Agricultural expansion in Uruguayan grasslands and priority areas for vertebrate and woody plant conservation
Habitat loss due to land-use change is the greatest threat to biodiversity on a global scale, and agriculture has been the principal driver of change. In Uruguay, the conversion of native grasslands to croplands (e.g., soybean) and exotic forest plantations (Eucalyptus and Pinus) has accelerated dur...
Main Authors: | Alejandro Brazeiro, Marcel Achkar, Carolina Toranza, Lucía Bartesaghi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2020-03-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol25/iss1/art15/ |
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