Borneo forest patches adjacent to palm oil plantations may be key refuges for species including Asian water monitor lizards
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CREDIT: SERGIO GUERRERO-SANCHEZ, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)
Article Title: The critical role of natural forest as refugium for generalist species in oil palm-dominated landscapes
Author Countries: Malaysia, United Kingdom
Funding: Guerrero-Sanchez was supported by the scholarship provided by the National Council for Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología; CONACyT; scholarship No. 235294; Mexico Gov.). Fieldwork was supported by the Danau Girang Field Centre and Cardiff University through its PhD program.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal. pone.0257814
JOURNAL
PLoS ONE
ARTICLE TITLE
The critical role of natural forest as refugium for generalist species in oil palm-dominated landscapes
ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE
6-Oct-2021
COI STATEMENT
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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