#  Peter Ashton 

Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, Emeritus

 

 

 



   ![Peter Ashton wearing blue shirt, yellow tie, and a blazer, in classroom](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/oeb/files/101607_ashton_008med.jpg?itok=jP39pk8H) 

 



 





 

 Recent Publications

 Ashton P.S. & Heckenhauer, J. 2023. Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoidae) finally dissected. *Kew Bull.* 77: 885-903.

 Mahi Bansal, M., Morley, R.J., Shivaprakesh K. N., Dutta, S., Abdelrahim, O.B., Hasan, S. e., Ashton, P.S., & Prasad, V. 2022. The Africa-India Floristic Interchange, a Gondwanan origin for Dipterocarpaceae and the rise of lowland rainforest of SE Asia. *Science:* 375: 455-460.

 Ashton, P.S., Morley, R.B., Heckenhauer, J. & Prasad, V. 2021. The magnificent dipterocarps: Précis for an epitaph? *Kew Bull.* 76(2) 87-125.

 Russo, S.E., Ashton, P.S., et al. 2021. The interspecific growth-mortality trade-off is not a general framework for tropical forest community structure. *Nature ecology & evolution* 5: 174–183.

 Ashton, P.s. & Zhu, H. 2020. The tropical margin in East Asia: An exploration. *Plant Diversity 42: 255-280.



 

 

 





 

 

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