Publications

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The PDFs of almost all my publications can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

** indicates supervised student

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Roman, J., Abraham, A.J., Kiszka, J., Costa, D.P., Doughty, C.E., Friedlaender, A., Hückstädt, Marcondres, M., Wetsel, E. and Pershing, A.J. (2025). The Great Whale Conveyor Belt - Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems. Nature Communications

 

Doughty, C.E., Wiebe, B.C., Keany, J.M., Gaillard, C., Abraham, A.J., and Kristensen, J.A. (2025) Ecosystem engineers alter the evolution of seed size by impacting fertility and the understory light environment. Palaeontology, 68 (1), e70002.

 

Clauss, M., Roller, M., Bertelsen, M. F., Rudolf von Rohr, C., Müller, D. W., Schiffmann, C., ... & Abraham, A. J. (2025). Zoos must embrace animal death for education and conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(1), e2414565121.

 

Duque-Correa, M. J., Clauss, M., Meloro, C., & Abraham, A. J. (2025). Does intestine length explain digesta retention times in birds and mammals?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 300, 111789.

 

Duvall, E.S., Roman, J., Le Roux, E., Pearson, H., Malhi, Y. and Abraham, A.J. (2024). Resisting the carbonization of wildlife. Nature Climate Change. 14 (9), 892-895.

 

Abraham, A.J., Doughty, C.E., Plummer, K. and Duvall, E. S. (2024) Supplementary bird feeding as an overlooked contribution to local phosphorus cycles. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

 

Abraham, A. J., Louw, M. L., van Dijk, L. M., & Webster, A. B. (2024). Consumption of hyaena faeces and artificial mineral licks by leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) in a low‐nutrient environment. African Journal of Ecology, 62(3), e13308.

 

Keany, J. M., Burns, P., Abraham, A. J., Jantz, P., Makaga, L., Saatchi, S., ... & Doughty, C. (2023). Using a multiscale lidar approach to determine variation in canopy structure from African forest elephant trails. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 10 (5), 655-667.

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Trepel, J.**, Abraham, A.J.,  Lundgren E., Ferraro, K., Fløjgaard, Haugaard, L., Sunde, Pedersen, R.Ø., Tietje, M., Kamp, J., and le Roux, E. (2024) Zoogeochemistry of a protected area: Driven by anthropogenic impacts and animal behavior. Conservation Science and Practice.   

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Trepel, J.**, le Roux, E., Abraham, A.J., Buitenwerf, R., Kamp, J., Kristensen, J., Tietje, M., Lundgren E., and Svenning, J-C. (2024) Meta-analysis shows that wild megafauna herbivores shape ecosystem properties and promote spatial heterogeneity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 1-12.  

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Abraham, A.J., Duvall, E. S., le Roux, E., Ganswindt, A., Clauss, M., Doughty, C. E., & Webster, A. B. (2023). Anthropogenic supply of nutrients in a wildlife reserve may compromise conservation success. Biological Conservation, 284, 110149.

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Doughty, C. E., Gaillard, C., Burns, P., Keany, J., Abraham, A.J., Malhi, Y. S., ... & Tang, H. (2023). Tropical forests are mainly unstratified especially in Amazonia and regions with lower fertility or higher temperatures. Environmental Research: Ecology.

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Duvall, E. S., Griffiths, B. M., Clauss, M., & Abraham, A.J. (2023). Allometry of sodium requirements and mineral lick use among herbivorous mammals. Oikos, e10058.

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Abraham, A J., Duvall, E., Ferraro, K., Webster, A. B., Doughty, C. E., Le Roux, E., & Ellis‐Soto, D. (2023). Understanding anthropogenic impacts on zoogeochemistry is essential for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, 31(3), e13778.

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Abraham, A.J., Roman, J., & Doughty, C. E. (2022). The sixth R: Revitalizing the natural phosphorus pump. Science of the Total Environment, 832, 155023.

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Abraham, A.J., Webster, A. B., Jordaan, J., Prys-Jones, T. O., Ganswindt, A., De Jager, P. C., & Doughty, C. E. (2022). Hyaenas play unique ecosystem role by recycling key nutrients in bones. Journal of African Ecology, 

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Abraham, A.J., Webster, A. B., Prys‐Jones, T. O., Le Roux, E., Smith, D., McFayden, D., ... & Doughty, C. E. (2021). Large predators can mitigate nutrient losses associated with off‐site removal of animals from a wildlife reserve. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(7), 1360-1369.

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Abraham, A.J., Prys‐Jones, T. O., De Cuyper, A., Ridenour, C., Hempson, G. P., Hocking, T., ... & Doughty, C. E. (2021). Improved estimation of gut passage time considerably affects trait‐based dispersal models. Functional Ecology, 35(4), 860-869.

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Doughty, C. E., O Prŷs‐Jones, T., Abraham, A.J., & Kolb, T. E. (2021). Forest thinning in ponderosa pines increases carbon use efficiency and energy flow from primary producers to primary consumers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(3), e2020JG005947.

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Doughty, C. E., Abraham, A.J., Windsor, J., Mommert, M., Gowanlock, M., Robinson, T., & Trilling, D. E. (2020). Distinguishing multicellular life on exoplanets by testing Earth as an exoplanet. International Journal of Astrobiology, 19(6), 492-499.

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Doughty, C. E., Prys‐Jones, T. O., Faurby, S., Abraham, A.J., Hepp, C., Leshyk, V., ... & Galetti, M. (2020). Megafauna decline have reduced pathogen dispersal which may have increased emergent infectious diseases. Ecography, 43(8), 1107-1117.

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De Cuyper, A., Meloro, C., Abraham, A.J., Müller, D. W., Codron, D., Janssens, G. P., & Clauss, M. (2020). The uneven weight distribution between predators and prey: Comparing gut fill between terrestrial herbivores and carnivores. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 243, 110683.

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Enquist, B. J., Abraham, A.J., Harfoot, M. B., Malhi, Y., & Doughty, C. E. (2020). The megabiota are disproportionately important for biosphere functioning. Nature Communications, 11(1), 699.

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Thomson, E. R., Malhi, Y., Bartholomeus, H., Oliveras, I., Gvozdevaite, A., Peprah, T., Suomalainen, J., Quansah, J., Seidu, J., Adonteng, C., Abraham, A.J., ... & Doughty, C. E. (2018). Mapping the leaf economic spectrum across West African tropical forests using UAV-Acquired hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing, 10(1532), 10-3390.

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Stevens, B. M., Propster, J., Wilson, G. W., Abraham, A.J., Ridenour, C., Doughty, C., & Johnson, N. C. (2018). Mycorrhizal symbioses influence the trophic structure of the Serengeti. Journal of Ecology, 106(2), 536-546.