Cutler, David F.

Job Title

Honorary Research Fellow

Department

Jodrell Laboratory

Section

Honorary Research Fellow

Science Teams:

Foreign Language(s): written French

Qualifications & Appointments

BSc (Hons), University of Leeds, 1962

PhD, Imperial College, London University, 1965

DIC, Imperial College, London University, 1965

Visiting Professor, University of Reading

President, Linnean Society of London (2006-2009)

Hon. Member, International Association of Wood Anatomists

Hon. Member, International Society of Arboriculture

President, Kew Guild (2003-04).

Role

Pure and applied plant anatomy; sustainable tropical fuelwood production.

Systematic anatomy of angiosperms, especially Monocots and xerophytes, functional aspects of plant structure, identification of fragmentary plant material; sustainable management of dry tropical woodland for fuelwood and charcoal production. Projects include: research for and editing material for volumes in the series ‘Anatomy of the Monocotyledons' and ‘Anatomy of the Dicotyledons'; Drylands: tropical forest wood, structure, uses and conservation – (a) Fuel wood improvement in Zimbabwe (EU Berkeley Reforestation Trust and Glaxo-Wellcome funded), (b) NE Brazil: sustainable use of trees for charcoal production (Clothworkers' Guild funded).

Projects

Selected Recent Publications

  • Sampaio, G., Gasson, P., Baracat*, A., Cutler, D., Pareyn, F. & Lima, K.C. (2010). Tree biomass estimation in regenerating areas of tropical dry vegetation in northeast Brazil. Forest Ecology & Management 259: 1135-1140.

  • Noraini, T. & Cutler, D.F. (2009). Leaf anatomical and micromorphological characters of some Malaysian Parashorea (Dipterocarpaceae). Journal of Tropical Forest Science 21: 156-167.
  • Cutler, D.F., Botha, E. & Stevenson, D.W. (2008). Plant Anatomy. An applied approach. Blackwell Publishing
  • de Figueiroa, J.M., Pareyn, F.G.C., Araujo, E.D.L., da Silva, C.E., dos Santos, V.F., Cutler, D.F., Baracat, A. & Gasson, P. (2006). Effects of cutting regimes in the dry and wet season on survival and sprouting of woody species from the semi-arid caatinga of northeast Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management 229 (1-3): 294-303.
  • Lynch, A.H., Rudall, P.J. & Cutler, D.F. (2006). Leaf anatomy and systematics of Hyacinthaceae. Kew Bulletin 61: 145-159.

Selected Earlier Publications

  • Cutler, D. F. (2005). Design in plants. In Collins, M. W., Atherton, M. A. & Bryant, J. A. (eds). Nature and design. WIT Press: Southampton. 95-124.

  • Gregory, M. & Cutler, D. F. (eds) (2002). Anatomy of the Monocotyledons IX Acoraceae and Araceae. By Richard C Keating. Oxford Science Publications.
  • Gale, R. & Cutler, D.F. (2000). Plants in Archaeology – Identification Manual of Artefacts of plant origin from Europe and the Mediterranean. Westbury Scientific Publishing & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 512 pp.
  • Cutler, D.F. (1998). Dry woodlands, their utilisation and conservation. In Huxley, C. R., Lock, J. M. & Cutler, D. F. (eds). Chorology, taxonomy and ecology of the Floras of Africa and Madagascar . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 221-226.
  • Fahn, A. & Cutler, D. F. (1992). Xerophytes. Encyclopedia of Plant Anatomy, vol. XIII.3. Gebruder Borntraeger. Reference book. 176 pp
  • Cutler, D. F. & Richardson, I. B. K. (1989).Tree Roots and Buildings, 2nd Edition, revised, reference book. Longman Scientific and Technical. 71 pp

Scientific Research & Data

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