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Forests, atmospheric water and an uncertain future: the new biology of the global water cycle by Sheil, Douglas

“…Theory and evidence indicate that trees and other vegetation influence the atmospheric water-cycle in various ways. These influences are more important, more…”
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How plants water our planet: advances and imperatives by Sheil, Douglas

“…•Vegetation influences rainfall patterns more than is generally recognised.•Recent findings imply a major role of forest cover in maintaining…”
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Disturbance and distributions: avoiding exclusion in a warming world by Sheil, Douglas

“…I highlight how disturbance determines species distributions and the implications for conservation practice. In particular, I describe opportunities to…”
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Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests by Edwards, David P., Tobias, Joseph A., Sheil, Douglas, Meijaard, Erik, Laurance, William F.

“…•Logged tropical forests retain most biodiversity and ecosystem functions.•Carbon, climatic, and soil-hydrological services are reduced but not dramatically…”
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The Moral Minefield of Ethical Oil Palm and Sustainable Development by Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas

“…The environmental impacts of the palm oil industry are widely recognised. Unsurprisingly, many people, including many conservation pundits, consider oil palm a…”
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Rapid conversions and avoided deforestation: examining four decades of industrial plantation expansion in Borneo by Gaveau, David L. A., Sheil, Douglas, Husnayaen, Salim, Mohammad A., Arjasakusuma, Sanjiwana, Ancrenaz, Marc, Pacheco, Pablo, Meijaard, Erik

“…New plantations can either cause deforestation by replacing natural forests or avoid this by using previously cleared areas. The extent of these two situations…”
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Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices by Gaveau, David L A, Locatelli, Bruno, Salim, Mohammad A, Husnayaen, Manurung, Timer, Descals, Adrià, Angelsen, Arild, Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas

“…Much concern about tropical deforestation focuses on oil palm plantations, but their impacts remain poorly quantified. Using nation-wide interpretation of…”
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Rise and fall of forest loss and industrial plantations in Borneo (2000–2017) by Gaveau, David L.A., Locatelli, Bruno, Salim, Mohammad A., Yaen, Husna, Pacheco, Pablo, Sheil, Douglas

“…The links between plantation expansion and deforestation in Borneo are debated. We used satellite imagery to map annual loss of old‐growth forests, expansion…”
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Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world by Ellison, David, Morris, Cindy E., Locatelli, Bruno, Sheil, Douglas, Cohen, Jane, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Gutierrez, Victoria, Noordwijk, Meine van, Creed, Irena F., Pokorny, Jan, Gaveau, David, Spracklen, Dominick V., Tobella, Aida Bargués, Ilstedt, Ulrik, Teuling, Adriaan J., Gebrehiwot, Solomon Gebreyohannis, Sands, David C., Muys, Bart, Verbist, Bruno, Springgay, Elaine, Sugandi, Yulia, Sullivan, Caroline A.

“…Effects of forests on water and climate at local, regional and continental scales through change in water and energy cycles. (1) Precipitation is recycled by…”
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Interpreting forest diversity-productivity relationships: volume values, disturbance histories and alternative inferences by Sheil, Douglas, Bongers, Frans

“…Understanding the relationship between stand-level tree diversity and productivity has the potential to inform the science and management of forests. History…”
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Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses by Sayer, Jeffrey, Sunderland, Terry, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Pfund, Jean-Laurent, Sheil, Douglas, Meijaard, Erik, Venter, Michelle, Boedhihartono, Agni Klintuni, Day, Michael, Garcia, Claude, van Oosten, Cora, Buck, Louise E.

