Anticancer Evaluation of Plants from Indonesian Tropical Rain Forests

Tropical Rain Forests

Modelling Selection Harvesting in Tropical Rain Forests

VANCLAY, J.K. 1989. Modelling selection harvesting in tropical rain forests. Long term yield estimates for natural forests require a harvesting model to enable future yields to be estimated reliably. The model should predict the felled stems, the proportion of these which are merchantable, and any damage to the residual stand. Regression analyses was used to develop a model of current logging p...

Dispersal of fig pollinators in Asian tropical rain forests

Fig pollinators (Agaonidae, Chalcioidea) lay their eggs in fig inflorescences (Ficus, Moraceae). Reproductive success for both partners is thus largely dependent on the dispersal of these tiny wasps. Some are known to cover substantial distances (> 10 km) using wind above the canopy. However, fig ecology is extremely varied, and hence one might also expect a diversity of pollinator dispersal st...

Calibration of spaceborne scatterometers using tropical rain forests

Calibration of spaceborne scatterometers using tropical rain forests" (1996). All Faculty Publications. Paper 681.

Invasive plants transform the three-dimensional structure of rain forests.

Biological invasions contribute to global environmental change, but the dynamics and consequences of most invasions are difficult to assess at regional scales. We deployed an airborne remote sensing system that mapped the location and impacts of five highly invasive plant species across 221,875 ha of Hawaiian ecosystems, identifying four distinct ways that these species transform the three-dime...