Species composition and turnover in a series of' permanent sample plots established during the 1930s and 1940s in Budongo, a semi-deciduous Ugandan forest, are reported. The plots were established as part of' a sequence first used to describe forest succession, five of' which have been maintained...
Sheil, Douglas
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Jennings, S.
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Savill, P.
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[Long-term permanent plot observations of vegetation dynamics in Budongo, a Ugandan rain forest]
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Long-term permanent plot observations of vegetation dynamics in Budongo, a Ugandan rain forest
Twenty four permanents sample plots (PSPs), of one ha each have been randomly set up to be a long term monitoring in the hill mixed dipterocarps forest in the Bulungan Research Forest, East Kalimantan. All trees (DBH=20cm) were measured and indentified. In this study area, reduced-impact logging ...
Priyadi, H.
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Kartawinata, K.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Sist, P.
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[Monitoring permanent sample plots (PSPs) after conventional and reduced-impact logging in the Bulungan research forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Monitoring permanent sample plots (PSPs) after conventional and reduced-impact logging in the Bulungan research forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Mathematical proofs show that rate estimates, for example of mortality and recruitment, will decrease with increasing census interval when obtained from censuses of non-homogeneous populations. This census interval effect could be confounding or perhaps even driving conclusions from comparative s...
Lewis, S.L.
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Phillips, O.L.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Vinceti, B.
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Baker, T.R.
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Brown, S.
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Graham, A.W.
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Higuchi, N.
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Hilbert, D.W.
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Laurance, W.F.
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Lejoly, J.
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Malhi, Y.
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Monteagudo, A.
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Vargas, P. NÚÑEz
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Sonke, B.
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Terborgh, J.W.
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Martínez, R.V.
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[Tropical forest tree mortality, recruitment and turnover rates: calculation, interpretation and comparison when census intervals vary]
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Tropical forest tree mortality, recruitment and turnover rates: calculation, interpretation and comparison when census intervals vary
Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improce conservation in tropical countries. This paper identifies some critical threats to biodiversity and the limited resources for defending against them. It suggests various contributory factors, and a few common sense options for impr...
Sheil, Douglas
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[Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction]
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Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction
The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundamental disagreement hinges on whether high local species richness is a transient successional property, albeit one that can be maintained by disturbance, or is rather a property of stable late successi...
Sheil, Douglas
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[Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance]
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Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance
Biodiversity monitoring activities can hinder rather than promote conservation in tropical countries.The national institutions responsible for conservation in developing countries have very limited resources, which given donors and richer agencies scope for considerable influence. However, those ...
Sheil, Douglas
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[Why doesn't biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics?]
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Why doesn't biodiversity monitoring support conservation priorities in the tropics?
Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improve conservation in tropical countries. Those concerned with conservation - particularly academics and aid agencies - too often overlook the practical realities of achieving conservation in the tropics. As a result, many initiatives di...
Sheil, Douglas
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Nasi, Robert
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[Recherche et conservation: realities, priorites et distraction]
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Recherche et conservation: realities, priorites et distraction
Zagt, R.J.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Putz, F.E.
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[Biodiversity conservation in certified forests: an overview]
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Biodiversity conservation in certified forests: an overview