Termite mounds house a diversity of taxa in oil palm plantations irrespective of understory management

Hood, A. S. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-0603, Pashkevich, M. D., Dahlsjö, C. A. L., Advento, A. D., Agung Ketut Aryawan, A., Caliman, J.‐P., Naim, M., Head, J. J. and Turner, E. C. (2020) Termite mounds house a diversity of taxa in oil palm plantations irrespective of understory management. Biotropica, 52 (2). pp. 345-350. ISSN 0006-3606 doi: 10.1111/btp.12754

Abstract/Summary

We investigated the effects of oil palm understory vegetation management on termite mound activity and non‐termite inhabitants. We found a diversity of taxa, most of which were unaffected by understory management. Mound volume and termite activity had taxa‐specific effects on abundance. Preserving mounds in oil palm plantations will benefit biodiversity.