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Professor Jos Barlow

Distinguished Professor of Conservation Science

  1. Published

    Large mammals in an agroforestry mosaic in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Cassano, C. R., Barlow, J. & Pardini, R., 11/2012, In: Biotropica. 44, 6, p. 818-825 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Forest loss or management intensification? identifying causes of mammal decline in cacao agroforests

    Cassano, C. R., Barlow, J. & Pardini, R., 1/01/2014, In: Biological Conservation. 169, p. 14-22 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Spatio-Temporal variation in dry season determines the Amazonian fire calendar

    Carvalho, N. S., Anderson, L. O., Nunes, C. A., Pessôa, A. C. M., Silva Junior, C. H. L., Reis, J. B. C., Shimabukuro, Y. E., Berenguer, E., Barlow, J. & Aragão, L. E. O. C., 6/12/2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 11 p., 125009.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The influence of geology and season on macroinvertebrates in Belizean streams: implications for tropical bioassessment

    Carrie, R., Dobson, M. & Barlow, J., 06/2015, In: Freshwater Science. 34, 2, p. 648-662 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Challenges using extrapolated family-level macroinvertebrate metrics in moderately disturbed tropical streams: a case-study from Belize

    Carrie, R., Dobson, M. & Barlow, J., 06/2017, In: Hydrobiologia. 794, 1, p. 257-271 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions: a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences

    Carmenta, R., Parry, L., Blackburn, A., Vermeylen, S. & Barlow, J., 03/2011, In: Ecology and Society. 16, 1, p. - 22 p., 53.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Shifting cultivation and fire policy: insights from the Brazilian Amazon

    Carmenta, R., Vermeylen, S., Parry, L. & Barlow, J., 08/2013, In: Human Ecology. 41, 4, p. 603-614 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Does the establishment of sustainable use reserves affect fire management in the humid tropics?

    Carmenta, R., Blackburn, A., Davies, G., Lima, A., de Sassi, C., Parry, L. T. W., Tych, W. & Barlow, B. J., 17/02/2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 2, 19 p., e0149292.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Connected Conservation: Rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world

    Carmenta, R., Barlow, J., Bastos Lima, M. G., Berenguer, E., Choiruzzad, S., Estrada-Carmona, N., França, F., Kallis, G., Killick, E., Lees, A., Martin, A., Pascual, U., Pettorelli, N., Reed, J., Rodriguez, I., Steward, A. M., Sunderland, T., Vira, B., Zaehringer, J. G. & Hicks, C., 30/06/2023, In: Biological Conservation. 282, 10 p., 110047.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation

    Carmenta, R., Lima, M. G. B., Choiruzzad, S. A. B., Dawson, N., Estrada-Carmona, N., Hicks, C., Kallis, G., Nana, E., Killick, E., Lees, A., Martin, A., Pascual, U., Pettorelli, N., Reed, J., Turnhout, E., Vira, B., Zaehringer, J. G. & Barlow, J., 30/06/2025, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 74, 101537.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Fire risk perpetuates poverty and fire use among Amazonian smallholders

    Cammelli, F., Garrett, R. D., Barlow, J. & Parry, L., 1/07/2020, In: Global Environmental Change. 63, 10 p., 102096.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Solving environmental problems in the Anthropocene: the need to bring novel theoretical advances into the applied ecology fold

    Cadotte, M. W., Barlow, J., Nunez, M. A., Pettorelli, N. & Stephens, P. A., 02/2017, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 54, 1, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  13. Published

    Threatened birds of the Angolan Central Escarpment: distribution and response to habitat change at Kumbira Forest

    Cáceres, A., Melo, M., Barlow, J., Cardoso, P., Maiato, F. & Mills, M. S. L., 10/2015, In: Oryx. 49, 4, p. 727-734 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Radiotelemetry reveals key data for the conservation of Sheppardia gabela (Rand, 1957) in the Angolan Escarpment forest

    Cáceres, A., Melo, M., Barlow, B. J. & Mills, M. S. L., 09/2016, In: African Journal of Ecology. 54, 3, p. 317-327 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Drivers of bird diversity in an understudied African centre of endemism: The Angolan Central Escarpment Forest

    Caceres, A., Melo, M., Barlow, J., De Lima, R. F. & Mills, M. S. L., 06/2017, In: Bird Conservation International. 27, 2, p. 256-268 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

    Bustamante, M. M. C., Anderson, L., Aragão, L., Barlow, B. J., De Berenguer Cesar, E., Ferreira, J., Morton, D., Peres, C. A. & Guimaraes Vieira, I. C., 01/2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 1, p. 92-109 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Anthropogenic influence on Amazonian forests in pre-history: an ecological perspective

