Comparison of soil macro-invertebrate communities in Malaysian oil palm plantations with secondary forest from the viewpoint of litter decomposition

Biodiversity decline in rapidly expanding oil palm plantations is of global concern. Many studies have demonstrated that fauna species diversity is lower in oil palm plantations than forests. However, information about the flow-on effects of these declines in species diversity on ecosystem functioni...

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Main Authors: Wonga, Mum-Keng, Tsukamoto, Jiro, Yusuyin, Yusufujiang, Tanaka, Sota, Iwasaki, Kozo, Tane, Ngai-Paing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55343/1/Comparison%20of%20soil%20macro-invertebrate%20communities%20in%20Malaysian%20oil%20palm%20plantations%20.pdf