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Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate.

Robert M Ewers, C David L Orme, William D Pearse, Nursyamin Zulkifli, Genevieve Yvon-Durocher, Kalsum M Yusah, Natalie Yoh, Darren C J Yeo, Anna Wong, Joseph Williamson and 127 more

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Threshold responses of floating meadow fish communities to floodplain forest cover in the lower Amazon River.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025
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  7. Global rarity of high-integrity tropical rainforests for threatened and declining terrestrial vertebrates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

137 authors.

Robert M EwersGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK. r.ewers@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9001-0610
C David L OrmeGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7005-1394
William D PearseGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Nursyamin ZulkifliFaculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia.
Genevieve Yvon-DurocherSchool of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Kalsum M YusahInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Natalie YohDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6171-3800
Darren C J YeoLee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Anna WongMalaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Joseph WilliamsonSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4916-5386
Clare L WilkinsonGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0022-2522
Fabienne WiederkehrGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9746-3762
Bruce L WebberSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5934-6557
Oliver R WearnGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8258-3534
Leona WaiDanau Girang Field Centre, Kinabatangan, Malaysia.
Maisie VollansGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Joshua P TwiningGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Edgar C TurnerGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Joseph A TobiasGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2429-6179
Jack ThorleyDepartment of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8426-610X
Elizabeth M TelfordSchool of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1511-1083
Yit Arn TehSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Heok Hui TanLee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Tom SwinfieldDepartment of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9354-5090
Martin SvátekDepartment of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-2328-4627
Matthew StruebigDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2058-8502
Nigel StorkCentre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jani SleutelDepartment of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Eleanor M SladeAsian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6108-1196
Adam SharpGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-8484-4536
Adi ShabraniDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
Sarab S SethiGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5939-0432
Dave J I SeamanDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Anati SawangSouth East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, Lahad Datu, Malaysia.
Gabrielle Briana RoxbyGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0009-0006-3274-169X
J Marcus RowcliffeInstitute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK.
Stephen J RossiterSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Terhi RiuttaGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Homathevi RahmanInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-1618-388X
Lan QieGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Elizabeth PsomasGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Aaron PrairieGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8192-9329
Frederica PoznanskyGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Rajeev PillayDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7116-6855
Lorenzo PicinaliDyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Annabel PianzinInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Marion PfeiferSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Jonathan M ParrettFaculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9141-1371
Ciar D NobleGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3003-2789
Reuben NilusForest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, Sandakan, Malaysia.
Nazirah MustaffaInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Katherine E MullinDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7816-3083
Simon MitchellDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Amelia R MckinlayGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Sarah MaunsellSchool of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Radim MatulaDepartment of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7460-0100
Michael MassamGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4591-0369
Stephanie MartinGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Yadvinder MalhiEnvironmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3503-4783
Noreen MajalapForest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, Sandakan, Malaysia.
Catherine S MacleanGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Emma MackintoshGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0009-0004-9367-7164
Sarah H LukeDepartment of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Owen T LewisDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Harry J LayfieldGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-7680-8076
Isolde Lane-ShawGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7241-4216
Boon Hee KuehInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Pavel KratinaSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9144-7937
Oliver KonopikDepartment of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.
Roger KitchingSchool of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6798-6041
Lois KinneenSchool of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5502-8113
Victoria A KempSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Palasiah JotanDepartment of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-4973-9407
Nick JonesDepartment of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4083-972X
Evyen W JebrailInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Michal HronešDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-0380-929X
Sui Peng HeonGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
David R Hemprich-BennettSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3555-4295
Jessica K HaysomDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Martina F HarianjaDepartment of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9607-6151
Jane HardwickSchool of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Nichar GregoryGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0872-9950
Ryan GraySouth East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, Lahad Datu, Malaysia.
Ross E J GrayGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1029-9021
Natasha GranvilleGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Richard GillGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Adam FraserGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
William A FosterDepartment of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2535-8012
Hollie Folkard-TappGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Robert J FletcherDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1717-5707
Arman Hadi FikriInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Tom M FayleSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Aisyah FarukRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst, Haywards Heath, UK.
Paul EggletonDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
David P EdwardsDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8562-3853
Rosie DrinkwaterSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6892-1664
Rory A DowInstitute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia.
Timm F DöbertSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1601-8665
Raphael K DidhamSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Katharine J M DickinsonDepartment of Botany, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-6769-552X
Nicolas J DeereDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1299-2126
Tijmen de LormGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Mahadimenakbar M DawoodInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7438-5906
Charles W DavisonGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9709-0951
Zoe G DaviesDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0767-1467
Richard G DaviesSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0145-0818
Martin DančákDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jeremy CusackGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Elizabeth L ClareSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6563-3365
Arthur ChungForest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, Sandakan, Malaysia.
Vun Khen CheyForest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, Sandakan, Malaysia.
Philip M ChapmanGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Lauren CatorGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6627-1490
Daniel CarpenterDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
Chris CarboneInstitute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK.
Kerry CallowayDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
Emma R BushRoyal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4036-125X
David F R P BurslemSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6033-0990
Keiron D BrownDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-4860-5547
Stephen J BrooksDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
Ella BrasingtonGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Hayley BrantGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Michael J W BoyleGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Sabine BothSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4437-5106
Joshua BlackmanSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5260-3677
Tom R BishopGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Jake E BicknellDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6831-627X
Henry BernardInstitute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Saloni BasrurDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Maxwell V L BarclayDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
Holly BarclaySchool of Science, Monash University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0027-2570
Georgina AttonFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Marc AncrenazBorneo Futures, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
David C AldridgeDepartment of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9067-8592
Olivia Z DanielGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
Glen ReynoldsSouth East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, Lahad Datu, Malaysia.
Cristina Banks-LeiteGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0091-2857

Funding

UK Research and Innovation Natural Environment Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Logged and disturbed forests are often viewed as degraded and depauperate environments compared with primary forest. However, they are dynamic ecosystems

Indexed as

Conservation of Natural ResourcesForestryForestsTreesTropical ClimateAnimalsBiodiversityBiomassMalaysia

Identifiers

PMID39020163
PMCPMC11269177

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