New publications
Benitez, L., Parr, C.L., Sankaran, M., & Ryan, C.M. (2024). Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.004
Pilon, N. et al. (2025) Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored. Plants, People, Planet. 10.1002/ppp3.10635
Pre-Print: Carreiras, J.M.B., Higginbottom, T., Godlee, J.L., Harrison, S., Benitez, L…Quegan, S. & Ryan, C.M. Determinants of L-Band backscatter in dry tropical ecosystems: implications for biomass mapping. Available here
Older stuff
Davies, R.W., Ryan, C.M., Harrison, R.D., Dexter, K.G., Ahrends, A., te Beest, M., Benitez, L., … Edwards, D.P. (2023). Precipitation gradients drive high tree species turnover in the woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. Ecography. 10.1111/ecog.06720
Benitez, L., Kilian, J. W., Wittemyer, G., Hughey, L. F., Fleming, C. H., Leimgruber, P., … & Stabach, J. A. (2022). Precipitation, vegetation productivity, and human impacts control home range size of elephants in dryland systems in northern Namibia. Ecology and evolution, 12(9), e9288. 10.1002/ece3.9288
Benitez, L., & Queenborough, S. A. (2021). Fruit trees drive small‐scale movement of elephants in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Biotropica, 53(6), 1620-1630. 10.1111/btp.13010
Benitez, L. (2020) Using protected area shape to model the impact of hunting and access on the survival of an economically valuable species. Tropical Resources, 39, 00–00. Available here
Jones, K. E., Benitez, L., Angielczyk, K. D., & Pierce, S. E. (2018). Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the mammalian backbone. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18(1), 172.