Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes

• Main Authors: Williamson, Joseph, Slade, Eleanor M., Luke, Sarah H., Swinfield, Tom, Chung, Arthur Y. C., Coomes, David A., Heroin, Herry, Jucker, Tommaso, Lewis, Owen T., Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan, Rossiter, Stephen J., Struebig, Matthew J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 2021
• Subjects: QK710-899 Plant physiology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32246/1/Riparian%20buffers%20act%20as%20microclimatic%20refugia%20in%20oil%20palm%20landscapes_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32246/3/Riparian%20buffers%20act%20as%20microclimatic%20refugia%20in%20oil%20palm%20landscapes.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32246/; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2664.13784; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13784

There is growing interest in the ecological value of set-aside habitats around rivers in tropical agriculture. These riparian buffers typically comprise forest or other non-production habitat, and are established to maintain water quality and hydrological processes, while also supporting biodiversit...