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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 287-298 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Biology and fertility of soils |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 17 Dec 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2020 |
Abstract
Oil palm plantations, irreversibly claimed primarily from tropical forest, carpet the landscape in Malaysia and Indonesia, the largest global producers of palm oil. The impact of forest conversion to oil palm agriculture on the plant and animal diversity has gained worldwide attention, but knowledge on the effects on microbially mediated belowground soil processes which drive ecosystem-level responses such as greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, particularly methane and nitrous oxide, remain scarce and fragmented. Focusing on the soil microbiome, as well as environmental drivers of soil biogeochemical processes, we synthesize previous research works to provide an overview of the current state of scientific understanding on the effects of deforestation for oil palm agriculture. Forest conversion to oil palm plantations is associated with increased pH, and lowered C and N contents, as typically observed in agricultural soils. Interestingly, in contrast to plant and animal diversity, soil bacterial and functional diversity, as well as fungal abundance, were unaffected or increased. Furthermore, community composition was altered by the land transformation. This indicates the resilience of the microbial diversity to deforestation for oil palm agriculture. However, it remains to be determined whether and how such community resilience would translate to the resilience of soil microbial groups mediating methane- and N-cycling processes central to greenhouse gas turnover.
Keywords
- Land use change, Methane, Microbial diversity, Nitrous oxide, Tropical forest conversion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Microbiology(all)
- Microbiology
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Soil Science
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Biology and fertility of soils, Vol. 56, No. 3, 04.2020, p. 287-298.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Deforestation for oil palm
T2 - impact on microbially mediated methane and nitrous oxide emissions, and soil bacterial communities
AU - Kaupper, Thomas
AU - Hetz, Stefanie
AU - Kolb, Steffen
AU - Yoon, Sukhwan
AU - Horn, Marcus A.
AU - Ho, Adrian
N1 - Funding Information: TK and AH are financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant no. HO6234/1-1). AH and MAH are also financially supported by the Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany.
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - Oil palm plantations, irreversibly claimed primarily from tropical forest, carpet the landscape in Malaysia and Indonesia, the largest global producers of palm oil. The impact of forest conversion to oil palm agriculture on the plant and animal diversity has gained worldwide attention, but knowledge on the effects on microbially mediated belowground soil processes which drive ecosystem-level responses such as greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, particularly methane and nitrous oxide, remain scarce and fragmented. Focusing on the soil microbiome, as well as environmental drivers of soil biogeochemical processes, we synthesize previous research works to provide an overview of the current state of scientific understanding on the effects of deforestation for oil palm agriculture. Forest conversion to oil palm plantations is associated with increased pH, and lowered C and N contents, as typically observed in agricultural soils. Interestingly, in contrast to plant and animal diversity, soil bacterial and functional diversity, as well as fungal abundance, were unaffected or increased. Furthermore, community composition was altered by the land transformation. This indicates the resilience of the microbial diversity to deforestation for oil palm agriculture. However, it remains to be determined whether and how such community resilience would translate to the resilience of soil microbial groups mediating methane- and N-cycling processes central to greenhouse gas turnover.
AB - Oil palm plantations, irreversibly claimed primarily from tropical forest, carpet the landscape in Malaysia and Indonesia, the largest global producers of palm oil. The impact of forest conversion to oil palm agriculture on the plant and animal diversity has gained worldwide attention, but knowledge on the effects on microbially mediated belowground soil processes which drive ecosystem-level responses such as greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, particularly methane and nitrous oxide, remain scarce and fragmented. Focusing on the soil microbiome, as well as environmental drivers of soil biogeochemical processes, we synthesize previous research works to provide an overview of the current state of scientific understanding on the effects of deforestation for oil palm agriculture. Forest conversion to oil palm plantations is associated with increased pH, and lowered C and N contents, as typically observed in agricultural soils. Interestingly, in contrast to plant and animal diversity, soil bacterial and functional diversity, as well as fungal abundance, were unaffected or increased. Furthermore, community composition was altered by the land transformation. This indicates the resilience of the microbial diversity to deforestation for oil palm agriculture. However, it remains to be determined whether and how such community resilience would translate to the resilience of soil microbial groups mediating methane- and N-cycling processes central to greenhouse gas turnover.
KW - Land use change
KW - Methane
KW - Microbial diversity
KW - Nitrous oxide
KW - Tropical forest conversion
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U2 - 10.1007/s00374-019-01421-3
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JO - Biology and fertility of soils
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SN - 0178-2762
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