Ferry Slik----Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,CAS

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Name:	Ferry Slik	Education:	Ph.D
Positions:		Academic title:	Professor
Postal Code:	666303	Subject categories:	Ecology
Mailing Address:	Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Menglun, Yunnan, 666303, China	E-mail:	ferryslik@hotmail.com

Resume:

Personal details

Name: Dr. JWF Slik
Male/female: Male
Date of birth: 28 June 1968
Nationality: Dutch

Contact info
Work address: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Aademy of Sciences Menglun, Mengla 666303 Yunnan， China
Tel: +86-15969470367
Email: ferryslik@hotmail.com

Master's

University/College of Higher Education: Leiden University
Date (dd/mm/yy): September 1994
Main subject: Ecology and Systematics

Doctorate

University/College of Higher Education: Leiden University
Date (dd/mm/yy): 12 June 2001
Supervisor (‘Promotor’): Prof. Dr. P Baas

Research experience since graduating

· March 2008 – now Associate Professor at Ecological Evolution Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
· July 2006 – February 2008 Building a website for the ‘Trees of Sungai Wain’. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
· May 2006 – June 2006 Extension of Post doctoral position, Gunung Lumut Expedition, East Kalimantan. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Funded by the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, The Netherlands. Supervision of botanical exploration team consisting of 1 tenured staff, 1 PhD-student, 1 MSc-student and 6 technicians.
· May 2004 – April 2006 Post doctoral position, The influence of chance processes on tropical tree species diversity, dominance and distribution in the rain forests of Borneo. Nationaal Herbarium Leiden, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Funded by the Dutch Science Foundation. Supervision of one PhD- and five MSc-students.
· February 2004 – April 2004 Post doctoral position, Designing an interactive website for the Macaranga and Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae) species of Borneo. Nationaal Herbarium Leiden, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Funded by the European Network for Biodiversity Information.
· July 2001 – June 2003 Post doctoral position, Rapid assessment of flora and fauna integrity of lowland dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Nationaal Herbarium Leiden, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Funded by the Dutch Science Foundation. Supervision of three MSc-students.
· June 1996 – May 2000 PhD position, Macaranga and Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae) as indicators for disturbance in the lowland dipterocarp forests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Nationaal Herbarium Leiden, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Funded by the Dutch Science Foundation. Supervision of two MSc-students.

International activities and field work

During the last eleven years I have spend a considerable amount of time in Indonesia for field work (see below for an overview). During this period I have established many contacts with local researchers, universities, government institutes and NGOs. Also during this period I have and still cooperate with a large number of researchers across the world with whom I exchange inventory data from plots across Borneo. These cooperations have resulted in joint publications and also make it easy for me to start up fieldwork in Indonesia fast and efficiently since I know who I have to contact to arrange research permits, access permits for forest concessions and reserves and logistic support.

· March-April 2009 Field work in the Mengla Forest Dynamics Plot, Yunnan, China
· December 2008 Fieldwork in Naban He rivershed, Yunnan, China.
· September 2008 Fieldwork in Ailoshan Montane Forest, Yunnan, China.
· November – December 2005 Coordinator NHN botany team of the Tropenbos Gunung Lumut Expedition, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
· November 2004 – March 2005 Plot inventories in three undisturbed forests in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
· October 2001 – May 2002 Plot inventories in undisturbed, once burned and twice burned forests in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
· July 1998 – April 1999 Plot inventories in undisturbed, burned and logged forests in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
· April 1997 – December 1997 Plot inventories in undisturbed, burned and logged forests in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
· September 1993 – December 1993 Plot inventories in gaps and adjacent non-gaps in the forests of Guyana.

Other academic activities
· 2009 Co-organiser of the Advance Field Ecology and Conservation course at XTBG.
· 2008 Coordination of SAM Spatial Statistics course for graduate students at XTBG.
· 2000-2008 Co-organising the ‘Tropical Vegetation’ seminar and the ‘Plant Families of SE-Asia’ course at the NHN.
· 2004-2005 Organising the weekly seminar series at the NHN.
· 2003-2008 Chairman of the NHN ‘Biodiversity Assessment Taskforce’.

Direction:

Ecology

Achievements:

Scholarships, funding and prizes · XTBG award for achievements in 2008. · Successfully applied for a fieldwork grant at the ‘Van Tienhoven Stichting’ in 2005 (5000 Euro). · Nominated for researcher of the year at Leiden University in 2004. · Included in ‘Research Highlight’ section of ‘Nature’ in 2004 (Nature 431: 259). · Successfully applied for a fieldwork grant at the ‘Treub Foundation’ in 2005 (2000 Euro). · Successfully applied for a two year post doctoral grant at NWO-WOTRO in 2003 (salary costs plus 27 000 Euro research support). · Successfully applied for a two year post doctoral grant at NWO-WOTRO in 2001 (salary costs plus 27 000 Euro research support).

