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Pushing the Limits: The Pattern and Dynamics of Rubber Monoculture Expansion in Xishuangbanna, SW China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The rapidly growing car industry in China has led to an equally rapid expansion of monoculture rubber in many regions of South East Asia. Xishuangbanna, the second largest rubber planting area in China, located in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot ...
Huafang Chen +7 more
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The Suitability of PlanetScope Imagery for Mapping Rubber Plantations [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2022 Quickly and accurately understanding the spatial distribution of regional rubber resources is of great practical significance. Using the unique phenological characteristics of rubber trees derived from remotely sensed data is a common effective method for monitoring rubber trees.
Bei Cui +3 more
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Rubber plantation labor and labor movements as rubber prices decrease in southern Thailand [PDF]
Forest and Society, 2018 A decrease in rubber prices can initiate labor migration trends from rubber production to industrial or service sectors, which could further cause labor shortages in rubber production.
Uraiwan Tongkaemkaew +1 more
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Circular Agricultural Systems, 2022 Driven by soil biochemistry and plant community composition, soil microbial communities reflect land management and environmental conditions. To evaluate the effects of land-use change on soil microbial diversity, we used denaturing gradient gel ...
Ling-ling Shi, De-Li Zhai, Hua-fang Chen
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Changes in diversity and community assembly of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) after rainforest conversion to rubber and oil palm plantations [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Rainforest conversion into monoculture plantations results in species loss and community shifts across animal taxa. The effect of such conversion on the role of ecophysiological properties influencing communities, and conversion effects on phylogenetic ...
André Junggebauer +7 more
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Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2016 Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) have an important function in the ecosystem, i.e. bioindicators, saproxylic, pollinators, and as food of other organisms.
Fahri +2 more
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Mapping Deciduous Rubber Plantation Areas and Stand Ages with PALSAR and Landsat Images
Remote Sensing, 2015 Accurate and updated finer resolution maps of rubber plantations and stand ages are needed to understand and assess the impacts of rubber plantations on regional ecosystem processes.
Weili Kou +7 more
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021 Rubber plantation is an important strategic material related to the national economy and people's livelihoods. Up-to-date and accurate rubber plantation maps are critical for monitoring the area and spatial distribution of rubber plantations and ...
Yuchen Li +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Many Indonesian forests have been cleared and replaced by fast-growing cash crops (e.g., oil palm and rubber plantations), altering the vegetation structure of entire regions.
Nicolò Camarretta +8 more
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Hydrological consequences of natural rubber plantations in Southeast Asia
, 2020 Since the turn of the century, rubber plantations have been expanding their footprint across Southeast Asia in response to an increasing global demand for rubber products. Between 2000 and 2014, the area cultivated with rubber more than doubled. It is
Davide D. Chiarelli +6 more
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