1. Termite mounds house a diversity of taxa in oil palm plantations irrespective of understory management
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Amelia S. C. Hood, Mohammad Naim, Jason J. Head, Andreas Dwi Advento, Edgar C. Turner, Cecilia A. L. Dahlsjö, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Michael D. Pashkevich, Anak Agung Ketut Aryawan, Hood, ASC [0000-0003-3803-0603], Pashkevich, MD [0000-0002-9033-8667], Dahlsjö, CAL [0000-0003-3795-1523], Advento, AD [0000-0002-2208-7376], Head, JJ [0000-0002-2237-6901], Turner, EC [0000-0003-2715-2234], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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habitat heterogeneity ,Ecology ,termitaria ,education ,fungi ,Biodiversity ,Understory ,Vegetation ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Elaeis guineensis ,termitophile ,Spatial heterogeneity ,Taxon ,Macrotermes gilvus ,Abundance (ecology) ,herbicide ,Indonesia ,Macrotermitinae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
We investigated the effects of oil palm understory vegetation management on termite mound activity and non‐termite inhabitants. We found a diversity of taxa, most of which were unaffected by understory management. Mound volume and termite activity had taxa‐specific effects on abundance. Preserving mounds in oil palm plantations will benefit biodiversity. Abstract in Indonesian is available with online material.
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- 2020