The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot

Quantifying forest degradation and biodiversity losses is necessary to inform conservation and restoration policies. Here the authors analyze a large dataset for the Atlantic Forest in South America to quantify losses in forest biomass and tree species richness, functional traits, and conservation v...

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Main Authors: Renato A. F. de Lima, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Gregory R. Pitta, André L. de Gasper, Alexander C. Vibrans, Jérôme Chave, Hans ter Steege, Paulo I. Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20217-w