Biodiversity enrichment in oil palm plantations: plant succession and integration (B11)

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The transformation of rainforests into oil palm plantations leads to dramatic losses in biodiversity and in ecological functioning. In order to test possibilities for alleviation, we established a biodiversity enrichment experiment by planting tree islands in an oil palm landscape, systematically varying plot size and species number. We study (1) tree dynamics and yield, and (2) plant successional trajectories. By integrating interdisciplinary and modelling studies, (3) we evaluate scenarios for upscaling and (4) synthesize the observed ecological and economic changes.