Degraded lands have often been suggested as a solution to issues of land scarcity and as
an ideal way to meet mounting global demands for agricultural goods, but their locations …

In 2004, Navjot Sodhi and colleagues warned that logging and agricultural conversion of
Southeast Asia's forests were leading to a biodiversity disaster. We evaluate this prediction …

Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is
essential to maximize the conservation values of partially harvested areas. Here we …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …

Social insects, ie ants, bees, wasps and termites, are key components of ecological
communities, and are important ecosystem services (ESs) providers. Here, we review the …

Selective logging is a major driver of rainforest degradation across the tropics. Two
competing logging strategies are proposed to meet timber demands with the least impact on …

Forests in S outheast A sia are rapidly being logged and converted to oil palm. These
changes in land‐use are known to affect species diversity but consequences for the …

Environmental stressors and changes in land use have led to rapid and dramatic species
losses. As such, we need effective monitoring programs that alert us not only to biodiversity …

Habitat structure is important in explaining species diversity patterns for many animal
groups. If we could map habitat structure over large spatial scales, we could use habitat …

Species diversity of arboreal arthropods tends to increase during rainforest succession so
that primary forest communities comprise more species than those from secondary …