Article:

International (refereed) journals
Raes, N., H. ter Steege, M.C. Roos, J.W.F. Slik, E. van Loon, P. Baas, 2009. Botanical richness and endemicity patterns of Borneo derived from significant species distribution models. Ecography 32: 180-192 (Impact factor 3.066)
Slik, J.W.F., N. Raes, S.I. Aiba, F.Q. Brearley, C.H. Cannon, E. Meijaard, H. Nagamasu, R. Nilus, G. Paoli, A.D. Poulsen, D. Sheil, E. Suzuki, J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg, C.O. Webb, P. Wilkie, S. Wulffraat, 2009. Environmental correlates for tropical tree diversity and distribution patterns in Borneo. Diversity and Distributions 15: 523-532 (Impact factor 2.965)
Welzen, P.C. van and J.W.F. Slik, in press. Phytogeographical areas in Malesia as shown by family distributions and composition. Blumea (Impact factor 0.436)
Slik, J.W.F., C.S. Bernard, M. van Beek, F.C. Breman and K.A.O. Eichhorn, 2008. Tree diversity, forest structure and aboveground biomass dynamics after single and repeated fire in a Bornean rain forest. Oecologia 158: 579-588. (Impact Factor 2.973)
Slik, J.W.F., C.S. Bernard, F.C. Breman, M. van Beek, A. Salim and D. Sheil, 2008. Wood density as a conservation tool: quantification of disturbance and identification of conservation priority areas in tropical forests. Conservation Biology 22: 1299-1308. (Impact factor 3.934, times cited 2)
Paoli, G.D., L.M. Curran and J.W.F.Slik, 2008. Soil nutrients affect spatial patterns of aboveground biomass and emergent tree density in southwestern Borneo. Oecologia 155: 287-299. (Impact factor 2.973, times cited 2).
Slik, J.W.F. and B. van Balen, 2006. Bird community changes in response to single and repeated fires in a lowland tropical rainforest of eastern Borneo. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 4425-4451 (Impact Factor 1.421, times cited 1)
Eichhorn, K.A.O. and J.W.F. Slik, 2006. The plant community of Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia: Phytogeographical status and local variation. Blumea Supplement 18: 15-35. (Impact Factor 0.3)
Slik, J.W.F., 2006. Estimating species specific wood density from the genus average in Indonesian trees. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 481-482. (Impact Factor 1.0, times cited 4)
Sierra, S.E.C., P.C. van Welzen and J.W.F. Slik, 2005. A taxonomic revision of Mallotus section Philippinensis (former section Rottlera – Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia and Thailand. Blumea 50: 221-248. (Impact Factor 0.3, times cited 4)
Slik, J.W.F., 2005. Assessing tropical lowland forest disturbance using plant morphological and ecological attributes. Forest Ecology and Management 205: 241-250. (Impact Factor 1.6, times cited 5)
Welzen, P.C. van, J.W.F. Slik and J. Alahuhta, 2005. Plant distribution patterns and plate tectonics in Malesia. Biologikal Skrifter. 55: 199-217.
Gravendeel, B., J.W.F. Slik, A. Smithson and A. Schuiteman, 2004. Epiphytism and pollinator specialization - drivers for orchid diversification? Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 359: 1523-1535. (Impact Factor 3.5, times cited 9)
Slik, J.W.F., 2004. El Niño droughts and their effects on tree species composition and diversity in tropical rain forests. Oecologia 141: 114-120. (Impact Factor 3.0, times cited 18)
Slik, J.W.F. and K.A.O. Eichhorn, 2003. Fire survival of lowland tropical rain forest trees in relation to stem diameter and topographic position. Oecologia 137: 446-455. (Impact Factor 3.0, times cited 17)
Slik, J.W.F., P.J.A. Keßler and P.C. van welzen, 2003. Macaranga and Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae) as indicators for disturbance in the mixed lowland dipterocarp forest of East Kalimantan (Indonesia). Ecological Indicators 2: 311-324. (Impact Factor 1.576, times cited 7)
Slik, J.W.F., A.D. Poulsen, P.S. Ashton, C.H. Cannon, K.A.O. Eichhorn, K. Kartawinata, I. Lanniari, H. Nagamasu, M. Nakagawa, M.G.L. van Nieuwstadt, J. Payne, Purwaningsih, A. Saridan, K. Sidiyasa, R.W. Verburg, C.O. Webb and P. Wilkie, 2003. A Floristic analysis of the lowland dipterocarp forests of Borneo. Journal of Biogeography 10: 1517-1531. (Impact Factor 2.8, times cited 27)
Slik, J.W.F., R.W. Verburg and P.J.A. Keßler, 2002. Effects of fire and selective logging on the tree species composition of lowland dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 85-98. (Impact Factor 1.4, times cited 31)
Slik, J.W.F. and P.C. van Welzen, 2001. A phylogeny of Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae) based on morphology: indications for a pioneer origin of Macaranga. Systematic Botany 26(4): 786-796. (Impact Factor 1.6, times cited 14)
Slik, J.W.F. and P.C. van Welzen, 2001. A taxonomic revision of Mallotus sections Hancea and Stylanthus (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 46: 3-66. (Impact Factor 0.3, times cited 9)
Bollendorff, S.M., P.C. van Welzen and J.W.F. Slik, 2000. A taxonomic revision of Mallotus section Polyadenii (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 45(2): 319-340. (Impact Factor 0.3, times cited 6)
Slik, J.W.F., Priyono and P.C. van Welzen, 2000. Key to the Macaranga Thou. and Mallotus Lour. Species (Euphorbiaceae) of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 52: 11-87. (times cited 15)
Welzen, P.C. van, R.M.A.P. Haegens, J.W.F. Slik, S.M. Bollendorff, S. Dressler and H.-J. Esser, 2000. Checklist of the genera of Thai Euphorbiaceae – I. Thai Forest Bulletin (Bot) 28: 59-111.
Slik, J.W.F., 1998. Three new Malesian species of Mallotus section Hancea (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 43: 225-232. (Impact Factor 0.3, times cited 4)
Engelhard, G.H. and J.W.F. Slik, 1994. On altitude dependent characters in Albinaria idaea (L.Pfeiffer, 1850), with a revision of the species (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Clausiliidae). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 68: 21-38.

