Protecting forests at the expense of native grasslands: Land-use policy encourages open-habitat loss in the Brazilian cerrado biome
The agricultural conversion of natural habitats is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide. In the ∼2 million km2 Brazilian cerrado biome, a global biodiversity hotspot, vast areas have been converted into croplands and cattle pastures. Because the cerrado biome is overwhelmingly cont...
Main Authors: | Juliana Bonanomi, Fernando R. Tortato, Raphael de Souza R. Gomes, Jerry M. Penha, Anderson Saldanha Bueno, Carlos A. Peres |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064418301135 |
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