Global patterns of tropical forest fragmentation

Franziska Taubert (), Rico Fischer, Jürgen Groeneveld, Sebastian Lehmann, Michael S. Müller, Edna Rödig, Thorsten Wiegand and Andreas Huth
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Franziska Taubert: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Rico Fischer: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Jürgen Groeneveld: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Sebastian Lehmann: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Michael S. Müller: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Edna Rödig: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Thorsten Wiegand: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Andreas Huth: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

Nature, 2018, vol. 554, issue 7693, 519-522

Abstract: Satellite data and modelling reveal that tropical forest fragments have similar size distributions across continents, and that forest fragmentation is close to a critical point, beyond which fragment numbers will strongly increase.

Date: 2018
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