Peer-reviewed primary publications
Thomas Reuters ResearcherID (Jan. 2012): Papers 71 │ Citations 1275 │ H-Index 19
LP Koh & TM Lee. 2011. Sensible consumerism for environmental sustainability Biol Conserv, in press DOI │ PDF
DP Edwards, LP Koh & WF Laurance. 2011. Indonesia's REDD+ pact: saving imperilled forests or business as usual? Biol Conserv, in press DOI │ PDF
O Venter & LP Koh. 2011. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): game changer or just another quick fix? Ann NY Acad Sci, in press DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, HK Gibbs, PV Potapov & MC Hansen. 2011. REDDcalculator.com: a web-based decision-support tool for implementing Indonesia's forest moratorium. Methods Ecol Evol, Early View DOI │ PDF
L Gibson, TM Lee, LP Koh, BW Brook, TA Gardner, J Barlow, CA Peres, CJA Bradshaw, WF Laurance, TE Lovejoy & NS Sodhi. 2011. Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity. Nature 478:378-381 DOI │ PDF
JSH Lee, L Rist, K Obidzinski, J Ghazoul & LP Koh. 2011. No farmer left behind in sustainable biofuel production. Biol Conserv 144:2512-2516 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh. 2011. Balancing societies' priorities: An ecologist's perspective on sustainable development Basic Appl Ecol 12:389-393 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, J Miettinen, SC Liew, J Ghazoul. 2011. Reply to Paoli et al: Explicit consideration of model uncertainties. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108:E219 DOI │ PDF
CJ Kettle, J Ghazoul, P Ashton, CH Cannon, L Chong, B Diway, E Faridah, R Harrison, A Hector, P Hollingsworth, LP Koh, E Khoo, K Kitayama, K Kartawinata, AJ Marshall, C Maycock, S Nanami, G Paoli, MD Potts, D Sheil, S Tan, I Tomoaki, C Webb, T Yamakura & DFRP Burslem. 2011. Seeing the fruit for the trees in Borneo. Conserv Lett 4:184-191 DOI │ PDF
J Phelps, EL Webb & LP Koh. 2011. Risky business: an uncertain future for biodiversity conservation finance through REDD+. Conserv Lett 4:88-94 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, J Miettinen, SC Liew, J Ghazoul. 2011. Remotely sensed evidence of tropical peatland conversion to oil palm. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108:5127-5132 DOI │ PDF │ SI │ Media
J Ghazoul & LP Koh. 2011. Seeing only REDD? A response to Law et al. Trends Ecol Evol 26:106-107 DOI │ PDF
DL Yong, L Qie, NS Sodhi, LP Koh, KSH Peh, TM Lee, HC Lim & SLH Lim. 2011. Do insectivorous bird communities decline on land-bridge forest islands in Peninsular Malaysia? J Trop Ecol 27:1-14 DOI │ PDF
GR Clements, J Sayer, AK Boedhihartono, O Venter, T Lovejoy, LP Koh & WF Laurance. 2010. Cautious optimism over Norway-Indonesia REDD pact. Conserv Biol 24:1437-1438 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & J Ghazoul. 2010. Reply to Sloan and Stork: Spatially explicit scenario analysis for reconciling agricultural expansion, forest protection, and carbon conservation in Indonesia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:E172 DOI │ PDF
CJ Kettle, J Ghazoul, P Ashton, CH Cannon, L Chong, B Diway, E Faridah, R Harrison, A Hector, P Hollingsworth, LP Koh, E Khoo, K Kitayama, K Kartawinata, AJ Marshall, C Maycock, S Nanami, G Paoli, MD Potts, D Sheil, S Tan, I Tomoaki, C Webb, T Yamakura & DFRP Burslem. 2010. Mass fruiting in Borneo: a missed opportunity. Science 330:584 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, TM Lee, NS Sodhi & J Ghazoul. 2010. An overhaul of the species-area approach for predicting biodiversity loss: incorporating matrix and edge effects. J Appl Ecol 47:1063-1070 DOI │ PDF │ SI │ App
LP Koh & J Ghazoul. 2010. Spatially explicit scenario analysis for reconciling agricultural expansion, forest protection, and carbon conservation in Indonesia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:11140-11144 DOI │ PDF │ SI │ App │ Award
LP Koh & J Ghazoul. 2010. A matrix-calibrated species-area model for predicting biodiversity losses due to land use change. Conserv Biol 24:994-1001 DOI │ PDF │ SI │ App
J Ghazoul, RA Butler, J Mateo-Vega & LP Koh. 2010. REDD: a reckoning of environment and development implications. Trends Ecol Evol 25:396-402 DOI │ PDF
J Ghazoul & LP Koh. 2010. A REDD light for wildlife-friendly farming. Conserv Biol 24:644-645 DOI │ PDF