“…“Landscape approaches” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas…”
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Unseen sentinels: local monitoring and control in conservation’s blind spots by Sheil, Douglas, Boissière, Manuel, Beaudoin, Guillaume

“…Although official on-the-ground environmental monitoring is absent over much of the world, many people living in these regions observe, manage, and protect…”
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Restoring deforested drylands for a wetter future – harnessing trees for credits, climate and water by Kramer, Koen, Sheil, Douglas

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Estimating net biomass production and loss from repeated measurements of trees in forests and woodlands: Formulae, biases and recommendations by Kohyama, Takashi S., Kohyama, Tetsuo I., Sheil, Douglas

“…[Display omitted] •Conventional estimates of stand biomass production and loss are influenced by biases.•Procedures for less biased estimation of biomass…”
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Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires by Gaveau, David L. A., Salim, Mohammad A., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Locatelli, Bruno, Sloan, Sean, Wooster, Martin, Marlier, Miriam E., Molidena, Elis, Yaen, Husna, DeFries, Ruth, Verchot, Louis, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Nasi, Robert, Holmgren, Peter, Sheil, Douglas

“…Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of extreme air pollution usually…”
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A first look at the impediments to forest recovery in bracken-dominated clearings in the African Highlands by Ssali, Fredrick, Moe, Stein R., Sheil, Douglas

“…•Bracken clearings had sparser woody vegetation than the nearby forest.•The woody plants in bracken included more pioneers and fewer zoochorous…”
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Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests by CHAZDON, ROBIN L, PERES, CARLOS A, DENT, DAISY, SHEIL, DOUGLAS, LUGO, ARIEL E, LAMB, DAVID, STORK, NIGEL E, MILLER, SCOTT E

“…In the wake of widespread loss of old-growth forests throughout the tropics, secondary forests will likely play a growing role in the conservation of forest…”
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Concerns about reported harvests in European forests by Palahí, Marc, Valbuena, Rubén, Senf, Cornelius, Acil, Nezha, Pugh, Thomas A. M., Sadler, Jonathan, Seidl, Rupert, Potapov, Peter, Gardiner, Barry, Hetemäki, Lauri, Chirici, Gherardo, Francini, Saverio, Hlásny, Tomáš, Lerink, Bas Jan Willem, Olsson, Håkan, González Olabarria, José Ramón, Ascoli, Davide, Asikainen, Antti, Bauhus, Jürgen, Berndes, Göran, Donis, Janis, Fridman, Jonas, Hanewinkel, Marc, Jactel, Hervé, Lindner, Marcus, Marchetti, Marco, Marušák, Róbert, Sheil, Douglas, Tomé, Margarida, Trasobares, Antoni, Verkerk, Pieter Johannes, Korhonen, Minna, Nabuurs, Gert-Jan

“…Ceccherini et al.1 quantify change using map pixel counts, rather than using a statistically rigorous sampling approach that is more appropriate for the…”
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An empirical evaluation of camera trap study design: How many, how long and when? by Kays, Roland, Arbogast, Brian S., Baker‐Whatton, Megan, Beirne, Chris, Boone, Hailey M., Bowler, Mark, Burneo, Santiago F., Cove, Michael V., Ding, Ping, Espinosa, Santiago, Gonçalves, André Luis Sousa, Hansen, Christopher P., Jansen, Patrick A., Kolowski, Joseph M., Knowles, Travis W., Lima, Marcela Guimarães Moreira, Millspaugh, Joshua, McShea, William J., Pacifici, Krishna, Parsons, Arielle W., Pease, Brent S., Rovero, Francesco, Santos, Fernanda, Schuttler, Stephanie G., Sheil, Douglas, Si, Xingfeng, Snider, Matt, Spironello, Wilson R., Fisher, Diana

“…Camera traps deployed in grids or stratified random designs are a well‐established survey tool for wildlife but there has been little evaluation of study…”
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The feasibility of local participation in Measuring, Reporting and Verification (PMRV) for REDD by Boissière, Manuel, Herold, Martin, Atmadja, Stibniati, Sheil, Douglas

“…The studies in this PLOS ONE collection investigated the feasibility of community participation in Measuring, Reporting and Verifying (Participatory MRV-PMRV)…”
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