Tropical forests are home to over half of the world’s vertebrate species

Tropical snake diversity collapses after widespread amphibian loss

(2020) Elise F. Zipkin et al.   SCIENCE

A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical forests

(2020) Andrew J. Hansen et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

(2019) Ben C. Scheele et al.   SCIENCE

Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

(2019) Walter Jetz et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Phylogenetic and Trait-Based Prediction of Extinction Risk for Data-Deficient Amphibians

(2019) Pamela González-del-Pliego et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

(2019) Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al.   Science Advances

Wilderness areas halve the extinction risk of terrestrial biodiversity

(2019) Moreno Di Marco et al.   NATURE

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

(2018) James E. M. Watson et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

(2018) Jos Barlow et al.   NATURE

Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

(2017) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

(2017) Matthew G. Betts et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity research requires more boots on the ground

(2017) Edward O. Wilson   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation

(2017) Uri Roll et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

(2016) Jos Barlow et al.   NATURE

The underestimated biodiversity of tropical grassy biomes

(2016) Brett P. Murphy et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Increasing human dominance of tropical forests

(2015) S. L. Lewis et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of tropical deforestation on climate and agriculture

(2015) Deborah Lawrence et al.   Nature Climate Change

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

Why are there so many species in the tropics?

(2013) James H. Brown   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation

(2013) C. N. Jenkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

(2012) Monika Böhm et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Arthropod Diversity in a Tropical Forest

(2012) Y. Basset et al.   SCIENCE

Why Worry about How Many Species and Their Loss?

(2011) Robert M. May   PLOS BIOLOGY

How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?

(2011) Camilo Mora et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Quantifying Uncertainty in Estimation of Tropical Arthropod Species Richness

(2010) Andrew J. Hamilton et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data

(2008) M. C. Hansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA