Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter

By Tom M. Faylea, Edgar C. Turnera, Jake L. Snaddona, Vun Khen Cheyb, Arthur Y. C. Chungb, Paul Eggletonc, William A. Fostera. 2010

226 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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In Ecology

1. A. Boedhihartono
2. Paul N. Nelson
3. J. Ghazoul
4. P. Eggleton
5. J. Sayer
6. Edgar C. Turner

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. R. G. Davies
2. P. Eggleton
3. J. Ghazoul
4. J. Sayer
5. Edgar C. Turner
6. J. Ness
7. David T. Jones
8. Nathan Lo

In Genetics

1. R. G. Davies
2. P. Eggleton
3. J. Ghazoul
4. S. Luke
5. Edgar C. Turner
6. J. Ness
7. David T. Jones
8. Nathan Lo

Citations in the corpus

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• Oil palm expansion transforms tropical landscapes and livelihoods (2012, background): “It is undoubtedly the case that large scale biodiversity loss accompanies the conversion of natural forest to oil palm (Koh and Ghazoul, 2008; Bruhl and Eltz, 2010; Fayle et al., 2010; Foster et al., 2011; Edwards et al., 2012; Jambari et al., 2012).”
• The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts (2014, unknown): “…2010; 218 Armbrecht et al. 2006; 219 Hashim et al. 2010; 220 Schmidt et al. 2012; 221 Maeto and Sato 2004; 222 Bihn et al. 2008; 223 Delabie et al. 2009; 224 Fayle et al. 2010; 225 Gove et al. 2005; 226 Buczkowski and Richmond 2012; 227 Buczkowski 2010; 228 Noriega et al. 2012; 229 Navarro et…”
• Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production (2014, background): “In the case of invertebrates, the hotter and drier conditions in oil palm plantations were the main cause of changes in community compositions (ants [42]; beetles [21]; bees [43]).”