Accounting for ecosystem alteration doubles estimates of conservation risk in the conterminous United States.

Previous national and global conservation assessments have relied on habitat conversion data to quantify conservation risk. However, in addition to habitat conversion to crop production or urban uses, ecosystem alteration (e.g., from logging, conversion to plantations, biological invasion, or fire s...

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Main Authors: Randy Swaty, Kori Blankenship, Sarah Hagen, Joseph Fargione, Jim Smith, Jeannie Patton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21850248/pdf/?tool=EBI