Dr William Milliken

Research Leader

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Department

Ecosystem Stewardship

Team

Sustainable Use, Seeds and Solutions

Specialism

Application of plant science to human livelihoods and climate change adaptation, including health, food security and restoration of natural capital

My role is the development and leadership of a research programme focused on the application of plant and fungal science to human livelihoods and climate change adaptation, including health, food security and the restoration of natural capital. 

  • MA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 1985
  • PhD, University of Cambridge, 1999

Ter Steege, H. et al. (incl. W. Milliken) (2013).

Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora.

Science 342: 1243092.

 

Pareyn, F., Milliken, W., Baracat, A., et al. (2013).

Cuidando da Caatinga.

Associação Plantas do Nordeste (APNE) & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Barlow, J., Ewers, R. M., Anderson L., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Baker, T., Boyd E., Feldpausch T., Gloor E., Hall A., Malhi Y., Milliken, W., et al. (2011).

Using learning networks to understand complex systems: a case study of biological, geophysical and social research in the Amazon.

Biological Reviews. 86: 457 – 474. 

Milliken, W., Zappi D., Sasaki D., Hopkins M. & Pennington, R. T. (2011).

Amazon vegetation: how much don’t we know and how much does it matter? 

Kew Bulletin 65(4): 691 – 709. 

Whaley, O. Q, Beresford-Jones, D. G. Milliken, W., Orellana, A., Smyk, A. & Leguia, J. (2011)

An ecosystem approach to restoration and sustainable management of dry forest in southern Peru.

Kew Bulletin 65(4): 613-641

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