Nature Communications (Dec 2017)
Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects
- Lan Qie,
- Simon L. Lewis,
- Martin J. P. Sullivan,
- Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez,
- Georgia C. Pickavance,
- Terry Sunderland,
- Peter Ashton,
- Wannes Hubau,
- Kamariah Abu Salim,
- Shin-Ichiro Aiba,
- Lindsay F. Banin,
- Nicholas Berry,
- Francis Q. Brearley,
- David F. R. P. Burslem,
- Martin Dančák,
- Stuart J. Davies,
- Gabriella Fredriksson,
- Keith C. Hamer,
- Radim Hédl,
- Lip Khoon Kho,
- Kanehiro Kitayama,
- Haruni Krisnawati,
- Stanislav Lhota,
- Yadvinder Malhi,
- Colin Maycock,
- Faizah Metali,
- Edi Mirmanto,
- Laszlo Nagy,
- Reuben Nilus,
- Robert Ong,
- Colin A. Pendry,
- Axel Dalberg Poulsen,
- Richard B. Primack,
- Ervan Rutishauser,
- Ismayadi Samsoedin,
- Bernaulus Saragih,
- Plinio Sist,
- J. W. Ferry Slik,
- Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri,
- Martin Svátek,
- Sylvester Tan,
- Aiyen Tjoa,
- Mark van Nieuwstadt,
- Ronald R. E. Vernimmen,
- Ishak Yassir,
- Petra Susan Kidd,
- Muhammad Fitriadi,
- Nur Khalish Hafizhah Ideris,
- Rafizah Mat Serudin,
- Layla Syaznie Abdullah Lim,
- Muhammad Shahruney Saparudin,
- Oliver L. Phillips
Affiliations
- Lan Qie
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Simon L. Lewis
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Martin J. P. Sullivan
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Georgia C. Pickavance
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Terry Sunderland
- Center for International Forestry Research, Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede
- Peter Ashton
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Wannes Hubau
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Kamariah Abu Salim
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Shin-Ichiro Aiba
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
- Lindsay F. Banin
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Nicholas Berry
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Francis Q. Brearley
- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University
- David F. R. P. Burslem
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building
- Martin Dančák
- Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc
- Stuart J. Davies
- Center for Tropical Forest Science - Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Gabriella Fredriksson
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam
- Keith C. Hamer
- School of Biology, University of Leeds
- Radim Hédl
- Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
- Lip Khoon Kho
- Tropical Peat Research Institute, Biological Research Division, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Bandar Baru Bangi
- Kanehiro Kitayama
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- Haruni Krisnawati
- Forest Research and Development Center, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
- Stanislav Lhota
- Department of Animal Science and Food Processing, Faculty of Tropical Agrisciences, Czech University of Life Sciences
- Yadvinder Malhi
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Colin Maycock
- International Tropical Forestry, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jl. UMS
- Faizah Metali
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Edi Mirmanto
- Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
- Laszlo Nagy
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas
- Reuben Nilus
- Sabah Forestry Department Forest Research Centre
- Robert Ong
- Sabah Forestry Department Forest Research Centre
- Colin A. Pendry
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Axel Dalberg Poulsen
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Richard B. Primack
- Biology Department, Boston University
- Ervan Rutishauser
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Ismayadi Samsoedin
- Forest Research and Development Center, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
- Bernaulus Saragih
- Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University
- Plinio Sist
- Forests and Societies Research Unit, CIRAD-Univ. Montpellier, Campus International de Baillarguet
- J. W. Ferry Slik
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Martin Svátek
- Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno
- Sylvester Tan
- CTFS-ForestGEO Program
- Aiyen Tjoa
- Agriculture Faculty of Tadulako University
- Mark van Nieuwstadt
- Utrecht University
- Ronald R. E. Vernimmen
- Deltares
- Ishak Yassir
- Balitek-KSDA, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
- Petra Susan Kidd
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
- Muhammad Fitriadi
- Sungai Wain Protected Forest Management Unit, KM. 23, Kel. Karang Joang
- Nur Khalish Hafizhah Ideris
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Rafizah Mat Serudin
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Layla Syaznie Abdullah Lim
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Muhammad Shahruney Saparudin
- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link
- Oliver L. Phillips
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01997-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The existence of a pan-tropical forest carbon sink remains uncertain due to the lack of data from Asia. Here, using direct on-the-ground observations, the authors confirm remaining intact forests in Borneo have provided a long-term carbon sink, but carbon net gains are vulnerable to drought and edge effects.
