Search Results - "Slik, J.W. Ferry"

Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation by Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Fahrig, Lenore, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Watling, James I., Tischendorf, Lutz, Benchimol, Maíra, Cazetta, Eliana, Faria, Deborah, Leal, Inara R., Melo, Felipe P. L., Morante‐Filho, Jose C., Santos, Bráulio A., Arasa‐Gisbert, Ricard, Arce‐Peña, Norma, Cervantes‐López, Martín J., Cudney‐Valenzuela, Sabine, Galán‐Acedo, Carmen, San‐José, Miriam, Vieira, Ima C. G., Slik, J.W. Ferry, Nowakowski, A. Justin, Tscharntke, Teja, Jordan, Ferenc

“…Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes. Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the…”
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Forest fragment spatial distribution matters for tropical tree conservation by Liu, Jia-Jia, Slik, J.W. Ferry

“…•Forest fragments are spatially and environmentally non-randomly distributed.•The environment explains most patterns in fragment tree diversity and…”
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Origins and Assembly of Malesian Rainforests by Kooyman, Robert M, Morley, Robert J, Crayn, Darren M, Joyce, Elizabeth M, Rossetto, Maurizio, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Strijk, Joeri S, Su, Tao, Yap, Jia-Yee S, Wilf, Peter

“…Unraveling the origins of Malesia's once vast, hyperdiverse rainforests is a perennial challenge. Major contributions to rainforest assembly came from…”
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Rapid recovery of phylogenetic diversity, community structure and composition of Bornean tropical forest a decade after logging and post-logging silvicultural interventions by Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Slik, Ferry J.W., Savini, Tommaso, Webb, Edward L., Gale, George A.

“…•Logging techniques did not cause significant differences in phylogenetic diversity.•Low reduced-impact logging enhanced phylogenetic structure and composition…”
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Patterns and drivers of plant biodiversity in Chinese university campuses by Liu, Jiajia, Yu, Mingjian, Tomlinson, Kyle, Slik, J.W. Ferry

“…•University campuses can serve as biodiversity refugia as botanical gardens did.•Old and large universities have more plant species.•Species and trait…”
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Functional and phylogenetic assembly in a Chinese tropical tree community across size classes, spatial scales and habitats by Yang, Jie, Zhang, Guocheng, Ci, Xiuqin, Swenson, Nathan G, Cao, Min, Sha, Liqing, Li, Jie, Baskin, Carol C, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Lin, Luxiang, Poorter, Lourens

“…Increasingly, ecologists are using functional and phylogenetic approaches to quantify the relative importance of stochastic, abiotic filtering and biotic…”
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Hydraulic conductivity traits predict growth rates and adult stature of 40 Asian tropical tree species better than wood density by Fan, Ze‐Xin, Zhang, Shi‐Bao, Hao, Guang‐You, Ferry Slik, J.W, Cao, Kun‐Fang

“…1. Stem xylem characteristics have a great impact on growth and adult stature of trees because of their role in mechanical support, long‐distance water…”
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Using species distribution modeling to improve conservation and land use planning of Yunnan, China by Zhang, Ming-Gang, Zhou, Zhe-Kun, Chen, Wen-Yun, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Cannon, Charles H., Raes, Niels

“…► We modeled the spatial distribution of 1996 species of Yunnan. ► We identified three diversity hotspots and seven major floristic regions. ► We developed a…”
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Global legume diversity assessment: Concepts, key indicators, and strategies by Yahara, Tetsukazu, Javadi, Firouzeh, Onoda, Yusuke, de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci, Faith, Daniel P., Prado, Darién E., Akasaka, Munemitsu, Kadoya, Taku, Ishihama, Fumiko, Davies, Stuart, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Yi, Tingshuang, Ma, Keping, Bin, Chen, Darnaedi, Dedy, Pennington, R. Toby, Tuda, Midori, Shimada, Masakazu, Ito, Motomi, Egan, Ashley N., Buerki, Sven, Raes, Niels, Kajita, Tadashi, Vatanparast, Mohammad, Mimura, Makiko, Tachida, Hidenori, Iwasa, Yoh, Smith, Gideon F., Victor, Janine E., Nkonki, Tandiwe

“…While many plant species are considered threatened under anthropogenic pressure, it remains uncertain how rapidly we are losing plant species diversity. To…”
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Traditional forest management has limited impact on plant diversity and composition in a tropical seasonal rainforest in SW China by Mo, Xiao-Xue, Zhu, Hua, Zhang, Yong-Jiang, Ferry Slik, J.W., Liu, Jing-Xin

“…In order to determine the impacts of different traditional forest management types on plant diversity of the seasonal tropical rainforests and infer effective…”
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Macaranga and Mallotus species (Euphorbiaceae) as indicators for disturbance in the mixed lowland dipterocarp forest of East Kalimantan (Indonesia) by Ferry Slik, J.W., Keßler, Paul J.A., van Welzen, Peter C.

“…The indicator value (IV) of Macaranga and Mallotus species (Euphorbiaceae) for different types of disturbance in lowland dipterocarp forest was assessed by…”
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Changes in tree functional composition and forest functioning ten years after logging and thinning interventions in Bornean tropical forests by Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Slik, Ferry J.W., Webb, Edward L., Savini, Tommaso, Gale, George A.

“…•A functional trait approach can detect changes in forest functioning after logging.•Logging shifts composition of functional traits away from those of…”
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Topography related habitat associations of tree species traits, composition and diversity in a Chinese tropical forest by Liu, Jiajia, Yunhong, Tan, Slik, J.W. Ferry

“…•Tree species composition is strongly linked to topography.•Species traits change according to resource availability.•Habitat filtering dominates on higher…”
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integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets by Avitabile, Valerio, Herold, Martin, Heuvelink, Gerard B. M., Lewis, Simon L., Phillips, Oliver L., Asner, Gregory P., Armston, John, Ashton, Peter S., Banin, Lindsay, Bayol, Nicolas, Berry, Nicholas J., Boeckx, Pascal, de Jong, Bernardus H. J., DeVries, Ben, Girardin, Cecile A. J., Kearsley, Elizabeth, Lindsell, Jeremy A., Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Lucas, Richard, Malhi, Yadvinder, Morel, Alexandra, Mitchard, Edward T. A., Nagy, Laszlo, Qie, Lan, Quinones, Marcela J., Ryan, Casey M., Ferry, Slik J. W., Sunderland, Terry, Laurin, Gaia Vaglio, Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla, Valentini, Riccardo, Verbeeck, Hans, Wijaya, Arief, Willcock, Simon

“…We combined two existing datasets of vegetation aboveground biomass (AGB) (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,…”
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Tropical forest conversion to rubber plantation affects soil micro- & mesofaunal community & diversity by Singh, Dharmesh, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Jeon, Yoon-Seong, Tomlinson, Kyle W., Yang, Xiaodong, Wang, Jin, Kerfahi, Dorsaf, Porazinska, Dorota L., Adams, Jonathan M.

“…Tropical rainforests play important roles in carbon sequestration and are hot spots for biodiversity. Tropical forests are being replaced by rubber ( Hevea…”
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Priority areas for the conservation of perennial plants in China by Zhang, Ming-Gang, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Ma, Ke-Ping

“…With over 35,000 higher plants recorded, China is among the countries with the highest plant diversity. However, due to increasing human population, land-use…”
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Trees represent community composition of other plant life-forms, but not their diversity, abundance or responses to fragmentation by Pasion, Bonifacio O., Roeder, Mareike, Liu, Jiajia, Yasuda, Mika, Corlett, Richard T., Slik, J. W. Ferry, Tomlinson, Kyle W.

“…Our understanding of the patterns of plant diversity in tropical forests and their responses to fragmentation are mostly based on tree surveys. But are these…”
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Molecular phylogeny of Trigonostemon and its relatives (Euphorbiaceae) by Yu, Ren-Yong, Slik, Ferry J.W., van Welzen, Peter C.

“…Trigonostemon, Dimorphocalyx, Tritaxis and Ostodes are tropical Asian genera that are very similar in morphology. The former three genera have been treated…”
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Wallace's Line and plant distributions: two or three phytogeographical areas and where to group Java by VAN WELZEN, PETER C, PARNELL, JOHN A.N, SLIK, J.W. FERRY

“…Wallace's Line or its variants divide the Malay Archipelago or Malesia into a western and eastern area, but is this suitable for plant distributions? Indeed,…”
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Botanical richness and endemicity patterns of Borneo derived from species distribution models by Raes, Niels, Roos, Marco C., Slik, J. W. Ferry, Van Loon, E. Emiel, Steege, Hans ter

“…This study provides a Borneo-wide, quantitative assessment of botanical richness and endemicity at a high spatial resolution, and based on actual collection…”
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