Michael D. Swaine

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Michael D. Swaine

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Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Ecology Stanford University

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TRY – a global database of plant traits (2011) (2118)
On the definition of ecological species groups in tropical rain forests (1988) (1005)
Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests (2009) (972)
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access (2019) (687)
The dynamics of tree populations in tropical forest: a review (1987) (409)
Distribution and Ecology of Vascular Plants in a Tropical Rain Forest. Forest Vegetation in Ghana. (1981) (389)
Classification and ecology of closed-canopy forest in Ghana. (1976) (347)
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests (2020) (343)
Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation? (2014) (308)
DISPERSAL PATTERNS AND SEED BANK DYNAMICS OF PIONEER TREES IN MOIST TROPICAL FOREST (1998) (248)
Characteristics of dry forest in West Africa and the influence of fire (1992) (243)
Rainfall and soil fertility as factors limiting forest species distributions in Ghana (1996) (228)
Distribution and ecology of vascular plants in a tropical rain forest (1981) (225)
Early succession on cleared forest land in Ghana. (1983) (225)
Drought-induced shifts in the floristic and functional composition of tropical forests in Ghana. (2012) (210)
Interpreting China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future (2000) (195)
Use of hemispherical photographs in forest ecology: measurement of gap size and radiation totals in a Bornean tropical rain forest (1993) (184)
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer (1984) (179)
The ecology of tropical forest tree seedlings (1996) (178)
Tree population dynamics at Kade, Ghana (1968-1982) (1987) (162)
Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests (2020) (142)
Differences in plant and soil water relations in and around a forest gap in West Africa during the dry season may influence seedling establishment and survival (1996) (141)
Soil seed bank community dynamics in seasonally moist lowland tropical forest, Panama (1997) (140)
Effect of light on the germination of forest trees in Ghana (1999) (138)
Variation in tropical forest growth rates: combined effects of functional group composition and resource availability (2003) (137)
The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree α‐diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests? (2007) (133)
Seed Stocks in Ghanaian Forest Soils (1980) (131)
Seed Dispersal by Baboons in the Shai Hills, Ghana (1979) (131)
The effects of fire exclusion on savanna vegetation at Kpong, Ghana (1992) (129)
A re-assessment of a fire protection experiment in north-eastern Ghana savanna. (1980) (120)
African Rain Forest Ecology and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2002) (112)
The mosaic theory of forest regeneration and the determination of forest composition in Ghana (1988) (106)
Structure and dynamics of a tropical dry forest in Ghana (1990) (104)
Associations between tree growth, soil fertility and water availability at local and regional scales in Ghanaian tropical rain forest (2003) (103)
Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests (2016) (101)
Transient facilitative effects of heather on Scots pine along a grazing disturbance gradient in Scottish moorland (2006) (96)
Lianas may be favoured by low rainfall: evidence from Ghana (2007) (96)
Germination and Growth of Colonizing Species in Artificial Gaps of Different Sizes in Dipterocarp Rain Forest (1992) (93)
Geological Substrates Shape Tree Species and Trait Distributions in African Moist Forests (2012) (91)
Diversity distribution and floristic differentiation of the coastal lowland vegetation: implications for the conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2010) (90)
Rain forest seed dynamics during succession at Gogol, Papua New Guinea (1988) (87)
The influence of spatial patterns of damping‐off disease and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on tree seedling establishment in Ghanaian tropical forest soil (2004) (82)
Grouping species for predicting mixed tropical forest dynamics: looking for a strategy (2005) (81)
Patterns of tree species composition across tropical African forests (2014) (77)
