Dr Kelvin S.-H. Peh
kp375@cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 336675
Research Interests
My interests range from forest ecology to urban wildlife in respect to diversity and distribution. I am interested in all areas of wildlife-human conflicts and wildlife ecology in human-dominated landscapes, and in the application of my research results to the conservation/management of biological resources.
Currently, I am working on the ecosystem service assessment project to develop and test tools for rapidly assessing the net impact of site-based conservation on the provision of ecosystem services. This project runs in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife International, Anglia Ruskin University and UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
I propose to continue developing the theme of diversity-functioning relationship in the tropics. I plan to initiate new projects that involved large spatial data sets, in Southeast Asia and central Africa where issues such as species habitat loss and environmental degradation are becoming very pressing. My future research plans also include initiating a project to investigate the environmental impact of China’s involvement in Africa. The purpose of this project is to investigate not the political or developmental implications of China’s policies, but their ecological and social-economic consequences on Africa.
Publications
- Peh K.S.-H., Lewis S.L. & Lloyd J. Mechanisms of monodominance in diverse tropical tree-dominated systems. Journal of Ecology – DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01827.x
- Peh K.S.-H., Soh M.C.K., Sodhi N.S., Laurance W.F., Ong D.F. & Clements R. (2011) Up in the clouds: is sustainable use of tropical montane cloud forests possible in Malaysia? BioScience, 61, 27-38.
- Peh K.S.-H., Sonké B, Lloyd J., Séné O., Hermann T. & Lewis S.L. Investigating diversity-dependence in tropical forest litter decomposition: experiments and observations from Central Africa. Journal of Vegetation Science – Provisional acceptance with minor revision.
- Peh K.S.-H., Sonké B., Lloyd J., Quesada C.A. & Lewis S.L. (2011) Soil does not explain monodominance in a Central African tropical forest. PLoS One, 6, e16996.
- Feldpausch T.R, Banin L., Phillips O.L., Baker T.R., Lewis S.L., Quesada C.A., Affum-Baffoe K., Arets E., Berry N., Bird M., Brondizio E.S., de Camargo P., Chave J., Djagbletey G., Domingues T., Drescher M., Fearnside P.M., França M.B., Fyllas N.M., López-Gonzalez G., Hladik A., Higuchi N., Hunter M., Iida Y., Silam K.A., Kassim A.R.B., Keller M., Kemp J., King D., Lovett J.C., Marimon B.S., Marimon-Junior B.H., A. Marshall, Metcalfe D.J., Mitchard E.T.A., Moran E.F., Nelson B.W., Nilus R., Nogueira E.M., de Oliveira E.L., Palace M., Patiño S., Peh K.S.-H., Raventos M.T., Reitsma J.M., G. Saiz, Sonké B., Taedoumg H.E., Tan S., Wöll H., White L., and Lloyd J. Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees. Biogeosciences – In press
- Laurance W.F., Useche D.C., Shoo L.P., Herzog S.K., Kessler M., Escobar F., Brehm G., Axmacher J.C., Chen I.C., Gámez L.A., Hietz P., Fiedler K., Pyrcz T., Wolf J., Merkord C.L., Cardelus C., Marshall A., Ah-Peng C., Aplet G.H., Arizmendi M.D.C., Baker W.J., Barone J., Brühl C.A., Bussmann R.W., Cicuzza D., Eilu G., Favila M.E., Hemp A., Hemp C., Homeier J., Huey R.B., Hurtado J., Jankowski J., Kattán G., Kluge J., Krömer T., Lees D., Lehnert M., Longino J.T., Lovett J., Martin P.H., Patterson B., Pearson R., Peh K.S.-H., Richardson B., Richardson M., Samways M., Senbeta F., Smith T.B., Utteridge T., Watkins J.E., Wilson R., Williams S.E. & Thomas C.D. (2011) Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota. Biological Conservation, 144, 548-557.
