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    Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion (2016)
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    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Description: Tropical lowland rainforests are increasingly threatened by the expansion of agriculture and the extraction of natural resources. In Jambi Province, Indonesia, the interdisciplinary EFForTS project focuses on the ecological and socio-economic dimensions of rainforest conversion to jungle rubber agroforests and monoculture plantations of rubber and oil palm. Our data confirm that rainforest transformation and land use intensification lead to substantial losses in biodiversity and related ecosystem functions, such as decreased above- and below-ground carbon stocks. Owing to rapid step-wise transformation from forests to agroforests to monoculture plantations and renewal of each plantation type every few decades, the converted land use systems are continuously dynamic, thus hampering the adaptation of animal and plant communities. On the other hand, agricultural rainforest transformation systems provide increased income and access to education, especially for migrant smallholders. Jungle rubber and rubber monocultures are associated with higher financial land productivity but lower financial labour productivity compared to oil palm, which influences crop choice: smallholders that are labour-scarce would prefer oil palm while land-scarce smallholders would prefer rubber. Collecting long-term data in an interdisciplinary context enables us to provide decision-makers and stakeholders with scientific insights to facilitate the reconciliation between economic interests and ecological sustainability in tropical agricultural landscapes.
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    Oxygen isotope fractionation in marine aragonite of coralline sponges (2018)
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    Publication Date: 2021-04-25
    Keywords: Paläontologie: Allgemeines ; 551 ; VU 000 ; 38.20 ; 38.2
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    Oldest entirely preserved sponges and other fossils from the Lowermost Cambrian and a new facies reconstruction of the Yangtze platform (China) (2018)
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    Publication Date: 2021-04-27
    Description: Eine Faziesrekonstruktion W1d Korrelation obersinischer-unterkambrischer Schichten der Yangtze-Plattform (Südchina) wird vorgestellt. Dabei wird zwischen geschütztem Becken, Schwelle W1d tiefem Becken unterschieden. Die unterkambrische Schwarzschiefer-Transgression, der "Badaowan" Event, wird als diachron gekennzeichnet. Nach Untersuchungen der Lithologie W1d Geochemie der unterkambrischen Sedimente, vorwiegend Schwarzschiefer des Profils Sansha (nahe Dayong. N-Hunan), kann zwischen Sedimenten, die unter teilweise anoxischen Bedingungen oder im stagnierenden Becken abgelagert wurden, unterschieden werden. Schwammnadeln sind im untersten Unterkambrium Zentralchinas weit verbreitet. Neufimde vollständiger hexactinellider Schwämme Sanshadictya microreticulata gen. et sp. 0., Hyalosinica archaica gen. et sp.o., Triticispongia diagonata gen. et sp. n., Solactiniella plumata gen. et sp. 0., Hunanospongia sp. QIAN & DING, 1988, Hexactinellida indet., eines fraglichen vertreters der Demospongiae, Saetaspongia densa gen. et sp. 0. sowie eines Vertreters der Malacostraca Perspicaris sp., W1d einer unbenannten A1genfonn, werden vorgestellt. Schwammnadeln wurden ebenfalls neu in Gesteinen des Shibantan Mb. (Dengying Fm., Ob. Proterozoikum) vom Straßenaufschluß Liantuo (nahe Yichang. S-Hubei) gefunden. Die Fauna vorwiegend hexactinellider Schwämme von Sansha wird im Zusammenhang mit den taphonornisch AhnIichen Spongienfaunen des Red Hil1s Quarry (Mitteldevon, Nevada) und des Arnager Kalkes (Kreide, Bomholm) diskutiert.