D Huang, Z Su, R Zhang & LP Koh. 2010. Degree of urbanization influences the persistence of Dorytomus weevils in Beijing, China. Landscape Urban Plann 96:913-917 DOI │ PDF
KS Bawa, LP Koh, TM Lee, J Liu, PS Ramakrishnan, DW Yu, Y Zhang & PH Raven. 2010. China, India, and the Environment. Science 327:1457-1459 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & NS Sodhi. 2010. Conserving Southeast Asia’s imperiled biodiversity – scientific, management, and policy challenges. Biodivers Conserv 19:913-917 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, LP Koh, R Clements, TC Wanger, JK Hill, KC Hamer, Y Clough, T Tscharntke, MRC Posa & TM Lee. 2010. Conserving Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-modified landscapes. Biol Conserv 143:2375-2384 DOI │ PDF
DS Wilcove & LP Koh. 2010. Addressing the threats to biodiversity from oil palm agriculture. Biodivers Conserv 19:999-1007 DOI │ PDF
J Ghazoul & LP Koh. 2010. Food security not (yet) threatened by declining pollination. Front Ecol Environ 8:9-10 DOI │ PDF │ SI
WF Laurance, LP Koh, RA Butler, NS Sodhi, CJA Bradshaw, JD Neidel, H Consunji & J Mateo-Vega. 2010. Improving the performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for nature conservation. Conserv Biol 24:377-381 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, J Ghazoul, RA Butler, WF Laurance, NS Sodhi, J Mateo-Vega & CJA Bradshaw. 2010. Wash and spin cycle threats to tropical biodiversity. Biotropica 43:67-71 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, MRC Posa, TM Lee, D Bickford, LP Koh & BW Brook. 2010. The state and conservation of Southeast Asian biodiversity. Biodivers Conserv 19:317-328 DOI │ PDF
J Ghazoul, LP Koh & P Levang. 2010. Checking the reality check. Trends Ecol Evol 25:8-9 DOI │ PDF
AZ Shi, LP Koh & HTW Tan. 2009. The biofuel potential of municipal solid waste. Global Change Biol Bioenergy 1:317-320 DOI │ PDF
L Rist, JSH Lee & LP Koh. 2009. Biofuels: social benefits. Science 326:1344 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, RA Butler & CJA Bradshaw. 2009. Conversion of Indonesia’s peatlands. Front Ecol Environ 7:238 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh. 2009. Calling Indonesia’s US$13 billion bluff. Conserv Biol 23:789 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, P Levang & J Ghazoul. 2009. Designer landscapes for sustainable biofuels. Trends Ecol Evol 24:431-438 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & DS Wilcove. 2009. Oil palm: disinformation enables deforestation. Trends Ecol Evol 24:67-68 DOI │ PDF
RA Butler, LP Koh & J Ghazoul. 2009. REDD in the red: palm oil could undermine carbon payment schemes. Conserv Lett 2:67-73 DOI │ PDF │ Models
DFR Cleary, MJ Genner, LP Koh, TJB Boyle, T Setyawati, R de Jong, SBJ Menken. 2009. Butterfly species and traits associated with selectively logged forest in Borneo. Basic Appl Ecol 10:237-245 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, TM Lee, LP Koh & BW Brook. 2009. A meta-analysis of the impact of anthropogenic forest disturbance on Southeast Asia's biotas. Biotropica 41:103-109 DOI │ PDF
RR Dunn, NC Harris, RK Colwell, LP Koh & NS Sodhi. 2009. The sixth mass coextinction - are most endangered species parasites and mutualists? Proc R Soc Lond B 276:3037-3045 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & J Ghazoul. 2008. Biofuels, biodiversity, and people: understanding the conflicts and finding opportunities. Biol Conserv 141:2450-2460 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, HTW Tan & NS Sodhi. 2008. Biofuels: waste not want not. Science 320:1419 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & DS Wilcove. 2008. Is oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity? Conserv Lett 1:60-64 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh. 2008. Can oil palm plantations be made more hospitable for forest butterflies and birds? J Appl Ecol 45:1002-1009 DOI │ PDF │ Award
