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View article: Socio-Economic and Ecological Factors Influencing Rulemaking for Community-Based Forest Management: A Study on Aguaje (Mauritia Flexuosa) in the Peatlands of the Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin, Peru
Socio-Economic and Ecological Factors Influencing Rulemaking for Community-Based Forest Management: A Study on Aguaje (Mauritia Flexuosa) in the Peatlands of the Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin, Peru Open
There is broad consensus that policymakers must work with indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) to protect biodiversity and carbon stocks in the remaining tropical forests. However, the success of community forest management ini…
View article: An Assessment of Soil Phytolith Analysis as a Palaeoecological Tool for Identifying Pre-Columbian Land Use in Amazonian Rainforests
An Assessment of Soil Phytolith Analysis as a Palaeoecological Tool for Identifying Pre-Columbian Land Use in Amazonian Rainforests Open
Phytolith analysis is a well-established archaeobotanical tool, having provided important insights into pre-Columbian crop cultivation and domestication across Amazonia through the Holocene. Yet, its use as a palaeoecological tool is in it…
View article: Defaunation changes leaf trait composition of recruit communities in tropical forests in French Guiana
Defaunation changes leaf trait composition of recruit communities in tropical forests in French Guiana Open
Hunting impacts tropical vertebrate populations, causing declines of species that function as seed dispersers and predators, or that browse seedlings and saplings. Whether and how the resulting reductions in seed dispersal, seed predation,…
View article: Formalizing community forest tenure rights: A theory of change and conditions for success
Formalizing community forest tenure rights: A theory of change and conditions for success Open
The formalization of community forest tenure rights is expected to promote sustainable community forest management, and is seen as a way to combine objectives related to environmental conservation, livelihood improvement, and local self-de…
View article: Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change
Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change Open
Most of the planet's diversity is concentrated in the tropics, which includes many regions undergoing rapid climate change. Yet, while climate‐induced biodiversity changes are widely documented elsewhere, few studies have addressed this is…
View article: Integrating participatory GIS into spatial planning regulation: the case of Merauke District, Papua, Indonesia
Integrating participatory GIS into spatial planning regulation: the case of Merauke District, Papua, Indonesia Open
In many cases, government institutions insufficiently consider the traditional land use of community areas in spatial planning policy. Although numerous investigations into the participatory mapping of community lands have occurred, their …
View article: Field methods for sampling tree height for tropical forest biomass estimation
Field methods for sampling tree height for tropical forest biomass estimation Open
Quantifying the relationship between tree diameter and height is a key component of efforts to estimate biomass and carbon stocks in tropical forests. Although substantial site‐to‐site variation in height–diameter allometries has been docu…
View article: Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes
Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes Open
There is a growing disconnect between the international conferences where grand solutions for tropical conservation are designed and the complex local realities in tropical landscapes where plans need to be implemented. Every tropical land…
View article: Height-diameter input data and R-code to fit and assess height-diameter models, from 'Field methods for sampling tree height for tropical forest biomass estimation' in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Height-diameter input data and R-code to fit and assess height-diameter models, from 'Field methods for sampling tree height for tropical forest biomass estimation' in Methods in Ecology and Evolution Open
1. Quantifying the relationship between tree diameter and height is a key component of efforts to estimate biomass and carbon stocks in tropical forests. Although substantial site-to-site variation in height-diameter allometries has been d…
View article: Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology
Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology Open
Lineages tend to retain ecological characteristics of their ancestors through time. However, for some traits, selection during evolutionary history may have also played a role in determining trait values. To address the relative importance…
View article: Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics
Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics Open
Within the tropics, the species richness of tree communities is strongly and positively associated with precipitation. Previous research has suggested that this macroecological pattern is driven by the negative effect of water‐stress on th…
View article: Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above‐ground biomass in <scp>A</scp>mazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models
Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above‐ground biomass in <span>A</span>mazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models Open
Understanding the processes that determine above‐ground biomass ( AGB ) in Amazonian forests is important for predicting the sensitivity of these ecosystems to environmental change and for designing and evaluating dynamic global vegetation…
View article: Trait data from: "Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology"
Trait data from: "Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology" Open
Lineages tend to retain ecological characteristics of their ancestors through time. However, for some traits, selection during evolutionary history may have also played a role in determining trait values. To address the relative importance…