Minimizing the biodiversity impact of Neotropical oil palm development

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1531-1540

  Gilroy, James J ^a   Prescott, Graham W ^b   Cardenas, Johann S ^c   Castañeda, Pamela González Del Pliego ^d,e   Sánchez, Andrés ^c   Rojas Murcia, Luis E ^c   Medina Uribe, Claudia A ^c   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a   Edwards, David P ^e,f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Amphibians; Ants; Birds; Community ecology; Dung beetles; Pastoral; Reptiles; Tropical savannah

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AMPHIBIAN; ANT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; MIXED FOREST; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REPTILE; SAVANNA;

COLOMBIA; LLANOS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; BOS; COLEOPTERA; ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE; REPTILIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INSECTS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84924423231     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12696     Document Type: Article

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