Effects of forest conversions to oil palm plantations on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a case study from Sarawak, Malaysia

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-277

  Mercer, Edwina V ^a   Mercer, Theresa G ^a   Sayok, Alexander K ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

deforestation; freshwater streams; land use; macroinvertebrates; oil palm; pollution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLANTATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS;

EID: 84902466299     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2013.786149     Document Type: Article

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