Threats from urban expansion, agricultural transformation and forest loss on global conservation priority areas.
Including threats in spatial conservation prioritization helps identify areas for conservation actions where biodiversity is at imminent risk of extinction. At the global level, an important limitation when identifying spatial priorities for conservation actions is the lack of information on the spa...
Main Authors: | Victoria Veach, Atte Moilanen, Enrico Di Minin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5705113?pdf=render |
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