Clear understanding of the links between ecological functions and biodiversity is needed to
assess and predict the true environmental consequences of human activities. Several key …

Environmental pollution from varied sources is now deemed as one of the most serious
problems everywhere. Several pollutants, however, could be perceived by certain biological …

Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and
biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery …

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Bioindicators, as taxa or functional groups, are widely used as indicators of environmental
change, specific ecological factors or taxonomic diversity. The use of ecological …

The GLOBIO3 model has been developed to assess human-induced changes in
biodiversity, in the past, present, and future at regional and global scales. The model is built …

The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural
commodities, including oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Oil‐palm plantations cover over 13 …

Forest fragmentation results from deforestation and disturbance, with subsequent edge
effects extending deep into remaining forest areas. No study has quantified the effects of …

To truly understand the current status of tropical diversity and to forecast future trends, we
need to increase emphasis on the study of biodiversity in rural landscapes that are actively …

Primary tropical forests are lost at an alarming rate, and much of the remaining forest is
being degraded by selective logging [1–5]. Yet, the impacts of logging on biodiversity remain …