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Forestry
Robin M. Hayward, Lindsay F. Banin, David F. R. P. Burslem, Daniel S. Chapman, Christopher D. Philipson, Mark E. J. Cutler, Glen Reynolds, Reuben Nilus, Daisy H. Dent
Summary: The study assessed the long-term impacts of selective logging and active restoration on tree species diversity, community composition, and forest structure for biomass recovery. Results showed that basal area and pole stem density were lower in logged forests compared to unlogged forests, but no difference in stem density was found for saplings and established trees. Logging had a negative impact on sapling species diversity, while tree species composition differed significantly between logged and unlogged forests across all stem size classes.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Nurzahidah Bakar, F. Merlin Franco
Summary: This article explores how the ecological calendar of the Kedayan people of Brunei Darussalam connects skyscape and biodiversity with sociocultural aspirations to foster adaptive landscape management, and investigates the transmission of calendric knowledge in the community.
JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Peter Wilf, Xiaoyu Zou, Michael P. Donovan, Laszlo Kocsis, Antonino Briguglio, David Shaw, J. W. Ferry Slik, Joseph J. Lambiase
Summary: This article presents a paleobotanical survey conducted in Brunei Darussalam in the Malay Archipelago, which discovered rich plant fossils indicating the existence of complex coastal rainforests dominated by dipterocarps for the past 4-5 million years.
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Environmental Sciences
Siti Lieyana Azffri, Chua Siaw Thong, Lim Lee Hoon, Md Faizan Ibrahim, Mario Schirmer, Stefan Herwig Godeke
Summary: This study investigates the hydrochemical characteristics of water resources in Brunei Darussalam and evaluates their suitability for irrigation use. The results show that most of the water samples in Brunei are suitable for agricultural irrigation. However, there are a few samples that require additional treatment and testing.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xin Han, Jihong Huang, Jie Yao, Yue Xu, Yi Ding, Runguo Zang
Summary: Logging influences the ecological strategy composition of forest ecosystems, leading to a decrease in S-selected strategies and an increase in R-selected and C-selected strategies with higher logging intensity. Controlling logging intensity is essential to ensure the recovery of species assemblages with multiple ecological strategies and sustainable provision of ecosystem services.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Nohemi Huanca Nunez, Robin L. Chazdon, Sabrina E. Russo
Summary: Seed-rain-successional feedbacks play a deterministic role in shaping successional trajectories in secondary wet forests, with increasing strength as the forest ages. The composition of seed rain becomes more similar to that of mature forests as successional niches and seed-rain-successional feedbacks shape successional trajectories.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Atih Rohaeti Dariah, Rose Abdullah, Asep Ramdhan Hidayat, Fuad Matahir
Summary: This paper examines the economic structure of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam and identifies the Information and Communication Sector and the Business Activities Sector as having the potential for Sustainable Economic Growth. However, it is important to have regulations that encourage environmentally and socially conscious economic growth in other sectors as well.
Article
Forestry
Kazimierz Becek, Gabriel Yit Vui Yong, Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri, Daphne Teck Ching Lai
Summary: The Badas peat swamp forest in Brunei Darussalam, Borneo, has not recovered from past disturbances caused by logging and caterpillar infestation over the past 14 years. This study supports the conclusion of irreversible degradation of Bornean peatland and peat forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Elvynna Leong, Sok King Ong, Khairil Azhar Si-Ramlee, Lin Naing
Summary: This study examines the trends in age-standardised incidence and mortality rates of common cancers in Brunei Darussalam from 2011 to 2020. The study includes all cancer cases diagnosed among Brunei Darussalam citizens and residents during this period. Joinpoint regression analyses are used to determine incidence and mortality trends.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ricardo Dalagnol, Fabien Hubert Wagner, Lenio Soares Galva, Daniel Braga, Fiona Osborn, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang, Polyanna da Conceica Bispo, Matthew Payne, Celso Silva Junior, Samuel Favrichon, Vinicius Silgueiro, Liana O. Anderson, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragao, Rasmus Fensholt, Martin Brandt, Philipe Ciais, Sassan Saatchi
Summary: This article introduces a new approach using deep learning to map forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The method shows high accuracy in mapping logging and forest fire, and can be scaled up to national and regional levels.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liling Chaw, Sabrina Q. R. Liew, Justin Wong
Summary: This study investigated the association between climate variables and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) incidence in Brunei-Muara district, Brunei Darussalam. The findings revealed a positive but delayed relationship between PTB incidence and minimum temperature, as well as a positive and delayed association with total rainfall. The study highlights the delayed effects of climate on PTB incidence, with varying degrees of impact.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
S. N. R. Jamalullail, S. Sahari, A. A. Shah, N. Batmanathan
Summary: This study investigates the factors contributing to landslides in Brunei Darussalam, focusing on urbanization, rainfall, vegetation cover loss, slope, and geological factors. Through mapping and detailed fieldwork, key factors influencing landslide formation and nucleation have been identified, which can assist local administrative departments in planning future anthropogenic activities in the region.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Dolors Armenteras, Tania Marisol Gonzalez-Delgado, Juan David Gonzalez-Trujillo, Maria Constanza Meza-Elizalde
Summary: Land use policies in Latin America have been somewhat successful in stopping deforestation, but forest degradation continues. This study focuses on understanding the perspectives of different stakeholders regarding the drivers of forest degradation in Colombia. Miscommunication and misunderstandings between local and national actors regarding responsibilities and rates of change were identified. The findings highlight the need for cross-scale governance and the improvement of forest management policies at subnational and local levels to promote sustainable development and address existing inequalities.
