List of works - Edgar C Turner

A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project

scientific article (publication date: 27 November 2011)

A whole‐ecosystem method for experimentally suppressing ants on a small scale

scientific article published in 2022

An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 January 2015

Ant mosaics occur in SE Asian oil palm plantation but not rain forest and are influenced by the presence of nest-sites and non-native species

article

Assessing the Influence of Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium spp.) on the Local Microclimate across a Range of Habitat Disturbances in Sabah, Malaysia ⬇️

scientific article published in 2006

Assessing the effects of oil palm replanting on arthropod biodiversity

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Biodiversity hanging by a thread: the importance of fungal litter-trapping systems in tropical rainforests

scientific article

Children's perceptions of rainforest biodiversity: which animals have the lion's share of environmental awareness?

scientific article

Deadwood biomass: an underestimated carbon stock in degraded tropical forests?

article

Deforestation in Southeast Asia

article

Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Newly Rediscovered Telmatogeton magellanicus (Jacobs, 1900) (Diptera: Chironomidae) on Navarino Island, Chile

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Distributional Patterns of Epiphytic Ferns are Explained by the Presence of Cryptic Species

article

Effects of Replanting and Retention of Mature Oil Palm Riparian Buffers on Ecosystem Functioning in Oil Palm Plantations

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Effects of monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on terrestrial arthropod diversity

Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia

scientific article

Estimating aboveground carbon density and its uncertainty in Borneo's structurally complex tropical forests using airborne laser scanning ⬇️

article

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia

scientific article published in 2016

Habitat preference and dispersal of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly (Hamearis lucina) on an abandoned chalk quarry in Bedfordshire, UK

article

How butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?

scientific article published in 2024

Length–biomass equations to allow rapid assessment of semi‐aquatic bug biomass in tropical streams

scientific article published on 30 October 2022

Localised climate change defines ant communities in human‐modified tropical landscapes

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

scientific article

Logging disturbance shifts net primary productivity and its allocation in Bornean tropical forests.

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Managing Oil Palm Plantations More Sustainably: Large-Scale Experiments Within the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme

scientific article

Mapping Aboveground Carbon in Oil Palm Plantations Using LiDAR: A Comparison of Tree-Centric versus Area-Based Approaches

Multi-stemming enhances tree survival and growth in Borneo’s logged forests

scientific article published in 2023

Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter

article

Oil palm research in context: identifying the need for biodiversity assessment

scientific article

Public goods, public services and by-product mutualism in an ant-fern symbiosis

article

Removing understory vegetation in oil palm agroforestry reduces ground-foraging ant abundance but not species richness

scientific article

Replanting reduces frog diversity in oil palm

Resilience of ecological functions to drought in an oil palm agroecosystem

scientific article

Riparian buffers made of mature oil palms have inconsistent impacts on oil palm ecosystems

scientific article published on 03 February 2022

Scientific research on animal biodiversity is systematically biased towards vertebrates and temperate regions.

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Simplifying understory complexity in oil palm plantations is associated with a reduction in the density of a cleptoparasitic spider, Argyrodes miniaceus (Araneae: Theridiidae), in host (Araneae: Nephilinae) webs

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Spiders in canopy and ground microhabitats are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia)

scientific article published in 2022

Systematic mapping shows the need for increased socio-ecological research on oil palm

scientific article published in 2021

Termite mounds house a diversity of taxa in oil palm plantations irrespective of understory management

scientific article

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

scientific article

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

scientific article

The effects of catchment and riparian forest quality on stream environmental conditions across a tropical rainforest and oil palm landscape in Malaysian Borneo

scientific article

The effects of land‐use change on semi‐aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia

scientific article published on 16 February 2024

The impact of bird's nest ferns on stemflow nutrient concentration in a primary rain forest, Sabah, Malaysia

article

The impact of forest conversion to oil palm on arthropod abundance and biomass in Sabah, Malaysia

article

The impacts of habitat disturbance on adult and larval dragonflies (Odonata) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

article

The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

scientific article

Tropical forests post-logging are a persistent net carbon source to the atmosphere

scientific article published on 9 January 2023

Understory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Benefits Soil Biodiversity and Decomposition Rates

scientific article

Understory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Promotes Leopard Cat Activity, but Does Not Affect Rats or Rat Damage

scientific article

Whole-ecosystem experimental manipulations of tropical forests

scientific article

List of works by Edgar C Turner

A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project

A whole‐ecosystem method for experimentally suppressing ants on a small scale

An ant-plant by-product mutualism is robust to selective logging of rain forest and conversion to oil palm plantation ⬇️

