Cross-boundary subsidy cascades from oil palm degrade distant tropical forests

Matthew Scott Luskin; Justin S. Brashares; Kalan Ickes; I-Fang Sun; Christine Fletcher; S. Joseph Wright; Matthew D. Potts

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01920-7

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Cross-boundary subsidy cascades from oil palm degrade distant tropical forests

Matthew Scott Luskin,
Justin S. Brashares,
Kalan Ickes,
I-Fang Sun,
Christine Fletcher,
S. Joseph Wright,
Matthew D. Potts

Affiliations

Matthew Scott Luskin: Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California
Justin S. Brashares: Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California
Kalan Ickes: Department of Biological Sciences, 132 Long Hall, Clemson University
I-Fang Sun: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University
Christine Fletcher: Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
S. Joseph Wright: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Matthew D. Potts: Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01920-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The expansion of agriculture and rangelands can cause ecological spillover effects across cultivated-natural ecosystem boundaries. Here, Luskin et al. show irruptions of oil palm-subsidized wild boar alter the abundance and diversity of understory trees >1 km into a primary forest reserve in Malaysia.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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