Sabah Biodiversity Experiment, Malua

20/06/2022

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.

01/05/2020

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

AbstractAims. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) are plant storage compounds used for metabolism, transport, osmoregulation and regrowth following the loss of

02/10/2017

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

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...

12/03/2017

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.

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...

07/05/2016

17/10/2015

12/05/2014

Borneo bests Amazon in terms of giant tree growth rate

http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0511-giant-trees-borneo.html

09/05/2014

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…

06/11/2013

Team 6 November 2013

02/04/2013

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.

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...

08/01/2013

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

Vines are proliferating in tropical forests, threatening forests’ capacity as carbon sinks.

15/12/2012

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