Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Savilaakso, Sini ^a   Garcia, Claude ^b,e   Garcia Ulloa, John ^b   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^b   Groom, Martha ^c,d   Guariguata, Manuel R ^a   Laumonier, Yves ^a,e   Nasi, Robert ^a   Petrokofsky, Gillian ^f   Snaddon, Jake ^f   Zrust, Michal ^g  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g Zoological Society of London Indonesia Programme   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Land use change; Mitigation; Oil palm; Species diversity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940449688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-3-4     Document Type: Review

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