-Internet
Slik, J.W.F., 2009. Plants of Southeast Asia. http://www.asianplant.net/
Slik, J.W.F. and C.O. Webb, 2008. Asian plant synonym lookup. http://www.phylodiversity.net/fslik/synonym_lookup.htm (136 visitors)
Slik, J.W.F., 2006. Trees of Sungai Wain. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University Branch, Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/sungaiwain/ (4721 visitors)
Slik, J.W.F., E.A.P. Iskandar and P.C. van Welzen, 2004. Jenis-jenis Macaranga dan Mallotus di Borneo. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University Branch, Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/MacMalBorneo/Indonesian/index.htm (2875 visitors)
Slik, J.W.F. and P.C. van Welzen, 2004. Macaranga and Mallotus species of Borneo. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University Branch, Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/MacMalBorneo/index.htm (2875 visitors)

- Books, or contributions to books
Slik, J.W.F., 2001. Macaranga and Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae) as indicators for disturbance in the lowland dipterocarp forests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Tropenbos-Kalimantan Series 4, Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 224 pp.
Verburg, R., F. Slik, G. Heil, M. Roos and P. Baas, 2001. Secondary forest succession of rainforests in East Kalimantan: a preliminary data analysis. Pp. 151-160 in Hillegers, P.J.M and H. de Iongh (Eds). The balance between biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of tropical rain forests. Workshop Proceedings 6-8 December 1999, Balikpapan, Indonesia. The Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

- Other
Slik, J.W.F. and P.C. van Welzen, 2005. Placing biodiversity data on the internet: lessons learned. WP 13: Making non-European biodiversity data in European respositories globally available. Report for the European Network for Biodiversity Information (ENBI), Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen.

Balen van, B. and F. Slik, 2004. The impact of fire on forest structure and bird communities in East Kalimantan. Pp 34-41, in Lammertink M., U. Setiorini and D.M. Prawiradilaga (Eds) As a phoenix from the flames? The recovery potential of biodiversity after logging, fire and agroforestry in Kalimantan and Sumatra. NWO-report, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Slik, F., 2004. Quantifying forest disturbance using indicator plant species. Pp 18-21 in Lammertink M., U. Setiorini and D.M. Prawiradilaga (Eds) As a phoenix from the flames? The recovery potential of biodiversity after logging, fire and agroforestry in Kalimantan and Sumatra. NWO-report, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Slik, F., 2004. Are Borneo’s logged and burned lowland rainforests still valuable enough to conserve as regards tree diversity? Pp 7-11 in Lammertink M., U. Setiorini and D.M. Prawiradilaga (Eds) As a phoenix from the flames? The recovery potential of biodiversity after logging, fire and agroforestry in Kalimantan and Sumatra. NWO-report, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Community service:

Member of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC).

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