    Bush, M. B., McMichael, C. H., Piperno, D. R., Silman, M. R., Barlow, J., Peres, C. A., Power, M. & Palace, M. W., 12/2015, In: Journal of Biogeography. 42, 12, p. 2277-2288 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Using avian functional traits to assess the impact of land-cover change on ecosystem processes linked to resilience in tropical forests

    Bregman , T. P., Lees, A. C., MacGregor, H. E. A., Darski, B., de Moura, N. G., Aleixo, A., Barlow, B. J. & Tobias, J. A., 14/12/2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1844, 10 p., 20161289.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Exploring plant functional traits and their relationship to biomass dynamics in secondary forests in Eastern Amazonia

    Botelho, L., Elias, F., Barbosa, B. V., Silva, K. C., Negrão-Rodrigues, V., Barbosa, E. E. S., Coutinho, J. S., Ferreira, J., Barlow, J. & Teodoro, G. S., 31/05/2025, In: Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 326, 152712.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The relative influence of different landscape attributes on dung beetle communities in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

    Bezerra De Souza, T., Machado Franca, F., Barlow, J., Dodonov, P., Santos, J. S., Faria, D. & Baumgarten, J. E., 1/10/2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 117, 11 p., 106534.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

    Betts, M. G., Wolf, C., Pfeifer, M., Banks-Leite, C., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Ribeiro, D. B., Barlow, J., Eigenbrod, F., Faria, D., Fletcher, R. J., Hadley, A. S., Hawes, J. E., Holt, R. D., Klingbeil, B., Kormann, U., Lens, L., Levi, T., Medina-Rangel, G. F., Melles, S. L. & Mezger, D. & 19 others, Morante-Filho, J. C., Orme, C. D. L., Peres, C. A., Phalan, B. T., Pidgeon, A., Possingham, H., Ripple, W. J., Slade, E. M., Somarriba, E., Tobias, J. A., Tylianakis, J. M., Urbina-Cardona, J. N., Valente, J. J., Watling, J. I., Wells, K., Wearn, O. R., Wood, E., Young, R. & Ewers, R. M., 6/12/2019, In: Science. 366, 6470, p. 1236-1239 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    A large-scale field assessment of carbon stocks in human-modified tropical forests

    Berenguer, E., Ferreira, J., Gardner, T. A., Oliveira Cruz Aragao, L. E., De Camargo, P. B., Cerri, C. E., Durigan, M., De Oliveira Junior, R. C., Guimaraes Vieira, I. C. & Barlow, J., 12/2014, In: Global Change Biology. 20, 12, p. 3713-3726 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Tree growth and stem carbon accumulation in human-modified Amazonian forests following drought and fire

    Berenguer, E., Malhi, Y., Brando, P., Nunes Cordeiro, A. C., Ferreira, J., Franca, F., Rossi, L. C., Moraes de Seixas, M. M. & Barlow, J., 19/11/2018, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 1760, 8 p., 20170308.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Seeing the woods through the saplings: Using wood density to assess the recovery of human-modified Amazonian forests

    Berenguer, E., Gardner, T. A., Ferreira, J., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Mac Nally, R., Thomson, J. R., Guimaraes Vieira, I. C. & Barlow, J., 11/2018, In: Journal of Ecology. 106, 6, p. 2190-2203 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Improving the spatial-temporal analysis of Amazonian fires

    Berenguer, E., Carvalho, N., Anderson, L. O., Aragão, L. E. O. C., França, F. & Barlow, J., 1/02/2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 3, p. 469-471 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  26. Published

    Tracking the impacts of El Niño drought and fire in human-modified Amazonian forests

    Berenguer, E., Lennox, G. D., Ferreira, J., Malhi, Y., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Barreto, J. R., Del Bon Espírito-Santo, F., Figueiredo, A. E. S., França, F., Gardner, T. A., Joly, C. A., Palmeira, A. F., Quesada, C. A., Rossi, L. C., de Seixas, M. M. M., Smith, C. C., Withey, K. & Barlow, J., 27/07/2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 30, 8 p., e2019377118.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Chapter 19: Drivers and ecological impacts of deforestation and forest degradation

