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| Open AccessTree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes
A large-scale, five-year study in Indonesia finds that enriching oil palm-dominated landscapes with patches of trees bolsters biodiversity and ecosystem functioning without impairing oil palm yields but should not replace forest protection.
- Delphine Clara Zemp
- , Nathaly Guerrero-Ramirez
- & Holger Kreft
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Matters Arising |
Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people
- Forrest Fleischman
- , Eric Coleman
- & Joseph W. Veldman
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Matters Arising |
Reply to: Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people
- Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
- , Alvaro Iribarrem
- & Piero Visconti
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Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration
Multicriteria optimization identifies global priority areas for ecosystem restoration and estimates their benefits for biodiversity and climate, providing cost–benefit analyses that highlight the importance of optimizing spatial planning and incorporating several biomes in restoration strategies.
- Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
- , Alvaro Iribarrem
- & Piero Visconti
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Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes
Analysis of three wild-caught bumblebee species shows that family lineage survival and persistence is significantly increased between successive colony cycle stages with the proportion of high-value foraging habitat near the natal colony.
- Claire Carvell
- , Andrew F. G. Bourke
- & Matthew S. Heard
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Ecosystem restoration strengthens pollination network resilience and function
Removal of invasive exotic shrubs from mountaintop communities increased the number of pollinators and positively altered pollinator behaviour, which enhanced native fruit production, indicating that the degradation of ecosystem functions is partly reversible.
- Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury
- , James Mougal
- & Nico Blüthgen
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Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain
Historical assessment of nectar provision in the UK from the 1930s to 2007 shows an initial dramatic fall, but more recently nectar provision has increased; the diversity of nectar sources has fallen to the point that four species now produce half of the total UK nectar.
- Mathilde Baude
- , William E. Kunin
- & Jane Memmott
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Grassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition
Data from the long-running Park Grass Experiment is used to show that grassland biodiversity is recovering since UK atmospheric nitrogen levels started to decline 25 years ago in all but the most acidic soils.
- J. Storkey
- , A. J. Macdonald
- & M. J. Crawley
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Research Highlights |
New wetlands don't measure up
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Wetlands not aided by Mississippi diversions
Some marsh-building schemes have failed, but researchers disagree as to why.
- Amanda Mascarelli
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Research Highlights |
Understudy takes on tortoise's role
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Books & Arts |
Ecology: The mystery of eels
Kim Aarestrup is reminded of how little we know about these endangered fish.
- Kim Aarestrup
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Cold blamed for Bolivia's mass fish deaths
Extreme weather wreaks havoc in the rivers.
- Anna Petherick
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Deepwater Horizon: After the oil
When oil stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the ecosystems under assault started on a long road to recovery. Amanda Mascarelli meets the researchers assessing their chances.
- Amanda Mascarelli
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Endangered-porpoise numbers fall to just 250
Time is running out for vanishing vaquitas.
- Rex Dalton
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Correspondence |
Biodiversity: linking Singapore's fragmented habitats
- Kwek Yan Chong
- , Alex Thiam Koon Yee
- & Chow Khoon Yeo
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Correspondence |
Questionable value of planting thirsty trees in dry regions
- Shixiong Cao
- , Guosheng Wang
- & Li Chen