Increasing human dominance of tropical forests

SL Lewis, DP Edwards, D Galbraith - Science, 2015 - science.org
Tropical forests house over half of Earth's biodiversity and are an important influence on the
climate system. These forests are experiencing escalating human influence, altering their …

Understanding the drivers of S outheast A sian biodiversity loss

AC Hughes - Ecosphere, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Southeast Asia (SE Asia) is a known global hotspot of biodiversity and endemism,
yet the region is also one of the most biotically threatened. Ecosystems across the region are …

Global wildlife trade across the tree of life

BR Scheffers, BF Oliveira, I Lamb, DP Edwards - Science, 2019 - science.org
Wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry that is driving species toward extinction. Of>
31,500 terrestrial bird, mammal, amphibian, and squamate reptile species,~ 24%(N= 7638) …

Anthropogenic impacts on Late Holocene land-cover change and floristic biodiversity loss in tropical southeastern Asia

Z Zheng, T Ma, P Roberts, Z Li, Y Yue… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Southern China and Southeast Asia witnessed some of their most significant economic and
social changes relevant to human land use during the Late Holocene, including the …

[HTML][HTML] Land cover distribution in the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2015 with changes since 1990

J Miettinen, C Shi, SC Liew - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Insular Southeast Asian peatlands have experienced rapid land cover changes
over the past decades inducing a variety of environmental effects ranging from regional …

Primary forest cover loss in Indonesia over 2000–2012

BA Margono, PV Potapov, S Turubanova… - Nature climate …, 2014 - nature.com
Extensive clearing of Indonesian primary forests results in increased greenhouse gas
emissions and biodiversity loss. However, there is no consensus on the areal extent and …

Biodiversity and ecosystem services in forest ecosystems: a research agenda for applied forest ecology

AS Mori, KP Lertzman… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Given the substantial contributions of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services to society,
forest sciences have a large potential to contribute to the integrity and sustainability of our …

Global biodiversity loss from tropical deforestation

X Giam - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Tropical forests are incredibly biodiverse; they support at least two-thirds of the world's
biodiversity (1) despite covering less than 10% of Earth's land surface (2). Unfortunately …

Biodiversity at risk under future cropland expansion and intensification

L Kehoe, A Romero-Muñoz, E Polaina, L Estes… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Agriculture is the leading driver of biodiversity loss. However, its future impact on biodiversity
remains unclear, especially because agricultural intensification is often neglected, and high …

Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests

DP Edwards, JA Tobias, D Sheil, E Meijaard… - Trends in ecology & …, 2014 - cell.com
Vast expanses of tropical forests worldwide are being impacted by selective logging. We
evaluate the environmental impacts of such logging and conclude that natural timber …