scholarly journals Stronger together: comparing and integrating camera trap, visual, and dung survey data in tropical forest communities

Ecosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chase L. Nuñez ◽  
Graden Froese ◽  
Amelia C. Meier ◽  
Chris Beirne ◽  
Johanna Depenthal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Forest Communities

scholarly journals Resource Theft in Tropical Forest Communities: Implications for Non-timber Management, Livelihoods, and Conservation

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Duchelle ◽  
Peter Cronkleton ◽  
Karen A. Kainer ◽  
Gladys Guanacoma ◽  
Salvador Gezan
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Timber Management

scholarly journals Phylogenetic turnover along local environmental gradients in tropical forest communities

Oecologia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 182 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Baldeck ◽  
S. W. Kembel ◽  
K. E. Harms ◽  
J. B. Yavitt ◽  
R. John ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Forest Communities

scholarly journals Tropical mammal functional diversity increases with productivity but decreases with anthropogenic disturbance

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (1945) ◽  
pp. 20202098
Author(s):  
Daniel Gorczynski ◽  
Chia Hsieh ◽  
Jadelys Tonos Luciano ◽  
Jorge Ahumada ◽  
Santiago Espinosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Primary Productivity ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Functional Richness ◽  
Functional Dispersion ◽  
Mammal Communities

A variety of factors can affect the biodiversity of tropical mammal communities, but their relative importance and directionality remain uncertain. Previous global investigations of mammal functional diversity have relied on range maps instead of observational data to determine community composition. We test the effects of species pools, habitat heterogeneity, primary productivity and human disturbance on the functional diversity (dispersion and richness) of mammal communities using the largest standardized tropical forest camera trap monitoring system, the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network. We use occupancy values derived from the camera trap data to calculate occupancy-weighted functional diversity and use Bayesian generalized linear regression to determine the effects of multiple predictors. Mammal community functional dispersion increased with primary productivity, while functional richness decreased with human-induced local extinctions and was significantly lower in Madagascar than other tropical regions. The significant positive relationship between functional dispersion and productivity was evident only when functional dispersion was weighted by species' occupancies. Thus, observational data from standardized monitoring can reveal the drivers of mammal communities in ways that are not readily apparent from range map-based studies. The positive association between occupancy-weighted functional dispersion of tropical forest mammal communities and primary productivity suggests that unique functional traits may be more beneficial in more productive ecosystems and may allow species to persist at higher abundances.

Digging deeper: the value of deep soil carbon for potential REDD+ projects in tropical forest communities in Amazonia

Erdkunde ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Strey ◽  
Jens Boy ◽  
Robert Strey ◽  
Anna Welpelo ◽  
Regine Schönenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Deep Soil

THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL AND SIZE SCALE ON PHYLOGENETIC RELATEDNESS IN TROPICAL FOREST COMMUNITIES

Ecology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 1770-1780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan G. Swenson ◽  
Brian J. Enquist ◽  
Jill Thompson ◽  
Jess K. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Phylogenetic Relatedness ◽  
Size Scale

scholarly journals Wildlife trail or systematic? Camera trap placement has little effect on estimates of mammal diversity in a tropical forest in Gabon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davy Fonteyn ◽  
Cédric Vermeulen ◽  
Nicolas Deflandre ◽  
Daniel Cornelis ◽  
Simon Lhoest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Mammal Diversity ◽  
Trap Placement

scholarly journals Argyreia nervosa (elephant creeper).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanine Vélez-Gavilán
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Native Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Argyreia Nervosa ◽  
Environmental Weed ◽  
The Tropics

Abstract A. nervosa is a liana from the tropics and sub-tropics, reported as invasive in Reunion, Hawaii (USA), Cuba, Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga, but with little information about the invasiveness of the species or its effects on habitats and native species in these countries (Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012; PIER, 2016). In Cuba it is reported as a transformer and invasive species (Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012). In Queensland, Australia it is reported as thriving around Townsville and rampaging around Cooktown. It is also reported as an environmental weed in Australia (PIER, 2016), where it is an aggressive invader of rainforest and other tropical forest communities in northern Queensland (Weeds of Australia, 2016).

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