The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

Highlights • Microclimate was monitored in primary forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation.• There were strong relationships between leaf area index and diurnal climate.• Logged forest is up to 2.5 °C warmer on average than primary forest.• Oil palm plantations are up to 6.5 °C warmer on average than primary forest.• Forest disturbance led to desiccation of the air near the forest floor.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

• Publication date

  2015-02-15

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.010PMID 28148995PMCID 5268355
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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