Ant mosaics occur in SE Asian oil palm plantation but not rain forest and are influenced by the presence of nest-sites and non-native species

Assessing the Influence of Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium spp.) on the Local Microclimate across a Range of Habitat Disturbances in Sabah, Malaysia ⬇️

Assessing the effects of oil palm replanting on arthropod biodiversity

Biodiversity hanging by a thread: the importance of fungal litter-trapping systems in tropical rainforests

Children's perceptions of rainforest biodiversity: which animals have the lion's share of environmental awareness?

Deadwood biomass: an underestimated carbon stock in degraded tropical forests?

Deforestation in Southeast Asia

Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Newly Rediscovered Telmatogeton magellanicus (Jacobs, 1900) (Diptera: Chironomidae) on Navarino Island, Chile

Distributional Patterns of Epiphytic Ferns are Explained by the Presence of Cryptic Species

Effects of Replanting and Retention of Mature Oil Palm Riparian Buffers on Ecosystem Functioning in Oil Palm Plantations

Effects of monoculture and polyculture farming in oil palm smallholdings on terrestrial arthropod diversity

Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia

Estimating aboveground carbon density and its uncertainty in Borneo's structurally complex tropical forests using airborne laser scanning ⬇️

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

Habitat occupancy patterns and activity rate of native mammals in tropical fragmented peat swamp reserves in Peninsular Malaysia

Habitat preference and dispersal of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly (Hamearis lucina) on an abandoned chalk quarry in Bedfordshire, UK

How butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends

How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?

Length–biomass equations to allow rapid assessment of semi‐aquatic bug biomass in tropical streams

Localised climate change defines ant communities in human‐modified tropical landscapes

Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

Logging disturbance shifts net primary productivity and its allocation in Bornean tropical forests.

Managing Oil Palm Plantations More Sustainably: Large-Scale Experiments Within the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme

Mapping Aboveground Carbon in Oil Palm Plantations Using LiDAR: A Comparison of Tree-Centric versus Area-Based Approaches

Multi-stemming enhances tree survival and growth in Borneo’s logged forests

Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter

Oil palm research in context: identifying the need for biodiversity assessment

Public goods, public services and by-product mutualism in an ant-fern symbiosis

Removing understory vegetation in oil palm agroforestry reduces ground-foraging ant abundance but not species richness

Replanting reduces frog diversity in oil palm

Resilience of ecological functions to drought in an oil palm agroecosystem

Riparian buffers made of mature oil palms have inconsistent impacts on oil palm ecosystems

Scientific research on animal biodiversity is systematically biased towards vertebrates and temperate regions.

Simplifying understory complexity in oil palm plantations is associated with a reduction in the density of a cleptoparasitic spider, Argyrodes miniaceus (Araneae: Theridiidae), in host (Araneae: Nephilinae) webs

Spiders in canopy and ground microhabitats are robust to changes in understory vegetation management practices in mature oil palm plantations (Riau, Indonesia)

Systematic mapping shows the need for increased socio-ecological research on oil palm

Termite mounds house a diversity of taxa in oil palm plantations irrespective of understory management

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

The effects of catchment and riparian forest quality on stream environmental conditions across a tropical rainforest and oil palm landscape in Malaysian Borneo

The effects of land‐use change on semi‐aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia

The impact of bird's nest ferns on stemflow nutrient concentration in a primary rain forest, Sabah, Malaysia

The impact of forest conversion to oil palm on arthropod abundance and biomass in Sabah, Malaysia

The impacts of habitat disturbance on adult and larval dragonflies (Odonata) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

Tropical forests post-logging are a persistent net carbon source to the atmosphere

Understory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Benefits Soil Biodiversity and Decomposition Rates

Understory Vegetation in Oil Palm Plantations Promotes Leopard Cat Activity, but Does Not Affect Rats or Rat Damage

Whole-ecosystem experimental manipulations of tropical forests