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Reserves Protect against Deforestation Fires in the Amazon

BACKGROUND: Reserves are the principal means to conserve forests and biodiversity, but the question of whether reserves work is still debated. In the Amazon, fires are closely linked to deforestation, and thus can be used as a proxy for reserve effectiveness in protecting forest cover. We ask whethe...

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Autores principales: Adeney, J. Marion, Christensen, Norman L., Pimm, Stuart L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19352423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005014