title: Land-sharing versus land-sparing logging: reconciling timber extraction with biodiversity conservation.
abstract: Selective logging is a major driver of rainforest degradation across the tropics. Two competing logging strategies are proposed to meet timber demands with the least impact on biodiversity: land sharing, which combines timber extraction with biodiversity protection across the concession; and land sparing, in which higher intensity logging is combined with the protection of intact primary forest reserves. We evaluate these strategies by comparing the abundances and species richness of birds, dung beetles and ants in Borneo, using a protocol that allows us to control for both timber yield and net profit across strategies. Within each taxonomic group, more species had higher abundances with land-sparing than land-sharing logging, and this translated into significantly higher species richness within land-sparing concessions. Our results are similar when focusing only on species found in primary forest and restricted in range to Sundaland, and they are independent of the scale of sampling. For each taxonomic group, land-sparing logging was the most promising strategy for maximizing the biological value of logging operations.
authors: Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Tropical and Marine Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia; Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
authors: David P
authors: DP
authors: Edwards
authors: James J
authors: JJ
authors: Gilroy
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Woodcock
authors: Felicity A
authors: FA
authors: Edwards
authors: Trond H
authors: TH
authors: Larsen
authors: David J R
authors: DJ
authors: Andrews
authors: Mia A
authors: MA
authors: Derhé
authors: Teegan D S
authors: TD
authors: Docherty
authors: Wayne W
authors: WW
authors: Hsu
authors: Simon L
authors: SL
authors: Mitchell
authors: Takahiro
authors: T
authors: Ota
authors: Leah J
authors: LJ
authors: Williams
authors: William F
authors: WF
authors: Laurance
authors: Keith C
authors: KC
authors: Hamer
authors: David S
authors: DS
authors: Wilcove
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds; D001517:Coleoptera; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D016468:Forestry / Q000379:methods*; D014197:Trees
keywords: Deforestation; South-east Asia; land-use planning; lowland rainforest; reduced-impact logging; wildlife friendly