کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
143609 163249 2007 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Have we overstated the tropical biodiversity crisis?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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Have we overstated the tropical biodiversity crisis?
چکیده انگلیسی

Tropical forests are the most biologically diverse and ecologically complex of terrestrial ecosystems, and are disappearing at alarming rates. It has long been suggested that rapid forest loss and degradation in the tropics, if unabated, could ultimately precipitate a wave of species extinctions, perhaps comparable to mass extinction events in the geological history of the Earth. However, a vigorous debate has erupted following a study by Wright and Muller-Landau that challenges the notion of large-scale tropical extinctions, at least over the next century. Here, I summarize this controversy and describe how the debate is stimulating a serious examination of the causes and biological consequences of future tropical deforestation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 22, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 65–70
نویسندگان
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