    Description: A facies reconstruction and correlation ofUpper Sinian - Lower Cambrian strata ofthe Yangtze platform (South China) is presented. Protected basin, uplift and deep basin development may be distinguished. The Lower Cambrian black shale transgression, the "Badaowan" Event, is characterized as diachronous. As a result of these investigations of lithology and geochemistry of the Lower Cambrian sediments (mainly black shales ofthe Sansha section, near Dayong. N. Hunan), sediments deposited under partially anoxic conditions or in a stagnant basin have been recognized. Sponge spicules are widely distributed in the lowennost Lower Cambrian of CentraI China. Recently discovered more or less complete sponges, including Sanshadictya microreticulata gen. et sp. 0., Hyalosinica archaica gen. et sp. 0., Triticispongia diagonata gen. et sp. 0., Solactiniella plumata gen. et sp. 0., Hunanospongia sp. QIAN & DING, 1988, Hexactinellida indet., a questionable demosponge, Saetaspongia densa gen. et sp. 0., and the Malacostraca Perspicaris sp., and an unnamed a1ga are described. Sponge spicules additionally were found in rocks of the Shibantan Mb. (Dengying Fm., Upper Proterozoic) from the road section of Liantuo (near Yichang. S.Hubei province). The fauna ofmainly hexactinellid poriferans from Sansha is discussed with regard to the similar taphonomy ofthe sponge faunas from the Red Hills Quarry (MiddIe Devonian ofNevada) and from the Arnager Iirnestooe (Cretaceous, Bomholm).
    Keywords: Paläontologie: Allgemeines ; 551 ; VU 000 ; 38.20 ; 38.2
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    Economic and ecological trade-offs of agricultural specialization at different spatial scales (2016)
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    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Description: Specialization in agricultural systems can lead to trade-offs between economic gains and ecosystem functions. We suggest and explore a conceptual framework in which economic gains can be maximized when production activities are specialized at increasingly broader scales (from the household to the village, region or above), particularly when markets for outputs and inputs function well. Conversely,more specialization likely reduces biodiversity and significantly limits ecosystem functions. When agricultural specialization increases and moves to broader scales as a result of improved infrastructure and markets or other drivers, ecosystem functions can also be endangered at broader spatial scales. Policies to improve agricultural incomes may influence the level of specialization at different scales and thus affect the severity of the trade-offs. This paper takes Jambi province in Indonesia, a current hotspot of rubber and oil palm monoculture, as a case study to illustrate these issues.We empirically show that the level of specialization differs across scales with higher specialization at household and village levels and higher diversification towards the province level. We discuss ways to resolve trade-offs between economic gains and ecological costs, including landscape design, targeted policies, and adoption of longterm perspectives.
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    A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system (2016)
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    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Description: Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large-scale land-use change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts on both the areas converted to oil palm and their surroundings. However, research on the impacts of oil palm cultivation is scattered and patchy, and no clear overview exists. We address this gap through a systematic and comprehensive literature review of all ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, including several (genetic, medicinal and ornamental resources, information functions) not included in previous systematic reviews. We compare ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations to those in forests, as the conversion of forest to oil palm is prevalent in the tropics. We find that oil palm plantations generally have reduced ecosystem functioning compared to forests: 11 out of 14 ecosystem functions show a net decrease in level of function. Some functions show decreases with potentially irreversible global impacts (e.g. reductions in gas and climate regulation, habitat and nursery functions, genetic resources, medicinal resources, and information functions). The most serious impacts occur when forest is cleared to establish new plantations, and immediately afterwards, especially on peat soils. To variable degrees, specific plantation management measures can prevent or reduce losses of some ecosystem functions (e.g. avoid illegal land clearing via fire, avoid draining of peat, use of integrated pest management, use of cover crops, mulch, and compost) and we highlight synergistic mitigation measures that can improve multiple ecosystem functions simultaneously. The only ecosystem function which increases in oil palm plantations is, unsurprisingly, the production of marketable goods. Our review highlights numerous research gaps. In particular, there are significant gaps with respect to socio-cultural information functions. Further, there is a need for more empirical data on the importance of spatial and temporal scales, such as differences among plantations in different environments, of different sizes, and of different ages, as our review has identified examples where ecosystem functions vary spatially and temporally. Finally, more research is needed on developing management practices that can offset the losses of ecosystem functions. Our findings should stimulate research to address the identified gaps, and provide a foundation for more systematic research and discussion on ways to minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive impacts of oil palm cultivation.
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