Removing climbers more than doubles tree growth and biomass in degraded tropical forests

C Finlayson, A Roopsind, BW Griscom… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Huge areas of tropical forests are degraded, reducing their biodiversity, carbon, and timber
value. The recovery of these degraded forests can be significantly inhibited by climbing …

Plant–soil interactions and nutrient cycling dynamics in tropical rainforests

S Zhao, M Riaz - Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth, 2024 - Springer
Tropical rainforest's ecosystem's stability, fertility of the soil, and sustainability depend on
understanding plant–soil interactions. Soil biota which includes plants and microbes …

Assessing global efforts in the selection of vertebrates as umbrella species for conservation

N Yang, M Price, Y Xu, Y Zhu, X Zhong, Y Cheng… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Conservation funds and resources have long been globally inadequate,
and methods that could maximize conservation outcomes with limited investment, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of logging, hunting, and conservation on vocalizing biodiversity in Gabon

N Yoh, W Mbamy, BL Gottesman, GZL Froese… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tropical forests support two-thirds of the world's biodiversity, contribute to global climate
regulation, and support the culture and livelihoods of forest-dependent people. Much of …

[HTML][HTML] Sparing old-growth maximises conservation outcomes within selectively logged Amazonian rainforest

G Cerullo, F França, T Finch, P Erm, H Griffiths… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Timber extraction threatens a vast area of tropical ecosystems, making it vital to design
productive harvesting operations that limit biodiversity declines. Contrasting management …

[HTML][HTML] Palynological approaches to forest restoration in Southeast Asia: Challenges and opportunities for Thailand—A systematic review

T Sattraburut, S Vongvassana, T Phutthai… - Trees, Forests and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Southeast Asia (SEA) has experienced significant deforestation and increasing
encroachment on its forests over time. This ongoing environmental issue arises from the …

Prioritizing actions: spatial action maps for conservation

H Tallis, J Fargione, E Game… - Annals of the New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial prioritization is a critical step in conservation planning, a process designed to ensure
that limited resources are applied in ways that deliver the highest possible returns for …

Restoration concessions: a second lease on life for beleaguered tropical forests?

RD Harrison, T Swinfield, A Ayat, S Dewi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Logging has depleted timber resources across a considerable portion of the world's tropical
forests, leaving them vulnerable to conversion to other land‐use types. This raises the …

Spatial patterns of logging-related disturbance events: a multi-scale analysis on forest management units located in the Brazilian Amazon

TA Lima, R Beuchle, VC Griess, A Verhegghen… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Selective logging has been commonly mapped using binary maps, representing
logged and unlogged forests. However, binary maps may fall short regarding the optimum …

[LLIBRE][B] Transforming Borneo: From land exploitation to sustainable development

GC Sheng, L Potter - 2023 - books.google.com
“There is an energizing boldness in this synthesis: the right big-picture questions aligning all
the way down to the right complexities on the ground, and across the diverse territories that …