questions and opportunities in long-term growth studies: Sixty years in Budongo Forest Uganda. Invited
paper. Pages 17-34 in: IUFRO Conference on Growth Studies in Moist Tropical Forests in Africa, 11-15 November,
1996, Kumasi. Eds. E.G. Foli, J.K. Vanclay, & A.Ofosu-Asiedu. FORIG, Kumasi. R
Sheil, D. (1997) Biometrics and field planning for Biodiversity Assessment. Report for DFID (FRP Project) T
Phillips, O. & Sheil, D. (1997) Cross-Cutting Issues in Biodiversity Assessment. Report for DFID (FRP Project) T
Healey, J., Phillips, O., Hall, J., Sheil, D., Garwood, N., Gillison, A., Kapos, V., Hawthorne, W., Newton, A. & Argent, G.
(1997) Rapid Assessment of Plant Biodiversity – A Discussion Paper. Report for DFID (FRP Project) T
Sheil, D. (1997) Monitoring Options for the Kibale and Semuliki National Parks, Uganda. Consultancy for IUCN. T
Phillips, O. & Sheil, D. (1997) Forest turnover, diversity and CO2. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (10):404. R
Sheil, D. (1997) Long-term growth and rainfall in a Ugandan moist forest: seasonal rhythms and flexing stems.
Commonwealth Forestry Review, 76 (2):121-127. R
Sheil, D. (1997) Further notes on species richness, forest dynamics and sampling - a reply to Phillips et al. Oikos, 79
(1):188-190. R
Sheil, D. (1996) Contributor to the multi-author Manual for Biodiversity Assessment. Department of the Environment,
London. T
Sheil, D. (1996) The Ecology of Long Term Change in a Ugandan Rain Forest. Doctoral Thesis, University of Oxford. T
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Sheil, D. (1996) Species richness, forest dynamics and sampling: questioning cause and effect. Oikos, 76 (3):587-590. R
Sheil, D. & May, R.M. (1996) Mortality and recruitment rate evaluations in heterogeneous tropical forests. Journal of
Ecology, 84:91-100. R
Sheil, D. & Hawthorne, W. (1995) How can ecology contribute to the silviculture of natural tropical high forest and its
regeneration? Reply to Lowe. Commonwealth Forestry Review, 74 (3):181-182. R
Sheil, D. (1995) Sampling and monitoring vegetation: questions, possibilities, and practicalities. Paper presented at Experts
Meeting On Identifying and Monitoring Biodiversity and Its Utilization In Commonwealth Small Island Developing States,
convened in Malta in November 1995, by the Commonwealth Science Council. Widely distributed offprint. T
Sheil, D. (1995) A book review of- Tropical Alpine Environments : Plant Form and Function. (Editors P.W. Rundel, A.P.
Smith & F.C. Meinzer, published in 1994 by C.U.P.) Mountain Research and Development, 15 (1):84-86.T
Sheil, D. (1995) A critique of permanent plot methods and analysis with examples from Budongo Forest, Uganda. Forest
Ecology and Management, 77:11-34. R
Sheil, D. (1995) Evaluating turnover in tropical forests. Science, 268:894. R
Sheil, D., Burslem, D.F.R.P. & Alder, D. (1995) The interpretation and misinterpretation of mortality rate measures. Journal
of Ecology, 83:331-333. R
Sheil, D. (1995) Les plantes envahissantes dans les forets tropicales: une mise en garde du Jardins Botanique d’Amani en
Tanzanie. Trans. M.Delmas. Bulletin de Jardins Botaniques, 30, 20-22. Translation of previous.T
Sheil, D. (1994) Invasive plants in tropical forest - Warnings from the Amani Botanic Gardens, Tanzania. Botanic Gardens
Conservation News, 2 (2):23-24.T
Sheil, D. (1994) Managed Forests - section, as a consultancy document for WCMC’s Resource Directory on Biodiversity
Information Management (1995) executed for UNEP under GEF in support of the Biodiversity Convention. T
Sheil, D. (1991-1994 various) Articles in Miombo the newsletter of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania. P
Sheil, D. (1994) Evaluating the Nature of Long Term Change in Tropical Forests: Lessons from a Half Century of Ugandan
Experience. Invited poster, I.U.F.R.O. Conference: Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate
Forests, Thailand, August 28- Sept. 8, 1994. T
Sheil, D. (1994) Naturalised and invasive plant species in the evergreen forests of the East Usambara Mountains,
Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 32:66-71. R
Sheil, D. (1993) What future for the African violets ?: does the 100 year story of the African violet have lessons for
conservation? Swara, 16(5):18-22. P
Sheil, D. (1992) Mount Elgon Biodiversity Inventory - Phase 1 Field Instructions. Consultancy report to IUCN. pp.35. T
Sheil, D. (1992) Guidelines for the Collection of Plant and Vegetation Data. Widely circulated draft in conjunction with IUCN
and the National Museums of Kenya. T
Sheil, D. (1992) African violets endangered. Gesneriad Journal, 4:1. P
Sheil, D. (1992) The nature of long-term changes in unlogged and logged tropical moist forest in Budongo, Uganda. Invited
abstract and poster - Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa: Local Initiatives and Institutional Roles. National Museums of
Kenya 30 August - 3 September, 1992. T
Sheil, D. (1992) Tanzanian coastal forests: unique, threatened & overlooked. Oryx, 26:107-114. R
Sheil, D. (1990) Preliminary Results of Biological Surveys in Zaraninge (Kiono) and Kierengoma (Matumbi Hills) Coastal
Forests, Tanzania: January to March 1990. Coastal Forest Research Programme Technical Report No.2. Society for
Environmental Exploration, London and University of Dar es Salaam. ISBN 1 873070 01 2. ISSN 0960 -2437. T
Sheil, D. (1989) A Critical Evaluation of British Forestry Costings. Unpublished consultancy report, Oxford Forestry Institute,
UK. T
Haggar, J.P., Clunies-Ross, C. & Sheil, D. (1986) The Report of the Kenya Agricultural-Ecological Research Group.
Unpublished report, Cambridge University, UK. T