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Jeglinski JWE, Lane JV, Votier SC, Furness RW, Hamer KC, McCafferty DJ, Nager RG, Sheddan M, Wanless S, Matthiopoulos J. HPAIV outbreak triggers short-term colony connectivity in a seabird metapopulation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3126. [PMID: 38326368 PMCID: PMC10850054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53550-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Disease outbreaks can drastically disturb the environment of surviving animals, but the behavioural, ecological, and epidemiological consequences of disease-driven disturbance are poorly understood. Here, we show that an outbreak of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) coincided with unprecedented short-term behavioural changes in Northern gannets (Morus bassanus). Breeding gannets show characteristically strong fidelity to their nest sites and foraging areas (2015-2019; n = 120), but during the 2022 HPAIV outbreak, GPS-tagged gannets instigated long-distance movements beyond well-documented previous ranges and the first ever recorded visits of GPS-tagged adults to other gannet breeding colonies. Our findings suggest that the HPAIV outbreak triggered changes in space use patterns of exposed individuals that amplified the epidemiological connectivity among colonies and may generate super-spreader events that accelerate disease transmission across the metapopulation. Such self-propagating transmission from and towards high density animal aggregations may explain the unexpectedly rapid pan-European spread of HPAIV in the gannet.
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- Jana W E Jeglinski
- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, The Lyell Centre, Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Sandy, UK
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- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, The Lyell Centre, Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- UK Centre for Hydrology & Ecology Edinburgh, Penicuik, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Cooper DLM, Lewis SL, Sullivan MJP, Prado PI, Ter Steege H, Barbier N, Slik F, Sonké B, Ewango CEN, Adu-Bredu S, Affum-Baffoe K, de Aguiar DPP, Ahuite Reategui MA, Aiba SI, Albuquerque BW, de Almeida Matos FD, Alonso A, Amani CA, do Amaral DD, do Amaral IL, Andrade A, de Andrade Miranda IP, Angoboy IB, Araujo-Murakami A, Arboleda NC, Arroyo L, Ashton P, Aymard C GA, Baider C, Baker TR, Balinga MPB, Balslev H, Banin LF, Bánki OS, Baraloto C, Barbosa EM, Barbosa FR, Barlow J, Bastin JF, Beeckman H, Begne S, Bengone NN, Berenguer E, Berry N, Bitariho R, Boeckx P, Bogaert J, Bonyoma B, Boundja P, Bourland N, Boyemba Bosela F, Brambach F, Brienen R, Burslem DFRP, Camargo JL, Campelo W, Cano A, Cárdenas S, Cárdenas López D, de Sá Carpanedo R, Carrero Márquez YA, Carvalho FA, Casas LF, Castellanos H, Castilho CV, Cerón C, Chapman CA, Chave J, Chhang P, Chutipong W, Chuyong GB, Cintra BBL, Clark CJ, Coelho de Souza F, Comiskey JA, Coomes DA, Cornejo Valverde F, Correa DF, Costa FRC, Costa JBP, Couteron P, Culmsee H, Cuni-Sanchez A, Dallmeier F, Damasco G, Dauby G, Dávila N, Dávila Doza HP, De Alban JDT, de Assis RL, De Canniere C, De Haulleville T, de Jesus Veiga Carim M, Demarchi LO, Dexter KG, Di Fiore A, Din HHM, Disney MI, Djiofack BY, Djuikouo MNK, Do TV, Doucet JL, Draper FC, Droissart V, Duivenvoorden JF, Engel J, Estienne V, Farfan-Rios W, Fauset S, Feeley KJ, Feitosa YO, Feldpausch TR, Ferreira C, Ferreira J, Ferreira LV, Fletcher CD, Flores BM, Fofanah A, Foli EG, Fonty É, Fredriksson GM, Fuentes A, Galbraith D, Gallardo Gonzales GP, Garcia-Cabrera K, García-Villacorta R, Gomes VHF, Gómez RZ, Gonzales T, Gribel R, Guedes MC, Guevara JE, Hakeem KR, Hall JS, Hamer KC, Hamilton AC, Harris DJ, Harrison RD, Hart TB, Hector A, Henkel TW, Herbohn J, Hockemba MBN, Hoffman B, Holmgren M, Honorio Coronado EN, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Hubau W, Imai N, Irume MV, Jansen PA, Jeffery KJ, Jimenez EM, Jucker T, Junqueira AB, Kalamandeen M, Kamdem NG, Kartawinata K, Kasongo Yakusu E, Katembo JM, Kearsley E, Kenfack D, Kessler M, Khaing TT, Killeen TJ, Kitayama K, Klitgaard B, Labrière N, Laumonier Y, Laurance SGW, Laurance WF, Laurent F, Le TC, Le TT, Leal ME, Leão de Moraes Novo EM, Levesley A, Libalah MB, Licona JC, Lima Filho DDA, Lindsell JA, Lopes A, Lopes MA, Lovett JC, Lowe R, Lozada JR, Lu X, Luambua NK, Luize BG, Maas P, Magalhães JLL, Magnusson WE, Mahayani NPD, Makana JR, Malhi Y, Maniguaje Rincón L, Mansor A, Manzatto AG, Marimon BS, Marimon-Junior BH, Marshall AR, Martins MP, Mbayu FM, de Medeiros MB, Mesones I, Metali F, Mihindou V, Millet J, Milliken W, Mogollón HF, Molino JF, Mohd Said MN, Monteagudo Mendoza A, Montero JC, Moore S, Mostacedo B, Mozombite Pinto LF, Mukul SA, Munishi PKT, Nagamasu H, Nascimento HEM, Nascimento MT, Neill D, Nilus R, Noronha JC, Nsenga L, Núñez Vargas P, Ojo L, Oliveira AA, de Oliveira EA, Ondo FE, Palacios Cuenca W, Pansini S, Pansonato MP, Paredes MR, Paudel E, Pauletto D, Pearson RG, Pena JLM, Pennington RT, Peres CA, Permana A, Petronelli P, Peñuela Mora MC, Phillips JF, Phillips OL, Pickavance G, Piedade MTF, Pitman NCA, Ploton P, Popelier A, Poulsen JR, Prieto A, Primack RB, Priyadi H, Qie L, Quaresma AC, de Queiroz HL, Ramirez-Angulo H, Ramos JF, Reis NFC, Reitsma J, Revilla JDC, Riutta T, Rivas-Torres G, Robiansyah I, Rocha M, Rodrigues DDJ, Rodriguez-Ronderos ME, Rovero F, Rozak AH, Rudas A, Rutishauser E, Sabatier D, Sagang LB, Sampaio AF, Samsoedin I, Satdichanh M, Schietti J, Schöngart J, Scudeller VV, Seuaturien N, Sheil D, Sierra R, Silman MR, Silva TSF, da Silva Guimarães JR, Simo-Droissart M, Simon MF, Sist P, Sousa TR, de Sousa Farias E, de Souza Coelho L, Spracklen DV, Stas SM, Steinmetz R, Stevenson PR, Stropp J, Sukri RS, Sunderland TCH, Suzuki E, Swaine MD, Tang J, Taplin J, Taylor DM, Tello JS, Terborgh J, Texier N, Theilade I, Thomas DW, Thomas R, Thomas SC, Tirado M, Toirambe B, de Toledo JJ, Tomlinson KW, Torres-Lezama A, Tran HD, Tshibamba Mukendi J, Tumaneng RD, Umaña MN, Umunay PM, Urrego Giraldo LE, Valderrama Sandoval EH, Valenzuela Gamarra L, Van Andel TR, van de Bult M, van de Pol J, van der Heijden G, Vasquez R, Vela CIA, Venticinque EM, Verbeeck H, Veridiano RKA, Vicentini A, Vieira ICG, Vilanova Torre E, Villarroel D, Villa Zegarra BE, Vleminckx J, von Hildebrand P, Vos VA, Vriesendorp C, Webb EL, White LJT, Wich S, Wittmann F, Zagt R, Zang R, Zartman CE, Zemagho L, Zent EL, Zent S. Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. Nature 2024; 625:728-734. [PMID: 38200314 PMCID: PMC10808064 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
Trees structure the Earth's most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we investigate abundance patterns of common tree species using inventory data on 1,003,805 trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm across 1,568 locations1-6 in closed-canopy, structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia. We estimate that 2.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% of species comprise 50% of the tropical trees in these regions, respectively. Extrapolating across all closed-canopy tropical forests, we estimate that just 1,053 species comprise half of Earth's 800 billion tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm. Despite differing biogeographic, climatic and anthropogenic histories7, we find notably consistent patterns of common species and species abundance distributions across the continents. This suggests that fundamental mechanisms of tree community assembly may apply to all tropical forests. Resampling analyses show that the most common species are likely to belong to a manageable list of known species, enabling targeted efforts to understand their ecology. Although they do not detract from the importance of rare species, our results open new opportunities to understand the world's most diverse forests, including modelling their response to environmental change, by focusing on the common species that constitute the majority of their trees.
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- Declan L M Cooper
- Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK.
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK.
- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Quantitative Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management and Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Procuradoria-Geral de Justiça, Ministério Público do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
- Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Bullard Emeritus Professor of Forestry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), UNELLEZ-Guanare, Guanare, Venezuela
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- The Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Reduit, Mauritius
- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda
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- Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Biodiversity and Landscape Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liege, Liège, Belgium
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- Section de la Foresterie, Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomique Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
- Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia
- Forest Resources Management, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Resources and Synergies Development, Singapore, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Amapá, Ciências Ambientais, Macapá, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas de Guayana, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
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- Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal de Roraima, Embrapa Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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- Escuela de Biología Herbario Alfredo Paredes, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador
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- Biology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development (IRD), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Conservation Ecology Program, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
- University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- BeZero, London, UK
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- Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
- The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- State Agency for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology, Güstrow, Germany
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
- Department of International Environmental and Development Studies (NORAGRIC), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Phillipines Programme, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK
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- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Brazil
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- Landscape Ecology and Vegetal Production Systems Unit, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Forest Is Life, TERRA, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
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- Living Earth Collaborative, Washington University in Saint Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
- Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia (Botânica), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil
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- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
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- Direction Régionale de la Guyane, Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA
- Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- Programa Restauración de Ecosistemas (PRE), Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA), Tambopata, Peru
- Peruvian Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (PCBC), Iquitos, Peru
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- Escola de Negócios Tecnologia e Inovação, Centro Universitário do Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- PROTERRA, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud-BIOMAS, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
- The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Honorary Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, China
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- Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA, USA
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- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia
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- Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru
- University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology (Woodlab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Fauna y Flora Silvestre, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Imani, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVElab), Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department for Accelerated Taxonomy, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, UK
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- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Uganda Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, UK
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- Botany Department, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Faculté des sciences Agronomiques, Université Officielle de Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'Écologie et Aménagement Forestier, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia
- Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
- Flamingo Land, Kirby Misperton, UK
- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
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- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon
- Ministère de la Forêt, de la Mer, de l'Environnement, Chargé du Plan Climat, Libreville, Gabon
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- Office français de la biodiversité, Vincennes, France
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- Department for Ecosystem Stewardship, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, UK
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Peru
- Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
- Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Environment and Development Studies, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Ecosystems and Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goyatacazes, Brazil
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- Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
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- University of Abeokuta, Abeokuta, Nigeria
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia PPG-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Instituto de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Cirad UMR Ecofog, AgrosParisTech, CNRS, INRAE, Université Guyane, Kourou Cedex, France
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- Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Resource and Environmental Economics (ESL), IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
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- Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
- Wetland Department, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Rastatt, Germany
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- Diretoria Técnico-Científica, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia PPG-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Waardenburg Ecology, Culemborg, The Netherlands
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- College of Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Center for Plant Conservation Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Science, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Deparment of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Tropical Biodiversity Section, Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), Trento, Italy
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- Research Center for Plant Conservation, Botanic Gardens and Forestry, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bogor, Indonesia
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia PPG-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Forest Research and Development Center, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)-Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB1), Manaus, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Cirad-ES, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D, Montpellier, France
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis da Amazônia (EDTA), Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fiocruz, Manaus, Brazil
- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Biogeography Department, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
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- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
- Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
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- UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK, London, UK
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- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology and Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, USA
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- Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, Georgetown, Guyana
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- Institute of Forestry and Conservation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Ministère de l'Environnement et Développement Durable, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, China
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université de Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Phillipines Programme, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK
- Emerging Technology Development Division, Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD), Taguig City, Philippines
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA
- Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Missouri, St Louis, MO, USA
- Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Doi Tung Development Project, Social Development Department, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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- Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Puerto Maldonado, Peru
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- CAVElab-Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
- Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN), Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
- Faculté des Sciences, Service d'Évolution Biologique et Écologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales de la Amazonía, Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia
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- Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Helsinki, Finland
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- Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate, Libreville, Gabon
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Institut de Recherche en Écologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
- Wetland Department, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Rastatt, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Laboratory of Human Ecology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Laboratory of Human Ecology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
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Woodrow C, Rosca AT, Fletcher R, Hone A, Ruta M, Hamer KC, Dunn JC. Haemoproteus parasites and passerines: the effect of local generalists on inferences of host-parasite co-phylogeny in the British Isles. Parasitology 2023; 150:1307-1315. [PMID: 37395052 PMCID: PMC10941225 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182023000628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Abstract
Host–parasite associations provide a benchmark for investigating evolutionary arms races and antagonistic coevolution. However, potential ecological mechanisms underlying such associations are difficult to unravel. In particular, local adaptations of hosts and/or parasites may hamper reliable inferences of host–parasite relationships and the specialist–generalist definitions of parasite lineages, making it problematic to understand such relationships on a global scale. Phylogenetic methods were used to investigate co-phylogenetic patterns between vector-borne parasites of the genus Haemoproteus and their passeriform hosts, to infer the ecological interactions of parasites and hosts that may have driven the evolution of both groups in a local geographic domain. As several Haemoproteus lineages were only detected once, and given the occurrence of a single extreme generalist, the effect of removing individual lineages on the co-phylogeny pattern was tested. When all lineages were included, and when all singly detected lineages were removed, there was no convincing evidence for host–parasite co-phylogeny. However, when only the generalist lineage was removed, strong support for co-phylogeny was indicated, and ecological interactions could be successfully inferred. This study exemplifies the importance of identifying locally abundant lineages when sampling host–parasite systems, to provide reliable insights into the precise mechanisms underlying host–parasite interactions.
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- Charlie Woodrow
- Joseph Banks Laboratories, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- Joseph Banks Laboratories, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- Joseph Banks Laboratories, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- Joseph Banks Laboratories, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- Joseph Banks Laboratories, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Joseph Banks Laboratories, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Thomas RC, Dunn JC, Orsman CJ, Morris AJ, Hipperson H, Grice PV, Hamer KC, Goodman SJ. Successful storage of Trichomonas gallinae on Whatman FTA cards following culture. CONSERV GENET RESOUR 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12686-022-01263-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AbstractLogistical constraints concerning parasite sample storage can hinder progress with the discovery of genetic variation on a global scale. New storage methods are being developed to address this, but require testing in order to understand how widely applicable these methods are. Whatman FTA cards have been tested previously under laboratory conditions for storing low-concentration Trichomonas gallinae isolates with the conclusion that they are not suitable, but have not been tested under field conditions. Here, we conducted a field-test, comparing FTA cards with storage in ethanol for T. gallinae samples collected and cultured from wild Columbiformes in Africa using standard field methods, before transportation to the UK. After 6 months storage, both methods resulted in an overall prevalence of 100% following PCR amplification (n = 59), suggesting that FTA cards are suitable for estimation of T. gallinae prevalence. However, samples stored in ethanol produced more, and longer, sequences than those stored on FTA cards. These data suggest storage in ethanol is preferable for the acquisition of high quality genetic strain data, but that FTA cards can be used successfully to ascertain infection prevalence and identify parasite strains under field conditions.
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Warren‐Thomas E, Agus F, Akbar PG, Crowson M, Hamer KC, Hariyadi B, Hodgson JA, Kartika WD, Lopes M, Lucey JM, Mustaqim D, Pettorelli N, Saad A, Sari W, Sukma G, Stringer LC, Ward C, Hill JK. No evidence for trade‐offs between bird diversity, yield and water table depth on oil palm smallholdings: Implications for tropical peatland landscape restoration. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Eleanor Warren‐Thomas
- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology University of York York UK
- School of Natural Sciences Bangor University Bangor UK
- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg Austria
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- Indonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and Development Bogor Indonesia
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London London UK
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds UK
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- Biology Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Jambi University Jambi Indonesia
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
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- Biology Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Jambi University Jambi Indonesia
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London London UK
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- Biology Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Jambi University Jambi Indonesia
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- Faculty of Agriculture Jambi University Jambi Indonesia
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- Biology Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Jambi University Jambi Indonesia
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- Biology Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Jambi University Jambi Indonesia
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- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology University of York York UK
- Department of Environment and Geography University of York York UK
- School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds Leeds UK
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- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology University of York York UK
- School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds Leeds UK
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- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology University of York York UK
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Thomas RC, Dunn JC, Dawson DA, Hipperson H, Horsburgh GJ, Morris AJ, Orsman C, Mallord J, Grice PV, Hamer KC, Eraud C, Hervé L, Goodman SJ. Assessing rates of parasite coinfection and spatiotemporal strain variation via metabarcoding: insights for the conservation of European Turtle Doves
Streptopelia turtur. Mol Ecol 2022; 31:2730-2751. [PMID: 35253301 PMCID: PMC9325524 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding the frequency, spatiotemporal dynamics and impacts of parasite coinfections is fundamental to developing control measures and predicting disease impacts. The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is one of Europe's most threatened bird species. High prevalence of infection by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas gallinae has previously been identified, but the role of this and other coinfecting parasites in turtle dove declines remains unclear. Using a high‐throughput sequencing approach, we identified seven strains of T. gallinae, including two novel strains, from ITS1/5.8S/ITS2 ribosomal sequences in turtle doves on breeding and wintering grounds, with further intrastrain variation and four novel subtypes revealed by the iron‐hydrogenase gene. High spatiotemporal turnover was observed in T. gallinae strain composition, and infection was prevalent in all populations (89%–100%). Coinfection by multiple Trichomonas strains was rarer than expected (1% observed compared to 38.6% expected), suggesting either within‐host competition, or high mortality of coinfected individuals. In contrast, coinfection by multiple haemosporidians was common (43%), as was coinfection by haemosporidians and T. gallinae (90%), with positive associations between strains of T. gallinae and Leucocytozoon suggesting a mechanism such as parasite‐induced immune modulation. We found no evidence for negative associations between coinfections and host body condition. We suggest that longitudinal studies involving the recapture and investigation of infection status of individuals over their lifespan are crucial to understand the epidemiology of coinfections in natural populations.
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- Rebecca C. Thomas
- School of Biology Irene Manton Building University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TN UK
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Lodge Potton Road, Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL UK
- School of Life Sciences University of Lincoln Joseph Banks Laboratories Lincoln LN6 7TS UK
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- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TN UK
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- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TN UK
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- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TN UK
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Lodge Potton Road, Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL UK
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Lodge Potton Road, Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL UK
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Lodge Potton Road, Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL UK
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- Natural England, Suite D Unex House Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough PE1 1NG UK
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- School of Biology Irene Manton Building University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage. Unité Avifaune migratrice Réserve de Chizé 405 Carrefour de la Canauderie 79360 Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage. Unité Avifaune migratrice Réserve de Chizé 405 Carrefour de la Canauderie 79360 Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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- School of Biology Irene Manton Building University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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Pollock CJ, Lane JV, Buckingham L, Garthe S, Jeavons R, Furness RW, Hamer KC. Risks to different populations and age classes of gannets from impacts of offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea. Mar Environ Res 2021; 171:105457. [PMID: 34482114 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The southern North Sea holds the world's highest concentration of offshore wind farms (OWFs). Northern gannets (Morus bassanus), a species considered at high risk from OWF impacts, show a strong seasonal peak there in November, but it is unclear which populations and age classes are most at risk of collision with wind turbines. We tagged adult and juvenile gannets at the world's largest colony (Bass Rock) and reviewed two sources of survey data for different age classes to study their movements through southern North Sea waters. Tracked birds showed peak numbers in the southern North Sea in mid-October, with much smaller numbers there during November. Adults were distributed throughout the area, including waters close to OWFs, whereas juveniles were confined to the coast. Survey data indicated high proportions of immature gannets in southern North Sea waters, suggesting higher collision risk than for adults. Gannets present in November may be predominantly from colonies further north than Bass Rock.
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, UK
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- Research and Technology Centre (FTZ), University of Kiel, Büsum, Germany
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Dunn JC, Hamer KC, Morris AJ, Grice PV, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Uliano-Silva M, Howe K, Torrance J, Chow W, Pelan S, Sims Y, Challis R, Threlfall J, Mead D, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the European turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17060.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female Streptopelia turtur (the European turtle dove; Chordata; Aves; Columbidae). The genome sequence is 1.18 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 35 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the W and Z sex chromosomes assembled.
