Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Fayle, Tom M ^a,c   Turner, Edgar C ^a   Snaddon, Jake L ^a   Chey, Vun Khen ^b   Chung, Arthur Y C ^b   Eggleton, Paul ^c   Foster, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asplenium; Bird's nest fern; Deforestation; Elaeis guineensis; Formicidae; Malaysia; Microclimate; Plantation; Sabah; SE Asia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASPLENIUM; ASPLENIUM NIDUS; AVES; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77953286562     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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