David A. Coomes

1 month ago | nature.com | Jedediah F. Brodie |Cheng Chen |Oliver Wearn |Eleanor M. Slade |Peter Williams |Scott Goetz | +5 more

replying to: J. Geldmann et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08512-8 (2025). In the accompanying Comment, Geldmann et al.1 incorrectly claim that protected area (PA) efficacy cannot be established without biodiversity data that predates establishment of the PA.

Apr 9, 2024 | nature.com | Jedediah F. Brodie |Cheng Chen |Oliver Wearn |Eleanor M. Slade |Peter Williams |Scott Goetz | +5 more

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06410-z Published online 23 August 2023In the version of the article initially published, the Extended Data tables were inadvertently truncated. They have now been moved to Supplementary Information, where they can be viewed in full. Two of the originally published Extended Data (now Supplementary) tables in our article contained values that had not been updated from previous runs of the analytical models.

Jan 8, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David A. Coomes

1 INTRODUCTION Humans have fundamentally changed fire regimes in the wet tropics and subtropics. Naturally, pristine rainforests retain moisture well. Barring extreme droughts, these forests are naturally fire-resistant with fire return intervals of 100–1000 years (Cochrane, 2003; Goldammer, 1990; Goldammer & Seibert, 1989). However, up to 30%–40% of all tropical forests are now degraded by logging and agricultural activities (Budiharta et al., 2014).

Jan 5, 2024 | nature.com | Jedediah F. Brodie |Cheng Chen |Oliver Wearn |Eleanor M. Slade |Peter Williams |Scott Goetz | +5 more

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06410-z Published online 23 August 2023In the version of the article initially published, affiliations 1, 2 and 18 had the incorrect state abbreviation (“MA” instead of “MT”). These affiliations have been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article. About this articleBrodie, J.F., Mohd-Azlan, J., Chen, C. et al. Publisher Correction: Landscape-scale benefits of protected areas for tropical biodiversity. Nature (2024).

Nov 11, 2023 | biorxiv.org | David A. Coomes

Abstract1. Fires undermine efforts to restore degraded forests in the wet tropics and subtropics. Grasslands and shrublands established after fires are more fire-susceptible than forests and tend to be set alight more often, creating a positive feedback loop that curbs succession (i.e. create a fire trap). Understanding the factors that underpin the strength of these fire traps could transform restoration programmes by identifying the steps needed to escape them. 2.