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Hamer KC, Sasu MA, Ofosuhene L, Asare R, Ossom B, Parr CL, Scriven SA, Asante W, Addico R, Hill JK. Proximity to forest mediates trade‐offs between yields and biodiversity of birds in oil palm smallholdings. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- School of Biology University of Leeds Leeds UK
- Nature Conservation Research Centre Accra Ghana
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- School of Biology University of Leeds Leeds UK
- Nature Conservation Research Centre Accra Ghana
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
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- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity Department of Biology University of York York UK
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- Department of Silviculture and Forest Management Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana
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- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity Department of Biology University of York York UK
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Edwards FA, Edwards DP, Hamer KC, Fayle TM. Tropical land-use change alters trait-based community assembly rules for dung beetles and birds. Oecologia 2021; 195:705-717. [PMID: 33559003 PMCID: PMC7940334 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04829-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Tropical rainforest disturbance and conversion are critical drivers of biodiversity loss. A key knowledge gap is understanding the impacts of habitat modification on mechanisms of community assembly, which are predicted to respond differently between taxa and across spatial scales. We use a null model approach to detect trait assembly of species at local- and landscape-scales, and then subdivide communities with different habitat associations and foraging guilds to investigate whether the detection of assembly mechanisms varies between groups. We focus on two indicator taxa, dung beetles and birds, across a disturbance gradient of primary rainforest, selectively logged rainforest, and oil palm plantations in Borneo, Southeast Asia. Random community assembly was predominant for dung beetles across habitats, whereas trait convergence, indicative of environmental filtering, occurred across the disturbance gradient for birds. Assembly patterns at the two spatial scales were similar. Subdividing for habitat association and foraging guild revealed patterns hidden when focusing on the overall community. Dung beetle forest specialists and habitat generalists showed opposing assembly mechanisms in primary forest, community assembly of habitat generalists for both taxa differed with disturbance intensity, and insectivorous birds strongly influenced overall community assembly relative to other guilds. Our study reveals the sensitivity of community assembly mechanisms to anthropogenic disturbance via a shift in the relative contribution of stochastic and deterministic processes. This highlights the need for greater understanding of how habitat modification alters species interactions and the importance of incorporating species' traits within assessments.
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- Felicity A Edwards
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, 370 05, Czech Republic
- Institute of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Lane JV, Jeavons R, Deakin Z, Sherley RB, Pollock CJ, Wanless RJ, Hamer KC. Vulnerability of northern gannets to offshore wind farms; seasonal and sex-specific collision risk and demographic consequences. Mar Environ Res 2020; 162:105196. [PMID: 33126111 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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There is a pressing need to quantify the risks of renewable energy developments such as offshore wind farms for protected populations. However, assessments are often based on incomplete data, or fail to consider variation in risk between sexes and at different times of year. We tracked northern gannets foraging from the world's largest colony (Bass Rock, Scotland) across five consecutive breeding seasons. We examine how seasonal and sex differences in behaviour affect the collision risk from planned and operational wind farms within their foraging range and assess the likely consequences for long-term population viability. Both sexes made shorter trips during chick-rearing than prior to chick-hatching, spent a greater proportion of time within wind farm sites and had an eight times greater potential collision risk during chick-rearing. Females made longer trips than males at both these times of year, flew higher and spent more time within wind farm sites, leading to three times greater collision risk for females. After accounting for the potential additional mortality from collisions, and assuming that the death of a parent also led to the loss of its offspring, the breeding population was projected to increase by 3.57% (95% CI: 2.16-5.15%) per year, compared with 6.56% (95% CI: 4.59-8.73%) in the absence of turbines, suggesting a negligible effect on population viability. However, additional mortality could result in greater immigration from neighbouring colonies, potentially affecting their viability and highlighting a need for research within a metapopulation framework to assess the impacts of offshore wind developments on vulnerable species across multiple connected sites.
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- Jude V Lane
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
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Sullivan MJP, Lewis SL, Affum-Baffoe K, Castilho C, Costa F, Sanchez AC, Ewango CEN, Hubau W, Marimon B, Monteagudo-Mendoza A, Qie L, Sonké B, Martinez RV, Baker TR, Brienen RJW, Feldpausch TR, Galbraith D, Gloor M, Malhi Y, Aiba SI, Alexiades MN, Almeida EC, de Oliveira EA, Dávila EÁ, Loayza PA, Andrade A, Vieira SA, Aragão LEOC, Araujo-Murakami A, Arets EJMM, Arroyo L, Ashton P, Aymard C. G, Baccaro FB, Banin LF, Baraloto C, Camargo PB, Barlow J, Barroso J, Bastin JF, Batterman SA, Beeckman H, Begne SK, Bennett AC, Berenguer E, Berry N, Blanc L, Boeckx P, Bogaert J, Bonal D, Bongers F, Bradford M, Brearley FQ, Brncic T, Brown F, Burban B, Camargo JL, Castro W, Céron C, Ribeiro SC, Moscoso VC, Chave J, Chezeaux E, Clark CJ, de Souza FC, Collins M, Comiskey JA, Valverde FC, Medina MC, da Costa L, Dančák M, Dargie GC, Davies S, Cardozo ND, de Haulleville T, de Medeiros MB, del Aguila Pasquel J, Derroire G, Di Fiore A, Doucet JL, Dourdain A, Droissart V, Duque LF, Ekoungoulou R, Elias F, Erwin T, Esquivel-Muelbert A, Fauset S, Ferreira J, Llampazo GF, Foli E, Ford A, Gilpin M, Hall JS, Hamer KC, Hamilton AC, Harris DJ, Hart TB, Hédl R, Herault B, Herrera R, Higuchi N, Hladik A, Coronado EH, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Huasco WH, Jeffery KJ, Jimenez-Rojas E, Kalamandeen M, Djuikouo MNK, Kearsley E, Umetsu RK, Kho LK, Killeen T, Kitayama K, Klitgaard B, Koch A, Labrière N, Laurance W, Laurance S, Leal ME, Levesley A, Lima AJN, Lisingo J, Lopes AP, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Lovejoy T, Lovett JC, Lowe R, Magnusson WE, Malumbres-Olarte J, Manzatto ÂG, Marimon BH, Marshall AR, Marthews T, de Almeida Reis SM, Maycock C, Melgaço K, Mendoza C, Metali F, Mihindou V, Milliken W, Mitchard ETA, Morandi PS, Mossman HL, Nagy L, Nascimento H, Neill D, Nilus R, Vargas PN, Palacios W, Camacho NP, Peacock J, Pendry C, Peñuela Mora MC, Pickavance GC, Pipoly J, Pitman N, Playfair M, Poorter L, Poulsen JR, Poulsen AD, Preziosi R, Prieto A, Primack RB, Ramírez-Angulo H, Reitsma J, Réjou-Méchain M, Correa ZR, de Sousa TR, Bayona LR, Roopsind A, Rudas A, Rutishauser E, Abu Salim K, Salomão RP, Schietti J, Sheil D, Silva RC, Espejo JS, Valeria CS, Silveira M, Simo-Droissart M, Simon MF, Singh J, Soto Shareva YC, Stahl C, Stropp J, Sukri R, Sunderland T, Svátek M, Swaine MD, Swamy V, Taedoumg H, Talbot J, Taplin J, Taylor D, ter Steege H, Terborgh J, Thomas R, Thomas SC, Torres-Lezama A, Umunay P, Gamarra LV, van der Heijden G, van der Hout P, van der Meer P, van Nieuwstadt M, Verbeeck H, Vernimmen R, Vicentini A, Vieira ICG, Torre EV, Vleminckx J, Vos V, Wang O, White LJT, Willcock S, Woods JT, Wortel V, Young K, Zagt R, Zemagho L, Zuidema PA, Zwerts JA, Phillips OL. Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests. Science 2020; 368:869-874. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw7578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Martin J. P. Sullivan
- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
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- Embrapa Roraima, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brasília, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
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- DR Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestiere (CEFRECOF), Epulu, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology (Woodlab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- UNEMAT - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina-MT, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
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- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Instituto de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém - PA, Brazil
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- Escuela de Ciencias Agrícolas, Pecuarias y del Medio Ambiente, National Open University and Distance, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
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- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Dirección de la Carrera de Biología, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario, Guanare, Venezuela
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Centro Multidisciplinar, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil
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- Institure of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Environment, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVELab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- UR Forest and Societies, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzavile, Republic of Congo
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- INRAE, UMR EcoFoG, CNRS, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
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- Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil
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- Herbario Alfredo Paredes, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil
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- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 (CNRS/IRD/UPS), CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK
- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- Instituto de Geociências, Faculdade de Meteorologia, Universidade Federal do Para, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brasília, Brazil
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- Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParisTech, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana
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- Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Forest Resources Management, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParisTech, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana
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- AMAP, Universite de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brasília, Brazil
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- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
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- Smithsonian Institution Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- CIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
- Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, INP-HB, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
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- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
| | - Niro Higuchi
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Département Hommes, Natures, Sociétés, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturel, Paris, France
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology (Woodlab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Environment, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVELab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Tropical Peat Research Institute, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pok Ful Lam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 (CNRS/IRD/UPS), CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD, Australia
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- Uganda Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda
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- Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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- Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, London, UK
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- Botany Department, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Coordenação da Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Mauaus, Brazil
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- cE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal
- LIBRe – Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratório de Biogeoquímica Ambiental Wolfgang C. Pfeiffer, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho - RO, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Universidad do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina-MT, Brazil
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia
- Flamingo Land Ltd., North Yorkshire, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
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- UNEMAT - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina-MT, Brazil
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of International Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- Escuela de Ciencias Forestales, Unidad Académica del Trópico, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Sacta, Bolivia
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- Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
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- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon
- Ministère de la Forêt, de la Mer, de l'Environnement, Chargé du Plan Climat, Libreville, Gabon
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- UNEMAT - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina-MT, Brazil
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
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- Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, Sepilok, Malaysia
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- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Carrera de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad Tecnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Public Communications and Outreach Group, Parks and Recreation Division, Oakland Park, FL, USA
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- Keller Science Action Center, Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Paramaribo, Suriname
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Leticia, Colombia
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- Institute of Research for Forestry Development (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Centro de Conservacion, Investigacion y Manejo de Areas Naturales, CIMA Cordillera Azul, Lima, Peru
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- Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Georgetown, Guyana
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Leticia, Colombia
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama
- Carboforexpert, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia/CAPES, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil
- Instituto Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil
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- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brasília, Brazil
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- Guyana Forestry Commission, Georgetown, Guyana
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- INRAE, UMR EcoFoG, CNRS, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
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- Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
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- Sustainable Landscapes and Food Systems, Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
- Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA. USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Bioversity International, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK, London, UK
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- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Systems Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Georgetown, Guyana
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA
- Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Environment, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVELab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, OR, USA
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado, La Paz, Bolivia
- Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Riberalta, Bolivia
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon
- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Bangor, Bangor, UK
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- Forest Management, Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Paramaribo, Suriname
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- Department of Geography and The Environment, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Paramaribo, Suriname
- Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Lopes M, Frison P, Crowson M, Warren‐Thomas E, Hariyadi B, Kartika WD, Agus F, Hamer KC, Stringer L, Hill JK, Pettorelli N. Improving the accuracy of land cover classification in cloud persistent areas using optical and radar satellite image time series. Methods Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Mailys Lopes
- Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London London UK
- DYNAFORUniversity of ToulouseINRA Castanet‐Tolosan France
- LaSTIGUPEM/IGNUniversity Paris‐Est Marne‐la‐Vallée Marne‐la‐Vallée France
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- Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London London UK
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- Biology Education Program Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Universitas Jambi Jambi Indonesia
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- Biology Education Program Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Universitas Jambi Jambi Indonesia
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- Indonesian Soil Research InstituteIndonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and DevelopmentBogor Indonesia
