Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests

By Jos Barlow, T. Gardner, I. Araujo, T. Ávila-Pires, A. Bonaldo, J. Costa, M. C. Esposito, L. Ferreira, J. Hawes, M. I. Hernández and 15 more. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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How much palm oil do we need (2009, background): “Indonesia has 36 Mha of secondary forest (FAO, 2006); such forest has biodiversity value (Barlow et al., 2007; Koh and Wilcove, 2008), and some may have ‘high conservation value’, but its loss would usually be more acceptable than loss of primary forest.”
Is oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity? (2008, background): “In particular, more empirical research is needed to quantify the biodiversity value of oil palm plantations relative to primary and secondary forests, as has been conducted in other tropical regions (e.g., Barlow et al. 2007a, 2007b, 2007c; Gardner et al. 2007).”
Wildlife‐friendly oil palm plantations fail to protect biodiversity effectively (2010, background): “While we cannot rule out this possibility, it is likely that the strong trends revealed by birds, which are reasonable indicators of general patterns across taxa (Howard et al. 1998; Barlow et al. 2007; Berry et al. 2010), will follow for other groups.”
Long-term erosion of tree reproductive trait diversity in edge-dominated Atlantic forest fragments (2009, background): “Protected areas remain a crucial tool for biodiversity conservation, but their limited coverage has led to a growing interest in the conservation value of anthropogenic landscapes (e.g. Barlow et al., 2007).”
Biodiversity consequences of land-use change and forest disturbance in the Amazon:a multi-scale assessment using ant communities (2016, background): “…of conserving such habitats, supporting conclusions of other authors studying ants (Vasconcelos et al. 2000, Vasconcelos et al. 2006), other insect groups (Barlow et al. 2007b, Barlow et al. 2008), as well as vertebrates and plants (Barlow et al. 2007a, Gardner et al. 2007, Moura et al. 2013).”
Understanding the biodiversity consequences of habitat change: the value of secondary and plantation forests for neotropical dung beetles (2007, background): “(iii) Scavenger flies were more abundant in plantation and secondary forests than in primary forest (Barlow et al. 2007c), potentially increasing competition within the wider dung insect community.”
Novel ecosystems resulting from landscape transformation create dilemmas for modern conservation practice (2008, background): “Circumstances similar to those we have documented at Nanangroe, in which patches of remnant native vegetation are surrounded by expanding exotic plantation forests, are increasingly common around the world (Zanuncio et al. 1998; Estades & Temple 1999; Wethered & Lawes 2003; Barlow et al. 2007).”
The effect of bioenergy expansion: Food, energy, and environment (2014, background): “Therefore, nature conservationists support forest conservation for climate change mitigation [25,26].”
Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change (2021, positive): “Compared to low diversity plantations, biodiverse natural forests and areas allowed to regenerate naturally also have higher resilience to fires, pests and diseases (Barlow et al., 2007; Jactel et al., 2017).”
Diversity and composition of Amazonian moths in primary, secondary and plantation forests (2009, background): “Email: j.hawes@uea.ac.uk attention is now expanding to a wider range of taxa (Barlow et al. 2007, Gardner et al. 2008).”
Native Pollinators in Anthropogenic Habitats (2011, background): “Richness and abundance are simple indices that are useful in evaluating large-scale trends, but they can mask changes in the identity or composition of species, and such changes may be the main result of anthropogenic land use (Barlow et al. 2007, Lewis 2009).”