Oil palm plantations fail to support mammal diversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2285-2292

  Yue, Sam ^a   Brodie, Jedediah F ^a   Zipkin, Elise F ^b   Bernard, Henry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Camera trap; Habitat connectivity; Land sparing; Oil palm plantations; Species richness; Tropical rainforest; Wildlife friendly farming

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPANSION; FARMING SYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANTATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TREE PLANTING; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ANIMALIA; ELAEIS; MAMMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MALAYSIA; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MALAYSIA; MAMMALS;

EID: 84947504899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1928.1     Document Type: Article

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