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- Department of Biology University of York York UK
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Scriven SA, Williams SH, Ghani MA, Agama AL, Benedick S, Brodie JF, Hamer KC, McClean CJ, Reynolds G, Hill JK. Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas for conserving range‐restricted rain forest butterflies in Sabah, Borneo. Biotropica 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Biology Program University of Montana Missoula MT USA
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- Department of Biology University of York York UK
- WWF‐Malaysia Sabah Office Kota Kinabalu Malaysia
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- South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP) Lahad Datu Malaysia
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- Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture Universiti Malaysia Sabah Sandakan Malaysia
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Biology Program University of Montana Missoula MT USA
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds UK
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- Department of Environment and Geography University of York York UK
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- South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP) Lahad Datu Malaysia
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- Department of Biology University of York York UK
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Schepaschenko D, Chave J, Phillips OL, Lewis SL, Davies SJ, Réjou-Méchain M, Sist P, Scipal K, Perger C, Herault B, Labrière N, Hofhansl F, Affum-Baffoe K, Aleinikov A, Alonso A, Amani C, Araujo-Murakami A, Armston J, Arroyo L, Ascarrunz N, Azevedo C, Baker T, Bałazy R, Bedeau C, Berry N, Bilous AM, Bilous SY, Bissiengou P, Blanc L, Bobkova KS, Braslavskaya T, Brienen R, Burslem DFRP, Condit R, Cuni-Sanchez A, Danilina D, Del Castillo Torres D, Derroire G, Descroix L, Sotta ED, d'Oliveira MVN, Dresel C, Erwin T, Evdokimenko MD, Falck J, Feldpausch TR, Foli EG, Foster R, Fritz S, Garcia-Abril AD, Gornov A, Gornova M, Gothard-Bassébé E, Gourlet-Fleury S, Guedes M, Hamer KC, Susanty FH, Higuchi N, Coronado ENH, Hubau W, Hubbell S, Ilstedt U, Ivanov VV, Kanashiro M, Karlsson A, Karminov VN, Killeen T, Koffi JCK, Konovalova M, Kraxner F, Krejza J, Krisnawati H, Krivobokov LV, Kuznetsov MA, Lakyda I, Lakyda PI, Licona JC, Lucas RM, Lukina N, Lussetti D, Malhi Y, Manzanera JA, Marimon B, Junior BHM, Martinez RV, Martynenko OV, Matsala M, Matyashuk RK, Mazzei L, Memiaghe H, Mendoza C, Mendoza AM, Moroziuk OV, Mukhortova L, Musa S, Nazimova DI, Okuda T, Oliveira LC, Ontikov PV, Osipov AF, Pietsch S, Playfair M, Poulsen J, Radchenko VG, Rodney K, Rozak AH, Ruschel A, Rutishauser E, See L, Shchepashchenko M, Shevchenko N, Shvidenko A, Silveira M, Singh J, Sonké B, Souza C, Stereńczak K, Stonozhenko L, Sullivan MJP, Szatniewska J, Taedoumg H, Ter Steege H, Tikhonova E, Toledo M, Trefilova OV, Valbuena R, Gamarra LV, Vasiliev S, Vedrova EF, Verhovets SV, Vidal E, Vladimirova NA, Vleminckx J, Vos VA, Vozmitel FK, Wanek W, West TAP, Woell H, Woods JT, Wortel V, Yamada T, Nur Hajar ZS, Zo-Bi IC. The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass. Sci Data 2019; 6:198. [PMID: 31601817 PMCID: PMC6787017 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Forest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (AGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. AGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. All plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities.
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- Dmitry Schepaschenko
- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria.
- Forestry faculty, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Mytischi, 141005, Russia.
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 37012, Washington 20013, USA
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- CIRAD, Forêts et Sociétés, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, F-34398, France
- Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, F-34398, France
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- European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
- Spatial Focus GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- CIRAD, Forêts et Sociétés, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, F-34398, France
- Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, F-34398, France
- Department Foresterie et Environnement (DFR FOREN), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, INP-HB, Yamoussoukro, BP 2661, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
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- Mensuration Unit, Forestry Commission of Ghana, 4 Third Avenue Ridge, Kumasi, POB M434, Ghana
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Suite 3123, Washington, DC, 20560-0705, USA
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- Centre for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Bogor, 16115, Indonesia
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, 2181 Lefrak Hall, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
- Joint Remote Sensing Research Program, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Chamberlain Building (35), Campbell Road, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno Av. Irala 565 - casilla, 2489, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- IBIF, Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Av. 6 de agosto # 28, Km 14 doble via La Guardia, Santa Cruz, Casilla, 6204, Bolivia
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- Embrapa, Rodovia AM 10, km 29, Manaus, AM, 69010-970, Brazil
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Forest Research Institute, Department of Geomatics, Braci Leśnej 3, Sękocin Stary, Raszyn, 05-090, Poland
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- ONF, ONF-Réserve de Montabo Cayenne Cedex, Cayenne, BP 7002; 97307, French Guiana
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- The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group, 20 Chambers St, Edinburgh, EH1 1JZ, UK
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- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, General Rodimtsev 19, Kyiv, 3041, Ukraine
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- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, General Rodimtsev 19, Kyiv, 3041, Ukraine
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- CIRAD, Forêts et Sociétés, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, F-34398, France
- Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, F-34398, France
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- Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
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- Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Rte. 53, Lisle, 60532, IL, USA
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5NG, UK
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, Av. Abelardo Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Apartado Postal 784, Peru
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- CIRAD, UMR EcoFoG, Campus Agronomique - BP 701, Kourou, 97387, France, French Guiana
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- ONF, ONF-Réserve de Montabo Cayenne Cedex, Cayenne, BP 7002; 97307, French Guiana
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- Embrapa, Rodovia Juscelino Kubitscheck, Km 5, no 2.600, Macapa, Caixa Postal 10, CEP: 68903-419, Brazil
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
- Spatial Focus GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- SI Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 187, Washington, DC, DC 20013-7012, USA
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Department Forest Ecology and Management, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Umeå, SE-901 83, Sweden
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- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter,Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
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- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, UP Box 63, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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- The Field Musium, 1400S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Institut Centrafricain de Recherche Agronomique, ICRA, BP 122, Bangui, Central African Republic
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- CIRAD, Forêts et Sociétés, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, F-34398, France
- Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, F-34398, France
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- Embrapa, Rodovia Juscelino Kubitscheck, Km 5, no 2.600, Macapa, Caixa Postal 10, CEP: 68903-419, Brazil
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- FOERDIA, Forestry and Environment Research Development and Innovation Agency, Jalan Gunung Batu No 5, Bogor, 16610, Indonesia
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Coordenação de Pesquisas em Silvicultura Tropical, Manaus, 69060-001, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, Av. Abelardo Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Apartado Postal 784, Peru
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- U Gent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1606, USA
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- Department Forest Ecology and Management, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Umeå, SE-901 83, Sweden
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, Travessa Doutor Enéas Pinheiro, Belém, PA, 66095-903, Brazil
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- Department Forest Ecology and Management, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Umeå, SE-901 83, Sweden
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- World Wildlife Fund, Calle Diego de Mendoza 299, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
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- Global Change Research Institute CAS, Bělidla 986/4a, Brno, 603 00, Czech Republic
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- FOERDIA, Forestry and Environment Research Development and Innovation Agency, Jalan Gunung Batu No 5, Bogor, 16610, Indonesia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia
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- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, General Rodimtsev 19, Kyiv, 3041, Ukraine
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- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, General Rodimtsev 19, Kyiv, 3041, Ukraine
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- IBIF, Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Av. 6 de agosto # 28, Km 14 doble via La Guardia, Santa Cruz, Casilla, 6204, Bolivia
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- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Department Forest Ecology and Management, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Umeå, SE-901 83, Sweden
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- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, 78.690-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, 78.690-000, Brazil
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- Russian Institute of Continuous Education in Forestry, Institutskaya 17, Pushkino, 141200, Russia
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- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, General Rodimtsev 19, Kyiv, 3041, Ukraine
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- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lebedev 37, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
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- Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, Travessa Doutor Enéas Pinheiro, Belém, PA, 66095-903, Brazil
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- University of Oregon, 1585 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Jardín Botánico de Missouri; Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Oxapampa, Peru
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- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, General Rodimtsev 19, Kyiv, 3041, Ukraine
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- FRIM Forest Reserach Institute of Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan
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- Forestry faculty, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Mytischi, 141005, Russia
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- Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
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- Center for Agricultural research in Suriname, CELOS, 1914, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, P.O. Box 90328, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lebedev 37, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
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- IIC, The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, 77 High Street, Georgetown, Guyana
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- Cibodas Botanic Gardens - Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jl. Kebun Raya Cibodas, Cipanas, Cianjur, 43253, Indonesia
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- Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, Travessa Doutor Enéas Pinheiro, Belém, PA, 66095-903, Brazil
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama 3092, Panama
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
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- Russian Institute of Continuous Education in Forestry, Institutskaya 17, Pushkino, 141200, Russia
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria
- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Museu Universitário, Universidade Federal do Acre, BR 364, Km 04 - Distrito Industrial, Rio Branco, 69915-559, Brazil
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- Guyana Forestry Commission, 1 Water Street, Kingston Georgetown, Guyana
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- Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 047, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Embrapa, Rodovia AM 10, km 29, Manaus, AM, 69010-970, Brazil
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- Forest Research Institute, Department of Geomatics, Braci Leśnej 3, Sękocin Stary, Raszyn, 05-090, Poland
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- Russian Institute of Continuous Education in Forestry, Institutskaya 17, Pushkino, 141200, Russia
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- Global Change Research Institute CAS, Bělidla 986/4a, Brno, 603 00, Czech Republic
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- Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 047, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Bioversity international, P.O. Box 2008, Messa, Yaoundé, Cameroun
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- Center of Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32/14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno Av. Irala 565 - casilla, 2489, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Thoday Building. Deiniol Rd, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom
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- Jardín Botánico de Missouri; Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Oxapampa, Peru
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- Forestry faculty, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Mytischi, 141005, Russia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Academgorodok 50(28), Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Siberian Federal University, Svobodnyy Ave, 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia
- Reshetnev Siberian state university of science and technology, pr. Mira 82, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia
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- Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paolo, PO Box 9, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- State Nature Reserve Denezhkin Kamen, Lenina, 6, Sverdlovsk reg, Severouralsk, 624480, Russia
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, 33199, FL, USA
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- Forestry faculty, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Mytischi, 141005, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua, 3046, New Zealand
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- Unaffiliated (retired), Sommersbergseestrasse 291, Bad Aussee, 8990, Austria
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- W.R.T College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Liberia, Capitol Hill, Monrovia, 9020, Liberia
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- Center for Agricultural research in Suriname, CELOS, 1914, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan
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- FRIM Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department Foresterie et Environnement (DFR FOREN), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, INP-HB, Yamoussoukro, BP 2661, Côte d'Ivoire
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Grecian WJ, Lane JV, Michelot T, Wade HM, Hamer KC. Understanding the ontogeny of foraging behaviour: insights from combining marine predator bio-logging with satellite-derived oceanography in hidden Markov models. J R Soc Interface 2019; 15:rsif.2018.0084. [PMID: 29875281 PMCID: PMC6030624 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The development of foraging strategies that enable juveniles to efficiently identify and exploit predictable habitat features is critical for survival and long-term fitness. In the marine environment, meso- and sub-mesoscale features such as oceanographic fronts offer a visible cue to enhanced foraging conditions, but how individuals learn to identify these features is a mystery. In this study, we investigate age-related differences in the fine-scale foraging behaviour of adult (aged ≥ 5 years) and immature (aged 2–4 years) northern gannets Morus bassanus. Using high-resolution GPS-loggers, we reveal that adults have a much narrower foraging distribution than immature birds and much higher individual foraging site fidelity. By conditioning the transition probabilities of a hidden Markov model on satellite-derived measures of frontal activity, we then demonstrate that adults show a stronger response to frontal activity than immature birds, and are more likely to commence foraging behaviour as frontal intensity increases. Together, these results indicate that adult gannets are more proficient foragers than immatures, supporting the hypothesis that foraging specializations are learned during individual exploratory behaviour in early life. Such memory-based individual foraging strategies may also explain the extended period of immaturity observed in gannets and many other long-lived species.
