Papuan forests have been subjected to shifting cultivation for centuries by indigenous
people affecting the ecological processes therein; during secondary succession, fallow …

Indonesia, located in Southeast Asia, is the world's largest tropical island country. It is
globally recognized as a unique center of biodiversity in the Asian–Australian transitional …

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Southeast Asia (Sunda) restructured the vegetation of both regions. The rarity of plant …

This article provides an overview over taxonomy, distribution, cultivation and use of the Fiji
Dragonplum, Dracontomelon vitiense Engl. The species belongs to the Anacardiaceae …

The forests of Papua New Guinea (PNG) play a fundamental role in sustaining the livelihood
of local communities and provide significant income to the country derived from the export of …

In the New Guinea region, including the Solomon Islands and Halmahera, three species of
the pantropical genus Xylopia L. have been previously recognised: X. calosericea Diels, X …

Papuan forests have been subjected to shifting cultivation for centuries by indigenous
people affecting the ecological processes therein; during secondary succession, fallow …

This article is a Commentary on Prohaska et al.(2023), 240: 2513–2529.