Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1582, 2011, Pages 3277-3291

  Foster, William A ^a   Snaddon, Jake L ^a   Turner, Edgar C ^a   Fayle, Tom M ^a,b   Cockerill, Timothy D ^a,b   Farnon Ellwood, M D ^a   Broad, Gavin R ^b   Chung, Arthur Y C ^c   Eggleton, Paul ^b   Khen, Chey Vun ^c   Yusah, Kalsum M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem service; Elaeis spp.; Habitat complexity; Oil palm

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ELAEIS;

EID: 80054703806     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0041     Document Type: Article

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