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- W James Grecian
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK .,Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 8LB, UK
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
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- Scottish Natural Heritage, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth PH1 3EW, UK
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Grecian WJ, Williams HJ, Votier SC, Bearhop S, Cleasby IR, Grémillet D, Hamer KC, Le Nuz M, Lescroël A, Newton J, Patrick SC, Phillips RA, Wakefield ED, Bodey TW. Individual Spatial Consistency and Dietary Flexibility in the Migratory Behavior of Northern Gannets Wintering in the Northeast Atlantic. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Votier SC, Fayet AL, Bearhop S, Bodey TW, Clark BL, Grecian J, Guilford T, Hamer KC, Jeglinski JWE, Morgan G, Wakefield E, Patrick SC. Effects of age and reproductive status on individual foraging site fidelity in a long-lived marine predator. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 284:rspb.2017.1068. [PMID: 28747480 PMCID: PMC5543227 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Individual foraging specializations, where individuals use a small component of the population niche width, are widespread in nature with important ecological and evolutionary implications. In long-lived animals, foraging ability develops with age, but we know little about the ontogeny of individuality in foraging. Here we use precision global positioning system (GPS) loggers to examine how individual foraging site fidelity (IFSF), a common component of foraging specialization, varies between breeders, failed breeders and immatures in a long-lived marine predator-the northern gannet Morus bassanus Breeders (aged 5+) showed strong IFSF: they had similar routes and were faithful to distal points during successive trips. However, centrally placed immatures (aged 2-3) were far more exploratory and lacked route or foraging site fidelity. Failed breeders were intermediate: some with strong fidelity, others being more exploratory. Individual foraging specializations were previously thought to arise as a function of heritable phenotypic differences or via social transmission. Our results instead suggest a third alternative-in long-lived species foraging sites are learned during exploratory behaviours early in life, which become canalized with age and experience, and refined where possible-the exploration-refinement foraging hypothesis. We speculate similar patterns may be present in other long-lived species and moreover that long periods of immaturity may be a consequence of such memory-based individual foraging strategies.
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- Stephen C Votier
- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK .,Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Animal Behaviour Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK.,Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Animal Behaviour Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- RSPB Ramsey Island, St David's, Pembrokeshire SA62 6PY, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Nicholson Building, Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GP, UK
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Bennison A, Bearhop S, Bodey TW, Votier SC, Grecian WJ, Wakefield ED, Hamer KC, Jessopp M. Search and foraging behaviors from movement data: A comparison of methods. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:13-24. [PMID: 29321847 PMCID: PMC5756868 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Search behavior is often used as a proxy for foraging effort within studies of animal movement, despite it being only one part of the foraging process, which also includes prey capture. While methods for validating prey capture exist, many studies rely solely on behavioral annotation of animal movement data to identify search and infer prey capture attempts. However, the degree to which search correlates with prey capture is largely untested. This study applied seven behavioral annotation methods to identify search behavior from GPS tracks of northern gannets (Morus bassanus), and compared outputs to the occurrence of dives recorded by simultaneously deployed time-depth recorders. We tested how behavioral annotation methods vary in their ability to identify search behavior leading to dive events. There was considerable variation in the number of dives occurring within search areas across methods. Hidden Markov models proved to be the most successful, with 81% of all dives occurring within areas identified as search. k-Means clustering and first passage time had the highest rates of dives occurring outside identified search behavior. First passage time and hidden Markov models had the lowest rates of false positives, identifying fewer search areas with no dives. All behavioral annotation methods had advantages and drawbacks in terms of the complexity of analysis and ability to reflect prey capture events while minimizing the number of false positives and false negatives. We used these results, with consideration of analytical difficulty, to provide advice on the most appropriate methods for use where prey capture behavior is not available. This study highlights a need to critically assess and carefully choose a behavioral annotation method suitable for the research question being addressed, or resulting species management frameworks established.
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- Ashley Bennison
- MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable EnergyEnvironmental Research InstituteUniversity College CorkCorkIreland
- School of BiologicalEarth, and Environmental Sciences (BEES)University College CorkCorkIreland
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- Centre for Ecology & ConservationUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
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- Centre for Ecology & ConservationUniversity of ExeterPenrynUK
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- Sea Mammal Research UnitScottish Oceans InstituteUniversity of St AndrewsSt Andrews, FifeScotland
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- Sea Mammal Research UnitScottish Oceans InstituteUniversity of St AndrewsSt Andrews, FifeScotland
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative MedicineCollege of Medical, Veterinary, and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowScotland
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- Faculty of Biological SciencesSchool of BiologyUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
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- MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable EnergyEnvironmental Research InstituteUniversity College CorkCorkIreland
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Qie L, Lewis SL, Sullivan MJP, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Pickavance GC, Sunderland T, Ashton P, Hubau W, Abu Salim K, Aiba SI, Banin LF, Berry N, Brearley FQ, Burslem DFRP, Dančák M, Davies SJ, Fredriksson G, Hamer KC, Hédl R, Kho LK, Kitayama K, Krisnawati H, Lhota S, Malhi Y, Maycock C, Metali F, Mirmanto E, Nagy L, Nilus R, Ong R, Pendry CA, Poulsen AD, Primack RB, Rutishauser E, Samsoedin I, Saragih B, Sist P, Slik JWF, Sukri RS, Svátek M, Tan S, Tjoa A, van Nieuwstadt M, Vernimmen RRE, Yassir I, Kidd PS, Fitriadi M, Ideris NKH, Serudin RM, Abdullah Lim LS, Saparudin MS, Phillips OL. Long-term carbon sink in Borneo's forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1966. [PMID: 29259276 PMCID: PMC5736600 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01997-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Less than half of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions remain in the atmosphere. While carbon balance models imply large carbon uptake in tropical forests, direct on-the-ground observations are still lacking in Southeast Asia. Here, using long-term plot monitoring records of up to half a century, we find that intact forests in Borneo gained 0.43 Mg C ha−1 per year (95% CI 0.14–0.72, mean period 1988–2010) in above-ground live biomass carbon. These results closely match those from African and Amazonian plot networks, suggesting that the world’s remaining intact tropical forests are now en masse out-of-equilibrium. Although both pan-tropical and long-term, the sink in remaining intact forests appears vulnerable to climate and land use changes. Across Borneo the 1997–1998 El Niño drought temporarily halted the carbon sink by increasing tree mortality, while fragmentation persistently offset the sink and turned many edge-affected forests into a carbon source to the atmosphere. The existence of a pan-tropical forest carbon sink remains uncertain due to the lack of data from Asia. Here, using direct on-the-ground observations, the authors confirm remaining intact forests in Borneo have provided a long-term carbon sink, but carbon net gains are vulnerable to drought and edge effects.
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- Lan Qie
- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. .,Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UK.
