Can oil palm plantations be made more hospitable for forest butterflies and birds?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1002-1009

  Koh, Lian Pin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity hotspots; Bird; Borneo; Butterfly; Conservation; Reconciliation ecology; Restoration ecology; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; DEFORESTATION; EPIPHYTE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT QUALITY; LEGUME; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES; ELAEIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 46749098281     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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