• Souza-Brito, A.C., A. Ferraro, V.A, Assunção, R.J. Burnham, & A.L.B. Sartori 2017. Liana species composition differs in spite of trait similarities in two adjacent forest types in Central Brazil. International Journal of Tropical Biology (Rev. Biol. Trop.) 65(3):1215-1215.

• Addo-Fordjour, P., Z.B. Rahmad, & R.J. Burnham  2016. Intercontinental comparison of liana community assemblages with special reference to tropical forests in Ghana and Malaysia. Journal of Plant Ecology. >https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw082

• Sfair, J.C., A.L.C. Rochelle, A. A. Rezende, J. van Melis, R.J. Burnham, V. de L. Weiser & F.R. Martins 2016. Liana avoidance in trees: Trees combine traits to be more effective. Tropical Ecology 57(3): 559-566. ISSN: 0564-3295

• Vilela dos Santos, M.C., L.F. Barbosa, R. de S. Carpanedo, R.J. Burnham, & D. de J. Rodrigues 2015. Caracterização florística de lianas do Parque Estadual Cristalino. In D.J. Rodrigues et al., eds, Biodiversidade do Parque Estadual Cristalino. Sinop (MT): Áttema Editorial.

• Burnham, R.J. & C.V. Santanna 2015. Distribution, diversity, and traits of native, exotic, and invasive climbing plants in Michigan. Brittonia 67(4):350-370, doi: 10.1007/s12228-015-9385-1

• Fauset, S. M.O. Johnson, M. Gloor, T.R. Baker….and 98 others (with Robyn J. Burnham). 2015. Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling. Nature Communications. 6:6857 (1-9) doi: 10.1038/ncomms7857

• Marvin, D.C., K. Winter, R.J. Burnham, & S.A. Schnitzer 2015. No evidence that elevated CO2 gives tropical lianas an advantage over tropical trees. Global Change Biology 21:2055–2069 doi: 10.1111/gcb.12820.

• Burnham R.J. and H.V. Romero-Saltos 2015. Diversity and distribution of lianas in Yasuní, Ecuador, pp. 50-64 in S.A. Schnitzer, F. Bongers, R.J. Burnham, and F.E. Putz, (eds.) The Ecology of Lianas, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

• Burnham, R.J. Climbing plants in the fossil record: Paleozoic to Present. pp. 205-220 in S.A. Schnitzer, F. Bongers, R.J. Burnham, & F.E. Putz (eds.) The Ecology of Lianas, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

• Nogueira, A., F.R. Costa, M.C. Vilela-Santos, C.V. Castilho, A. Andrade, J.L. Camargo, W.F. Laurance, & R.J. Burnham 2015. Liana assemblage structure in four sites across the Brazilian Amazon. pp. 65-75 in S.A. Schnitzer, F. Bongers, R.J. Burnham, & F.E. Putz (eds.) The Ecology of Lianas, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

• DeWalt, S.J., S.A. Schnitzer, L.F. Alves, F. Bongers, R.J. Burnham, Z. Cai, W.P. Carson, J. Chave, G.B. Chuyong, F.R.C. Costa, C.E.N. Ewango, R.V. Gallagher, J.J. Gerwing, E.G. Amezcua, T. Hart, G. Ibarra-Manríquez, K. Ickes, D. Kenfack, S.G. Letcher, M.J. Macía, J.-R. Makana, A. Malizia, M. Martínez-Ramos, J. Mascaro, C. Muthumperumal, S. Muthuramkumar, A. Nogueira, M.P.E. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D.R. Pérez-Salicrup, F.E. Putz, H. Romero-Saltos, M.S. Reddy, M. N. Sainge, D. Thomas, & J. van Melis 2015. Worldwide liana abundance and diversity – a global meta-analysis of small census plots. pp. 131-146 in S.A. Schnitzer, F. Bongers, R.J. Burnham, & F.E. Putz (eds.) The Ecology of Lianas, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

• Thomas, D., R.J. Burnham, G. Chuyong, D. Kenfack, & M.N. Sainge 2015. Liana abundance and diversity in Cameroon’s Korup National Park. pp. 13-22 in S.A. Schnitzer, F. Bongers, R.J. Burnham, & F.E. Putz (eds.) The Ecology of Lianas, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

• Villagra, B.L.P., E.P.C. Gomes, R.J. Burnham, & S.R. Neto 2013. Diversity and abundance of climbers from the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation 22: 2505-2517.

• Smith, S.Y., S.A. Little, R.L. Cooper, R.J. Burnham, & R.A. Stockey. 2013. A ranunculalean liana stem from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada: Atli morinii gen. et sp. nov. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 818-831.