Article
Forestry
Ni Putu Diana Mahayani, Ferry J. W. Slik, Edward L. Webb, Tommaso Savini, George A. Gale
Summary: The study found that low-intensity reduced-impact logging and thinning operations can maintain functional diversity equivalent to unlogged forest, representing a sustainable strategy for long-term tropical forest management.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mohammed Al Shaaibi, Juma Ali, Basilios Tsikouras, Zarifi Masri
Summary: The levels of natural radionuclides' radioactivity at the coast of Brunei Darussalam were evaluated, along with their dose rates, using gamma-ray spectrometry on sediment samples. The average activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K in berm sediments were found to be 10.07 +/- 1.02 Bq/kg, below the minimum detectable activity, and 21.44 +/- 1.23 Bq/kg, respectively. For intertidal sediments, they were 7.01 +/- 0.87, 1.67 +/- 0.15, and 4.99 +/- 0.42 Bq/kg, respectively. It was also found that 40K is the main source of radiation in coastal sediments. Moreover, the study investigated the difference in radioactivity levels between berm and intertidal sediments collected at the same location.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Tiemo Kahl, Tobias Arnstadt, Kristin Baber, Claus Baessler, Juergen Bauhus, Werner Borken, Francois Buscot, Andreas Floren, Christoph Heibl, Dominik Hessenmoeller, Martin Hofrichter, Bjoern Hoppe, Harald Kellner, Dirk Krueger, Karl Eduard Linsenmair, Egbert Matzner, Peter Otto, Witoon Purahong, Claudia Seilwinder, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Beate Wende, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Martin M. Gossner
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2017)
Article
Entomology
Erik T. Frank, K. E. Linsenmair
Article
Biology
Beate Wende, Martin M. Gossner, Ingo Grass, Tobias Arnstadt, Martin Hofrichter, Andreas Floren, Karl Eduard Linsenmair, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2017)
Article
Biology
Erik T. Frank, Philipp O. Honle, K. Eduard Linsenmair
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Biology
Erik T. Frank, Marten Wehrhahn, K. Eduard Linsenmair
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Katharina Stein, Kathrin Stenchly, Drissa Coulibaly, Alain Pauly, Kangbeni Dimobe, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Souleymane Konate, Dethardt Goetze, Stefan Porembski, K. Eduard Linsenmair
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2018)
Article
Entomology
N'golo Abdoulaye Kone, Kolotchma Simon Silue, Souleymane Konate, Karl Eduard Linsenmair
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sebastian Seibold, Martin M. Gossner, Nadja K. Simons, Nico Bluethgen, Joerg Mueller, Didem Ambarli, Christian Ammer, Juergen Bauhus, Markus Fischer, Jan C. Habel, Karl Eduard Linsenmair, Thomas Nauss, Caterina Penone, Daniel Prati, Peter Schall, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Juliane Vogt, Stephan Woellauer, Wolfgang W. Weisser
Article
Zoology
Juan Lapuente, Amara Ouattara, Pamela C. Koster, K. Eduard Linsenmair
Article
Zoology
Juan Lapuente, Mimi Arandjelovic, Hjalmar Kuehl, Paula Dieguez, Christophe Boesch, K. Eduard Linsenmair
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katharina Stein, Drissa Coulibaly, Larba Hubert Balima, Dethardt Goetze, Karl Eduard Linsenmair, Stefan Porembski, Kathrin Stenchly, Panagiotis Theodorou
Summary: The study in West African savannas found that the interaction networks between bees and woody plant species are more affected by climatic seasonality than land-use intensity. With increased land-use intensity, there is a decrease in bee species richness and the number of plant-bee interactions, emphasizing the importance of savanna conservation for maintaining bee diversity and ecosystem services.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andreas Floren, Karl Eduard Linsenmair, Tobias Mueller
Summary: This study provides the first comprehensive assessment of canopy arthropod diversity. The results show that tree-specific traits have little influence on arthropod guild composition, while management is a key factor in determining the distribution of biodiversity and guild composition.
Proceedings Paper
Horticulture
J. Krieg, D. Goetze, S. Porembski, P. Arnold, K. E. Linsenmair, K. Stein
I INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MORINGA
(2017)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Erik T. Frank, K. Eduard Linsenmair
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Dorkas Kaiser, Michel Lepage, Souleymane Konate, Karl Eduard Linsenmair
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2017)