One of the oldest organisms on Earth. they buy time for a few lucky seeds Dipterocarps (Dipterocarpacea), Borneo. These are the tallest tropical trees - some tower over 90 metres high. When it ...

There are various tropical forest ecosystems including primary and secondary forest ecosystems with dominant Dipterocarpaceae family; Limestone and Karst forests with dominant species of Trestonia ...

The Dipterocarpaceae family consists of tropical hardwood trees like the chengal tree. Prof Ascher believes that these new estimates are also more realistic than the 2003 paper published in ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

Taxonomist of more than 40 year’s experience working on a variety of insect groups, currently focussing on the hyperdiverse beetle group ‘weevils’. My key interests here are the higher classification ...

Evolutionary Genomics, Microbiomics, Molecular Systematics, Population Genetics, Phylogeography, Biodiversity Conservation My research program is aimed at gaining insights into the processes ...

1. Microbiology and Plant Pathology: Structure and reproduction/multiplication of viruses, viroids,bacteria, fungi and mycoplasma; Applications of microbiology in ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

Rainforests provide vital ecosystem services that are underpinned by plant–soil interactions. The forests of Borneo are globally important reservoirs of biodiversity and carbon, but a significant ...