• Vilela-Santos, M.C., L.F. Barbosa, N.A. Coutinho, M.H.O. Pinheiro, D.J. Rodrigues, L. Cavalheiro, R. Arruda, E.J. Almeida, & R.J. Burnham 2012. Five new records of Gurania Cogn (Cucurbitaceae A. Juss) for Southern Amazonia, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List (São Paulo. Online), 8(2): 239-241.

• Wing, S.L., C.A.E. Strömberg, L.J. Hickey, F. Tiver, B. Willis, R.J. Burnham, & A.K. Behrensmeyer^. Floral and environmental gradients on a Late Cretaceous landscape. Ecological Monographs 82: 23-47.

• Burnham, R.J. & C. Revilla-Minaya 2011. Phylogenetic influence on twining chirality in lianas from Amazonian Peru. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98(2): 196-205.

• Garrido-Pérez, E. I. & J. Burnham 2011. The evolution of host specificity in liana-tree interactions. Revista Puente Biológico 3:145-157.

• Burnham, R.J. & G.S. Tonkovich 2011. Climate, leaves, and the legacy of two giants. New Phytologist 190(3): 514-516.

• DeWalt, S.J., S.A. Schnitzer, J. Chave, F. Bongers, J. Burnham, Z. Cai, G. Chuyong, D.B. Clark, C.E N. Ewango, J.J. Gerwing, E. Gortaire, T. Hart, G. Ibarra-Manríquez, K. Ickes, D. Kenfack, M.J. Macía, J. Makana, M. Martínez-Ramos, J. Mascaro, S. Moses, H.C. Muller-Landau, M.P.E. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D.R. Pérez-Salicrup, F.E. Putz, H. Romero-Saltos, & D. Thomas 2010. Annual rainfall and seasonality predict pan-tropical patterns of liana density and basal area. Biotropica 42(3): 309-317.

• Burnham R.J. 2009. An overview of the fossil record of climbers: bejucos, sogas, trepadoras, lianas, cipós, and vines. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 12(2): 149-160.

• Bennington, J.B., W. DiMichele, C. Badgley, R. Bambach, P. Barrett, K. Behrensmeyer, R. Bobe, R.J. Burnham, T. Daeschler, J. vanDam, J. Eronen, D. Erwin, S. Finnegan, S. Holland, G. Hunt, D. Jablonski, S. Jackson, B. Jacobs, S. Kidwell, P. Koch, M. Kowalewski, C. Labandeira, C. Looy, K. Lyons, P. Novack-Gottshall, R. Potts, P. Roopnarine, C. Strömberg, H. Sues, P. Wagner, P. Wilf, & S.Wing, 2009. Critical issues of scale in paleoecology. Palaios 24(1-2): 1-4.

• Fine, P.A.V., R. Ree, & R.J. Burnham 2008. The disparity in tree species richness among tropical, temperate and boreal biomes: The geographic area and age hypothesis. Pp. 31-45 in Tropical Forest Community Ecology, W.P. Carson & S.A. Schnitzer (eds.), Blackwell Scientific.

• Burnham, R.J. 2008 Hide and Go Seek: What does presence mean in the fossil record? Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95(1): 51-71. doi: 10.3417/2007002

• Gerwing, J.J., S.A. Schnitzer, R.J. Burnham, F. Bongers, J. Chave, S.J. DeWalt, C. E.N. Ewango, R.B. Foster, David Kenfack, M. Martinez-Ramos, M. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D.R. Pérez-Salicrup, F. E. Putz, & D.W. Thomas. 2006 A standard protocol for liana censuses. Biotropica 38(2): 256-261. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00134.x

• Burnham, R.J., K.R. Johnson, & B. Ellis 2005. Modern tropical forest taphonomy: Does high biodiversity affect paleoclimatic interpretations? Palaios 20:439-451.

• Burnham, R.J. & N.L. Carranco 2004. Miocene winged fruits of Loxopterygium (Anacardiaceae) from the Ecuadorian Andes. American Journal of Botany 91(11): 1767-1773.

• Burnham, R.J. & K.R. Johnson 2004. South American paleobotany and the origins of neotropical rainforests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B. 359:1595-1610. 1098/rstb.2004.1531

• Burnham, R.J. 2004. Alpha and beta diversity of lianas in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador. Forest Ecology and Management 190:43-55. 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.10.005

• Burnham, R.J. 2002. Dominance, diversity and distribution of lianas in Yasuní, Ecuador: who is on top? Journal of Tropical Ecology 18:845-864. 10.1017/S0266467402002559

• Burnham, R.J. 2002. Climbers of Yasuní National Park, Ecuador and their importance in tropical forests. Pp. 181-210 in Memorias del Tercer Congreso Botanico del Ecuador. A. Freire-Fiero y D. Neill, eds.

• Burnham, R.J. 2001. Is Conservation Biology a Paleontological Pursuit? Palaios 16(5): 423-424.

