Tropical forest conversion to rubber plantation affects soil micro- & mesofaunal community & diversity

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 5893
• Main Authors: Singh, Dharmesh, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Jeon, Yoon-Seong, Tomlinson, Kyle W., Yang, Xiaodong, Wang, Jin, Kerfahi, Dorsaf, Porazinska, Dorota L., Adams, Jonathan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.04.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/326/171/1818; 704/158/855; Animals; Annelida - genetics; Annelida - physiology; Arthropods - genetics; Arthropods - physiology; Biodiversity; Carbon Sequestration; Community structure; Hevea - growth & development; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Land use; multidisciplinary; Nematoda - genetics; Nematoda - physiology; Phylogeny; Plantations; Rainforest; Rainforests; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics; rRNA 18S; Rubber; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Soil pH; Stochastic Processes; Stochasticity; Tropical forests

Tropical rainforests play important roles in carbon sequestration and are hot spots for biodiversity. Tropical forests are being replaced by rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis ) plantations, causing widespread concern of a crash in biodiversity. Such changes in aboveground vegetation might have stronger im...