Sabah Biodiversity Experiment, Malua

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.0739

Check out some new SBE research documenting more than a decade of seedling dynamics and 3 masting events in Sabah.

We have some new research tracking nonstructural carbohydrates in seedlings during drought using 13C labeling. Take a look!

role of soluble sugars during drought in tropical tree seedlings with contrasting tolerances AbstractAims. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) are plant storage compounds used for metabolism, transport, osmoregulation and regrowth following the loss of

The SBE has new research out at Nature Ecology and Evolution!

Resistance of tropical seedlings to drought is mediated by neighbourhood diversity Occasional periods of drought are typical of most tropical forests, but climate change is increasing drought frequency and intensity in many areas across the globe, threatening the structure and function of these ecosystems. The effects of intermittent drought on tropical tree communities remain poo...

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13658/full Results from years of work at the SBE! Tropical trees can adjust to regular droughts.

Intra‐annual plasticity of growth mediates drought resilience over multiple years in tropical seedling communities Precipitation patterns are changing across the globe causing more severe and frequent drought for many forest ecosystems. Although research has focused on the resistance of tree populations and communities...

Borneo bests Amazon in terms of giant tree growth rate

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Not all used up: why conserving selectively logged forests is important

Not all used up: why conserving selectively logged forests is important Tropical forests, which provide rich biodiversity, vital carbon storage, and essential medicines, are being deforested for timber and agricultural purposes. When clearing land, many tropical timber operations use selective logging rather than clear-cutting methods. While often touted as less-damagin…

Team 6 November 2013

As part of last years cohort of volunteers, the SBE had 5 HSBC Singapore Youth Environmental Award winners sent out to help us with our research. This film made for HSBC Singapore captures their experiences.

HSBC Youth Environmental Awards 2012 In 2012, HSBC Singapore sent 5 Youth Environmental Award winners to Sabah for a study trip with Earth Watch nature program. For 7 days, the youths tagged alo...

Stefan Schnitzer talks about how lianas in the Neotropics are taking over!

Tree Huggers, in a Twist, Squeeze Growth and Life Vines are proliferating in tropical forests, threatening forests’ capacity as carbon sinks.

8 million is the age of trees some found in a recent study in the amazon, published in the journal of Ecology and Evolution.

Some Amazon trees more than 8 million years old Some Amazon rainforest tree species are more than eight million years old found a genetic study published in the December 2012 edition of ..