The value of biodiversity for the functioning of tropical forests: insurance effects during the first decade of the Sabah biodiversity experiment

• Main Authors: Tuck, Sean L., O’Brien, Michael J., Philipson, Christopher D., Saner, Philippe, Tanadini, Matteo, Dzaeman Dzulkifli, Godfray, H. Charles J., Elia Godoong, Reuben Nilus, Robert C. Ong, Schmid, Bernhard, Waidi Sinun, Snaddon, Jake L., Snoep, Martijn, Hamzah Tangki, Tay Ah Min @ John Tay, Philip Ulok, Yap, Sau Wai, Weilenmann, Maja, Reynolds, Glen, Hector, Andy
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Royal Society Publishing 2016
• Subjects: QH301-705.5 Biology (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32472/1/The%20value%20of%20biodiversity%20for%20the%20functioning%20of%20tropical%20forests.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32472/2/The%20value%20of%20biodiversity%20for%20the%20functioning%20of%20tropical%20forests%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32472/; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2016.1451; https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1tc43

One of the main environmental threats in the tropics is selective logging, which has degraded large areas of forest. In southeast Asia, enrichment planting with seedlings of the dominant group of dipterocarp tree species aims to accelerate restoration of forest structure and functioning. The role of...