Reducing Fertilizer and Avoiding Herbicides in Oil Palm Plantations—Ecological and Economic Valuations

Reducing Fertilizer and Avoiding Herbicides in Oil Palm Plantations—Ecological and Economic Valuations

Oil palm plantations are intensively managed agricultural systems that increasingly dominate certain tropical regions. Oil palm monocultures have been criticized because of their reduced biodiversity compared to the forests they historically replaced, and because of their negative impact on soils, w...

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Main Authors: Kevin F. A. Darras, Marife D. Corre, Greta Formaglio, Aiyen Tjoa, Anton Potapov, Fabian Brambach, Kibrom T. Sibhatu, Ingo Grass, Andres Angulo Rubiano, Damayanti Buchori, Jochen Drescher, Riko Fardiansah, Dirk Hölscher, Bambang Irawan, Thomas Kneib, Valentyna Krashevska, Alena Krause, Holger Kreft, Kevin Li, Mark Maraun, Andrea Polle, Aisjah R. Ryadin, Katja Rembold, Christian Stiegler, Stefan Scheu, Suria Tarigan, Alejandra Valdés-Uribe, Supri Yadi, Teja Tscharntke, Edzo Veldkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Subjects:
fertilizer
weeding
land use change
oil palm
gross margin
biodiversity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00065/full

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