Bird species richness in a Bornean exotic tree plantation: A long-term perspective

Sheldon, Frederick H.; Styring, Alison R.; Hosner, Peter A.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.004

Cited by 81 publications

(67 citation statements)

References 39 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In addition, it was reported that leakage from adjacent areas was unlikely owing to behavioral characteristics [34] to dispersal capabilities [27,35] or ecological conditions [36]. In three studies on birds it was reported that nearby primary forest areas either 'probably' [37] or 'certainly' [26,38] contributed to the species richness in oil palm landscapes. Similarly, Gillespie et al [39] suggested that it is possible that the occurrence of arboreal amphibian species (tree frogs), specifically Rhacophorus appendiculatus, Rhacophorus dulitensis and Rhacophorus pardalis, in the plantation resulted from local dispersal from nearby forest habitats.…”

Section: Study Designs and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production

et al. 2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: During the past decade there has been a growing interest in bioenergy, driven by concerns about global climate change, growing energy demand, and depleting fossil fuel reserves. The predicted rise in biofuel demand makes it important to understand the potential consequences of expanding biofuel cultivation. A systematic review was conducted on the biodiversity impacts of three first-generation biofuel crops (oil palm, soybean, and jatropha) in the tropics. The study focused on the impacts on species richness, abundance (total number of individuals or occurrences), community composition, and ecosystem functions related to species richness and community composition. Methods: Literature was searched using an a priori protocol. Owing to a lack of available studies of biodiversity impacts from soybean and jatropha that met the inclusion criteria set out in the systematic review protocol, all analyses focused on oil palm. The impacts of oil palm cultivation on species richness, abundance, and community similarity were summarized quantitatively; other results were summarized narratively.

show abstract

Section: Study Designs and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production

et al. 2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…On the other hand, conversion of land to agricultural use such as oil palm plantations has even more detrimental impacts [6,7]. For larger organisms in the tropics, such as plants, insects, birds, or amphibians, there is clear differentiation in species composition and diversity between agricultural and nonagricultural forest environments [8,9], although, there is evidence that a good proportion of forest species can survive in secondary forests, logged forests, and even exotic tree plantations [9,10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Tropical Soil Bacterial Communities in Malaysia: pH Dominates in the Equatorial Tropics Too

et al. 2012

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The dominant factors controlling soil bacterial community variation within the tropics are poorly known. We sampled soils across a range of land use types--primary (unlogged) and logged forests and crop and pasture lands in Malaysia. PCR-amplified soil DNA for the bacterial 16S rRNA gene targeting the V1-V3 region was pyrosequenced using the 454 Roche machine. We found that land use in itself has a weak but significant effect on the bacterial community composition. However, bacterial community composition and diversity was strongly correlated with soil properties, especially soil pH, total carbon, and C/N ratio. Soil pH was the best predictor of bacterial community composition and diversity across the various land use types, with the highest diversity close to neutral pH values. In addition, variation in phylogenetic structure of dominant lineages (Alphaproteobacteria, Beta/Gammaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria) is also significantly correlated with soil pH. Together, these results confirm the importance of soil pH in structuring soil bacterial communities in Southeast Asia. Our results also suggest that unlike the general diversity pattern found for larger organisms, primary tropical forest is no richer in operational taxonomic units of soil bacteria than logged forest, and agricultural land (crop and pasture) is actually richer than primary forest, partly due to selection of more fertile soils that have higher pH for agriculture and the effects of soil liming raising pH.

show abstract

“…Despite this, there is now overwhelming evidence that conversion of natural or semi-natural habitats to oil palm has severe negative impacts on biodiversity Foster et al, 2011) (Table 1). This is particularly the case if the land being converted is natural forest, but is also generally true if the land is under timber or another forest crop, which house higher levels of biodiversity than oil palm (Aratrakorn et al, 2006;Chung et al, 2000aChung et al, , 2000bDanielsen & Heegaard, 1995;Davis & Philips, 2005;Glor et al, 2001;Hassall et al, 2006;Peh et al, 2006;Room, 1975;Sheldon et al, 2010;Taylor, 1977). Studies have now been carried out on a diverse range of taxa including insects (ants, beetles, bees, butterflies and moths), other arthropods (woodlice), mammals (primates, tree shrews, squirrels and bats), birds, and lizards ( Table 1).…”

Section: Oil Palm Impacts On Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If these do indeed lead to more palm oil use in alternative industries, it will also result in increased demand for palm oil in the future. The new studies have boosted our understanding of the impacts of oil palm expansion on biodiversity and have particularly provided information on a more diverse range of taxa, including arthropods (Turner & Foster, 2009), ants (Brühl & Eltz, 2010;Fayle et al, 2010;Hashim et al, 2010), butterflies Koh & Wilcove, 2008), small mammals (Bernard et al, 2009;Danielsen et al, 2008), and birds (Sheldon et al, 2010).…”

Section: Oil Palm Research Since 2007mentioning

confidence: 99%