Standardized Assessment of Biodiversity Trends in Tropical Forest Protected Areas: The End Is Not in Sight.

Extinction rates in the Anthropocene are three orders of magnitude higher than background and disproportionately occur in the tropics, home of half the world's species. Despite global efforts to combat tropical species extinctions, lack of high-quality, objective information on tropical biodive...

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Main Authors: Lydia Beaudrot, Jorge A Ahumada, Timothy O'Brien, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Kelly Boekee, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, David Eichberg, Santiago Espinosa, Eric Fegraus, Christine Fletcher, Krisna Gajapersad, Chris Hallam, Johanna Hurtado, Patrick A Jansen, Amit Kumar, Eileen Larney, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Colin Mahony, Emanuel H Martin, Alex McWilliam, Badru Mugerwa, Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba, Jean Claude Razafimahaimodison, Hugo Romero-Saltos, Francesco Rovero, Julia Salvador, Fernanda Santos, Douglas Sheil, Wilson R Spironello, Michael R Willig, Nurul L Winarni, Alex Zvoleff, Sandy J Andelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002357