    Berenguer, E., Armenteras, D., Lees, A. C., Smith, C. C., Fearnside, P., Nascimento, N., Alencar, A., Almeida, C., Aragão, L. E. O., Barlow, J., Bilbao, B., Brando, P. M., Bynoe, P., Finer, M., Flores, B. M., Jenkins, C. N., Silva Junior, C. H. L., Souza, C. & García-Villacorta, R., 12/11/2021, Amazon Assessment Report 2021. New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), 43 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  28. Published

    Drivers and ecological impacts of deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon

    Berenguer, E., ARMENTERAS, D., LEES, A. C., FEARNSIDE, P. M., ALENCAR, A., ALMEIDA, C., ARAGÃO, L., Barlow, J., BILBAO, B., BRANDO, P., BYNOE, P., FINER, M., FLORES, B. M., JENKINS, C. N., SILVA JR, C., Smith, C., SOUZA, C., GARCÍA-VILACORTA, R. & NASCIMENTO, N., 31/12/2024, In: Acta Amazonica. 54, spe1, 32 p., e54es22342.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly

    Bennett, A. C., Rodrigues de Sousa, T., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Morandi, P. S., Coelho de Souza, F., Castro, W., Duque, L. F., Flores Llampazo, G., Manoel dos Santos, R., Ramos, E., Vilanova Torre, E., Alvarez-Davila, E., Baker, T. R., Costa, F. R. C., Lewis, S. L., Marimon, B. S., Schietti, J., Burban, B. & Berenguer, E. & 106 others, Araujo-Murakami, A., Restrepo Correa, Z., Lopez, W., Delgado Santana, F., Viscarra, L. J., Elias, F., Vasquez Martinez, R., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Galbraith, D., Sullivan, M. J. P., Emilio, T., Prestes, N. C. C. S., Barlow, J., Alencar Fagundes, N. C., Almeida de Oliveira, E., Alvarez Loayza, P., Alves, L. F., Aparecida Vieira, S., Andrade Maia, V., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Arets, E. J. M. M., Arroyo, L., Bánki, O., Baraloto, C., Barbosa Camargo, P., Barroso, J., Bento da Silva, W., Bonal, D., Borges Miranda Santos, A., Brienen, R. J. W., Brown, F., Castilho, C. V., Cerruto Ribeiro, S., Chama Moscoso, V., Chavez, E., Comiskey, J. A., Cornejo Valverde, F., Dávila Cardozo, N., de Aguiar-Campos, N., de Oliveira Melo, L., del Aguila Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Disney, M., do Socorro, M., Dourdain, A., Feldpausch, T. R., Ferreira, J., Forni Martins, V., Gardner, T., Gloor, E., Gutierrez Sibauty, G., Guillen, R., Hase, E., Hérault, B., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Huaraca Huasco, W., Janovec, J. P., Jimenez-Rojas, E., Joly, C., Kalamandeen, M., Killeen, T. J., Lais Farrapo, C., Levesley, A., Lizon Romano, L., Lopez Gonzalez, G., Maës dos Santos, F. A., Magnusson, W. E., Malhi, Y., Matias de Almeida Reis, S., Melgaço, K., Melo Cruz, O. A., Mendoza Polo, I., Montañez, T., Morel, J. D., Núñez Vargas, M. P., Oliveira de Araújo, R., Pallqui Camacho, N. C., Parada Gutierrez, A., Pennington, T., Pickavance, G. C., Pipoly, J., Pitman, N. C. A., Quesada, C., Ramirez Arevalo, F., Ramírez‐Angulo, H., Flora Ramos, R., Richardson, J. E., Rodrigo de Souza, C., Roopsind, A., Schwartz, G., Silva, R. C., Silva Espejo, J., Silveira, M., Singh, J., Soto Shareva, Y., Steininger, M., Stropp, J., Talbot, J., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J., Thomas, R., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., van der Heijden, G., van der Hout, P., Zagt, R. & Phillips, O. L., 4/09/2023, In: Nature Climate Change. 13, 9, p. 967-974 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Spatial and temporal shifts in functional and taxonomic diversity of dung beetles in a human-modified tropical forest landscape

    Beiroz, W., Sayer, E. J., Slade, E. M., Audino, L., Braga, R. F., Louzada, J. N. & Barlow, B. J., 12/2018, In: Ecological Indicators. 95, Part 1, p. 518-526 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Biodiversity in tropical plantations is influenced by surrounding native vegetation but not yield: A case study with dung beetles in Amazonia

    Beiroz, W., Barlow, J., Slade, E. M., Borges, C., Louzada, J. & Sayer, E. J., 15/07/2019, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 444, p. 107-114 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Assessing invertebrate herbivory in human-modified tropical forest canopies

    Barreto, J. R., Berenguer, E., Ferreira, J., Joly, C. A., Malhi, Y., de Seixas, M. M. M. & Barlow, J., 31/05/2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 9, p. 4012-4022 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Fire-mediated dieback and compositional cascade in an Amazonian forest.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 27/05/2008, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 363, 1498, p. 1787-1794 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests.

