Switching from monoculture to polyculture farming benefits birds in oil palm production landscapes: Evidence from mist netting data

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 7; no. 16; pp. 6314 - 6325
• Main Authors: Yahya, Muhammad S., Syafiq, Muhamad, Ashton‐Butt, Adham, Ghazali, Amal, Asmah, Siti, Azhar, Badrul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2017; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Abundance; Agricultural land; Agricultural practices; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Biofuels; bird; Birds; conservation; Dead wood; Environmental quality; Farming; Landscape; Monoculture; Netting (materials/structures); Oil; oil palm; Original Research; Plantations; Polyculture; Prediction models; smallholdings; Species richness; Vegetation; agriculture; conservation; smallholdings; biodiversity; oil palm; bird

Monoculture farming is pervasive in industrial oil palm agriculture, including those RSPO plantations certified as sustainably managed. This farming practice does not promote the maintenance of farmland biodiversity. However, little scientific attention has been given to polyculture farming in oil p...