Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20217-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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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 value.