- Parmentier I., Harrigan R., Buermann W., Mitchard E., Saatchi S., Malhi Y., Bongers F., Hawthorne W.D., Leal M.E., Lewis S.L., Nusbaumer L., Sheil D., Sosef M.S.M., Bakayoko A., Chuyong G.B., Chatelain C., Comiskey J.A., Dauby G., Doucet J.-L., Gautier L., Gillet J.-F., Kenfack D., Kouamé F.N., Kouassi E.K., Lazare A., Kouka L.A., Parren M.P.E., Peh K.S.-H., Poorter L., Reitsma J.M., Senterre B., Bonaventure Sonké B., Sunderland T.C.H., Mike D. Swaine M.D., Tchouto M.G.P., Thomas D., Van Valkenburg J. & 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02467.x
- Yong D.L., Qie L., Sodhi N.S., Koh L.P., Peh K.S.-H., Lee T.M., Lim H.C. & Lim S.L.-H. (2011) Do insectivorous bird communities decline on land-bridge forest islands in Peninsular Malaysia? Journal of Tropical Ecology, 27, 1-14.
- Peh K.S.-H. (2010) China, India and the environment: bilateral cooperation is not enough. Science, 5983, 1228-1229.
- Peh K.S.-H. (2010) Invasive species in Southeast Asia: the knowledge so far. Biodiversity & Conservation, 19, 1083-1099.
- Peh K.S.-H. (2010) Tropical cash crops could cause environmental crises. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8, 347-348.
- Peh K.S.-H. & Drori O. (2010) Fighting corruption to save the environment: Cameroon’s experience. Ambio, 39: 336-339.
- Peh K.S.-H. & Eyal J. (2010) Unveiling China’s impact on African environment. Energy Policy, 38, 4729-4730.
- Phillips O.L., van der Heijden G., Lewis S.L., López-González G., Aragão L.E.O.C., Lloyd J.J., Malhi Y., Monteagudo A., Almeida S., Dávila E.A., Andelman S., Andrade A., Arroyo L., Aymard G., baker T.R., Blanc L., Bobal D., de Oliveira A.C.A., Chao K.-J. Cardozo N.D., da Costa L., Feldpausch T.R., Fisher J.B., Fylla N.M., Freitas M.A., Galbraith D., Gloor E., Higuchi N., Honorio E., Jiménez E., Keeling H., Killeen T.J., Lovett J., Meir P., B. Casimiro Mendoza, Morel A., Vargas P.N., Patiño S., Peh K.S.-H., Cruz A.P., Prieto A., Quesada C.A., Ramírez F., Ramírez H., Rudas A., Salamão R., Schwarz M., Silva J., Silveira M., Slik J.W.F., Sonké B., Thomas A.S., Stropp J., Taplin J., Vásquez R. & Vilanova E. (2010) Drought-mortality relationships for tropical forests. New Phytologist, 187, 631-646.
- Peh K.S.-H. (2009) The environment and corruption in developing countries. Royal United Services Institute Newsbrief, 29, 24-26 – Invited.
- Bradshaw C.J.A., Brook B.W., Peh K.S.-H. & Sodhi N.S. (2009) Flooding policy makers with evidence to save forests. Ambio, 38, 125-126.
Lewis S.L., López-González G., Sonké B, Affum-Baffoe K., Baker T.R., Ojo L.O., Phillips O.L., Reitsma J.M., White L., Comiskey J.A., Djuikouo K.M.-N., .Ewango C.E.N., Feldpausch T.R., Hamilton A.C., Gloor M., Hart T., Hladik A., Lloyd J., Lovett J.C., Makana J.-R., Malhi Y., Mbago F.M., Ndangalasi H.J., Peacock J., Peh K.S.-H., Sheil D., Sunderland T., Swaine M.D., Taplin J., Taylor D., Thomas S.C., Votere R. & Wöll H. (2009) Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. Nature, 457, 1003-1007. - Peh K.S.-H. (2008) Cameroon’s lessons in conservation for sub-Saharan Africa. BioScience, 58, 678-679.
