Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo

Understanding how carbon and biodiversity vary across tropical forest landscapes is essential to achieving effective conservation of their respective hotspots in a global context of high deforestation. Whether conservation strategies aimed at protecting carbon hotspots can provide co-benefits for bi...

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Main Authors: Labrière, N., Locatelli, Bruno, Vieilledent, G., Kharisma, S., Basuki, I., Gond, Valéry, Laumonier, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95243
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author Labrière, N.
Locatelli, Bruno
Vieilledent, G.
Kharisma, S.
Basuki, I.
Gond, Valéry
Laumonier, Y.
author_browse Basuki, I.
Gond, Valéry
Kharisma, S.
Labrière, N.
Laumonier, Y.
Locatelli, Bruno
Vieilledent, G.
author_facet Labrière, N.
Locatelli, Bruno
Vieilledent, G.
Kharisma, S.
Basuki, I.
Gond, Valéry
Laumonier, Y.
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description Understanding how carbon and biodiversity vary across tropical forest landscapes is essential to achieving effective conservation of their respective hotspots in a global context of high deforestation. Whether conservation strategies aimed at protecting carbon hotspots can provide co-benefits for biodiversity protection, and vice versa, highly depends on the extent to which carbon and biodiversity co-occur at the landscape level. We used field measurements and easily accessible explanatory variables to model aboveground carbon density, soil carbon density and tree alpha diversity (response variables) over a mostly forested area of northern Borneo. We assessed the spatial relationships between response variables and the spatial congruence of their hotspots. We found a significant positive relationship between aboveground carbon density and tree alpha diversity, and an above-than-expected-by-chance spatial congruence of their hotspots. Consequently, the protection of areas of high aboveground carbon density through financial mechanisms such as REDD+ is expected to benefit tree diversity conservation in the study area. On the other hand, relationships between soil carbon density and both aboveground carbon density and tree alpha diversity were negative and spatial congruences null. Hotspots of soil carbon density, mostly located in peatlands, therefore need specific conservation regulations, which the current moratorium on peat conversion in Indonesia is a first step toward.
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spelling CGSpace952432025-09-25T13:01:42Z Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo Labrière, N. Locatelli, Bruno Vieilledent, G. Kharisma, S. Basuki, I. Gond, Valéry Laumonier, Y. ecosystem services spatial analysis protected areas land use planning Understanding how carbon and biodiversity vary across tropical forest landscapes is essential to achieving effective conservation of their respective hotspots in a global context of high deforestation. Whether conservation strategies aimed at protecting carbon hotspots can provide co-benefits for biodiversity protection, and vice versa, highly depends on the extent to which carbon and biodiversity co-occur at the landscape level. We used field measurements and easily accessible explanatory variables to model aboveground carbon density, soil carbon density and tree alpha diversity (response variables) over a mostly forested area of northern Borneo. We assessed the spatial relationships between response variables and the spatial congruence of their hotspots. We found a significant positive relationship between aboveground carbon density and tree alpha diversity, and an above-than-expected-by-chance spatial congruence of their hotspots. Consequently, the protection of areas of high aboveground carbon density through financial mechanisms such as REDD+ is expected to benefit tree diversity conservation in the study area. On the other hand, relationships between soil carbon density and both aboveground carbon density and tree alpha diversity were negative and spatial congruences null. Hotspots of soil carbon density, mostly located in peatlands, therefore need specific conservation regulations, which the current moratorium on peat conversion in Indonesia is a first step toward. 2016-04 2018-07-03T11:02:39Z 2018-07-03T11:02:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95243 en Open Access Elsevier Labrière, N., Locatelli, B., Vieilledent, G., Kharisma, S., Basuki, I., Gond, V., Laumonier, Y.. 2016. Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo Global Ecology and Conservation, 6 : 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.01.005
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spatial analysis
protected areas
land use planning
Labrière, N.
Locatelli, Bruno
Vieilledent, G.
Kharisma, S.
Basuki, I.
Gond, Valéry
Laumonier, Y.
Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo
title Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo
title_full Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo
title_fullStr Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo
title_short Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo
title_sort spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern borneo
topic ecosystem services
spatial analysis
protected areas
land use planning
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95243
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