Madre de Dios in Peru is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, and it is a central piece for connecting protected areas within the Vilcabamba Amboro Conservation Corridor. As revealed with satellite imagery, the ...
Laurance, William F.; Bergen, Scott; Cochrane, Mark A.; Fearnside, Philip M.; Delamonica, Patricia; D'Angelo, Sammya Agra; Barber, Christopher; Fernandes, Tito(University of Chicago Press, 2005)
Laurance, William F.; Cochrane, Mark A.; Bergen, Scott; Fearnside, Philip M.; Delamonica, Patricia; Barber, Christopher; Sammya, D'Angelo; Fernandes, Tito(2001)
Five anthropogenic drivers2013land use change, wood extraction, hunting, atmospheric change, climate change2013will largely determine the future of tropical forests. The geographic scope and intensity of these five drivers ...
Deforestation and degradation of tropical old-growth forests has the potential to cause catastrophic species extinctions. In this review, we assess whether regenerating secondary forests (SF) can support species typically ...
Wright, S. Joseph; Muller-Landau, Helene C.; Schipper, Jan(2009)
Modern global temperature and land cover and projected future temperatures suggest that tropical forest species will be particularly sensitive to global warming. Given a moderate greenhouse gas emissions scenario, fully ...