As anthropogenic transformation of Earth's ecology accelerates, and its impacts on the
sustainability of humanity and the rest of nature become more obvious, geographers and …

Protected areas aim to conserve nature, ecosystem services, and cultural values; however,
they have variable success in doing so under high development pressure. Southeast Asian …

Tropical and subtropical dry woodlands are rich in biodiversity and carbon. Yet, many of
these woodlands are under high deforestation pressure and remain weakly protected. Here …

Over the last two decades, forest cover has experienced significant impacts from fires and
deforestation worldwide due to direct human activities and climate change. This paper …

CONTEXT Palm oil production has increased mostly via area expansion rather than yield
increase. Increasing yields on existing plantation area, together with the proper regulatory …

Bamboo has potential for building structures, but the mechanism of flattened bamboo boards
(FBs) is unclear, which is not conducive to FBs to manufacture large-size structure materials …

Designated as a protected area (PA) in 1979, the Morne Seychellois National Park (MSNP)
hosts one of the three Ramsar sites in Seychelles–the Mare Aux Cochon (MAC). The park …

The caching behavior of rodents is widely considered to facilitate plant seed dispersal and
seedling regeneration in forest ecosystems. Studies supporting this theory have been based …

Grasslands are crucial ecosystem biomes for breeding livestock and combatting climate
change. By 2018, the national nature reserves (NNRs) in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous …

One of the main threats to wild primates is habitat alteration, fragmentation and destruction.
Therefore it is crucial to understand the ability of those species to adapt to human-induced …