Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Clough, Yann ^a,b   Krishna, Vijesh V ^b   Corre, Marife D ^b   Darras, Kevin ^b   Denmead, Lisa H ^b,k   Meijide, Ana ^b   Moser, Stefan ^b   Musshoff, Oliver ^b   Steinebach, Stefanie ^b   Veldkamp, Edzo ^b   Allen, Kara ^b   Barnes, Andrew D ^b,c,l   Breidenbach, Natalie ^b   Brose, Ulrich ^b,c,d   Buchori, Damayanti ^e   Daniel, Rolf ^b   Finkeldey, Reiner ^b,m   Harahap, Idham ^e   Hertel, Dietrich ^b   Holtkamp, A Mareike ^b   Hörandl, Elvira ^b   Irawan, Bambang ^f   Jaya, I Nengah Surati ^e   Jochum, Malte ^b   Klarner, Bernhard ^b   Knohl, Alexander ^b   Kotowska, Martyna M ^b   Krashevska, Valentyna ^b   Kreft, Holger ^b   Kurniawan, Syahrul ^b,g   Leuschner, Christoph ^b   Maraun, Mark ^b   Melati, Dian Nuraini ^b   Opfermann, Nicole ^b   Pérez Cruzado, César ^b   Prabowo, Walesa Edho ^h   Rembold, Katja ^b   Rizali, Akhmad ^g   Rubiana, Ratna ^e   Schneider, Dominik ^b   Tjitrosoedirdjo, Sri Sudarmiyati ⁱ   Tjoa, Aiyen ^j   Tscharntke, Teja ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^b   more..

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITAS JAMBI   (Indonesia)

^g BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ BIOTROP   (Indonesia)

^j TADULAKO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^k TOI OHOMAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; RUBBER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT LOSS; RUBBER; SMALLHOLDER;

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ELAEIS; FOREST; HUMAN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LEACHING; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANTATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

INDONESIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84991517828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13137     Document Type: Article

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