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Ecological processes controlling tropical forest recovery and human livelihoods, involving plant community dynamics, plant-soil interactions, nutrient cycles, agroforestry Ilyas started to work on tropical ecology and environmental management during his participatory research and planning of natural resource management in Peruvian Amazonia in 1998. He completed his BSc and Hons in 2001 in Tropical Environmental Science (Plant & Soil Science) at the The University of Aberdeen (Scotland) in collaboration with the Institute of Fundamental Studies (Sri Lanka). During his PhD awarded in 2008 from The University of Queensland (Australia) Ilyas completed field and ex situ microcosm research in Brazil and Australia. Ilyas is currently developing his plans for postdoc research on the effects of plant community composition on the recovery of mycorrhizal fungi and ecosystem functions in secondary forests and agroforestry after agricultural disturbance.
PUBLICATIONS:
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IN REVIEW:
SIDDIQUE I, Vieira ICG, Schmidt S, Lamb D, de Carvalho CJR, Figueiredo R de O, Blomberg S, Davidson EA (in review) N and P additions negatively affect tree species diversity in tropical forest regrowth trajectories. Submitted to: Ecology
Schmidt S, Lamble R, SIDDIQUE I & Fensham RJ (in review) Effect of woody vegetation clearing on nutrient and carbon relations of semi-arid dystrophic savanna in Australia. Submitted to: Plant and Soil
Ambrose L & SIDDIQUE I (in review) A camouflaged dragon (Tympanocryptis sp., family Agamidae) sun basking during winter in the semi-arid subtropics of Australia. Annotated photo in: Ecology Education Network Digital Library http://www.ecoed.net
IN PREPARATION:
SIDDIQUE I, Lamb D, Dalal RC, Schmidt S (in prep.) Detecting complementarity and inhibition in mixed species tree plantings in microcosms and field. To be submitted to: Journal of Applied Ecology
SIDDIQUE I, Lamb D, Dalal RC, Schmidt S (in prep.) Soil respiration, litter breakdown, and micro-environmental variations in 50-year-old mixed tree plantings on infertile subtropical soils. To be submitted to: Austral Ecology
SIDDIQUE I, Lamb D, Schmidt S, Vieira ICG, de Carvalho CJR, Figueiredo R de O, Martinelli LA, Ometto JPHB, Nardoto GB, Davidson EA (in prep.) Tree nitrogen and phosphorus relations in response to fertilization in secondary vegetation on abandoned pasture of Eastern Amazonia. To be submitted to: Journal of Tropical Ecology
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