Trait-dependent declines of species following conversion of rain forest to oil palm plantations

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 253-268

  Senior, Michael J M ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^b   Bottrell, Simon ^b   Edwards, David P ^b,c   Fayle, Tom M ^d,e   Lucey, Jennifer M ^a   Mayhew, Peter J ^a   Newton, Robert ^b   Peh, Kelvin S H ^f   Sheldon, Frederick H ^g   Stewart, Christopher ^h   Styring, Alison R ⁱ   Thom, Michael D F ^a   Woodcock, Paul ^b   Hill, Jane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Proforest Frewin Chambers   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Elaeis guineensis; Malaysia; SE Asia; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANT; AVIFAUNA; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GUILD STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFOREST; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84871487421     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0419-7     Document Type: Article

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