Phenological differences in tree water use and the timing of tropical forest inventories: conclusions from patterns of dry season diameter change (2002) (76)
Effect of soil depth on seedling emergence in tropical soil seed-bank investigations (1995) (76)
The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset (2015) (75)
Factors affecting the natural regeneration of Quercus in Scottish oakwoods. I. Competition from Pteridium aquilinum (1997) (74)
China’s Assertive Behavior – Part Two: The Maritime Periphery (2011) (74)
Biochemical systematics and ecology of the toddalioideae in the central part of the West African forest zone (1978) (73)
Population dynamics of trees in dipterocarp forests of Peninsular Malaysia. (1994) (71)
Above- and below-ground competition between the liana Acacia kamerunensis and tree seedlings in contrasting light environments (2008) (69)
Distribution and Ecology of Vascular Plants in a Tropical Rainforest. Forest Vegetation in Ghana (1982) (64)
Interpreting China's Grand Strategy (2000) (59)
A new insight in the structure, composition and functioning of central African moist forests (2014) (58)
Factors affecting the natural regeneration of Quercus in Scottish oakwoods. II. Insect defoliation of trees and seedlings (1997) (55)
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots (2021) (55)
An application of principal components analysis to vegetation change in permanent plots (1980) (54)
Population dynamics of tree species in tropical forests (1989) (54)
Modelling growing space requirements for some tropical forest tree species (2003) (51)
Taller trees, denser stands and greater biomass in semi-deciduous than in evergreen lowland central African forests (2016) (47)
Enhanced Tree Recruitment Following Logging in Two Forest Reserves in Ghana (2008) (42)
Effect of lianas on tree regeneration in gaps and forest understorey in a tropical forest in Ghana (2008) (42)
America's Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century (2011) (40)
Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks: A Framework About Societal Evolution (1996) (39)
The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles (2012) (38)
Effects of drought on isolates of Bradyrhizobium elkanii cultured from Albizia adianthifolia seedlings of different provenances (2007) (37)
Effects of drought on isolates of Bradyrhizobium elkanii cultured from Albizia adianthifolia seedlings of different provenances (2007) (37)
Trouble in Taiwan (2004) (36)
Predicting alpha diversity of African rain forests: models based on climate and satellite‐derived data do not perform better than a purely spatial model (2011) (36)
ON THE THEORY OF EXPLOSIVELY DISPERSED SEEDS (1977) (35)
Seasonal changes in pasture biomass, production and offtake under the transhumance system in northern Pakistan (2006) (33)
Can harvesting for timber in tropical forest enhance timber tree regeneration (2014) (33)
Forest climbing plants of West Africa: introduction (2005) (33)
Can harvesting for timber in tropical forest enhance timber tree regeneration (2014) (33)
China: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy (1995) (33)
What is forest (1981) (30)
Japan and Ballistic Missile Defense (2001) (27)
Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa (2020) (26)
Managing Sino-American crises : case studies and analysis (2006) (26)
Biomass allocation and photosynthetic responses of lianas and pioneer tree seedlings to light (2008) (26)
Natural Regeneration Dynamics of Tree Seedlings on Skid Trails and Tree Gaps Following Selective Logging in a Tropical Moist Semi-Deciduous Forest in Ghana (2014) (25)
Distribution and ecology of vascular plants in a tropical rain forest (2004) (25)
Forest river plants and water quality in Ghana (2006) (23)
Seasonal and long‐term soil water regime in West African tropical forest (1996) (22)
China’s Military and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2030: A Strategic Net Assessment (2013) (22)
Root hemiparasitism in a West African rainforest tree Okoubaka aubrevillei (Santalaceae) (1996) (22)
The Military and Political Succession in China: Leadership, Institutions, Beliefs (1995) (21)
Effect of three species of climber on the performance of Ceiba pentandra seedlings in gaps in a tropical forest in Ghana (2007) (20)
A New Strategy and Fewer Forces: The Pacific Dimension (1992) (20)
