How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 538-545

  Fitzherbert, Emily B ^a,b   Struebig, Matthew J ^c   Morel, Alexandra ^d   Danielsen, Finn ^e   Brühl, Carsten A ^f   Donald, Paul F ^g   Phalan, Ben ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^f Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^g RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; CROP; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; PLANTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PLANT OILS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 51649105840     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.06.012     Document Type: Review

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