Minimizing the biodiversity impact of Neotropical oil palm development.
Author
Gilroy, James J.
Prescot, Graham W.
Cárdenas, Johann S.
González del Pliego, Pamela
Sánchez, Andrés
Rojas-Murcia, Luis E.
Medina-Uribe, Claudia A.
Haugaasen, Torbjorn
Edwards, David P.
Date
2014-08-30ISSN
1365-2486DOI
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12696/abstractCollections
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Abstract
Oil palm agriculture is rapidly expanding in the Neotropics, at the expense of a range of natural and seminatural habitats. A key question is how this expansion should be managed to reduce negative impacts on biodiversity.
Key words
AgroecosystemsAmphibians
Ants
Birds
Community ecology
Dung beetles
Pastoral
Reptiles
Tropical savannah