Marsh, Charles J, Turner, Edgar C, Blonder, Benjamin Wong, Bongalov, Boris, Both, Sabine, Cruz, Rudi S, Elias, Dafydd M O, Hemprich-Bennett, David, Jotan, Palasiah, Kemp, Victoria, and others. (2025) Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure. Science, 387 (6730). pp. 171-175. ISSN 0036-8075. (doi:10.1126/science.adf9856) (KAR id:108509)
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Abstract
The impacts of degradation and deforestation on tropical forests are poorly understood, particularly at landscape scales. We present an extensive ecosystem analysis of the impacts of logging and conversion of tropical forest to oil palm from a large-scale study in Borneo, synthesizing responses from 82 variables categorized into four ecological levels spanning a broad suite of ecosystem properties: (i) structure and environment, (ii) species traits, (iii) biodiversity, and (iv) ecosystem functions. Responses were highly heterogeneous and often complex and nonlinear. Variables that were directly impacted by the physical process of timber extraction, such as soil structure, were sensitive to even moderate amounts of logging, whereas measures of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning were generally resilient to logging but more affected by conversion to oil palm plantation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1126/science.adf9856 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Arecaceae, Rainforest, Conservation of Natural Resources, Tropical Climate, Forestry, Biodiversity, Soil - chemistry, Trees, Borneo |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) |
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Natural Environment Research Council (https://ror.org/02b5d8509)
British Ecological Society (https://ror.org/00n20jq68) European Research Council (https://ror.org/0472cxd90) Leverhulme Trust (https://ror.org/012mzw131) |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2025 11:35 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2025 13:15 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108509 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Mitchell, Simon L..
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Davies, Zoe G..
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-1467
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Struebig, Matthew J..
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-8502
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