R. T. Corlett

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Does any country have a commitment to zero extinction of its native flora and fauna written into their constitution or other laws?

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Does anyone have information on the seed dispersal of wild bananas?

The 70 or so species of wild bananas in the genus Musa have small, banana-shaped fruits of various colors, full of hard black seeds. Although small compared with cultivated bananas, the ones I...

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Do Pheidole ants destroy small seeds?

If you place small seeds (< 20 mg, e.g. fig seeds) on the ground in forest in tropical and subtropical Asia, small ants soon appear and carry them away. I assume the seeds are eaten, but I...

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Where is the western boundary of tropical East Asia?

In the first edition of my book, The Ecology of Tropical East Asia (published by OUP) I defined TEA as political SE Asia, minus eastern Indonesia, plus southern China, the Ryukyu, Andaman, and...

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How much does the publication fee influence your choice of which journal to publish in?

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Should environmental scientists fly to international conferences?

I once flew from SW China to Argentina – 5 flights each way – to attend an IPCC lead authors’ meeting aimed, ultimately, at avoiding dangerous climate change. Did I make the wrong decision? Flying...

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