Retaining biodiversity in intensive farmland: Epiphyte removal in oil palm plantations does not affect yield

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1944-1954

  Prescott, Graham W ^a   Edwards, David P ^b,c   Foster, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ants; Birds; Epiphytes; Oil palm; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

AVES; ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84929654454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1462     Document Type: Article

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