Taiwan's national security, defense policy, and weapons procurement processes (1999) (20)
Effects of Fencing and Ground Preparation on Natural Regeneration of Native Pinewood over 12 years in Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire (1991) (19)
Taiwan's foreign and defense policies : features and determinants (2001) (19)
The Role of the Chinese Military in National Security Policymaking. Revised Edition (1996) (18)
Climate seasonality limits carbon assimilation and storage in tropical forests (2016) (18)
An early holocene leaf flora from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana (1978) (18)
Is a Regional Strategy Viable in Afghanistan (2010) (17)
A sharp floristic discontinuity revealed by the biogeographic regionalization of African savannas (2018) (17)
China and Arms Control Institutions (1999) (16)
ON THE THEORY OF EXPLOSIVELY DISPERSED SEEDS: A CORRECTION. (1979) (15)
Chinese Decision-Making Regarding Taiwan, 1979-2000 (2002) (14)
Woody life-form composition and association on rainfall and soil fertility gradients in Ghana (1999) (13)
CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development (2011) (13)
THE ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BORNEAN NEPENTHES (2001) (12)
Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer (1984) (10)
The African rain forest - main characteristics of changes in vegetation and climate from the Upper Cretaceous to the Quaternary (1996) (10)
Small-scale natural forest management: a new model for small farmers in the Brazilian Amazon. (1998) (10)
Chinese National Security Decisionmaking Under Stress (2014) (9)
Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China: Power and Politics in East Asia, edited by Robert S. Ross and Øystein Tunsjø. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. v+304 pp. US$89.95 (paper). (2018) (9)
Population genetic structure of Milicia speciescharacterised by using RAPD and nucleotide sequencing L. (2001) (9)
The PLA and Chinese National Security Policy: Leaderships, Structures, Processes (1996) (9)
Climbing plants in Ghanaian forests (2005) (9)
A Counterproductive Cold War With China (2018) (8)
Assessing the threat : the Chinese military and Taiwan's security (2007) (8)
Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients (2022) (7)
Deterring Conflict In The Taiwan Strait: The Successes and Failures of Taiwan’s Defense Reform and Modernization Program (2004) (7)
Seedlings, saplings and tree temperaments : potential for agroforestry in the African rain forest (1996) (7)
Stilt Roots and Ephemeral Germination Sites (1983) (6)
The response of Albizia adianthifolia to Rhizobium and Nitrogen in forest-grown and greenhouse grown seedlings (2007) (6)
The response of Albizia adianthifolia to Rhizobium and Nitrogen in forest-grown and greenhouse grown seedlings (2007) (6)
Does China Have a Grand Strategy (2000) (6)
The real challenge in the Pacific. (2015) (6)
Dissecting the difference in tree species richness between Africa and South America (2022) (5)
Rheophytes of Ghana (1996) (5)
Can gap creation by red deer enhance the establishment of birch (Betula pubescens)? Experimental results within Calluna- and Molinia-dominated vegetation at Creag Meagaidh. (2000) (5)
The ecological impacts of a migratory bat aggregation on its seasonal roost in Kasanka National Park, Zambia (2010) (5)
NBR ANALYSIS VOLUME 13 , NUMBER 3 , JUNE 2002 Ballistic Missiles and Missile Defense in Asia (2002) (4)
Taiwan's foreign and defense policies (2001) (4)
Conflict and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Strategic Net Assessment (2015) (4)
An application of ordination to the identification of forest types (1976) (4)
Reproductive biology of the critically endangered tropical tree Talbotiella gentii (2015) (3)
Preface – A tribute volume for the late Dr T.C. Whitmore (2003) (3)
Zonation of a coastal grassland in Ghana, West Africa (1979) (3)
Calcium and potassium levels in leaves measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis (1982) (3)
Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests: Implications for the global carbon cycle (2009) (3)
Sustainable Forest Management for Smallholder Farmers in the Brazilian Amazon (2011) (3)
Population genetic structure of Milicia species characterised by using RAPD and nucleotide sequencing (3)
Taiwan's Management of Relations with the United States During the First Chen Shui-bian Administration (2005) (2)
