Asian tropical forests are amongst the most diverse on the planet, a richness that belies the
fact that they are dominated by a single family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae. Many other …

The lowland dipterocarp forests of Southeast Asia support a substantial proportion of the
world's biodiversity. They are of considerable environmental and economic value at the …

Maintaining the genetic viability of timber species is especially important to sustaining the
productivity and quality of timber in tropical production forests because the diversity of tree …

Topography is associated with variation in soil water, biogeochemical properties and
climate, which drive diversity by filtering species and promoting niche differences. However …

Habitat fragmentation and changed land use have seriously reduced population size in
many tropical forest tree species. Formerly widespread species with limited gene flow may …

Many tree species produce far more fruits than eventually mature, with a large proportion of
developing fruits being aborted midway through the development process. Whether this is a …

Background In angiosperms, flower size commonly scales negatively with number. The
ecological consequences of this trade-off for tropical trees remain poorly resolved, despite …

In the conservation and management practices of natural forests, sound reproduction and
regeneration form the basis of the maintenance and viability of the tree populations. To …

Tropical rainforests in S outh‐E ast A sia have been affected by climatic fluctuations during
past glacial eras. To examine how the accompanying changes in land areas and …

Background: The impact of logging and restoration on species diversity has been well
studied in tropical forests. However, little is known about their effects on genetic diversity …