Claim · model-written summary
Tree islands increased ecosystem functioning compared with conventional oil palm.
- Taxon
- oil palmt0
- Treatment
- tree islandse0
- Outcome
- ecosystem functioninge0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- conventionally managed oil palme0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Overall, indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as well as multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality, were higher in tree islands compared to conventionally managed oil palm.”
t0“oil palm”
Title
Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes
Delphine Clara Zemp; Nathaly Guerrero-Ramirez; Fabian Brambach; et al. Nature 2023. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06086-5
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Tree islands increased indicators of biodiversity compared with conventional oil palm.
- Intervention effect Tree islands increased multidiversity compared with conventional oil palm.
- Intervention effect Tree islands increased ecosystem multifunctionality compared with conventional oil palm.
- Association Larger tree islands yielded larger multidiversity gains through changes in vegetation structure.
- Intervention effect Tree enrichment did not decrease landscape-scale oil palm yield.
- Recommendation The authors recommend tree islands as a restoration strategy.
- Recommendation The authors recommend retaining remaining forests alongside tree islands.