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests (2020) (2)
Talbotiella gentii: genetic variation and conservation (2014) (2)
Descriptions of forest types (1981) (2)
Turbo prolog: The language (1986) (2)
Rebalancing United States – China Relations (2)
BASKIN, C.C. & BASKIN, J.M. 1998. Seeds. Ecology, biogeography, and evolution of dormancy and germination. Academic Press, San Diego. xiv + 666 pages. ISBN 0-12-080260 (hardback). Price £69.95. (1999) (1)
America's Challenge (2012) (1)
Calling Apple's bluff (1991) (1)
Improve the characterization of tropical forests to improve management: policy brief (2014) (1)
J. Borota 1991. Tropical forests. Some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure . Elsevier, Amsterdam, xii + 274 pages. ISBN 0-444-98768-1. Price: US$ 120.00/Dfl 210 (hardback). (1991) (1)
Tropical rain forest : disturbance and recovery : proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 18 and 19 September 1991 (1992) (1)
Chapter 6. Taiwan’s Defense Reforms and Military Modernization Program: Objectives, Achievements, and Obstacles (2005) (1)
Rheophytes of Africa – A review (1999) (1)
A New Strategy and Fewer Forces (1992) (1)
The open programmer (1993) (1)
Species identification of morphologically similar tropical dolphins and estimating group size using aerial imagery in coastal waters (2022) (1)
Multimedia and the art (or science?) of UI design (1992) (1)
T. C. Whitmore 1984. Tropical rain forests of the Far East . (2nd edition). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 352 + xvi pages. ISBN 0-19-854136-8. Price: £40.00 (hardback only). (1985) (1)
The effects of altitude on birch seed germinability at Creag Meagaidh, Scottish Highlands. (2000) (1)
A CHAT WITH BOB BEMER (1998) (1)
Programming paradigms: Faux fear (2002) (1)
The past and future of computer programming (1990) (1)
Programming paradigms: two early neural net implementations (1989) (1)
Pasture productivity and utilisation. (2005) (1)
Building Xanadu (1991) (1)
Distribution maps with notes on morphology, taxonomy, chorology, ecology and utilisation (1981) (1)
Low genetic diversity and high genetic differentiation among severely fragmented populations of the critically endangered tree Talbotiella gentii (Fabaceae) (2011) (1)
Chinese Regional Forces as Political Actors (2021) (1)
Where Taiwan Support Stops (2003) (0)
The Lemon Tree (2011) (0)
Forest structure and physiognomy (1981) (0)
Swaine's flames: E-mails of the fortune five million, #1 (2002) (0)
Programming paradigms: I almost get a Linux editor and compiler (2001) (0)
Programing paradigms (1990) (0)
Swaine's flames: the case of the inside man (2002) (0)
Diversity of Poisonous Plants and their Antidotes, Affecting Ruminant Livestock Production on Rangelands in Ghana (2021) (0)
Taiwan's National Security: Dilemmas and Opportunities. Alexander C. Tan , Steve Chan , Calvin Jillson (2003) (0)
Explaining and predicting the impact of global change on forest biodiversity in the Congo Basin: the CoForChange project (2010) (0)
12. China’s Regional Military Posture (2019) (0)
SHOW ME THE PATTERN (1998) (0)
Swaine's flames: flaw and order (2001) (0)
THE LONG VIEW (1999) (0)
Programming paradigms: beautiful math (2002) (0)
A conversation with Robert Carr: part II (1991) (0)
Biogeography and evolutionary ecology of the woody flora in tropical Africa (2019) (0)
Programming paradigms: back to the future (2001) (0)
Every install is five-sevenths stall (2001) (0)
Variation and classification of forest (1981) (0)
K. A. Longman & J. Jeník 1987. Tropical forest and its environment (2nd ed.). Tropical Ecology Series, Longman Scientific and Technical, Harlow, Essex (co-published by John Wiley, New York). 347 pages. ISBN 0-582-44678-3 (hardback only). Price: £17.95 (1988) (0)
Programming paradigms: digital hubbub and wayback machine (2002) (0)
Finding the key to the mini-bar (1993) (0)
Programming paradigms: a conversation with Bill Duvall (1991) (0)
LITTLE ENGINES THAT COULD (1999) (0)
THE PHILOSOPHICAL FRAGMENTS OF LA BAMBA (1998) (0)
Terms of Reference Ecological Impacts of Logging Social Impacts of Logging (2014) (0)
Stephen Wolfram: multiparadigm man (1993) (0)
Visitors from the east (1992) (0)
The living room and other markets (1992) (0)
Impact of Communication Infrastructure Development on Livestock Density and Forage Use under the Transhumance System in Northern Pakistan (2007) (0)
