Carbon-focused conservation may fail to protect the most biodiverse tropical forests

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 744-749

  Ferreira, Joice ^a   Lennox, Gareth D ^b   Gardner, Toby A ^c,d   Thomson, James R ^e,f   Berenguer, Erika ^b,g   Lees, Alexander C ^h,i   Mac Nally, Ralph ^e,j   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^k,l   Ferraz, Silvio F B ^m   Louzada, Julio ⁿ   Moura, Nárgila G ^o   Oliveira, Victor H F ⁿ   Pardini, Renata ^m   Solar, Ricardo R C ^p   Vieira, Ima C G ^o   Barlow, Jos ^b,n,o  

^a EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d International Institute for Sustainability   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^f ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^j Sunrise Ecological Research Institute   (Australia)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁿ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^o MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^p FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 85049988790     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0225-7     Document Type: Article

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