Terrestrial Plant‐Herbivore Interactions: Integrating Across Multiple Determinants and Trophic Levels

Sankaran, Mahesh; McNaughton, S. J.

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“…In the long term, these changes will transform the structure of forest ecosystem and the vegetation including wildlife condition inside such as birds and insects. These findings are congruent with several previous studies stating that fuelwood extraction can generate forest degradation (Skutsch & Ghilardi, 2008), slow plant productivity and forest regeneration (Sankaran & McNaughton, 2005). This will lead to substantial changes in forest ecosystem as a result of the changes in vegetation structure, diversity, and composition (Mehta, Sullivan, Walter, Krishnaswamy, & DeGloria, 2008), that could end in the reduction of biodiversity, particularly birds, reptiles and insects (Brown et al, 2010).…”

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Impacts, Patterns, Influencing Factors and Policies of Fuelwood Extraction in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia

Rakatama¹

2016

Ina.J.For.Res

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threaten the existing forest. This paper studies the way to tackle the forest degradation in WKNP, with less negative impacts to the local people. Study was conducted by analysing existing data and maps of WKNP in terms of forest degradation, forest inventories, current policies, survey on how fuelwood is extracted, observation on fuelwood gatherers, fuelwood demand, and identification of further policy options. Results show that the most significant factors influencing the fuelwood extraction activity in WKNP are land ownership, followed by the distance to forest area, income level, the number of household members and age of household head. In the field, the fuelwood utilization is allowed by WKNP Authority, although it is formally forbidden.It was stated that fuelwood extraction in the area should be less than 2.89 ton/ha/year to maintain its sustainability, based on the mean WNKP forest tree annual increment. The fact shows that fuelwood extraction in WKNP reduces of forest biomass stock (1.06 tons/ha/year) and decreases species diversity index (from 3.05 to 2.45), species evenness index (from 1.06 to 0.91) and old-young tree ratio (from 1.29 to 1). Ecosystem quality reduction is mainly caused by destructive techniques in extracting fuelwood such as slashing, scratching cambium, and cutting trees. Therefore, recommended policy includes legalizing fuelwood extraction with restrictions, providing alternative fuelwood and other biomass energy resources outside WKNP, conducting preventive (establishing checkpoints and increasing patrols) and pre-emptive (educating and campaigning) efforts, collaborating with other stakeholders, and empowering local economy.

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Section: A Fuelwood Extraction Impactssupporting

confidence: 93%

Impacts, Patterns, Influencing Factors and Policies of Fuelwood Extraction in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia

Rakatama¹

2016

Ina.J.For.Res

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“…Herbivory is an important ecological process in ecosystem dynamics since it determines the flow of energy from the primary producers up the food chain (Speight et al, 1999;Strauss and Zangerl, 2002;Weisser and Siemann, 2004;Sankaran and McNaughton, 2005). Organisms on higher trophic levels, such as predators and parasites, depend on populations of herbivores as a feeding resource (Kruess and Tscharntke, 1994;Bascompte and Solé, 1998;Kondoh, 2003;Kruess, 2003;Weisser and Siemann, 2004;Fonseca et al, 2005).…”

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Herbivory, pathogens, and epiphylls in Araucaria Forest and ecologically-managed tree monocultures

Arnold¹,

Fonseca²

2011

Forest Ecology and Management

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Basics of Forest Ecology and Management

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Pecina (ed. )

2024

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This book was prepared within the Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia (STREAM) project. The STREAM project, co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, is being implemented by the Mongolian Ministry of Environment and Tourism with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Mendel University in Brno heads a consortium of twelve educational and research institutions that collaborate on the forestry component of the project led by the GIZ.

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Terrestrial Plant‐Herbivore Interactions: Integrating Across Multiple Determinants and Trophic Levels

Cited by 4 publications

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Impacts, Patterns, Influencing Factors and Policies of Fuelwood Extraction in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia

Impacts, Patterns, Influencing Factors and Policies of Fuelwood Extraction in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia

Herbivory, pathogens, and epiphylls in Araucaria Forest and ecologically-managed tree monocultures

Basics of Forest Ecology and Management

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