Carbon costs and benefits of Indonesian rainforest conversion to plantations
2018 | journal article; research paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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Carbon costs and benefits of Indonesian rainforest conversion to plantations
Guillaume, T. ; Kotowska, M. M; Hertel, D. ; Knohl, A. ; Krashevska, V.; Murtilaksono, K. & Scheu, S. et al. (2018)
Nature Communications, 9(1) pp. 2388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04755-y
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- Guillaume, Thomas ; Kotowska, Martyna M; Hertel, Dietrich ; Knohl, Alexander ; Krashevska, Valentyna; Murtilaksono, Kukuh; Scheu, Stefan; Kuzyakov, Yakov
- Abstract
- Land-use intensification in the tropics plays an important role in meeting global demand for agricultural commodities but generates high environmental costs. Here, we synthesize the impacts of rainforest conversion to tree plantations of increasing management intensity on carbon stocks and dynamics. Rainforests in Sumatra converted to jungle rubber, rubber, and oil palm monocultures lost 116 Mg C ha-1, 159 Mg C ha-1, and 174 Mg C ha-1, respectively. Up to 21% of these carbon losses originated from belowground pools, where soil organic matter still decreases a decade after conversion. Oil palm cultivation leads to the highest carbon losses but it is the most efficient land use, providing the lowest ratio between ecosystem carbon storage loss or net primary production (NPP) decrease and yield. The imbalanced sharing of NPP between short-term human needs and maintenance of long-term ecosystem functions could compromise the ability of plantations to provide ecosystem services regulating climate, soil fertility, water, and nutrient cycles.
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Project
- SFB 990: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Funktionen tropischer Tieflandregenwald-Transformationssysteme (Sumatra, Indonesien)
SFB 990 | A | A03: Untersuchung von Land-Atmosphäre Austauschprozesse in Landnutzungsänderungs-Systemen
SFB 990 | A | A04: Carbon stock, turnover and functions in heavily weathered soils under lowland rainforest transformation systems
SFB 990 | B | B04: Pflanzenproduktivität und Ressourcenaufteilung im Wurzelraum entlang von Gradienten tropischer Landnutzungsintensität und Baumartenvielfalt
SFB 990 | B | B08: Struktur und Funktion des Zersetzersystems in Transformationssystemen von Tiefland-Regenwäldern - Organization
- Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie ; Büsgen-Institut ; Abteilung Bioklimatologie
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- eISSN
- 2041-1723
- Language
- English
- Subject(s)
- sfb990_journalarticles