• Burnham, R.J.,N.C.A. Pitman, K.R. Johnson & P. Wilf. 2001. Habitat-related error in estimating temperatures from leaf margins in a humid tropical forest. American Journal of Botany 88(6): 1096-1102.

• Sanchez-Villagra, M.R., R.J. Burnham, D. Campbell, R.M. Feldmann, E.S. Gaffney, R.F. Kay, R. Lozsan, R. Purdy, & J.G.M. Thewissen 2000. The Fauna and flora from a new near-shore marine assemblage of early Neogene age from northwestern Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 74(5): 957-968.

• Burnham, R.J. 2000. Plants (Adaptive Strategies). In R. Singer, ed. Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitroy Dearborn Publishers.

• Burnham, R.J. & A. Graham 1999. The History of Neotropical vegetation: new developments and status. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86:546-589.

• Mirle, C. & R.J. Burnham 1999. Identification of asymmetrically winged samaras from the Western Hemisphere. Brittonia 51:1-14.

• Burnham, R.J. 1997 Stand characteristics and leaf litter species composition of a dry forest hectare in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Biotropica 29(4): 384-395.

• Burnham, R.J. 1997. Diversity of Tropical Forest Leaf Litter at Pakitsa, Peru. Pp127-140, in D.E. Wilson & A. Sandoval, eds. Manu: La Biodiversidad del Sureste del Perú. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington.

• Burnham, R.J. 1996. Republic leaf deposits and Eocene ecology. Washington Geology 24(2):19.

• Burnham, R.J. 1995. A new species of winged fruit from the Miocene of Ecuador: Tipuana ecuatoriana (Leguminosae). American Journal of Botany 82(12):1599-1607.

• Burnham, R.J. 1995. Plant invasions: one measure of ecosystem change. Geotimes 40(8): 16-18.

• Burnham, R.J. 1994. Plant deposition in modern volcanic environments. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 84:275-281.

• Burnham, R.J. 1994. Patterns in tropical leaf litter and implications for Angiosperm paleobotany. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 81:99-113.

• Burnham, R.J. 1994. Paleoecological and floristic heterogeneity in the plant fossil record: an analysis based on the Eocene of Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2085B: 1-36.

• Burnham, R.J. 1993. Reconstructing richness in the plant fossil record. Palaios 8(4):376-384.

• Burnham, R.J. 1993. Time resolution in terrestrial macrofloras. in S. Kidwell and A.K. Behrensmeyer, eds. Taphonomic Approaches to Time Resolution in Fossil Assemblages. Paleontological Society Short Courses in Paleontology No. 6.

• Burnham, R.J., S.L. Wing & G.G. Parker 1992. The reflection of deciduous forest communities in leaf litter: implications for autochthonous litter assemblages from the fossil record. Paleobiology 18(1): 34-53.

• Burnham, R.J. 1990. Some Late Eocene depositional environments of the coal- bearing Puget Group of western Washington state, U.S.A. International Journal ofCoal Geology 15: 27-51.

• Burnham, R.J. 1990. Paleobotanical implications of drifted seeds and fruits from modern mangrove litter, Twin Cays, Belize. Palaios 5:364-370.

• Burnham, R.J. 1989. Relationships between standing vegetation and leaf litter in a paratropical forest: Implications for paleobotany. Review Paleobotany and Palynology 58:5-32.

• Burnham, R.J. 1988. A large-volume lightweight coring device for use in shallow water and soft sediments. Journal of Paleontology 62(3): 477-478.

• Burnham, R.J. 1988. Paleoecological approaches to analyzing stratigraphic sequences. Paleontological Society Special Publication No. 3. Pp 105-125.

• Burnham, R.J. & R.A. Spicer. 1986. Forest litter preserved by volcanic activity at El Chichon, Mexico: A potentially accurate record of pre-eruption vegetation. Palaios 1(2): 158-161.

• Burnham, R.J. 1986. Morphological Systematics and the Ulmoideae. Pp 105-121 in R.A. Spicer and B.A. Thomas, eds. Systematics and Taxonomy in Paleobotany. Systematics Association Special Volume 31. Oxford University Press: Oxford.

• Burnham, R.J. 1986. Foliar Morphological Analysis of the Ulmoideae (Ulmaceae) from the early Tertiary of North America. Palaeontographica Abt B. 201: 135-167.

• Spicer, R.A., Burnham, R.J. P.R. Grant, and H. Glicken. 1985. Pityrogramma calamelanos: the primary colonizer of Volcán Chichón, Chiapas, Mexico. American Fern Journal 75(1): 1-7.

• Burnham, R.J. 1982. The Eocene in Washington: Almost Another World. University of Washington Arboretum Bulletin 45(3): 32-36.