Simon L. Lewis

University of Leeds — United Kingdom

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Forest ecology and management(123), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(106), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications(61), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(60), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(50)

Publications348 total

Two contrasting swamp forest succession pathways in central Congo Basin peatlands
Quaternary Science Reviews·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Increasing tree size across Amazonia
Nature Plants·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data
2025Open Access
Low, but gradually growing deforestation and carbon emissions from the Cuvette Centrale peatlands, 2001–2021
Environmental Research Letters·2025Open Access
Environmental controls over greenhouse gas dynamics of peatlands of the Central Congo Basin
Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham)·2025
Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests
Diversity and Distributions·2025Open Access
Timing of peat initiation across the central Congo Basin
Environmental Research Letters·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature
Science·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Substantial methane emissions from central Congo’s wetlands 
2025Open Access
Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
Nature Communications·2025· 11 citedOpen Access
The temperature dependence of greenhouse gas production from Central African savannah soils
Geoderma Regional·2025Open Access
Human Impacts on the Climate Prior to the Industrial Revolution
2024· 1 cited
Design and performance of the Climate Change Initiative Biomass global retrieval algorithm
Science of Remote Sensing·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: The enduring world forest carbon sink
Nature·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Net primary productivity and litter decomposition rates in two distinct Amazonian peatlands
Global Change Biology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The enduring world forest carbon sink
Nature·2024· 445 citedOpen Access
The impact of insect herbivory on biogeochemical cycling in broadleaved forests varies with temperature
Nature Communications·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests
2024Open Access
LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa
Scientific Data·2024· 28 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Oliver L. Phillips(30), Timothy R. Baker(26), Yadvinder Malhi(24), Jérôme Chave(18), Jon Lloyd(18), Ted R. Feldpausch(16), Gabriela López‐González(15), David Neill(15), Níro Higuchi(14), Rodolfo Vásquez(14), Luzmila Arroyo(13), Susan G. W. Laurance(13), Geertje van der Heijden(12), Anthony Di Fiore(12), Nigel C. A. Pitman(12), William F. Laurance(12), Edward T. A. Mitchard(10), Abel Monteagudo(10), Bonaventure Sonké(10), Rafael P. Salomão(10)