Land cover changes reduce net primary production in tropical coastal peatlands of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Imam Basuki (), J. B. Kauffman, James Peterson, Gusti Anshari and Daniel Murdiyarso
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Imam Basuki: Oregon State University
J. B. Kauffman: Oregon State University
James Peterson: Oregon State University
Gusti Anshari: Tanjungpura University
Daniel Murdiyarso: Center for International Forestry Research

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2019, vol. 24, issue 4, No 5, 557-573

Abstract: Abstract Tropical peat swamp forests are carbon-rich ecosystems that have been threatened by high rates of land use change (LUC). Despite the ecosystem’s shifts from sequestering carbon (C) to emitting carbon, few studies have quantified the changes in ecosystem productivity associated with LUC in tropical peatlands. This study quantified net primary production (NPP) in intact peat swamp forests (PSF), logged forests (LPSF), early seral sites (ES), and smallholder oil palm plantations (OP) in a peat dome of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. All sites were dominated by peat forest prior to deforestation. The NPP of intact forests was 13.2 Mg C ha−1 year−1 making it among the world’s most productive terrestrial ecosystems, exceeding that of many tropical rainforests and similar to the most productive mangrove ecosystems (12.9 Mg C ha−1 year−1). Land cover change resulted in large shifts in NPP. Logged forest and early seral sites were

Keywords: Land use changes; Forest degradation; Tropical peat swamp forests; Oil palm plantation; NPP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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