Navjot's nightmare revisited: Logging, agriculture, and biodiversity in Southeast Asia

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 531-540

  Wilcove, David S ^a   Giam, Xingli ^a,b   Edwards, David P ^c   Fisher, Brendan ^d   Koh, Lian Pin ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Extinction; Forest degradation; Oil palm; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DISASTER; FAUNA; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELAEIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTINCTION; FOREST DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DEFORESTATION; EXTINCTION; FOREST DEGRADATION; OIL PALM; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGRICULTURE; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY;

EID: 84882589041     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.04.005     Document Type: Review

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