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Edward L. Webb Assistant Professor Contact information: Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science National University of Singapore 14 Science Drive 4 Singapore 117543 Tel: 65-6516-4184 Fax: 65-6779-2486 Email: ted.webb@nus.edu.sg Lab website : Applied Plant Ecology Lab

PhD University of Miami
AB    Occidental College

Research Interests 

I am interested in applied plant ecology as it pertains to the conservation and management of plants in tropical and subtropical forests. This includes basic quantitative descriptions of habitat composition and structure. Examples of applied ecological questions of interest include the diversity of plant communities in managed forests, and recovery of tropical forest after disturbances such as cyclones. Additionally, I study the human-biodiversity interface, specifically how rural people are or are not successful in protecting biodiversity in managed forests. My geographical area of interest is broad and ranges from the Himalayas through Polynesia.

Selected publications
(Full list of recent publications-pdf)

Books

Webb, E.L., and Shivakoti, G.P. (Eds.). 2008. Decentralization, forests and rural communities: policy outcomes in South and Southeast Asia. Sage Press, India.

Articles

1. Sudtongkong, C., and Webb, E.L. In press. Outcomes of state- vs. community-based mangrove management in southern Thailand. Ecology and Society.

2. Kabir, Md. E. and Webb, E.L. 2008. Can homegardens conserve biodiversity in Bangladesh? Biotropica 40(1): 95-103.

3. Thiha, Webb, E.L. and Honda, K. 2007. Biophysical and policy drivers of landscape change in a central Vietnamese district. Environmental Conservation 34(2): 164-172.

4. Yonariza and Webb, E.L. 2007. Rural household participation in illegal timber felling in a protected area of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Environmental Conservation 34(1): 73-82.

5. Bista, S. and Webb, E.L. 2006. Collection and marketing of non-timber forest products in the Far Western Hills of Nepal. Environmental Conservation 33(3): 244-255.

6. Dorji, L., Webb, E.L., and Shivakoti, G. 2006. Property rights, incentives and forest management in Bhutan. Environmental Conservation 33(2): 141-147.

7. Kabir, Md. E., and Webb, E.L. 2005. Suitability and productivity analysis of community forestry woodlot species in Dhaka Forest Division, Bangladesh. Forest Ecology and Management 212: 243-252.

8. Webb, E.L. and Hossain, S.M.Y. 2005. Dalbergia sissoo (Roxb.) mortality in Bangladesh plantations: correlations with environmental and management parameters. Forest Ecology and Management 206: 61-69.

9. Webb, E.L., Maliao, R.J., and Siar, S.V. 2004. Using local user perceptions to evaluate outcomes of protected area management: a case study of Sagay Marine Reserve, Philippines. Environmental Conservation 31(2): 138-148.

10. Webb, E.L., and Sah, R.N. 2003. Plant diversity in natural forest, successional forest, and Eucalyptus camaldulensis plantations in the Terai region of Nepal. Forest Ecology and Management 176:337-353.

11. Webb, E.L. 1999. Growth ecology of Carapa nicaraguensis Aublet. (Meliaceae): implications for tropical forest management. Biotropica 31(1): 102-110.

12. Webb, E.L., and Fa'aumu, S. 1999. Diversity and structure of tropical rain forest of Tutuila, American Samoa: effects of site age and substrate. Plant Ecology 144: 257-274.

13. Webb, E.L., Stanfield, B.J., and Jensen, M. 1999. Effects of topography on rainforest tree community structure and diversity in American Samoa, and implications for frugivore and nectarivore populations. Journal of Biogeography 26: 887-897.

14. Webb, E.L. 1998. Gap-phase regeneration in selectively logged lowland swamp forest of northeastern Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14: 247-260.

15. Webb, E.L. and Peralta, R. 1998. Tree community diversity of lowland swamp forest in northeast Costa Rica, and changes associated with selective logging. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 565-583.

16. Webb, E.L. 1997. Canopy removal and residual stand damage during selective logging in lowland swamp forest of northeast Costa Rica. Forest Ecology and Management 95/2: 117-129.