| bird responses to lowland rainforest conversion in sumatran smallholder landscapes, indonesia. | rapid land-use change in the tropics causes dramatic losses in biodiversity and associated functions. in sumatra, indonesia, lowland rainforest has mainly been transformed by smallholders into oil palm (elaeis guineensis) and rubber (hevea brasiliensis) monocultures, interspersed with jungle rubber (rubber agroforests) and a few forest remnants. in two regions of the jambi province, we conducted point counts in 32 plots of four different land-use types (lowland rainforest, jungle rubber, rubber ... | 2016 | 27224063 |
| soil nitrogen-cycling responses to conversion of lowland forests to oil palm and rubber plantations in sumatra, indonesia. | rapid deforestation in sumatra, indonesia is presently occurring due to the expansion of palm oil and rubber production, fueled by an increasing global demand. our study aimed to assess changes in soil-n cycling rates with conversion of forest to oil palm (elaeis guineensis) and rubber (hevea brasiliensis) plantations. in jambi province, sumatra, indonesia, we selected two soil landscapes - loam and clay acrisol soils - each with four land-use types: lowland forest and forest with regenerating r ... | 2015 | 26222690 |