Microclimate and habitat heterogeneity through the oil palm lifecycle

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 540-551

  Luskin, Matthew Scott ^a   Potts, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural matrix; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Landscape ecology; Malaysia; Plantation crop; Southeast Asia; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS;

EID: 80052590919     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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