TY - JOUR
T1 - Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure
AU - Marsh, Charles J.
AU - Turner, Edgar C.
AU - Blonder, Benjamin Wong
AU - Bongalov, Boris
AU - Both, Sabine
AU - Cruz, Rudi S.
AU - Elias, Dafydd M.O.
AU - Hemprich-Bennett, David
AU - Jotan, Palasiah
AU - Kemp, Victoria
AU - Kritzler, Ully H.
AU - Milne, Sol
AU - Milodowski, David T.
AU - Mitchell, Simon L.
AU - Pillco, Milenka Montoya
AU - Nunes, Matheus Henrique
AU - Riutta, Terhi
AU - Robinson, Samuel J.B.
AU - Slade, Eleanor M.
AU - Bernard, Henry
AU - Burslem, David F.R.P.
AU - Chung, Arthur Y.C.
AU - Clare, Elizabeth L.
AU - Coomes, David A.
AU - Davies, Zoe G.
AU - Edwards, David P.
AU - Johnson, David
AU - Kratina, Pavel
AU - Malhi, Yadvinder
AU - Majalap, Noreen
AU - Nilus, Reuben
AU - Ostle, Nicholas J.
AU - Rossiter, Stephen J.
AU - Struebig, Matthew J.
AU - Tobias, Joseph A.
AU - Williams, Mathew
AU - Ewers, Robert M.
AU - Lewis, Owen T.
AU - Reynolds, Glen
AU - Teh, Yit Arn
AU - Hector, Andy
PY - 2025/1/10
Y1 - 2025/1/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85214941289
U2 - 10.1126/science.adf9856
DO - 10.1126/science.adf9856
M3 - Article
C2 - 39787239
AN - SCOPUS:85214941289
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 387
SP - 171
EP - 175
JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
IS - 6730
ER -