The term 'biodiversity,'while casually used in practice, is a complicated subject to measure,
interpret, contextualize, and compare. Yet the possible advent of deep-sea mining in the mid …

Assessing the overall biological diversity of tropical rain forests is a seemingly
insurmountable task for ecologists. Therefore, researchers frequently sample selected taxa …

Management activities alter the structure of many tropical forest stands which can be
expected to influence the magnitude of canopy water fluxes. The objectives of this study …

The ongoing destruction of tropical rainforests has increased the interest in the potential
value of tropical agroforests for the conservation of biodiversity. Traditional, shaded …

Forests cover much of the earth's surface and are regularly logged. Well established
ecological theory predicts, and the results of extensive silvicultural studies demonstrate the …

Large areas of remaining tropical forests are affected by anthropogenic disturbances of
various intensities. These disturbances alter the structure of the forest ecosystem and …

Throughout the tropics, agroforests are often the only remaining habitat with a considerable
tree cover. Agroforestry systems can support high numbers of species and are therefore …

Forest disturbance and transformations into agricultural land alter tropical landscapes at
drastic rates. Here, we investigate bryophyte assemblages on trunk bases in natural forest …

In order to assess the potential value of differently managed cacao plantations for bird
conservation on Sulawesi, we surveyed birds in near-primary forest (with limited timber and …

Tropical moist forests in South-East Asia are heavily exploited by timber extraction and forest
conversion into agroforestry systems. Twelve forest stands were selected to investigate fine …