China's Military and the Upcoming Succession Struggle (1993) (0)
Dr. Dobb's Essential Hypertalk Handbook (1988) (0)
LET THE FIN BEGIN (1999) (0)
Author, author! (1990) (0)
Confessions and conversations (1992) (0)
Mapping methods and map format (1981) (0)
REALbasic for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide (2002) (0)
Effects of climate and soil on the distribution and regeneration of timber tree species in Ghana. Final report (1996) (0)
Quantifying tree species shade tolerance (2012) (0)
The first programmer (1992) (0)
Swaine's flames: the taxidermist and the flapper (2001) (0)
H. Balslev (ed.). 1993. Neotropical montane forests. Biodiversity and conservation. AUU Reports Aarhus University. 114 pages. ISBN 87-87600-40-4. Price: 78 DKK, US$13 (paperback). (1994) (0)
Programming paradigms: a quantum computer and a scripting studio (2002) (0)
Programming paradigms: other worlds (2001) (0)
How to be a tree in a tropical rain forest (2003) (0)
S. H. Bullock, H. A. Mooney & E. Medina (eds) 1995. Seasonally dry tropical forests . Cambridge University Press, xvii + 450pp. Hardback. ISBN 0 521 43514 5. Price £65.00. (1997) (0)
The Okinawa Question and the US-Japan Alliance: Factoring in Japanese Domestic Politics and Debates (2011) (0)
China's Military: The PLA in 1992-1993 . Chief Editor Richard H. Yang. [Taipei: Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, 1993. 204 pp. ISBN 0-8133-8787-6.] (1994) (0)
Multi-Disciplinary Detail on Rain Forest Recovery (1992) (0)
Programming paradigms: how a no-nonsense hardware engineer came to embrace the parapsychology of artificial intelligence (1989) (0)
Who's Who in the Chinese Government. By Jacques de Goldfiem, translated by Marie-France Trojani. [Jouy-en-Josas, France: HEC Eurasia Institute, 1992. 151 pp. ISBN 2 909586 06 5.] (1993) (0)
Programming paradigms: OOPSLA '89: fourth down and goal to go (1989) (0)
The Death of the Macintosh (1989) (0)
ROOTING FOR THE LITTLE GUY (1998) (0)
BLARNEY AND STEVE JOBS (1999) (0)
Programming paradigms: a language without a name: Part II. (1991) (0)
LEO AND THE LIZARDS (1998) (0)
The Policy Analyst and Historical Perspectives: Notes of a Practitioner (2009) (0)
The problems of parallelism (1986) (0)
Roll over, Kemeny and Kurtz (2001) (0)
Programming paradigms: background on Backprop (1989) (0)
HILL CLIMBING AND OTHER ALGORITHMS (1998) (0)
Programming paradigms: windows and gates (1991) (0)
MODULE 1 Species conservation strategies Case study 1 . 2 Talbotiella gentii : genetic variation and conservation (2014) (0)
Swaine's flames: the geek girls and the big-Endian conspiracy (2001) (0)
African Forest Conservation (2002) (0)
Everything becomes irrelevant (1992) (0)
Swaine's flames: falling in place (2002) (0)
Swaine's flames (1991) (0)
Understanding multimedia (1992) (0)
SUN DREAMS OF JINI (1998) (0)
S. Rehm & G. Espig 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and sub-tropics (translated by G. McNamara & C. Ernsting). Verlay Josef Margraf, Germany, viii + 552 pages. ISBN 3-8236-1169-0. Price: DM49.00 (hardback). (1992) (0)
Regeneration in felling gaps after logging in Acre state, Western Amazon. (2002) (0)
Programming paradigms: size matters (2001) (0)
Annual Staunton Hill Conference on China's People Liberation Army (PLA) (2nd) Held in Staunton Hill, Virginia on September 6 - 8, 1991 (1991) (0)
The real meaning of the Apple-IBM deal (1991) (0)
Light requirements and drought tolerance : Experiments launched in Pointe-Noire (2010) (0)
Programming paradigms: the cyberspace amendment (1991) (0)
Utilisation and conservation of Ghanaian forest (1981) (0)
Swaine's flames: the pickle and the printout (2002) (0)
CHANGE IS GOOD, BUT FOLDING MONEY IS BETTER (2000) (0)
Programming paradigms: Parker's perceptions (1989) (0)
Distribution of some important timber species (1981) (0)
Programming paradigms: nasal nets (1989) (0)
The conservation atlas of tropical forests: Africa: edited by J.A. Sayer, C.S. Harcourt, and N.M. Collins, Macmillan, 1992. £75.00 hbk (vii t 288 pages) ISBN 0 333 57757 4 (1993) (0)
Programming paradigms: strategy and secrecy (2002) (0)
Conversation with Stephen Wolfram (1993) (0)
FAIRHEAD, J. & LEACH, M. 1998. reframing deforestation. global analyses and local realities: studies in West Africa. Routledge, London. pp. xxv + 238. ISBN 0-415-18591-2. Paperback £17.99. (1998) (0)
REBOL AND E-MAIL SERVICES (2000) (0)

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