Abstract: Plantation forest is an important part of forest ecosystems, which plays an important role in global forest resources. Plantation forests have positive contributions to the supply of material products, the service and improvement of ecological environment, the construction of ecological landscape and response to global changes. In this study, we analyzed the function and stability of plantation forest, and the function and mechanism of rubberbased agroforestry system in the regulation and utilization of resources, including light, heat, water, nutrient, land, and space. We examined the influence of rubber-based agroforestry system on ecological services, including water conservation and the enhancement of system stability, micrometeorological environment, soil quality, and biodiversity. After that, we proposed that future research should focus on the formation mechanism and regulation of productivity of rubber-based agroforestry system, the maintenance mechanism of rubber agroforestry system, the multifunctional service and regulation of rubber agroforestry system, and the response of rubber agroforestry system to global climate change.

Key words: Brazil rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), resource use, global climate change, ecological services, agroforestry system.