My
name is Tom Fayle. I am an ecologist, with interests in community ecology,
conservation biology and behavioural ecology. My work focuses on tropical
ants, but I also study a range of other groups. I currently hold postdoctoral
positions at the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic and Imperial
College London, UK. My fieldwork takes me to Malaysian Borneo and Papua
New Guinea.Recent publications
Fayle T.M., Turner E.C. & Foster W.A (In press) Ant mosaics occur in SE Asian oil palm plantation but not rain forest and are influenced by the presence of nest-sites and non-native species. Ecography [PDF] [NERC Planet Earth]
Senior M.J.M., Hamer K.C., Bottrell S., Edwards D.P., Fayle T.M., Lucey J.M., Mayhew P.J., Newton R., Peh K. S.-H., Sheldon F.H., Stewart C., Styring A.R., Thom M.D.F., Woodcock P. & Hill J.K. (2013) Trait-dependent declines of species following conversion of rain forest to oil palm plantations. Biodiversity and Conservation 22: 253-268 [PDF]
Fayle T.M., Edwards D.P., Turner, E.C., Dumbrell A.J., Eggleton P. & Foster W.A. (2012). Public goods, public services, and by-product mutualism in an ant-fern symbiosis. Oikos 121: 1279–1286 [PDF] [Commentary in PLoS ONE]
Klimeš P., Idigel C., Rimandai M., Fayle T.M., Janda M. & Weiblen G.D. & Novotný V. (2012). Why are there more arboreal ant species in primary than secondary tropical forests? Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 1103–1112 [PDF] [In focus article in JAE]