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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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Giants of the Amazon: How does environmental variation drive the diversity patterns of large trees?

Robson Borges de Lima, +76 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used a machine learning approach to quantify the importance of environmental factors and apply it to generate spatial predictions of the species diversity of all trees (dbh ≥ 10 cm) and for very large trees ( dbh ≥ 70 cm) using data from 243 forest plots (108,450 trees and 2832 species) distributed across different forest types and biogeographic regions of the Brazilian Amazon.
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Thomas E. Lovejoy (1941–2021)

TL;DR: Thomas E. Lovejoy as discussed by the authors was a renowned expert on biodiversity, tropical forests, and climate change who devoted much of his career to working in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest.
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Thomas E. Lovejoy (1941–2021)

William F. Laurance
- 11 Feb 2022 - 
TL;DR: Biodiversity pioneer and expert on the Amazon rainforest as discussed by the authors , and author of the book "The Amazon Rainforest: An Exploration of the World's Most Important Plantation".
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Preface: advancing conservation science

TL;DR: A collection of essays written by some of the world's leading conservation scientists about Navjot Sodhi's life and passing is presented in this paper, with the inspiration for this collection.

rates: calculation, interpretation and comparison when census intervals vary

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify the census interval effect for tropical forest trees, develop correction methods and re-assess some previously published conclusions about forest dynamics, including mortality and recruitment.