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Matthew D. Potts
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 74
Citations - 2101
Matthew D. Potts is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Forest management. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 65 publications receiving 1699 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew D. Potts include University of California & Energy Biosciences Institute.
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Inferring the dynamics of diversification: a coalescent approach.
TL;DR: A novel approach to infer diversification dynamics shows that biodiversity is still expanding but at a slower rate than in the past.
Summary for policymakers of the assessment report on land degradation and restoration of the Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Robert J. Scholes,Luca Montanarella,Anastasia Brainich,Nichole N. Barger,Ben ten Brink,Matthew Cantele,Barend F.N. Erasmus,Judith Lorraine Fisher,Toby A. Gardner,Timothy G. Holland,Florent Kohler,Janne S. Kotiaho,Graham P Von Maltitz,Grace Nangendo,Ram Pandit,John A. Parrotta,Matthew D. Potts,Steephen Prince,Mahesh Sankaran,Louise Willemen +19 more
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Microclimate and habitat heterogeneity through the oil palm lifecycle
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a chronosequence study on microclimate and vegetation structure in oil palm plantations surrounding the Pasoh Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia, showing dramatic habitat changes when forest is converted to oil palm.
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Tackling the issue of food waste in restaurants: Options for measurement method, reduction and behavioral change
TL;DR: This article investigated how restaurateurs in Berkeley, California, USA perceive food waste given current financial incentives and policies and found that 65% of the restaurants are measuring amounts of food waste and more than three-quarters of them use compost bins to dispose inedible food waste.
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Pseudoreplication in Tropical Forests and the Resulting Effects on Biodiversity Conservation
Benjamin S. Ramage,Douglas Sheil,Douglas Sheil,Hannah M. W. Salim,Christine Fletcher,Nur-Zati A. Mustafa,Joann C. Luruthusamay,Rhett D. Harrison,Elizabeth Butod,Ahmad Dzamir Dzulkiply,Abd Rahman Kassim,Matthew D. Potts +11 more
TL;DR: The findings demonstrate that tropical conservation strategies are being informed by a body of literature that is rife with unwarranted inferences, and addressing pseudoreplication is essential for accurately assessing biodiversity in logged forests and identifying the relative merits of specific management practices and landscape configurations.