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Crop Expansion and Conservation Priorities in Tropical Countries

Expansion of cropland in tropical countries is one of the principal causes of biodiversity loss, and threatens to undermine progress towards meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. To understand this threat better, we analysed data on crop distribution and expansion in 128 tropical countries, assess...

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Autores principales: Phalan, Ben, Bertzky, Monika, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Donald, Paul F., Scharlemann, Jörn P. W., Stattersfield, Alison J., Balmford, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051759