Species richness and guild composition in rubber plantations compared to secondary forest on Hainan Island, China

Li, Shining; Zou, Fasheng; Qiang, Zhang; Sheldon, Frederick H.

doi:10.1007/s10457-013-9624-y

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“…We found eight studies assessing impacts on smaller taxa in Southeast Asia. Synthesizing across these, we find that conversion of primary or secondary forest to rubber monoculture decreases the species richness of birds, bats and carabid beetles by 19-76% (Figure 3c, 1-7; Danielsen & Heegaard 1995;Aratrakorn et al 2006;Peh et al 2006;Meng et al 2011;Phommexay et al 2011;Li et al 2013). Conversion also changes species composition, with forest specialists replaced by disturbance-tolerant, widespread species (Nájera & Simonetti 2010).…”

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…; Li et al . ). Conversion also changes species composition, with forest specialists replaced by disturbance‐tolerant, widespread species (Nájera & Simonetti ).…”

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Similarly, on Hainan Island, 29 of 53 bird species in secondary semi‐deciduous forest were absent from mature monoculture rubber, especially obligate frugivores, whereas 19 of 43 species in rubber were absent from forest (Li et al . ). This pattern is similar for carabid beetles in China (Meng et al .…”

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…), [5] Sumatra, Indonesia (Danielsen & Heegaard ), [6] Hainan Island, China (Li et al . ), [7] Yunnan, China (Meng et al . ), and [8] Sumatra, Indonesia (Thiollay ).…”

Section: Land Use Change For Rubber Cultivation—a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The reduction in species richness of 19% following conversion of secondary forest to rubber monoculture on Hainan (Li et al . ), suggests secondary forest fallows in swidden landscapes might also retain higher biodiversity value than rubber monocultures.…”

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Increasing Demand for Natural Rubber Necessitates a Robust Sustainability Initiative to Mitigate Impacts on Tropical Biodiversity

Warren‐Thomas

Dolman

Edwards

2015

Conservation Letters

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Strong international demand for natural rubber is driving expansion of industrial-scale and smallholder monoculture plantations, with >2 million ha established during the last decade. Mainland Southeast Asia and Southwest China represent the epicenter of rapid rubber expansion; here we review impacts on forest ecosystems and biodiversity. We estimate that 4.3-8.5 million ha of additional rubber plantations are required to meet projected demand by 2024, threatening significant areas of Asian forest, including many protected areas. Uncertainties concern the potential for yield intensification of existing cultivation to mitigate demand for new rubber area, versus potential displacement of rubber by more profitable oil palm. Our review of available studies indicates that conversion of forests or swidden agriculture to monoculture rubber negatively impacts bird, bat and invertebrate biodiversity. However, rubber agroforests in some areas of Southeast Asia support a subset of forest biodiversity in landscapes that retain little natural forest. Work is urgently needed to: improve understanding of whether land-sparing or land-sharing rubber cultivation will best serve biodiversity conservation, investigate the potential to accommodate biodiversity within existing rubber-dominated landscapes while maintaining yields, and ensure rigorous biodiversity and social standards via the development of a sustainability initiative.

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Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…; Li et al . ). Conversion also changes species composition, with forest specialists replaced by disturbance‐tolerant, widespread species (Nájera & Simonetti ).…”

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…), [5] Sumatra, Indonesia (Danielsen & Heegaard ), [6] Hainan Island, China (Li et al . ), [7] Yunnan, China (Meng et al . ), and [8] Sumatra, Indonesia (Thiollay ).…”

Section: Land Use Change For Rubber Cultivation—a Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Biodiversity and Rubber Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Increasing Demand for Natural Rubber Necessitates a Robust Sustainability Initiative to Mitigate Impacts on Tropical Biodiversity

Warren‐Thomas

Dolman

Edwards

2015

Conservation Letters

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174

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The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Hudson

Newbold

Contu

et al. 2016

Ecology and Evolution

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The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international efforts wishing to model and understand the global status of biodiversity.

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Countryside Biogeography: the Controls of Species Distributions in Human-Dominated Landscapes

Frishkoff

Martins

et al. 2019

Curr Landscape Ecol Rep

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Species richness and guild composition in rubber plantations compared to secondary forest on Hainan Island, China

Cited by 28 publications

References 35 publications

Increasing Demand for Natural Rubber Necessitates a Robust Sustainability Initiative to Mitigate Impacts on Tropical Biodiversity

Increasing Demand for Natural Rubber Necessitates a Robust Sustainability Initiative to Mitigate Impacts on Tropical Biodiversity

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Countryside Biogeography: the Controls of Species Distributions in Human-Dominated Landscapes

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