Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Sri Lanka and India tested the hypothesis by using data from a recent large scale study in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India. In the region, transects were located in three different land-use intensities: buffer habitats consisting of degraded forest and agroforests, and areas of intensive agriculture. Beyond comparisons to other guilds, the researchers also looked at species interactions and the community structure of insectivores, as such community properties might be even more sensitive to human disturbance than the species themselves.
The Chinese government, through the China-Africa Joint Research Centre - known as Sajorec - is committed to helping Kenya identify, review and document its plant diversity as part of an effort to develop strategies aimed at ecological services, conservation and sustainable use.
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