Forest edge disturbance increases rattan abundance in tropical rain forest fragments
Abstract Human-induced forest fragmentation poses one of the largest threats to global diversity yet its impact on rattans (climbing palms) has remained virtually unexplored. Rattan is arguably the world’s most valuable non-timber forest product though current levels of harvesting and land-use chang...
Main Authors: | Mason J. Campbell, Will Edwards, Ainhoa Magrach, Susan G. Laurance, Mohammed Alamgir, Gabriel Porolak, William F. Laurance |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06590-5 |
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