All Outputs (14)

Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate (2024)
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Ewers, R. M., Orme, C. D. L., Pearse, W. D., Zulkifli, N., Yvon-Durocher, G., Yusah, K. M., Yoh, N., Yeo, D. C. J., Wong, A., Williamson, J., Wilkinson, C. L., Wiederkehr, F., Webber, B. L., Wearn, O. R., Wai, L., Vollans, M., Twining, J. P., Turner, E. C., Tobias, J. A., Thorley, J., …Banks-Leite, C. (2024). Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate. Nature, 631, 808-813. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07657-w

Logged and disturbed forests are often viewed as degraded and depauperate environments compared with primary forest. However, they are dynamic ecosystems1 that provide refugia for large amounts of biodiversity2,3, so we cannot afford to underestimate... Read More about Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate.

Restoring understory and riparian areas in oil palm plantations does not increase greenhouse gas fluxes (2024)
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Drewer, J., Tarigan, R. S., Banin, L. F., White, S., Raine, E., Luke, S. H., …Pujianto, P. (2024). Restoring understory and riparian areas in oil palm plantations does not increase greenhouse gas fluxes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 7, Article 1324475. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1324475

Oil palm (OP) plantations have replaced large areas of forest in the tropical landscape of Southeast Asia and are major emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs). To move towards more environmentally friendly plantation management, a hopeful approach is to... Read More about Restoring understory and riparian areas in oil palm plantations does not increase greenhouse gas fluxes.

The Cool Farm Biodiversity metric: an evidence-based online tool to report and improve management of biodiversity at farm scale (2024)
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Crowther, L. P., Luke, S. H., Arellano, E. C., McCormack, C. G., Ferreira, V., Hillier, J., …Dicks, L. V. (2024). The Cool Farm Biodiversity metric: an evidence-based online tool to report and improve management of biodiversity at farm scale. Ecological Indicators, 161, Article 111897

Halting biodiversity loss and achieving food security are both aims of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but there is complex interplay between them. Agriculture drives biodiversity loss, but biodiversity provides benefits t... Read More about The Cool Farm Biodiversity metric: an evidence-based online tool to report and improve management of biodiversity at farm scale.

How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia? (2024)
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Harianja, M. F., Stone, J., Mamat, W. Z. W., Hadi, M. A., Luke, S. H., Azhar, B., & Turner, E. C. (2024). How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(4), 759-772. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14615

In the world's leading palm oil-producing countries (Indonesia and Malaysia), smallholders make up about 40 per cent of total oil palm plantation area. Management in smallholdings can be highly variable, ranging from intensive monoculture to polycult... Read More about How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?.

The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia (2024)
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Harianja, M. F., Turner, E. C., Barclay, H., Chey, V. K., Aldridge, D. C., Foster, W. A., & Luke, S. H. (2024). The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia. Freshwater Biology, 69(4), 556-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14229

Land‐use change and agricultural expansion have caused marked biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia, but impacts on freshwater communities have been very little studied. Semi‐aquatic bugs are abundant in streams, provide prey for many other animals, an... Read More about The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia.

The impacts of within-stream physical structure and riparian buffer strips on semi-aquatic bugs in Southeast Asian oil palm (2024)
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Harianja, M. F., Luke, S. H., Barclay, H., Chey, V. K., Aldridge, D. C., Foster, W. A., & Turner, E. C. (2024). The impacts of within-stream physical structure and riparian buffer strips on semi-aquatic bugs in Southeast Asian oil palm. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, Article 1203513. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1203513

Despite the diverse ecosystem services that forested stream margins (“riparian buffer strips”) can provide in agricultural landscapes, understanding of their biodiversity impacts in the tropics is lacking. Stream invertebrates support many ecosystem... Read More about The impacts of within-stream physical structure and riparian buffer strips on semi-aquatic bugs in Southeast Asian oil palm.

Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers (2023)
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Stone, J., Advento, A. D., Pashkevich, M. D., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J., Hood, A. S. C., …Turner, E. C. (2023). Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(4), Article e12293. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12293

The expansion of oil palm agriculture across Southeast Asia has caused significant biodiversity losses, with the reduction in habitat heterogeneity that accompanies the conversion of forest to oil palm being a major contributing factor. However, owin... Read More about Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers.

Understory vegetation supports more abundant and diverse butterfly communities in oil palm plantations (2023)
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Reiss-Woolever, V. J., Advento, A. D., Aryawan, A. A. K., Caliman, J., Foster, W. A., Naim, M., …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., …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., …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)
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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., …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.