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Comparison of greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical forests and oil palm plantations on mineral soil
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
Melissa M. Leduning
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Jalan UMS, 84400 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Robert I. Griffiths
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane,
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
Tim Goodall
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane,
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
Peter E. Levy
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
Nicholas Cowan
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
Edward Comynn-Platt
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane,
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Shinfield Road,
Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9AX, UK
Garry Hayman
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane,
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
Justin Sentian
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Jalan UMS, 84400 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Noreen Majalap
Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, Jalan Sepilok,
Sepilok, 90175 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Ute M. Skiba
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
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In Southeast Asia, oil palm plantations have largely replaced tropical forests. The impact of this shift in land use on greenhouse gas fluxes and soil microbial communities remains uncertain. We have found emission rates of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide on mineral soil to be higher from oil palm plantations than logged forest over a 2-year study and concluded that emissions have increased over the last 42 years in Sabah, with the proportion of emissions from plantations increasing.
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