T he nature of land-use change in recent decades has not only resulted in a dramatic decrease
in total forest cover, but also in an increasingly skewed sizedistribution of forest remnants…

The finitude of fossil fuels, concerns for energy security and the need to respond to climate
change have led to growing worldwide interests in biofuels. Biofuels are viewed by many …

Concerns have been raised that invertebrate pollinators of crops and wild plants are in
decline as a result of modern agricultural practices, habitat degradation, and introduced pests …

The diversity and abundance of wild insect pollinators have declined in many agricultural
landscapes. Whether such declines reduce crop yields, or are mitigated by managed …

Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem
functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield–related ecosystem services can be …

Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of
economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been little …

“Landscape approaches” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing
land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas where agriculture, …

Rising global demands for food and biofuels are driving forest clearance in the tropics. Oil-palm
expansion contributes to biodiversity declines and carbon emissions in Southeast Asia. …

1 Multiple-species floral displays have been hypothesized to facilitate pollination by attracting
a greater number and/or diversity of pollinators. Here I present experimental confirmation …

Oil palm is a highly profitable crop adapted to the humid tropics and the area devoted to this
crop is likely to expand significantly in the future. It has many environmentally favourable …