Peer-reviewed articles
28. Peter van der Sleen, Pieter A. Zuidema, John Morrongiello, Jia Lin J. Ong, Ryan R. Rykaczewski,
William J. Sydeman, Emanuele Di Lorenzo & Bryan A. Black. 2022. Interannual temperature variability is
a principal driver of low-frequency fluctuations in marine fish populations. Communications Biology
5:28.
27. Erisman, B.A., Erin M Reed, Martha J Román, Ismael Mascareñas‐Osorio, Peter van der Sleen,
Catalina López‐Sagástegui, Octavio Aburto‐Oropeza, Kirsten Rowell, Bryan A Black. 2021.
from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Fisheries Oceanography 30(5): 556-568.
26. van der Sleen, P., Lugo-Carvajal, A., Zuanon, J., and Holmgren, M. 2020. Cats singing in the dark?
Spawning aggregations of sound-producing fish in Amazonian floodplain forests. Environmental
Biology of Fishes 103:1265–1267.
25. von Biela, V.R., Black, B.A., Young, D.B., van der Sleen, P. and Bartz, K. and Zimmerman, C.E. 2020.
Lake trout growth is sensitive to spring temperature in southwest Alaska lakes. Ecology of Freshwater
Fish 30(1): 89-99.
24. Smoliński, S., Morrongiello, J., van der Sleen, P., Black, B.A., and Campana, S.A. 2020. Potential
sources of bias in the climate sensitivities of fish otolith biochronologies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 77(9): 1552-1563.
23. Zuidema, P.A., Heinrich, I., Rahman, M., Vlam, M., Zwartsenberg, S.A. and van der Sleen, P. 2020.
Recent CO2 rise has modified the sensitivity of tropical tree growth to rainfall and temperature. Global
Change Biology 26(7):4028-4041.
22. Andrade, H., van der Sleen, P., Black, B.A., Godiksen, J.A., Locke, W.L., Carroll, M.L., Ambrose, W.G.
and Geffen A. 2020. Ontogenetic movements of cod in Arctic fjords and the Barents Sea as revealed
by otolith microchemistry. Polar Biology 43: 409–421.
21. Panthi, S., Fan, Z.X., van der Sleen, P. and Zuidema P.A. 2020. Long‐term physiological and growth
responses of Himalayan fir to environmental change are mediated by mean climate. Global Change
Biology 26 (3), 1778-1794.
20. Black, B.A., Andersson, C., Butler, P.G., Carroll, M.L., DeLong, K.L., Reynolds, D.J.,Schone, B.J.,
Scourse, J., van der Sleen, P., Wanamaker, A.D., and Witbaard, R. 2019. The revolution of crossdating
in marine palaeoecology and palaeoclimatology. Biology Letters 15: 20180665.
19. van der Sleen, P. Rykaczewski, R.R., Turley, B.D., Sydeman, W.J., García-Reyes, M., Bograd, S.J.,
van der Lingen, C.D., Coetzee, J.C. Lamont, T. and Black, B.A. 2018. Non-stationary responses in
Cape anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) recruitment to coastal upwelling in the Southern Benguela.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 596: 155-164.
18. Black, B.A., van der Sleen, P., Di Lorenzo, E., Griffin, D., Sydeman, W., Dunham, J., Rykaczewski , R.,
García-Reyes, M., Safeeq, M., Arismendi, I., Bograd, S. 2018. Rising synchrony controls western North
American ecosystems. Global Change Biology 24(6): 2305-2314.
17. van der Sleen, P., Stransky, C., Morrongiello, J.R. Haslob, H., Perharda, M., and Black, B.A. 2018. Otolith increments in European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) reveal temperature and density-
dependent effects on growth. ICES Journal of Marine Science 75(5): 1655-1663.
16. van der Sleen, P., Zuidema, P. A. and Pons, T. L. 2017. Stable isotopes in tropical tree rings: theory,
methods and applications. Functional Ecology 31(9): 1674-1689.
15. Vlam, M., van der Sleen, P., Groenendijk, P. and Zuidema, P. A. 2017. Tree age distributions reveal
large-scale disturbance-recovery cycles in three tropical forests. Frontiers in Plant Science 7(1984).
14. Sheil, D., Eastaugh, C.S., Vlam, M., Zuidema, P.A., Groenendijk, P., van der Sleen, P., Jay, A. and
Vanclay, J. 2016. Does biomass-growth increase in the largest trees? – Flaws, fallacies, and alternative
analyses. Functional Ecology 31(3): 568-581.
13. van der Sleen, P. Groenendijk, P., Vlam, M., Anten, N.P.R., Bongers, F. Zuidema, P.A. 2016. Trends in
tropical tree growth: re-analyses confirm earlier findings. Global Change Biology 23(5): 1761-1762.
12. van der Sleen, P., Dzaugis, M.P., Gentry, C., Hall, W.P., Hamilton, V., Helser, T.E., Matta, M.E.,
Underwood, C.A., Zuercher, R., and Black, B.A. 2016. Long-term Bering Sea environmental variability
in a centennial-length biochronology of Pacific Ocean perch (Sebastes alutus). Climate Research 71:
33–45.
11. Black B.A., Griffin, D., van der Sleen, P., Wanamaker, A.D., Speer, J.H., Frank, D., Stahle, D.W.,
Pederson, N., Copenheaver, C.A., Trouet, V., Griffin, S. and Gillanders, B.M. 2016. The value of
crossdating to retain high-frequency variability, climate signals, and extreme events in environmental
proxies. Global Change Biology 22(7): 2582-2595.
10. Groenendijk, P., van der Sleen, P., Vlam, M.; Bunyavejchewin, S., Bongers, F. and Zuidema, P.A.
2015. No evidence for consistent long-term growth stimulation of 13 tropical tree species: results from
tree-ring analysis. Global Change Biology 21(10): 3762-76.
9. van der Sleen, P., Vlam, M., Groenendijk, P., Anten, N.P.R., Bongers, F., Hietz, P., Pons, T.L., and
Zuidema, P.A. 2015. 15N in tree rings as a bio-indicator of changing nitrogen cycling in tropical forests:
an evaluation at three sites using two sampling methods. Frontiers in Plant Science, section Functional
Plant Ecology 6, article 229: 1-11.
8. van der Sleen, P., Groenendijk, P., Zuidema, P.A. 2015. Tree-ring δ18O in African mahogany
(Entandrophragma utile) records regional precipitation and can be used for climate reconstructions.
Global and Planetary Change 127: 58-66.
7. van der Sleen, P., Groenendijk, P., Vlam, M., Anten, N.P.R., Boom, A., Bongers, F., Pons, T.L.,
Terburg, G. and Zuidema, P.A. 2015. No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2
fertilization but water-use efficiency increased. Nature Geoscience 8(1): 24-28.
6. Romero-Seas, A., Toledo, M., Zuidema P. A. and van der Sleen, P. 2015. Radial growth of two timber
species, Yesquero Blanco (Cariniana ianeirensis) and Serebó (Schizolobium parahyba) in a humid
forest in the Province Guarayos, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Bolivia Ecológica 50(1): 25-38.
5. van der Sleen, P., Soliz-Gamboa, C.C., Helle G., Pons, T.L. Anten, N.P.R. and Zuidema, P.A. 2013.
Understanding causes of tree growth responses to gap formation: Δ13C-values in tree rings reveal a
predominant effect of light. Trees - Structure and Function 28(2): 439-448.
4. Stropp, J., van der Sleen, P., Quesada, C.A. and ter Steege, H. ter. 2013. Herbivory and habitat
association of tree seedlings in lowland evergreen rainforest on white-sand and terra-firme in the upper
Rio Negro, Plant Ecology & Diversity 7(1-2): 255-265.
3. Zuidema, P.A., Baker, P.J., Groenendijk, P., Schippers, P., van der Sleen, P., Vlam, M., Sterck, F.J.
2013. Tropical forests and global change: filling knowledge gaps. Trends in Plant Science 18(8): 413-
419.
2. Martinez-Ramos, M., Barraza, L., Balvanera, P., Bongers, F., van der Sleen, P., et al. 2012. Manejo de
bosques tropicales: bases científicas para la conservación, restauración y aprovechamiento de
ecosistemas en paisajes rurales. Investigación Ambiental. Ciencia y Politica Publica 4(2): 111-12.
1. Stropp, J., van der Sleen, P., Assunção, P.A., da Silva, A.L., Steege, H. ter. 2011. Tree communities of
white-sand and terra-firme forests of the upper Rio Negro. Acta Amazonica 41(4): 521-544.
Books
van der Sleen, P. and Albert, J.S. (Editors). 2017. Field guide to the fishes in the Amazon, Orinoco
and Guianas. Princeton University Press. Princeton, USA. 512 pp. ISBN-10: 0691170746/ISBN-13:
978-0691170749
Book chapters
3. van der Sleen, P. Zuidema, P.A. and Pons, T.L. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Tropical Forests. In
Siegwolf, R., Brooks, J,R., Roden, J. and Saurer, M., editors. Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring
Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses. Springer: Tree Physiology (In press).
2. van der Sleen, P., and J. S. Albert. 2021. Patterns of freshwater wetland fish species diversity. In K.
Tockner, T. Mehner, F. Wittmann, and W. J. Junk, editors. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd Edition.
Elsevier (In press).
1. Stropp, J., Ancieto, L., Ramirez, E., Brazão, R., van der Sleen, P., and ter Steege H. 2010. Herbivoria
e especificidade de habitat de árvores; florestas de campinarana e de terra firme no alto rio Negro. In
Aloisio Cabalzar (organizer). Manejo do Mundo. Conhecimentos e práticas dos povos indígenas do rio
Negro (noroeste amazônico). Instituto Socioambiental. São Paulo, Brazil. pp: 181-191.
Link to PDF of PhD thesis