Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes

  • Yann Clough,
  • Vijesh V. Krishna,
  • Marife D. Corre,
  • Kevin Darras,
  • Lisa H. Denmead,
  • Ana Meijide,
  • Stefan Moser,
  • Oliver Musshoff,
  • Stefanie Steinebach,
  • Edzo Veldkamp,
  • Kara Allen,
  • Andrew D. Barnes,
  • Natalie Breidenbach,
  • Ulrich Brose,
  • Damayanti Buchori,
  • Rolf Daniel,
  • Reiner Finkeldey,
  • Idham Harahap,
  • Dietrich Hertel,
  • A. Mareike Holtkamp,
  • Elvira Hörandl,
  • Bambang Irawan,
  • I. Nengah Surati Jaya,
  • Malte Jochum,
  • Bernhard Klarner,
  • Alexander Knohl,
  • Martyna M. Kotowska,
  • Valentyna Krashevska,
  • Holger Kreft,
  • Syahrul Kurniawan,
  • Christoph Leuschner,
  • Mark Maraun,
  • Dian Nuraini Melati,
  • Nicole Opfermann,
  • César Pérez-Cruzado,
  • Walesa Edho Prabowo,
  • Katja Rembold,
  • Akhmad Rizali,
  • Ratna Rubiana,
  • Dominik Schneider,
  • Sri Sudarmiyati Tjitrosoedirdjo,
  • Aiyen Tjoa,
  • Teja Tscharntke,
  • Stefan Scheu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13137
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Small-scale farmers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to monocultures of oil palm and rubber to maximize income. Clough and colleagues demonstrate that this land-use change in Indonesia comes at a cost to a wide array of ecosystem functions and biodiversity.