- Sodhi N.S., Koh L.P., Peh K.S.-H., Tan H.T.W., Chazdon R.L., Corlett R.T., Lee T.M., Colwell R.K., Bradshaw C.J.A., Brook B.W. & Sekercioglu C.H. (2008) Correlates of extinction proness in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions, 14, 1-10.
Bradshaw C.J.A., Sodhi N.S., Peh K.S.-H. & Brook B.W. (2007) Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world. Global Change Biology, 13, 2379-2395. - Parmentier I., Malhi Y., Senterre B., Whittaker R.J., A.T.D.N., Alonso A. , Balinga M.P.B. , Bakayoko A., Bongers F., Chatelain C. , Comiskey J., Cortay R., Djuikouo Kamdem M.-N., Doucet J.-L., Gautier L., Hawthorne W.D., Issembe Y.A., Kouamé F.N. , Kouka L.A., Leal M.E., Lejoly J., Lewis S.L., Nusbaumer L., Parren M., Peh K.S.-H., Phillips O.L., Poorter L., Sheil D., Sonké B., Sosef M.S.M., Sunderland T.C.H., Stropp J., ter Steege H., Swaine M.D., Tchouto M.G.P., van Gemerden B.S., van Valkenburg J.L.C.H. & Wöll H. (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.
- Peh K.S.-H. (2006) Potential effects of climate change on elevational distributions of tropical birds in Southeast Asia. Condor, 109, 437-441.
- Yap C.A.-M., Sodhi N.S. & Peh K.S.-H. (2006) Phenology of tropical birds in Peninsular Malaysia: Effects of selective logging and food resources. Auk, 124, 945-961.
- Peh K.S.-H., Sodhi N.S., de Jong J., Sekercioglu C.H., Yap C.A.-M. & Lim L.H.S. (2006) Conservation value of degraded habitats for forest birds in southern Peninsular Malaysia. Diversity and Distributions, 12, 572-581.
- Peh K.S.-H., de Jong J., Sodhi N.S., Lim L.H.S. & Yap C.A.-M. (2005) Lowland rain forest avifauna and human disturbance: persistence of primary forest birds in selectively logged forests and mixed-rural habitats of southern Peninsular Malaysia. Biological Conservation, 123, 489-505.
- Paperna I., Peh K.S.-H., Martelli P., Koh L.P. & Sodhi N.S. (2004) Factors affecting Sarcocystis infection of rats on small tropical islands. Ecological Research, 19, 475-483.
- Peh K.S.-H. & Chong F.L. (2003) Seed dispersal agents of two Ficus species in a disturbed forest. Ornithological Science, 2, 119-125.
- Sodhi N.S., Peh K.S.-H., Lee T.M., Turner I.M., Tan H.T.W., Prawiradilaga D.W. & Darjono. (2003) Artificial nest and seed predation experiments on tropical southeast Asian islands. Biodiversity and Conservation, 12, 2415-2433.
- Peh K.S.-H. (2002) Roosting behaviour of house crow (Corvus splendens) in relation to environmental variables. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50, 257-262.
- Peh K.S.-H. & Ong L. (2002) A preliminary radio-tracking study of the ranging behaviour of olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) and cream-vented bulbul (P. simplex) in a lowland secondary forest in Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50, 251-256.
- Peh K.S.-H. & Sodhi N.S. (2002) Characteristics of nocturnal roosts of house crows in Singapore. Journal of Wildlife Management, 66, 1128-1133.
- Koh L.P., Sodhi N.S., Tan H.T.W. & Peh K.S.-H. (2002) Factors affecting the distribution of vascular plants, springtails, butterflies and birds on small tropical islands. Journal of Biogeography, 90, 93-108.
Education
2009 - Ph.D. in Biodiversity & Conservation, University of Leeds. Earth and Biosphere Institute.
Attended the ALTER-Net Summer School on “Biodiversity and Ecosystem services: ecological and socio-economic aspects”, Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France.
2003 - MSc in Biodiversity, Uppsala University/Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Participated in tropical biodiversity field course at CATIE, Costa Rica.
2000 - BSc (Hons) in Animal Biology & Botany, National University of Singapore. Participated in the University of Melbourne exchange programme.
