The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

J Barlow, F França, TA Gardner, CC Hicks, GD Lennox… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth's biodiversity: their terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including …

Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs

FM França, CE Benkwitt, G Peralta… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Tropical forests and coral reefs host a disproportionately large share of global biodiversity
and provide ecosystem functions and services used by millions of people. Yet, ongoing …

[HTML][HTML] Does green improve portfolio optimisation?

M Akhtaruzzaman, AK Banerjee, S Boubaker… - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Our study uses the GARCH-EVT-copula model to develop out-of-sample forecasts for
diverse asset classes, including a green asset. To construct optimal portfolios, we apply four …

The ecological importance of crocodylians: towards evidence‐based justification for their conservation

R Somaweera, J Nifong, A Rosenblatt… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐bodied predators are well represented among the world's threatened and
endangered species. A significant body of literature shows that in terrestrial and marine …

Soil: the forgotten piece of the water, food, energy nexus

JL Hatfield, TJ Sauer, RM Cruse - Advances in agronomy, 2017 - Elsevier
The water, food, energy nexus has prompted sustainability concerns as interactions
between these interdependent human needs are degrading natural resources required for a …

Climate change and educational attainment in the global tropics

H Randell, C Gray - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change may negatively impact education among children via exposure to extreme
temperature and precipitation conditions. We link census data from 29 countries across the …

Tropical vegetation and residential property value: A hedonic pricing analysis in Singapore

RN Belcher, RA Chisholm - Ecological economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Effective urban planning depends on knowing homebuyers' preferences for neighbourhood
features that provide different amenities, such as managed parks and trees. As the …

Role of species richness and human impacts in resisting invasive species in tropical forests

NA Mungi, Q Qureshi, YV Jhala - Journal of Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The biotic resistance hypothesis suggests that biodiversity‐rich areas should be resistant to
biological invasions. Globally, conservationists use this hypothesis to protect diverse …

Wave energy in tropical regions: Deployment challenges, environmental and social perspectives

A Felix, J V. Hernández-Fontes, D Lithgow… - Journal of Marine …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The harnessing of renewable sources of marine energy has become a promising solution for
a number of problems, namely satisfying the increasing demand for electricity, the reduction …

Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data

CJ Sayers, DC Evers, V Ruiz-Gutierrez, E Adams… - Ecotoxicology, 2023 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination of the global tropics outpaces our understanding
of its consequences for biodiversity. Knowledge gaps of pollution exposure could obscure …