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.,Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Center for International Forestry Research, Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Bogor (Barat), 16115, Indonesia.,School of Environmental and Marine Science, James Cook University, 1 James Cook Dr, Townsville City, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.,Laboratory for wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 890-0065, Kagoshima, Japan
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.,Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.,Bioclimate, Thorn House, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PR, UK
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- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
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- Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Center for Tropical Forest Science - Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, 20013, USA.,Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Pro Natura Foundation, Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 37, Balikpapan, 76112, Indonesia.,Pan Eco, SOCP, Jl. Wahid Hasyim No. 51/74, Medan, 20154, Indonesia
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Lidicka 25/27, CZ-60200, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Tropical Peat Research Institute, Biological Research Division, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Malaysia
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Forest Research and Development Center, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Jl. Gunung Batu No 5, Bogor, 16610, Indonesia
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- Department of Animal Science and Food Processing, Faculty of Tropical Agrisciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Prague, Czech Republic.,Ústí nad Labem Zoo, Drážďanská 23, 400 07, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK
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- International Tropical Forestry, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jl. UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor KM 46, Cibinong, 16911, Indonesia
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Sabah Forestry Department Forest Research Centre, Mile 14 Jl. Sepilok, 90000, Sandakan, Malaysia
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- Sabah Forestry Department Forest Research Centre, Mile 14 Jl. Sepilok, 90000, Sandakan, Malaysia
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- Biology Department, Boston University, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 03092, Panama.,Carboforexpert, Hermance, 1248, Switzerland
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- Forest Research and Development Center, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Jl. Gunung Batu No 5, Bogor, 16610, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University, Jl. Pasir Balengkong, 75123, Samarinda, Indonesia
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- Forests and Societies Research Unit, CIRAD-Univ. Montpellier, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- CTFS-ForestGEO Program, Lambir, Miri, 98000, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Agriculture Faculty of Tadulako University, Jln Soekarno Hatta km 09, Tondo, 94118, Indonesia
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- Balitek-KSDA, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Jl. Soekarno Hatta KM. 38, RT 09, Samboja, Indonesia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Santiago de Compostela, 15705, Spain
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- Sungai Wain Protected Forest Management Unit, KM. 23, Kel. Karang Joang, Balikpapan, 76101, Indonesia
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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Marx M, Reiner G, Willems H, Rocha G, Hillerich K, Masello JF, Mayr SL, Moussa S, Dunn JC, Thomas RC, Goodman SJ, Hamer KC, Metzger B, Cecere JG, Spina F, Koschkar S, Calderón L, Romeike T, Quillfeldt P. High prevalence of Trichomonas gallinae in wild columbids across western and southern Europe. Parasit Vectors 2017; 10:242. [PMID: 28521843 PMCID: PMC5437606 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background Avian trichomonosis is known as a widespread disease in columbids and passerines, and recent findings have highlighted the pathogenic character of some lineages found in wild birds. Trichomonosis can affect wild bird populations including endangered species, as has been shown for Mauritian pink pigeons Nesoenas mayeri in Mauritius and suggested for European turtle doves Streptopelia turtur in the UK. However, the disease trichomonosis is caused only by pathogenic lineages of the parasite Trichomonas gallinae. Therefore, understanding the prevalence and distribution of both potentially pathogenic and non-pathogenic T. gallinae lineages in turtle doves and other columbids across Europe is relevant to estimate the potential impact of the disease on a continental scale. Results We examined 281 samples from four wild columbid species for Trichomonas infection and determined the genetic lineages. The overall prevalence was 74%. There were significant differences between the species (P = 0.007). The highest prevalence was found in stock doves Columba oenas (86%, n = 79) followed by wood pigeons Columba palumbus (70%, n = 61) and turtle doves (67%, n = 65), while three of five collared doves Streptopelia decaocto (60%) were infected. We found seven different lineages, including four lineages present in columbids in the UK, one lineage already described from Spain and three new lineages, one of those found in a single turtle dove migrating through Italy and another one found in a breeding stock dove. Stock doves from Germany and collared doves from Malta were infected with a potentially pathogenic lineage (lineage A/B), which is known to cause lesions and mortality in columbids, raptors and finches. Conclusions Generally, turtle doves showed high prevalence of Trichomonas infection. Furthermore, the potentially pathogenic lineage A/B (or genotype B according to previous literature) was found in a recovering stock dove population. Both findings are worrying for these columbid species due to the occasional epidemic character of trichomonosis, which can have severe negative effects on populations. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2170-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Melanie Marx
- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Strasse 112, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Strasse 112, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Agro-forestry Engineering, University of Extremadura, Avda. Virgen del Puerto 2, 10600, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain
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- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Strasse 112, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboraties, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK
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- School of Biology, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biology, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biology, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- BirdLife Malta, Xemxija Waterfront Apartments, Flat 1/2, Triq Is-Simar, Xemxija, St Paul's Bay, SPB 9025, Malta
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Via Ca' Fornacetta 9, 40064, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, BO, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Via Ca' Fornacetta 9, 40064, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Ross SRP, Hassall C, Hoppitt WJE, Edwards FA, Edwards DP, Hamer KC. Incorporating intraspecific trait variation into functional diversity: Impacts of selective logging on birds in Borneo. Methods Ecol Evol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Samuel R. P.‐J. Ross
- School of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9LU UK
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 1919‐1 Tancha Onna‐son Kunigami Okinawa 904‐0495 Japan
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- School of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9LU UK
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- School of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9LU UK
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- School of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9LU UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN UK
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- School of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9LU UK
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Edwards FA, Finan J, Graham LK, Larsen TH, Wilcove DS, Hsu WW, Chey V, Hamer KC. The impact of logging roads on dung beetle assemblages in a tropical rainforest reserve. Biol Conserv 2017; 205:85-92. [PMID: 28133389 PMCID: PMC5239768 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The demand for timber products is facilitating the degradation and opening up of large areas of intact habitats rich in biodiversity. Logging creates an extensive network of access roads within the forest, yet these are commonly ignored or excluded when assessing impacts of logging on forest biodiversity. Here we determine the impact of these roads on the overall condition of selectively logged forests in Borneo, Southeast Asia. Focusing on dung beetles along > 40 km logging roads we determine: (i) the magnitude and extent of edge effects alongside logging roads; (ii) whether vegetation characteristics can explain patterns in dung beetle communities, and; (iii) how the inclusion of road edge forest impacts dung beetle assemblages within the overall logged landscape. We found that while vegetation structure was significantly affected up to 34 m from the road edge, impacts on dung beetle communities penetrated much further and were discernible up to 170 m into the forest interior. We found larger species and particularly tunnelling species responded more than other functional groups which were also influenced by micro-habitat variation. We provide important new insights into the long-term ecological impacts of tropical logging. We also support calls for improved logging road design both during and after timber extraction to conserve more effectively biodiversity in production forests, for instance, by considering the minimum volume of timber, per unit length of logging road needed to justify road construction. In particular, we suggest that governments and certification bodies need to highlight more clearly the biodiversity and environmental impacts of logging roads.
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Woodrow Wilson School, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA
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- Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, P.O. Box 1407, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Dunn JC, Stockdale JE, McCubbin A, Thomas RC, Goodman SJ, Grice PV, Morris AJ, Hamer KC, Symondson WOC. Non-cultured faecal and gastrointestinal seed samples fail to detect Trichomonad infection in clinically and sub-clinically infected columbid birds. CONSERV GENET RESOUR 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12686-016-0518-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wakefield ED, Cleasby IR, Bearhop S, Bodey TW, Davies RD, Miller PI, Newton J, Votier SC, Hamer KC. Long-term individual foraging site fidelity—why some gannets don't change their spots. Ecology 2015; 96:3058-74. [DOI: 10.1890/14-1300.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cleasby IR, Wakefield ED, Bearhop S, Bodey TW, Votier SC, Hamer KC. Three-dimensional tracking of a wide-ranging marine predator: flight heights and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. J Appl Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ian R. Cleasby
- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Irene Manton Building; Leeds LS2 9JT UK
- Centre of Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter; Cornwall Campus Falmouth TR10 9EZ UK
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- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Irene Manton Building; Leeds LS2 9JT UK
- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science; Sandy SG19 2TL UK
- UK and Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine; University of Glasgow; Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- Centre of Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter; Cornwall Campus Falmouth TR10 9EZ UK
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- Centre of Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter; Cornwall Campus Falmouth TR10 9EZ UK
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- Environment & Sustainability Institute; University of Exeter; Cornwall Campus Falmouth TR10 9EZ UK
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- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Irene Manton Building; Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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Bodey TW, Jessopp MJ, Votier SC, Gerritsen HD, Cleasby IR, Hamer KC, Patrick SC, Wakefield ED, Bearhop S. Seabird movement reveals the ecological footprint of fishing vessels. Curr Biol 2015; 24:R514-5. [PMID: 24892908 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Exploitation of the seas is currently unsustainable, with increasing demand for marine resources placing intense pressure on the Earth's largest ecosystem [1]. The scale of anthropogenic effects varies from local to entire ocean basins [1-3]. For example, discards of commercial capture fisheries can have both positive and negative impacts on scavengers at the population and community-level [2-6], although this is driven by individual foraging behaviour [3,7]. Currently, we have little understanding of the scale at which individual animals initiate such behaviours. We use the known interaction between fisheries and a wide-ranging seabird, the Northern gannet Morus bassanus[3], to investigate how fishing vessels affect individual birds' behaviours in near real-time. We document the footprint of fishing vessels' (≥15 m length) influence on foraging decisions (≤11 km), and a potential underlying behavioural mechanism, by revealing how birds respond differently to vessels depending on gear type and activity. Such influences have important implications for fisheries, including the proposed discard ban [8]), and wider marine management.
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- Thomas W Bodey
- Centre for Ecology & Conservation, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK.
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- Coastal & Marine Research Centre, University College Cork, Irish Naval Base, Haulbowline, Cork, Ireland
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- Environmental and Sustainability Institute, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Conservation, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Institute of Integrative & Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Natural & Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, GL50 4HZ, UK
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- Institute of Integrative & Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Conservation, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK.
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Russell DJF, Wanless S, Collingham YC, Anderson BJ, Beale C, Reid JB, Huntley B, Hamer KC. Beyond climate envelopes: bio-climate modelling accords with observed 25-year changes in seabird populations of the British Isles. DIVERS DISTRIB 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Deborah J. F. Russell
- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Leeds LS2 9JT UK
- SMRU; University of St Andrews; St Andrews KY16 8LB UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Edinburgh EH26 0QB UK
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Durham University; Durham DH1 3LE UK
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- Department of Biology; University of York; York YO10 5DD UK
- Landcare Research Dunedin; Private Bag 1930 Dunedin 9054 New Zealand
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- Department of Biology; University of York; York YO10 5DD UK
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Aberdeen AB11 9QA UK
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Durham University; Durham DH1 3LE UK
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- School of Biology; University of Leeds; Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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Dunn JC, Goodman SJ, Benton TG, Hamer KC. Active blood parasite infection is not limited to the breeding season in a declining farmland bird. J Parasitol 2014; 100:260-6. [PMID: 24450288 DOI: 10.1645/13-256.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Avian blood parasites can have significant impacts on adult breeding birds but studies of parasitism outside the breeding season are rare, despite their potentially important implications for host-parasite dynamics. Here we investigate temporal dynamics of blood parasite infection in adult yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella . We screened blood samples collected between December and April of 2 consecutive winters using PCR. We found a high prevalence of both Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon parasites, with a mean prevalence of 50% across 2 winters. Prevalence of both parasites was higher during the second, colder winter of the study. Temporal trends differed between the 2 genera, suggesting that chronic Haemoproteus infections gradually disappear throughout the winter but that Leucocytozoon infections exhibit a relapse during late winter, possibly coincident with reduced food availability. Our results highlight the difference in temporal dynamics between 2 blood parasite genera infecting the same host population and emphasize the need for accurate assessment of infection status at appropriate time periods when examining impacts of, and associations with, blood parasite infection. We suggest that further research should investigate the implications of over-winter infection for birds' physiology, behavior, and survival.
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- Jenny C Dunn
- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Potton Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, U.K
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Edwards DP, Gilroy JJ, Woodcock P, Edwards FA, Larsen TH, Andrews DJR, Derhé MA, Docherty TDS, Hsu WW, Mitchell SL, Ota T, Williams LJ, Laurance WF, Hamer KC, Wilcove DS. Land-sharing versus land-sparing logging: reconciling timber extraction with biodiversity conservation. Glob Chang Biol 2014; 20:183-191. [PMID: 23955803 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Selective logging is a major driver of rainforest degradation across the tropics. Two competing logging strategies are proposed to meet timber demands with the least impact on biodiversity: land sharing, which combines timber extraction with biodiversity protection across the concession; and land sparing, in which higher intensity logging is combined with the protection of intact primary forest reserves. We evaluate these strategies by comparing the abundances and species richness of birds, dung beetles and ants in Borneo, using a protocol that allows us to control for both timber yield and net profit across strategies. Within each taxonomic group, more species had higher abundances with land-sparing than land-sharing logging, and this translated into significantly higher species richness within land-sparing concessions. Our results are similar when focusing only on species found in primary forest and restricted in range to Sundaland, and they are independent of the scale of sampling. For each taxonomic group, land-sparing logging was the most promising strategy for maximizing the biological value of logging operations.
