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Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is among the fastest expanding crops, due to high global demand for vegetable oils. Large areas of forest are converted into oil palm plantation to meet the market demand in producing countries which causes rapid decline in tropical biodiversity, including arthropods. Th...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf, Raja Zulkifli, Sanusi, Ruzana Adibah, Tohiran, Kamil A., Terhem, Razak, Moslim, Ramle, Norhisham, Ahmad R., Ashton‐Butt, Adham, Azhar, Badrul
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Published:	Elsevier 2018
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73076/1/ALLEY.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73076/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880918301324
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.730762021-02-28T17:45:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73076/ Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf Raja Zulkifli Sanusi, Ruzana Adibah Tohiran, Kamil A. Terhem, Razak Moslim, Ramle Norhisham, Ahmad R. Ashton‐Butt, Adham Azhar, Badrul Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is among the fastest expanding crops, due to high global demand for vegetable oils. Large areas of forest are converted into oil palm plantation to meet the market demand in producing countries which causes rapid decline in tropical biodiversity, including arthropods. The alley-cropping system has the potential to promote faunal biodiversity, related ecosystem services and food security in agricultural landscapes. In alley-cropping, a main crop is intercropped with a secondary crop (often a food crop), secondary crops are cultivated in the alleys in between the main crop. We compared arthropod taxonomic richness, arthropod predators and decomposers between five alley-cropping treatments (pineapple, bamboo, black pepper, cacao, bactris), where oil palm is intercropped with another species. In addition, we sampled two control treatments: monoculture oil palm, aged seven and 15 years old. A total of 50,155 arthropod individuals were recorded using pitfall trap sampling, representing 19 orders and 28 families. Fourteen orders belonging to sub-phylum Insecta, three orders from Arachnida (Araneae; Acarinae; Scorpiones) and two orders from Myriapoda (Chordeumatida; Geophilomorpha). We detected an increase in beta-diversity of oil palm production landscape. Specifically, we found that the number of arthropod orders, families and abundance were significantly greater in alley-cropping farming plots than those in monoculture plots. In addition, alley-cropping treatments contained larger numbers of predators and decomposers. Our findings suggest that the alley-cropping system can become a key management strategy to improve biodiversity and ecosystem functions within oil palm production landscapes. Elsevier 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73076/1/ALLEY.pdf Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf and Raja Zulkifli and Sanusi, Ruzana Adibah and Tohiran, Kamil A. and Terhem, Razak and Moslim, Ramle and Norhisham, Ahmad R. and Ashton‐Butt, Adham and Azhar, Badrul (2018) Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 260 (2018). 19 - 26. ISSN 0167-8809 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880918301324 10.1016/j.agee.2018.03.017
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description	Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is among the fastest expanding crops, due to high global demand for vegetable oils. Large areas of forest are converted into oil palm plantation to meet the market demand in producing countries which causes rapid decline in tropical biodiversity, including arthropods. The alley-cropping system has the potential to promote faunal biodiversity, related ecosystem services and food security in agricultural landscapes. In alley-cropping, a main crop is intercropped with a secondary crop (often a food crop), secondary crops are cultivated in the alleys in between the main crop. We compared arthropod taxonomic richness, arthropod predators and decomposers between five alley-cropping treatments (pineapple, bamboo, black pepper, cacao, bactris), where oil palm is intercropped with another species. In addition, we sampled two control treatments: monoculture oil palm, aged seven and 15 years old. A total of 50,155 arthropod individuals were recorded using pitfall trap sampling, representing 19 orders and 28 families. Fourteen orders belonging to sub-phylum Insecta, three orders from Arachnida (Araneae; Acarinae; Scorpiones) and two orders from Myriapoda (Chordeumatida; Geophilomorpha). We detected an increase in beta-diversity of oil palm production landscape. Specifically, we found that the number of arthropod orders, families and abundance were significantly greater in alley-cropping farming plots than those in monoculture plots. In addition, alley-cropping treatments contained larger numbers of predators and decomposers. Our findings suggest that the alley-cropping system can become a key management strategy to improve biodiversity and ecosystem functions within oil palm production landscapes.
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author	Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf Raja Zulkifli Sanusi, Ruzana Adibah Tohiran, Kamil A. Terhem, Razak Moslim, Ramle Norhisham, Ahmad R. Ashton‐Butt, Adham Azhar, Badrul
spellingShingle	Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf Raja Zulkifli Sanusi, Ruzana Adibah Tohiran, Kamil A. Terhem, Razak Moslim, Ramle Norhisham, Ahmad R. Ashton‐Butt, Adham Azhar, Badrul Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
author_facet	Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf Raja Zulkifli Sanusi, Ruzana Adibah Tohiran, Kamil A. Terhem, Razak Moslim, Ramle Norhisham, Ahmad R. Ashton‐Butt, Adham Azhar, Badrul
author_sort	Abdul Mutalib, Mohamad Ashraf
title	Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
title_short	Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
title_full	Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
title_fullStr	Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
title_full_unstemmed	Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
title_sort	alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73076/1/ALLEY.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73076/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880918301324
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Alley-cropping system can boost arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations

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