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William F. Laurance

Researcher at James Cook University

Publications -  486
Citations -  65526

William F. Laurance is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Deforestation & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 118, co-authored 470 publications receiving 56464 citations. Previous affiliations of William F. Laurance include Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

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Corrigendum: Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity

TL;DR: This corrects the article to show that the method used to derive the H2O2 “spatially aggregating force” is a two-step process, rather than a single step, like in the previous version of this paper.

In imperiled forests of Borneo, a rich tropical Eden endures

TL;DR: In Borneo's Danum Valley, a team of international and Malaysian scientists is fighting to preserve an area of stunning biodiversity as mentioned in this paper, which is one of the last, untouched forest reserves in a region ravaged by logging and oil palm cultivation.
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Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates

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TL;DR: In this article , the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoo-chory, synzoo chory, anemochory, and hydrochory) were investigated.
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Identifying Rising Stars in Biology: A Response to Bruna

TL;DR: There is no evidence that the approaches Bruna advocates would have appreciably improved the analysis or altered the conclusions of this study.