Tropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century

Dr Alex Dumbrell works at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.

• 1. Protecting environmental and socio-economic values of selectively logged tropical forests in the AnthropoceneChristopher G. Bousfield, Gianluca R. Cerullo, Mike R. Massam and David P. Edwards2. Novelty in the tropical forests of the 21st centuryAriel E. Lugo, Oscar J. Abelleira Martínez, Ernesto Medina, Gerardo Aymard and Tamara Heartsill Scalley3. Monitoring tropical forest degradation and restoration with satellite remote sensing: A test using Sabah Biodiversity ExperimentJinhui Wu, Bin Chen, Glen Reynolds, Jun Xie, Michael J. O'Brien, Shunlin Liang and Andy Hector4. The long and short of it: A review of the timescales of how fire affects soils using the pulse-press frameworkAdam F. A. Pellegrini and Robert B. Jackson5. Revisiting nutrient cycling by litterfall - Insights from 15 years of litter manipulation in old-growth lowland tropical forestEmma J. Sayer, Chadtip Rodtassana, Merlin Sheldrake, Laëtitia M. Bréchet, Oliver S. Ashford, Luis Lopez-Sangil, Deirdre Kerdraon-Byrne, Biancolini Castro, Benjamin L. Turner, S. Joseph Wright and Edmund V.J. Tanner6. Soil biogeochemical responses of a tropical forest to warming and hurricane disturbanceSasha C. Reed, Robin Reibold, Molly A. Cavaleri, Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Megan E. Berberich and Tana E. Wood7. Critical role and collapse of tropical mega-trees: A key global resourceBruno X. Pinho, Carlos A. Peres, Inara R. Leal and Marcelo Tabarelli8. Monitoring tropical insects in the 21st centuryGreg P.A Lamarre, Tom M. Fayle, Simon T. Segar, Benita Laird-Hopkins, Akihiro Nakamura, Daniel Souto-Vilarós, Shuntaro Watanabe and Yves Basset9. Advances and prospects of environmental DNA in neotropical rainforestsLucie Zinger, Julian Donald, Sebastien Brosse, Mailyn A. Gonzalez, Amaia Iribar, Céline Leroy, Jérôme Murienne, Jérôme Orivel, Heidy Schimann, Pierre Taberlet and Carla Martins Lopes10. Informing marine spatial planning decisions with environmental DNAAlessia Bani, Maarten De Brauwer, Simon Creer, Alex J. Dumbrell, Gino Limmon, Jamaluddin Jompa, Sophie von der Heyden and Maria Beger11. Copulas and their potential for ecologyShyamolina Ghosh, Lawrence W. Sheppard, Mark T. Holder, Terrance D. Loecke, Philip C. Reid, James D. Bever and Daniel C. Reuman