An Ancient Divide in a Contiguous Rainforest: Endemic Earthworms in the Australian Wet Tropics. by Corrie S Moreau, Andrew F Hugall, Keith R McDonald, Barrie G M Jamieson, Craig Moritz

“…The Australian Wet Tropics (AWT) are a system in which much is known about how the rainforests and the rainforest-dependent organisms reacted to late Pleistocene climate changes, but less is known about how events deeper in time shaped speciation and extinction in this highly endemic biota. …”
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Litter Accumulation and Water Retention Characteristics of Different Stands of Tropical Rainforest in Hainan by Cheng Siyuan, Chen Qiaoyan, Qiao Dong, Dai Licong

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Tropical chemical weathering of a garnet rich micaschist in the rainforest zone of Cameroon by Désiré Tsozué, Rose Yongue-Fouateu

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Brazilian Organic Honey from Atlantic Rainforest Decreases Inflammatory Process in Mice by Diego Romário-Silva, Josy Goldoni Lazarini, Marcelo Franchin, Severino Matias de Alencar, Pedro Luiz Rosalen

“…Here, we separated organic honey (OH) samples from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest into eight different profiles (OH-1 to OH-8) and evaluated, in vitro and in vivo, their anti-inflammatory potential. …”
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Habitat quality assessment in the Royal Belum rainforest, Malaysia using spatial analysis by Shahril Azhalin Sam Ahmad Aiman, Muhamad Nor Amal Najihah, Rafaai Nur Hairunnisa, Muhammad Jamil Rohazaini, Nawawi Siti Aisyah, Hassin Nor Hizami, Abas Muhamad Azahar, Hambali Kamarul Ariffin, Subki Noor Syuhadah, Mohamad Amir Hamzah Aainaa Syazwani, Ibrahim Norfadhilah, Abdullah Saiful Arif

“…Royal Belum rainforest contains various flora and fauna species, however, the assessment of habitat quality is still lacking. …”
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Unravelling the historical impacts of sea-level change on primary rainforest tree species by Ow-Yeong, Yook Kit

“…Kempas (Koompassia malaccensis) is a long-lived, tropical primary rainforest tree found in the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot. …”
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Borneo Smart Forest Information System for Management of Dipterocarp Plants in Kalimantan Rainforest by Wati, Masna, Puspitasari, Novianti, Hairah, Ummul, Widians, Joan Angelina, Septiarini, Anindita, Tjikoa, Ade Fiqri

“…Kalimantan's tropical rainforest is home to indigenous plants of the Dipterocarpaceae family (tribe), which is renowned for having the most endemic species. …”
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Host specificity and interaction networks of insects feeding on seeds and fruits in tropical rainforests by Basset, Y, Jorge, LR, Butterill, PT, Gripenberg, S, Lewis, O, Segar, ST

“…We considered subsets of the networks (“subnetworks”) at three rainforest locations (Panama, Thailand, Papua New Guinea), based on insect families, plant families or plant functional groups. …”

Payments, ecosystems and development: Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in the Mexican Lacandona rainforest by Izquierdo-Tort, S

“…</p> <p>Using a multidisciplinary, multi-level, and dynamic livelihood approach combining geospatial and socioeconomic data collected from 2013-2017, this thesis helps to fill this gap by examining PES’ role in the broader livelihood strategies of six communities in the Mexican Lacandona Rainforest. The thesis makes three main contributions to PES literature. …”

Logging of rainforest and conversion to oil palm reduces bioturbator diversity but not levels of bioturbation by Tuma, J, Fleiss, S, Eggleton, P, Frouz, J, Klimes, P, Lewis, O, Yusah, K, Fayle, T

“…These changes are particularly rapid in the tropics, where logging of rainforests and conversion to agricultural habitats is widespread. …”

Culture or climate? The relative influences of past processes on the composition of the lowland Congo rainforest. by Brncic, T, Willis, K, Harris, D, Washington, R

“…Presently, the region is covered in uninhabited moist semi-evergreen rainforest. Key research questions addressed in this paper include the extent to which the present-day composition of rainforest in this region is as a result of processes of the past (climate change and/or human activity), and the resilience of the rainforest to these perturbations. …”

'Tales of Symphonia': extinction dynamics in response to past climate change in Madagascan rainforests by Virah-Sawmy, M, Bonsall, M, Willis, K

“…Madagascar's rainforests are among the most biodiverse in the world. …”

Peopling island rainforests: global trends from the Early Pleistocene to the Late Holocene by Gaffney, D

Sunda clouded leopard densities and human encounters in the humid evergreen rainforests of Sumatra by Haidir, I, Macdonald, D, Linkie, M

Diffuse radiation and cloud fraction relationships in two contrasting Amazonian rainforest sites by Butt, N, New, M, Malhi, Y, da Costa, A, Oliveira, P, Silva-Espejo, J

Review of: Smith, Nigel J.H.: Rainforest Corridors: The Transamazon Colonization Scheme by Fink, AE

Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest by Malhi, Y

'Tales of Symphonia': extinction dynamics in response to past climate change in Madagascan rainforests. by Virah-Sawmy, M, Bonsall, M, Willis, K

“…Madagascar's rainforests are among the most biodiverse in the world. …”

Carbon stocks and fluxes in tropical lowland dipterocarp rainforests in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo by Saner, P, Loh, Y, Ong, R, Hector, A

“…We present components of the C balance for selectively logged lowland tropical dipterocarp rainforest in the Malua Forest Reserve of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. …”

Ecological responses of a Philippine Dipterocarp rainforest to late Holocene climatic changes by Prohaska, A

“…The upcoming consequences of anthropogenic climate change on tropical rainforests remain poorly understood. This is particularly true of the lowland tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, aka Dipterocarp rainforests, in relation to the projected changes in El Niño/Southern Oscillation dynamics (ENSO). …”