Search Results - "Luke, Sarah H."
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Riparian buffers in tropical agriculture: Scientific support, effectiveness and directions for policy
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-01-2019)“…There is a weak evidence base supporting the effective management of riparian ecosystems within tropical agriculture. Policies to protect riparian…”
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Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-10-2014)“…Forested tropical landscapes around the world are being extensively logged and converted to agriculture, with serious consequences for biodiversity and…”
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Evaluating Functional Diversity: Missing Trait Data and the Importance of Species Abundance Structure and Data Transformation
Published in PloS one (16-02-2016)“…Functional diversity (FD) is an important component of biodiversity that quantifies the difference in functional traits between organisms. However, FD studies…”
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Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest
Published in Nature communications (13-04-2015)“…Invertebrates are dominant species in primary tropical rainforests, where their abundance and diversity contributes to the functioning and resilience of these…”
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Assessing the effects of oil palm replanting on arthropod biodiversity
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-01-2021)“…Palm oil is the most traded vegetable oil worldwide. Production is concentrated in Southeast Asia, where established oil palm plantations dominate the…”
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Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers
Published in Ecological solutions and evidence (01-10-2023)“…The expansion of oil palm agriculture across Southeast Asia has caused significant biodiversity losses, with the reduction in habitat heterogeneity that…”
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Resilience of ecological functions to drought in an oil palm agroecosystem
Published in Environmental Research Communications (01-11-2019)“…Oil palm is a major habitat in the tropics. It is highly productive and contributes substantially to the economies of producing countries, but its expansion…”
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How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-04-2024)“…Abstract In the world's leading palm oil‐producing countries (Indonesia and Malaysia), smallholders make up about 40 per cent of total oil palm plantation…”
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Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-02-2021)“…There is growing interest in the ecological value of set‐aside habitats around rivers in tropical agriculture. These riparian buffers typically comprise forest…”
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The impacts of habitat disturbance on adult and larval dragonflies (Odonata) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Published in Freshwater biology (01-03-2017)“…Summary Dragonfly assemblages (Odonata: comprising damselflies, Zygoptera; and dragonflies, Anisoptera) in Southeast Asian rainforests are extremely diverse…”
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The effects of land‐use change on semi‐aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia
Published in Freshwater biology (01-04-2024)“…Land‐use change and agricultural expansion have caused marked biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia, but impacts on freshwater communities have been very little…”
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Localised climate change defines ant communities in human‐modified tropical landscapes
Published in Functional ecology (01-05-2021)“…Logging and habitat conversion create hotter microclimates in tropical forest landscapes, representing a powerful form of localised anthropogenic climate…”
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Riparian buffers made of mature oil palms have inconsistent impacts on oil palm ecosystems
Published in Ecological applications (01-06-2022)“…Expansion of oil palm has caused widespread declines in biodiversity and changes in ecosystem functioning across the tropics. A major driver of these changes…”
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Length–biomass equations to allow rapid assessment of semi‐aquatic bug biomass in tropical streams
Published in Entomologia experimentalis et applicata (01-02-2023)“…Length–biomass equations are relatively easy and cost‐effective for deriving insect biomass. However, the exact relationship can vary between taxa and…”
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Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-10-2022)“…Agricultural expansion is a primary driver of biodiversity decline in forested regions of the tropics. Consequently, it is important to understand the…”
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Spiders in canopy and ground microhabitats are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia)
Published in Basic and applied ecology (01-11-2022)“…Conversion of natural habitats to oil palm agriculture has caused declines in biodiversity and changes in ecosystem functions. To preserve biodiversity we must…”
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Steps to diversify priority‐setting research in conservation: reflections on de Gracia 2021
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The effects of catchment and riparian forest quality on stream environmental conditions across a tropical rainforest and oil palm landscape in Malaysian Borneo
Published in Ecohydrology (01-06-2017)“…Freshwaters provide valuable habitat and important ecosystem services but are threatened worldwide by habitat loss and degradation. In Southeast Asia,…”
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The Cool Farm Biodiversity metric: An evidence-based online tool to report and improve management of biodiversity at farm scale
Published in Ecological indicators (01-04-2024)“…Halting biodiversity loss and achieving food security are both aims of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but there is complex…”
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A global database of ant species abundances
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-03-2017)“…What forces structure ecological assemblages? A key limitation to general insights about assemblage structure is the availability of data that are collected at…”
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