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Restoring Tropical Forests: Lessons Learned from Case Studies on Three Continents
Restoring the structural complexity and functional diversity of tropical rainforest is not possible in human time scales but knowledge of the process...
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Humid tropical vertebrates are at lower risk of extinction and population decline in forests with higher structural integrity
Reducing deforestation underpins global biodiversity conservation efforts. However, this focus on retaining forest cover overlooks the multitude of...
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Metabarcoding: opportunities for accelerating monitoring and understanding insect tropical biodiversity
Despite occupying only a small portion of the Earth’s surface, tropical rainforests are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Given the...
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Rainy season decreases ground-dwelling ant richness, but increases the difference in species composition in a tropical relictual mountain forest
The structure of biological communities is strongly driven by climatic conditions (e.g. seasonality) and local factors (e.g. habitat structure). In...
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Flight speed and time of day heavily influence rainforest canopy wildlife counts from drone-mounted thermal camera surveys
The payload size and commercial availability of thermal infrared cameras mounted on drones has initiated a new wave in the potential for...
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Rainforest Assessment in Brunei Darussalam Through Application of Remote Sensing
Remote sensing application has advanced over the decades from primarily aerial photography to detection and measurement of energy patterns from...
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Identifying alternative stable states in a tropical landscape using remote sensing
Although natural regeneration is often an efficient process for recovering degraded areas, the emergence of invasive species can complicate this...
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Viability of fungal rhizomorphs used in bird nest construction in tropical rainforests
Fungal rhizomorphs, largely from the suborder Marasmiineae, are routinely used in the construction of bird nests in tropical and subtropical forests....
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Bird breeding season linked to sunshine hours in a marginally seasonal equatorial climate
The timing of reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life history, yet the breeding seasons of most birds of the world, i.e., those in the tropics,...
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Impact of invasive little fire ants Wasmannia auropunctata on rainforest soil fauna: implications for conservation of the endangered flightless kagu of New Caledonia
The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata , is an invasive species known to negatively affect many native species in its introduced range. Here, we...
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Diversity of reproductive phenology of trees in the tropical evergreen forest of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
The present paper describes the phenological pattern of 73 tree species from tropical zone of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANIs), India. The study...
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Effects of fire and edges on plant litterfall in a Neotropical rainforest, Brazil
Anthropogenic forest fires are occurring with increasing frequency in tropical forests, with negative consequences for a variety of ecological...
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Vessel characterization and ring-width of a multipurpose agroforestry tree species (Garcinia kola.(Heckel)) and its relationship with climate in Nigeria
Key messageRadial growth and wood anatomical variables of G. kola have a direct relationship with climate. Rainforest regions are more suitable and...
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Activity budget and gut microbiota stability and flexibility across reproductive states in wild capuchin monkeys in a seasonal tropical dry forest
BackgroundEnergy demands associated with pregnancy and lactation are significant forces in mammalian evolution. To mitigate increased energy costs...
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Cascading effects of climate change: new advances in drivers and shifts of tropical reproductive phenology
Tropical forests were long viewed as relatively stable systems, with little biologically important variation in climate. However, in recent years,...
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Heterogeneity in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Communities of the Brazilian Cerrado, Transitional Areas toward the Caatinga, and the Atlantic Forest
The Cerrado is the most diverse tropical savanna worldwide and the second-largest biome in South America. The objective of this study was to...
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Landscape Ecology Meets Disease Ecology in the Tropical America: Patterns, Trends, and Future Directions
Purpose of ReviewIn this paper, we synthesize the status and trends of studies assessing the effects of landscape structure and changes on zoonotic...
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Community assembly along a successional chronosequence in the northern tropical karst mountains, South China
Background and aimsInsight for vegetation restoration in karst mountains could come from understanding the methods by which communities are built...
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Salt-lick use in Malaysian tropical rainforests reveals behavioral differences by food habit in medium and large-sized mammals
The food habits and behavior of medium and large-sized mammals that visited natural salt-licks in a tropical rainforest of Belum-Temengor Forest...
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Can Dominant Canopy Species Leaf Litter Determine Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity? A Case Study in a Tropical Rainforest in Southwest China
Litterfall significantly contributes to the fine-scale (defined here as < 1 ha) soil nutrient heterogeneity in the tropical forest ecosystem....