    Barlow, J., Gardner, T. A., Araujo, I. S., Ávila-Pires, T. C., Bonaldo, A. B., Costa, J. E., Esposito, M. C., Ferreira, L. V., Hawes, J., Hernandez, M. I. M., Hoogmoed, M. S., Leite, R. N., Lo-Man-Hung, N. F., Malcolm, J. R., Martins, M. B., Mestre, L. A. M., Miranda-Santos, R., Nunes-Gutjahr, A. L., Overal, W. L. & Parry, L. & 5 others, Peters, S. L., Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., da Silva, M. N. F., da Silva Motta, C. & Peres, C. A., 20/11/2007, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104, 47, p. 18555-18560 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    The value of primary, secondary and plantation forests for fruit-feeding butterflies in the Brazilian Amazon.

    Barlow, J., Overal, W. L., Araujo, I. S., Gardner, T. A. & Peres, C. A., 10/2007, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 44, 5, p. 1001-1012 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Litter fall and decomposition in primary, secondary and plantation forests in the Brazilian Amazon.

    Barlow, J., Jos Barlowa, b, , , , Toby A. Gardner, T. A., Ferreira, L. V. & Peres, C. A., 15/08/2007, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 247, 1-3, p. 91-97 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    The value of primary, secondary and plantation forests for Amazonian birds.

    Barlow, J., Mestre, L. A. M., Gardner, T. A. & Peres, C. A., 04/2007, In: Biological Conservation. 136, 2, p. 212-231 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    The responses of understorey birds to forest fragmentation, logging and wildfires: An Amazonian synthesis.

    Barlow, J., Peres, C. A., Henriques, L. M. P., Stouffer, P. C. & Wunderle, J. M., 03/2006, In: Biological Conservation. 128, 2, p. 182-192 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison - By Richard Primack and Richard Corlett.

    Barlow, J., 03/2006, In: Geographical Journal. 172, 1, p. 81-81 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Effects of Single and Recurrent Wildfires on Fruit Production and Large Vertebrate Abundance in a Central Amazonian Forest.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 03/2006, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 15, 3, p. 985-1012 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Consequences of fire disturbance for ecosystem structure and biodiversity in Amazonian forests.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 2006, Emerging threats to tropical forests. Laurance, W. F. & Peres, C. A. (eds.). Chicago, Ill.: Chicago University Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  42. Published

    Ecological responses to El Niño-induced surface fires in central Brazilian Amazonia: management implications for flammable tropical forests.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 29/03/2004, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 367, 1443, p. 367-380 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    AVIFAUNAL RESPONSES TO SINGLE AND RECURRENT WILDFIRES IN AMAZONIAN FORESTS.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 10/2004, In: Ecological Applications. 14, 5, p. 1358-1373 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Large tree mortality and the decline of forest biomass following Amazonian wildfires.

    Barlow, J., Peres, C. A., Lagan, B. O. & Haugaasen, T., 01/2003, In: Ecology Letters. 6, 1, p. 605-8 598 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Morphological correlates of fire-induced tree mortality in a central Amazonian forest.

    Barlow, J., Lagan, B. O. & Peres, C. A., 05/2003, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 19, 3, p. 291-299 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Fogo rasteiro : nova ameaca na Amazonia.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 2003, In: Ciencia Hoje. 34, p. 24-29 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Sympatry of black-faced Leucopternis melanops and white-browed hawks L.kuhli along the lower rio Tapajos, Para, Brazil.

    Barlow, J., Haugaasen, T. & Peres, C. A., 2002, In: Cotinga. 18, p. 77-79 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Effects of ground fires on understorey bird assemblages in Amazonian forests.

    Barlow, J., Haugaasen, T. & Peres, C. A., 06/2002, In: Biological Conservation. 105, 2, p. 157-169 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Ecological responses to El Niño-induced surface fires in central Amazonia.

    Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A., 2005, Tropical Forests & Global Atmospheric Change. Phillips, O. & Malhi, Y. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 87-96 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  50. Published

    The consequences of fire for tropical forest fauna.

    Barlow, J. & Silveira, J. M., 04/2009, Tropical Fire Ecology: Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics.. Cochrane, M. A. (ed.). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Praxis, 682 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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