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- David P Edwards
- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Tropical and Marine Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia; Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Edwards DP, Magrach A, Woodcock P, Ji Y, Lim NTL, Edwards FA, Larsen TH, Hsu WW, Benedick S, Khen CV, Chung AYC, Reynolds G, Fisher B, Laurance WF, Wilcove DS, Hamer KC, Yu DW. Selective‐logging and oil palm: multitaxon impacts, biodiversity indicators, and trade‐offs for conservation planning. Ecol Appl 2014; 24:2029-2049. [PMID: 29185670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Strong global demand for tropical timber and agricultural products has driven large-scale logging and subsequent conversion of tropical forests. Given that the majority of tropical landscapes have been or will likely be logged, the protection of biodiversity within tropical forests thus depends on whether species can persist in these economically exploited lands, and if species cannot persist, whether we can protect enough primary forest from logging and conversion. However, our knowledge of the impact of logging and conversion on biodiversity is limited to a few taxa, often sampled in different locations with complex land-use histories, hampering attempts to plan cost-effective conservation strategies and to draw conclusions across taxa. Spanning a land-use gradient of primary forest, once- and twice-logged forests, and oil palm plantations, we used traditional sampling and DNA metabarcoding to compile an extensive data set in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo for nine vertebrate and invertebrate taxa to quantify the biological impacts of logging and oil palm, develop cost-effective methods of protecting biodiversity, and examine whether there is congruence in response among taxa. Logged forests retained high species richness, including, on average, 70% of species found in primary forest. In contrast, conversion to oil palm dramatically reduces species richness, with significantly fewer primary-forest species than found on logged forest transects for seven taxa. Using a systematic conservation planning analysis, we show that efficient protection of primary-forest species is achieved with land portfolios that include a large proportion of logged-forest plots. Protecting logged forests is thus a cost-effective method of protecting an ecologically and taxonomically diverse range of species, particularly when conservation budgets are limited. Six indicator groups (birds, leaf-litter ants, beetles, aerial hymenopterans, flies, and true bugs) proved to be consistently good predictors of the response of the other taxa to logging and oil palm. Our results confidently establish the high conservation value of logged forests and the low value of oil palm. Cross-taxon congruence in responses to disturbance also suggests that the practice of focusing on key indicator taxa yields important information of general biodiversity in studies of logging and oil palm.
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Thaxter CB, Daunt F, Grémillet D, Harris MP, Benvenuti S, Watanuki Y, Hamer KC, Wanless S. Modelling the effects of prey size and distribution on prey capture rates of two sympatric marine predators. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79915. [PMID: 24260318 PMCID: PMC3829866 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Understanding how prey capture rates are influenced by feeding ecology and environmental conditions is fundamental to assessing anthropogenic impacts on marine higher predators. We compared how prey capture rates varied in relation to prey size, prey patch distribution and prey density for two species of alcid, common guillemot (Uria aalge) and razorbill (Alca torda) during the chick-rearing period. We developed a Monte Carlo approach parameterised with foraging behaviour from bird-borne data loggers, observations of prey fed to chicks, and adult diet from water-offloading, to construct a bio-energetics model. Our primary goal was to estimate prey capture rates, and a secondary aim was to test responses to a set of biologically plausible environmental scenarios. Estimated prey capture rates were 1.5±0.8 items per dive (0.8±0.4 and 1.1±0.6 items per minute foraging and underwater, respectively) for guillemots and 3.7±2.4 items per dive (4.9±3.1 and 7.3±4.0 items per minute foraging and underwater, respectively) for razorbills. Based on species' ecology, diet and flight costs, we predicted that razorbills would be more sensitive to decreases in 0-group sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) length (prediction 1), but guillemots would be more sensitive to prey patches that were more widely spaced (prediction 2), and lower in prey density (prediction 3). Estimated prey capture rates increased non-linearly as 0-group sandeel length declined, with the slope being steeper in razorbills, supporting prediction 1. When prey patches were more dispersed, estimated daily energy expenditure increased by a factor of 3.0 for guillemots and 2.3 for razorbills, suggesting guillemots were more sensitive to patchier prey, supporting prediction 2. However, both species responded similarly to reduced prey density (guillemot expenditure increased by 1.7; razorbill by 1.6), thus not supporting prediction 3. This bio-energetics approach complements other foraging models in predicting likely impacts of environmental change on marine higher predators dependent on species-specific foraging ecologies.
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- Chris B. Thaxter
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penuick, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penuick, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 du CNRS, Montpellier, France
- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penuick, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penuick, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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Edwards FA, Edwards DP, Larsen TH, Hsu WW, Benedick S, Chung A, Vun Khen C, Wilcove DS, Hamer KC. Does logging and forest conversion to oil palm agriculture alter functional diversity in a biodiversity hotspot? Anim Conserv 2013; 17:163-173. [PMID: 25821399 PMCID: PMC4372061 DOI: 10.1111/acv.12074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Forests in Southeast Asia are rapidly being logged and converted to oil palm. These changes in land-use are known to affect species diversity but consequences for the functional diversity of species assemblages are poorly understood. Environmental filtering of species with similar traits could lead to disproportionate reductions in trait diversity in degraded habitats. Here, we focus on dung beetles, which play a key role in ecosystem processes such as nutrient recycling and seed dispersal. We use morphological and behavioural traits to calculate a variety of functional diversity measures across a gradient of disturbance from primary forest through intensively logged forest to oil palm. Logging caused significant shifts in community composition but had very little effect on functional diversity, even after a repeated timber harvest. These data provide evidence for functional redundancy of dung beetles within primary forest and emphasize the high value of logged forests as refugia for biodiversity. In contrast, conversion of forest to oil palm greatly reduced taxonomic and functional diversity, with a marked decrease in the abundance of nocturnal foragers, a higher proportion of species with small body sizes and the complete loss of telecoprid species (dung-rollers), all indicating a decrease in the functional capacity of dung beetles within plantations. These changes also highlight the vulnerability of community functioning within logged forests in the event of further environmental degradation.
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- F A Edwards
- School of Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK ; School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University Cairns, QLD, Australia
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- Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International Arlington, VA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, NY, USA
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- School of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Sepilok Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Sepilok Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University Princeton, NJ, USA
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, UK
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Edwards DP, Woodcock P, Newton RJ, Edwards FA, Andrews DJR, Docherty TDS, Mitchell SL, Ota T, Benedick S, Bottrell SH, Hamer KC. Trophic flexibility and the persistence of understory birds in intensively logged rainforest. Conserv Biol 2013; 27:1079-1086. [PMID: 23647024 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Effects of logging on species composition in tropical rainforests are well known but may fail to reveal key changes in species interactions. We used nitrogen stable-isotope analysis of 73 species of understory birds to quantify trophic responses to repeated intensive logging of rainforest in northern Borneo and to test 4 hypotheses: logging has significant effects on trophic positions and trophic-niche widths of species, and the persistence of species in degraded forest is related to their trophic positions and trophic-niche widths in primary forest. Species fed from higher up the food chain and had narrower trophic-niche widths in degraded forest. Species with narrow trophic-niche widths in primary forest were less likely to persist after logging, a result that indicates a higher vulnerability of dietary specialists to local extinction following habitat disturbance. Persistence of species in degraded forest was not related to a species' trophic position. These results indicate changes in trophic organization that were not apparent from changes in species composition and highlight the importance of focusing on trophic flexibility over the prevailing emphasis on membership of static feeding guilds. Our results thus support the notion that alterations to trophic organization and interactions within tropical forests may be a pervasive and functionally important hidden effect of forest degradation.
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- David P Edwards
- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, 4878, Australia.
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Dunn JC, Goodman SJ, Benton TG, Hamer KC. Avian blood parasite infection during the non-breeding season: an overlooked issue in declining populations? BMC Ecol 2013; 13:30. [PMID: 24011390 PMCID: PMC3848531 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-13-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Pathogens and parasites can have major impacts on host population dynamics, both through direct mortality and via indirect effects. Both types of effect may be stronger in species whose populations are already under pressure. We investigated the potential for blood parasites to impact upon their hosts at the immunological, physiological and population level during the non-breeding season using a declining population of yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella as a model. Results Yellowhammers infected by Haemoproteus spp. showed both a reduced heterophil to lymphocyte (H:L) ratio, and an elevated standardised white blood cell (WBC) count compared to uninfected birds, indicating an immunological response to infection. Infected birds had shorter wings during the first winter of sampling but not during the second, colder, winter; survival analysis of 321 birds sampled across four winters indicated that increased wing length conferred a survival advantage. Conclusions We suggest that the potential impacts of blood parasite infections on over-wintering birds may have been underestimated. Further research should consider the potential impacts of sub-clinical parasite infections on the dynamics of vulnerable populations, and we suggest using declining populations as model systems within which to investigate these relationships as well as examining interactions between sub-clinical disease and other environmental stressors. JEL Code Q5
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- Jenny C Dunn
- School of Biology, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Patrick SC, Bearhop S, Grémillet D, Lescroël A, Grecian WJ, Bodey TW, Hamer KC, Wakefield E, Le Nuz M, Votier SC. Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator. OIKOS 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ji Y, Ashton L, Pedley SM, Edwards DP, Tang Y, Nakamura A, Kitching R, Dolman PM, Woodcock P, Edwards FA, Larsen TH, Hsu WW, Benedick S, Hamer KC, Wilcove DS, Bruce C, Wang X, Levi T, Lott M, Emerson BC, Yu DW. Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding. Ecol Lett 2013; 16:1245-57. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.12162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 414] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Revised: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yinqiu Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China
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- Environmental Futures Centre and Griffith School of Environment Griffith University Nathan Queensland 4111 Australia
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- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich Norfolk NR47TJ UK
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- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA
- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) School of Marine and Tropical Biology James Cook University Cairns Queensland 4878 Australia
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA
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- Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Meng La Yunnan 666303 China
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- Environmental Futures Centre and Griffith School of Environment Griffith University Nathan Queensland 4111 Australia
- Queensland Museum South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia
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- Environmental Futures Centre and Griffith School of Environment Griffith University Nathan Queensland 4111 Australia
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- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich Norfolk NR47TJ UK
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- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology and Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds West Yorkshire LS29JT UK
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- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology and Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds West Yorkshire LS29JT UK
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- The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Ecosystem Science and Economics Conservation International Arlington Virginia 22202 USA
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- Department of Ecology Evolution, and Environmental Biology Columbia University New York City New York 10027 USA
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- School of Sustainable Agriculture Universiti Malaysia Sabah Sandakan Sabah 9000 Malaysia
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- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology and Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds West Yorkshire LS29JT UK
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- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University Princeton New Jersey 08544 USA
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- School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich Norfolk NR47TJ UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook New York 12545 USA
- Department of Biology University of Florida Gainesville Florida 32611 USA
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- School of Computing Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich Norfolk NR47TJ UK
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- Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group IPNA‐CSIC Tenerife Canary Islands 38206 Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China
- School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich Norfolk NR47TJ UK
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Wakefield ED, Bodey TW, Bearhop S, Blackburn J, Colhoun K, Davies R, Dwyer RG, Green JA, Grémillet D, Jackson AL, Jessopp MJ, Kane A, Langston RHW, Lescroël A, Murray S, Le Nuz M, Patrick SC, Péron C, Soanes LM, Wanless S, Votier SC, Hamer KC. Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets. Science 2013; 341:68-70. [PMID: 23744776 DOI: 10.1126/science.1236077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Colonial breeding is widespread among animals. Some, such as eusocial insects, may use agonistic behavior to partition available foraging habitat into mutually exclusive territories; others, such as breeding seabirds, do not. We found that northern gannets, satellite-tracked from 12 neighboring colonies, nonetheless forage in largely mutually exclusive areas and that these colony-specific home ranges are determined by density-dependent competition. This segregation may be enhanced by individual-level public information transfer, leading to cultural evolution and divergence among colonies.
