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Open AccessTraditional ecological knowledge for monitoring Anaphalis javanica (DC.) Sch.Bip. (Asteraceae) in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) possessed by indigenous communities offers a vital source of information regarding the status and threats faced by species. Anaphalis javanica (DC.) Sch.Bip. commonly known ...
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Attitudes and preferences of wildlife and their relationship with childhood nature experience amongst residents in a tropical urban city
How people relate to biodiversity and whether they are supportive of conservation programs and policies has implications on global and local biodiversity conservation efforts. Nature experiences in childhood h...
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Open AccessImpacts of climate change on reproductive phenology in tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia
In humid forests in Southeast Asia, many species from dozens of plant families flower gregariously and fruit synchronously at irregular multi-year intervals1–4. Little is known about how climate change will impac...
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Open AccessExploring cultural differences in wildlife value orientations using student samples in seven nations
Understanding differences in the way people think about wildlife across countries is important as many conservation challenges transcend jurisdictions. We explored differences in wildlife value orientations in...
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Ethnic Differences in Satisfaction with the Attractiveness of Tropical Urban Parks
Urban park area is a potential resource for urban populations to experience nature in cities, including tropical cities. Differences in interests among people of different ethnicities have been debated in trop...
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The Current Status of and Prospects for Biodiversity in Tokyo
Although Tokyo is relatively small in area, it has rich biodiversity that should be maintained through conservation efforts. Here, we review the current status of the natural environment and the biota, and the...
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Distance- and density-dependent leaf dynamics of seedlings of a tropical rainforest tree
Parental distance and plant density dependence of seedling leaf turnover and survival was examined to investigate predictions of the Janzen–Connell hypothesis. The focal study species, Shorea macroptera is a cano...
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Open AccessChildhood experience of nature influences the willingness to coexist with biodiversity in cities
Although efforts to promote biodiversity in cities around the world have increased, many wild animals (including vertebrates and invertebrates) comprising “urban biodiversity” are unpopular or often regarded a...
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Effects of logging rotation in a lowland dipterocarp forest on mating system and gene flow in Shorea parvifolia
Selective logging is one of several silvicultural practices used in sustainable forest management in the lowland dipterocarp forest in Indonesia. Selecting only trees with diameters >50 cm for logging can redu...
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Open AccessSatellite-based characterization of climatic conditions before large-scale general flowering events in Peninsular Malaysia
General flowering (GF) is a unique phenomenon wherein, at irregular intervals, taxonomically diverse trees in Southeast Asian dipterocarp forests synchronize their reproduction at the community level. Triggers...
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Open AccessSpatiotemporal dynamics of urban green spaces and human–wildlife conflicts in Tokyo
Although urban green spaces are increasingly important both for humans and wildlife, an increase in urban green spaces may also increase human–wildlife conflicts in urban areas. However, few studies have exami...
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Fruiting behavior of dipterocarps in two consecutive episodes of general flowering in a Malaysian lowland rain forest
We examined fruiting behaviors of 24 dipterocarp species in a lowland rain forest of Peninsular Malaysia during two consecutive episodes of general flowering (GF). The first GF episode (GF2001) occurred from A...
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Growth strategies differentiate the spatial patterns of 11 dipterocarp species coexisting in a Malaysian tropical rain forest
We examined relationships between mortality rate, relative growth rate (RGR), and spatial patterns of three growth stages (small, medium, and large trees) for 11 dipterocarp species in the Pasoh 50-ha plot. Mo...
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Size-related flowering and fecundity in the tropical canopy tree species, Shorea acuminata (Dipterocarpaceae) during two consecutive general flowerings
We monitored the reproductive status of all trees with diameters at breast height (dbh) >30 cm in a 40-ha plot at Pasoh, west Malaysia, and investigated the individual fecundity of 15 Shorea acuminata Dyer (Dipte...
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Delayed greening, leaf expansion, and damage to sympatric Shorea species in a lowland rain forest
The function of delayed greening in the seedlings of canopy tree species in a lowland tropical rain forest was examined in terms of its potential defensive value against herbivory. To explore the ecological an...
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Leaf Herbivory and Defenses of Dipterocarp Seedlings in the Pasoh Forest Reserve
Leaf herbivores can potentially reduce the growth and survival of individual tree seedlings, thereby influencing the composition and species diversity of plant communities in forests. Plants have developed var...