LP Koh. 2008. Birds defend oil palms from herbivorous insects. Ecol Appl 18:821-825 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, LP Koh, KSH Peh, HTW Tan, RL Chazdon, RT Corlett, TM Lee, RK Colwell, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook & CH Sekercioglu. 2008. Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms. Divers Distrib 14:1-10 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, D Bickford, AC Diesmos, TM Lee, LP Koh, BW Brook, CH Sekercioglu & CJA Bradshaw. 2008. Measuring the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline. PLoS One 3:e1636 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & DS Wilcove. 2007. Cashing in palm oil for conservation. Nature 448:993-994 DOI │ PDF │ SI
LP Koh. 2007. Potential habitat and biodiversity losses from intensified biodiesel feedstock production. Conserv Biol 21:1373-1375 DOI │ PDF │ SI
LP Koh. 2007. Impending disaster or sliver of hope for Southeast Asian forests? The devil may lie in the details. Biodivers Conserv 16:1373-1375 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh. 2007. Impacts of land use change on South-east Asian forest butterflies: a review. J Appl Ecol 44:703-713 DOI │ PDF
MK Pandit, NS Sodhi, LP Koh, A Bhaskar & BW Brook. 2007. Unreported yet massive deforestation driving loss of endemic biodiversity in Indian Himalaya. Biodivers Conserv 16:153-163 DOI │ PDF
MRC Posa, NS Sodhi & LP Koh. 2007. Predation on artificial nests and caterpillars in Subic Bay, Philippines. J Trop Ecol23:27-33 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & DNL Menge. 2006. Rapid assessment of Lepidoptera predation rates in neotropical forest fragments. Biotropica 38:132-134 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, LP Koh & BW Brook. 2006. Southeast Asian birds in peril. Auk 123:275-277 DOI │ PDF
R Clements, LP Koh, TM Lee, R Meier & D Li. 2006. Importance of reservoirs for the conservation of freshwater molluscs in a tropical urban landscape. Biol Conserv 128:136-146 DOI │ PDF
BW Brook, CJA Bradshaw, LP Koh & NS Sodhi. 2006. Momentum drives the crash: mass extinction in the tropics. Biotropica 38:302-305 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, TM Brooks, LP Koh, G Acciaioli, M Erb, AKJ Tan, LM Curran, P Brosius, TM Lee, J Patlis, M Gumal & RJ Lee. 2006. Biodiversity and human livelihood crises in the Malay Archipelago. Conserv Biol 20:1811-1813 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, TM Lee, LP Koh & DM Prawiradilaga. 2006. Long-term avifaunal impoverishment in an isolated tropical woodlot. Conserv Biol 20:772-779 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, LP Koh, BW Brook & PKL Ng. 2005. Response to Hau et al.: Beyond Singapore: Hong Kong and Asian biodiversity. Trends Ecol Evol 20:282-283 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, LP Koh, DM Prawiradilaga, Darjono, I Tinulele, DD Putra & THT Tan. 2005. Land use and conservation value for forest birds in central Sulawesi. Biol Conserv 122:547-558 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, TM Lee, LP Koh & RR Dunn. 2005. A century of avifaunal turnover from a small tropical rainforest fragment. Animal Conservation 8:217-222 DOI │ PDF
TM Lee, MCK Soh, NS Sodhi, LP Koh & SLH Lim. 2005. Effects of habitat disturbance on mixed species bird flocks in a tropical sub-montane rainforest. Biol Conserv 122:193-204 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh & NS Sodhi. 2004. Importance of reserves, fragments and parks for butterfly conservation in a tropical urban landscape. Ecol Appl 14:1695-1708 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, NS Sodhi & BW Brook. 2004. Ecological correlates of extinction proneness in tropical butterflies. Conserv Biol 18:1571-1578 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, RR Dunn, NS Sodhi, RK Colwell, HC Proctor & VS Smith. 2004. Species co-extinctions and the biodiversity crisis. Science 305:1632-1634 DOI │ PDF │ Media
LP Koh, NS Sodhi & BW Brook. 2004. Co-extinctions of tropical butterflies and their hostplants. Biotropica 36:272-274 DOI │ PDF
NS Sodhi, LP Koh, BW Brook & PKL Ng. 2004. Southeast Asian biodiversity: an impending disaster. Trends Ecol Evol 19:654-660 DOI │ PDF
I Paperna, KSH Peh, P Martelli, LP Koh & NS Sodhi. 2004. Factors affecting Sarcosystis infection of rats on small tropical islands. Ecol Res 19:475-483 DOI │ PDF
LP Koh, NS Sodhi, HTW Tan & KSH Peh. 2002. Factors affecting the distribution of vascular plants, springtails, butterflies and birds on small tropical islands. J Biogeogr 29:93-108 DOI │ PDF