Shifting agriculture is the dominant driver of forest disturbance in threatened forest species’ ranges
Spatial overlaps between forest disturbance drivers and threatened species’ ranges reveal that shifting agriculture is a major driver of forest biodiversity loss at a global scale, as demonstrated by a global analysis of forest disturbance and threatened vertebrate species distributions.
Main Authors: | Taku Kadoya, Yayoi Takeuchi, Yushin Shinoda, Keisuke Nansai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-05-01
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Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00434-5 |
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