Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …

Land-use intensification has led to a landscape mosaic that juxtaposes human-managed
and natural areas. In such human-dominated and heterogeneous landscapes, spillover …

Land-use history interacts with natural forces to influence the severity of disturbance events
and the rate and nature of recovery processes in tropical forests. Although we are far from an …

A growing understanding of the ecology of seed dispersal has so far had little influence on
conservation practice, while the needs of conservation practice have had little influence on …

Scattered trees are prominent features in many landscapes worldwide, including natural
landscapes, cultural landscapes, and recently modified landscapes. The ecological …

Rates of change in tree communities following major disturbances are determined by a
complex set of interactions between local site factors, landscape history and structure …

Biodiversity conservation in forestry and agricultural landscapes is important because (1)
reserves alone will not protect biodiversity;(2) commodity production relies on vital services …

Land-use change is a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a particularly serious
threat to tropical biodiversity. Throughout the tropics, the staggering pace of deforestation …

Discussion of successional change has traditionally focused on plants. The role of animals
in producing and responding to successional change has received far less attention …

The effects of habitat fragmentation on diverse tropical tree communities are poorly
understood. Over a 20‐year period we monitored the density of 52 tree species in nine …