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Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations (2023)
Journal Article
Reiss-Woolever, V. J., Advento, A. D., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J.-P., Foster, W. A., Naim, M., Pujianto, Purnomo, D., Soeprapto, Suhardi, Tarigan, R. S., Wahyuningsih, R., Rambe, T. D. S., Ps, S., Widodo, R. H., Luke, S. H., Snaddon, J. L., & Turner, E. C. (2023). Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, Article 1205744. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1205744

Introduction: The cultivation of oil palm, from which palm oil, the world’s most widely traded vegetable oil, is processed, has had marked effects on ecosystems and native species across the tropics. While declines in biodiversity due to conversion t... Read More about Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations.

Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations (2023)
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Reiss-Woolever, V. J., Dwi Advento, A., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J. P., Foster, W. A., Naim, M., Pujianto, Purnomo, D., Snaddon, J. L., Soeprapto, Suhardi, Tarigan, R. S., Wahyuningsih, R., Siguga Rambe, T. D., Ps, S., Widodo, R. H., Luke, S. H., & Turner, E. C. (2023). Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 39, Article E24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467423000111

Oil palm is one of Southeast Asia's most common crops, and its expansion has caused substantial modification of natural habitats and put increasing pressure on biodiversity. Rising global demand for vegetable oil, coupled with oil palm's high yield p... Read More about Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations.

Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades (2023)
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Luke, S. H., Roy, H. E., Thomas, C. D., Tilley, L. A. N., Ward, S., Watt, A., Carnaghi, M., Jaworski, C. C., Tercel, M. P. T. G., Woodrow, C., Aown, S., Banfield‐Zanin, J. A., Barnsley, S. L., Berger, I., Brown, M. J. F., Bull, J. C., Campbell, H., Carter, R. A. B., Charalambous, M., Cole, L. J., …Dicks, L. V. (2023). Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16(2), 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12637

Entomology is key to understanding terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems at a time of unprecedented anthropogenic environmental change and offers substantial untapped potential to benefit humanity in a variety of ways, from improving agricultural pra... Read More about Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades.

Length–biomass equations to allow rapid assessment of semi‐aquatic bug biomass in tropical streams (2022)
Journal Article
Harianja, M. F., Luke, S. H., Barclay, H., Chey, V. K., Aldridge, D. C., Foster, W. A., & Turner, E. C. (2023). Length–biomass equations to allow rapid assessment of semi‐aquatic bug biomass in tropical streams. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 171(2), 102-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13247

1. Length-biomass equations are relatively easy and cost-effective for deriving insect biomass. However, the exact relationship can vary between taxa and geographical regions.
2. Semi-aquatic bugs are abundant and are indicators of freshwater qualit... Read More about Length–biomass equations to allow rapid assessment of semi‐aquatic bug biomass in tropical streams.

Spiders in canopy and ground microhabitats are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia) (2022)
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Pashkevich, M. D., Spear, D. M., Advento, A. D., Caliman, J. P., Foster, W. A., Luke, S. H., Naim, M., Ps, S., Snaddon, J. L., & Turner, E. C. (2022). Spiders in canopy and ground microhabitats are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia). Basic and Applied Ecology, 64, 120-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.08.004

Conversion of natural habitats to oil palm agriculture has caused declines in biodiversity and changes in ecosystem functions. To preserve biodiversity we must protect natural habitats, but once oil palm plantations are established, developing more-e... Read More about Spiders in canopy and ground microhabitats are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia).

Nine actions to successfully restore tropical agroecosystems (2022)
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Pashkevich, M. D., d’Albertas, F., Aryawan, A. A. K., Buchori, D., Caliman, J. P., Chaves, A. D. G., Hidayat, P., Kreft, H., Naim, M., Razafimahatratra, A., Turner, E. C., Zemp, D. C., & Luke, S. H. (2022). Nine actions to successfully restore tropical agroecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(11), 963-975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.007

Well-designed approaches to ecological restoration can benefit nature and society. This is particularly the case in tropical agroecosystems, where restoration can provide substantial socioecological benefits at relatively low costs. To successfully r... Read More about Nine actions to successfully restore tropical agroecosystems.

A systematic map of within-plantation oil palm management practices reveals a rapidly growing but patchy evidence base (2022)
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Popkin, M., Reiss-Woolever, V. J., Turner, E. C., & Luke, S. H. (2022). A systematic map of within-plantation oil palm management practices reveals a rapidly growing but patchy evidence base. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 1(7), Article e0000023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000023

Although oil palm expansion has had severe environmental impacts, oil palm also has the highest yield per hectare of any vegetable oil crop. Compared to many other crops, it has the potential to support high complexity habitats, with minimal chemical... Read More about A systematic map of within-plantation oil palm management practices reveals a rapidly growing but patchy evidence base.