Changbai Natural Reserve in northeastern China provides an excellent opportunity to explore how temperate and boreal forest ecosystems in northeastern China will evolve and recover over large spatial and temporal scales. Such studies are increasingly needed to design scientifically sound forest management and restoration plans in this region. Long-term (300 years) successional trajectories of t...

Berenty Reserve is a privately owned reserve established in 1936. At 200 ha, it holds the largest remaining gallery forest on the Mandrare River. Scientists of many nationalities have studied there: research follows their diverse interests rather than being coordinated overall. One finding which emerged from long-term monitoring concerns the importance of both withinand between-troop competitio...

Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are detrimental to top carnivores, such as jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), but effects on mesocarnivores, such as ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), are less clear. Ocelots need native forests, but also might benefit from the local extirpation of larger cats such as pumas and jaguars through mesopredator release. We used a standardized camera ...

1. The National Forest Sector: context and issues Forest resources are a major economic and environmental asset in Gabon. Its forest potential is considered one of the highest in Africa, with over 21,775,000 ha of forested area constituting 85% of its total territory (FAO 2007). Close to 20,000,000 ha can be exploited (PSFE 2005). The forest reserve covers an area of about 1,800,000 ha (PSFE 20...