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Woodcock P, Edwards DP, Newton RJ, Vun Khen C, Bottrell SH, Hamer KC. Impacts of intensive logging on the trophic organisation of ant communities in a biodiversity hotspot. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60756. [PMID: 23593302 PMCID: PMC3622666 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Trophic organisation defines the flow of energy through ecosystems and is a key component of community structure. Widespread and intensifying anthropogenic disturbance threatens to disrupt trophic organisation by altering species composition and relative abundances and by driving shifts in the trophic ecology of species that persist in disturbed ecosystems. We examined how intensive disturbance caused by selective logging affects trophic organisation in the biodiversity hotspot of Sabah, Borneo. Using stable nitrogen isotopes, we quantified the positions in the food web of 159 leaf-litter ant species in unlogged and logged rainforest and tested four predictions: (i) there is a negative relationship between the trophic position of a species in unlogged forest and its change in abundance following logging, (ii) the trophic positions of species are altered by logging, (iii) disturbance alters the frequency distribution of trophic positions within the ant assemblage, and (iv) disturbance reduces food chain length. We found that ant abundance was 30% lower in logged forest than in unlogged forest but changes in abundance of individual species were not related to trophic position, providing no support for prediction (i). However, trophic positions of individual species were significantly higher in logged forest, supporting prediction (ii). Consequently, the frequency distribution of trophic positions differed significantly between unlogged and logged forest, supporting prediction (iii), and food chains were 0.2 trophic levels longer in logged forest, the opposite of prediction (iv). Our results demonstrate that disturbance can alter trophic organisation even without trophically-biased changes in community composition. Nonetheless, the absence of any reduction in food chain length in logged forest suggests that species-rich arthropod food webs do not experience trophic downgrading or a related collapse in trophic organisation despite the disturbance caused by logging. These food webs appear able to bend without breaking in the face of some forms of anthropogenic disturbance.
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- Paul Woodcock
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Fauset S, Baker TR, Lewis SL, Feldpausch TR, Affum-Baffoe K, Foli EG, Hamer KC, Swaine MD. Drought-induced shifts in the floristic and functional composition of tropical forests in Ghana. Ecol Lett 2012; 15:1120-9. [PMID: 22812661 DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The future of tropical forests under global environmental change is uncertain, with biodiversity and carbon stocks at risk if precipitation regimes alter. Here, we assess changes in plant functional composition and biomass in 19 plots from a variety of forest types during two decades of long-term drought in Ghana. We find a consistent increase in dry forest, deciduous, canopy species with intermediate light demand and a concomitant decrease in wet forest, evergreen, sub-canopy and shade-tolerant species. These changes in composition are accompanied by an increase in above-ground biomass. Our results indicate that by altering composition in favour of drought-tolerant species, the biomass stocks of these forests may be more resilient to longer term drought than short-term studies of severe individual droughts suggest.
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- Sophie Fauset
- Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Lewison R, Oro D, Godley B, Underhill L, Bearhop S, Wilson RP, Ainley D, Arcos JM, Boersma PD, Borboroglu PG, Boulinier T, Frederiksen M, Genovart M, González-Solís J, Green JA, Grémillet D, Hamer KC, Hilton GM, Hyrenbach KD, Martínez-Abraín A, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Ryan PG, Sagar P, Sydeman WJ, Wanless S, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Yorio P. Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2012. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Woodcock P, Edwards DP, Fayle TM, Newton RJ, Khen CV, Bottrell SH, Hamer KC. The conservation value of South East Asia's highly degraded forests: evidence from leaf-litter ants. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2012; 366:3256-64. [PMID: 22006966 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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South East Asia is widely regarded as a centre of threatened biodiversity owing to extensive logging and forest conversion to agriculture. In particular, forests degraded by repeated rounds of intensive logging are viewed as having little conservation value and are afforded meagre protection from conversion to oil palm. Here, we determine the biological value of such heavily degraded forests by comparing leaf-litter ant communities in unlogged (natural) and twice-logged forests in Sabah, Borneo. We accounted for impacts of logging on habitat heterogeneity by comparing species richness and composition at four nested spatial scales, and examining how species richness was partitioned across the landscape in each habitat. We found that twice-logged forest had fewer species occurrences, lower species richness at small spatial scales and altered species composition compared with natural forests. However, over 80 per cent of species found in unlogged forest were detected within twice-logged forest. Moreover, greater species turnover among sites in twice-logged forest resulted in identical species richness between habitats at the largest spatial scale. While two intensive logging cycles have negative impacts on ant communities, these degraded forests clearly provide important habitat for numerous species and preventing their conversion to oil palm and other crops should be a conservation priority.
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- Paul Woodcock
- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Hill JK, Gray MA, Khen CV, Benedick S, Tawatao N, Hamer KC. Ecological impacts of tropical forest fragmentation: how consistent are patterns in species richness and nestedness? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2011; 366:3265-76. [PMID: 22006967 PMCID: PMC3179634 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Large areas of tropical forest now exist as remnants scattered across agricultural landscapes, and so understanding the impacts of forest fragmentation is important for biodiversity conservation. We examined species richness and nestedness among tropical forest remnants in birds (meta-analysis of published studies) and insects (field data for fruit-feeding Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and ants). Species-area relationships were evident in all four taxa, and avian and insect assemblages in remnants typically were nested subsets of those in larger areas. Avian carnivores and nectarivores and predatory ants were more nested than other guilds, implying that the sequential loss of species was more predictable in these groups, and that fragmentation alters the trophic organization of communities. For butterflies, the ordering of fragments to achieve maximum nestedness was by fragment area, suggesting that differences among fragments were driven mainly by extinction. In contrast for moths, maximum nestedness was achieved by ordering species by wing length; species with longer wings (implying better dispersal) were more likely to occur at all sites, including low diversity sites, suggesting that differences among fragments were driven more strongly by colonization. Although all four taxa exhibited high levels of nestedness, patterns of species turnover were also idiosyncratic, and thus even species-poor sites contributed to landscape-scale biodiversity, particularly for insects.
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- Jane K Hill
- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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Harding AMA, Welcker J, Steen H, Hamer KC, Kitaysky AS, Fort J, Talbot SL, Cornick LA, Karnovsky NJ, Gabrielsen GW, Grémillet D. Adverse foraging conditions may impact body mass and survival of a high Arctic seabird. Oecologia 2011; 167:49-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1971-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ansell FA, Edwards DP, Hamer KC. Rehabilitation of Logged Rain Forests: Avifaunal Composition, Habitat Structure, and Implications for Biodiversity-Friendly REDD+. Biotropica 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00725.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Dunn JC, Hamer KC, Benton TG. Fear for the family has negative consequences: indirect effects of nest predators on chick growth in a farmland bird. J Appl Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01856.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ashbrook K, Wanless S, Harris MP, Hamer KC. Impacts of poor food availability on positive density dependence in a highly colonial seabird. Proc Biol Sci 2010; 277:2355-60. [PMID: 20335206 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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For species with positive density dependence, costs and benefits of increasing density may depend on environmental conditions, but this has seldom been tested. By examining a colonial seabird (common guillemot) over a period of unprecedented poor food availability, we test two contrasting hypotheses suggesting that birds breeding at high density have: (i) greater leeway to increase foraging effort owing to more effective defence of unattended chicks against predators; and (ii) less leeway, owing to more attacks on unattended chicks by neighbouring adults. Supporting hypothesis 1, birds at high density increased provisioning rates and hence survival of chicks by foraging simultaneously with their partners, whereas at low density, unattended chicks were liable to be killed by predatory gulls and, unexpectedly, razorbills. Simultaneously, supporting hypothesis 2, heightened aggression towards unattended chicks at high density frequently resulted in infanticide, undermining benefits from collective defence against predators. Consequently, over 25 years, the magnitude of positive density dependence was independent of mean breeding success. These data indicate previously unsuspected trade-offs between costs and benefits of increasing density under changing environments. Previous generalizations about the importance of high density for reproductive success have so far remained robust, but such trade-offs could have unpredictable consequences for future population dynamics.
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- Kate Ashbrook
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Edwards DP, Larsen TH, Docherty TDS, Ansell FA, Hsu WW, Derhé MA, Hamer KC, Wilcove DS. Degraded lands worth protecting: the biological importance of Southeast Asia's repeatedly logged forests. Proc Biol Sci 2010; 278:82-90. [PMID: 20685713 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Southeast Asia is a hotspot of imperiled biodiversity, owing to extensive logging and forest conversion to oil palm agriculture. The degraded forests that remain after multiple rounds of intensive logging are often assumed to be of little conservation value; consequently, there has been no concerted effort to prevent them from being converted to oil palm. However, no study has quantified the biodiversity of repeatedly logged forests. We compare the species richness and composition of birds and dung beetles within unlogged (primary), once-logged and twice-logged forests in Sabah, Borneo. Logging had little effect on the overall richness of birds. Dung beetle richness declined following once-logging but did not decline further after twice-logging. The species composition of bird and dung beetle communities was altered, particularly after the second logging rotation, but globally imperiled bird species (IUCN Red List) did not decline further after twice-logging. Remarkably, over 75 per cent of bird and dung beetle species found in unlogged forest persisted within twice-logged forest. Although twice-logged forests have less biological value than primary and once-logged forests, they clearly provide important habitat for numerous bird and dung beetle species. Preventing these degraded forests from being converted to oil palm should be a priority of policy-makers and conservationists.
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- David P Edwards
- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Riou S, Chastel O, Lacroix A, Hamer KC. Stress and parental care: Prolactin responses to acute stress throughout the breeding cycle in a long-lived bird. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 168:8-13. [PMID: 20331990 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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While the role of corticosterone in mediating the response of birds to acute stress is well established, it has recently been proposed that a decrease in prolactin levels following stress may complement corticosterone in redirecting resources away from breeding activities and towards behaviors promoting immediate survival. Here, for the first time, we detail changes in the prolactin stress response of birds throughout the breeding cycle. We then discuss the modulation of the corticosterone and prolactin stress responses over successive stages of breeding, differing in reproductive value and parental effort. In a long-lived Procellariiform seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus, we found that prolactin levels decreased in response to acute stress during incubation and mid chick-rearing but increased in response to stress during late chick-rearing and in non parenting birds, a pattern similar to that previously described for mammals. The high corticosterone stress response in pre-breeders was consistent with predictions based on reproductive value, but a similar response during late chick-rearing was not. This probably reflected foraging effort and a heightened importance of the parents' own nutritional status at this stage of the season, in advance of post-breeding migration. We also found that baseline prolactin levels were maintained at high levels during chick-rearing and were only slightly lower during late chick-rearing and in failed breeders and non-breeders. These data suggest that prolactin may play a role in nestling care long beyond the brooding phase, that this is not due to birds spending long periods away from the colony and that prolactin secretion may be necessary for nest-guarding behavior.
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- Samuel Riou
- Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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