Cross-boundary subsidy cascades from oil palm degrade distant tropical forests

The expansion of agriculture and rangelands can cause ecological spillover effects across cultivated-natural ecosystem boundaries. Here, Luskin et al. show irruptions of oil palm-subsidized wild boar alter the abundance and diversity of understory trees >1 km into a primary forest reserve in Mala...

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Main Authors: Matthew Scott Luskin, Justin S. Brashares, Kalan Ickes, I-Fang Sun, Christine Fletcher, S. Joseph Wright, Matthew D. Potts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01920-7