Managing Neotropical oil palm expansion to retain phylogenetic diversity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 150-158

  Prescott, Graham W ^a   Gilroy, James J ^b,c   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^c   Medina Uribe, Claudia A ^d   Foster, William A ^a   Edwards, David P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Colombian Llanos; Landscape configuration; Oil palm; Pasture; Phylogenetic diversity; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASTURE; PHYLOGENETICS;

COLOMBIA; LLANOS;

AVES; BOS; ELAEIS;

EID: 84953838045     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12571     Document Type: Article

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