Does logging and forest conversion to oil palm agriculture alter functional diversity in a biodiversity hotspot?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-173

  Edwards, F A ^a   Edwards, D P ^b,c   Larsen, T H ^d   Hsu, W W ^e   Benedick, S ^f   Chung, A ^g   Vun Khen, C ^g   Wilcove, D S ^h   Hamer, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Science and Knowledge Division   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^g FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borneo; Deforestation; Ecosystem services; Habitat change; Palm oil; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOGGING (TIMBER); TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETABLE OIL;

BORNEO;

COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS;

EID: 84898055660     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12074     Document Type: Article

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