@Article{BarlowLFBLNTFLOPSVABBCJSMNSPSVVVG:2016:AnDiTr,
author = "Barlow, J. and Lennox, G. D. and Ferreira, J. and Berenguer, E.
and Lees, A. C. and Nally, R. M. and Thomson, J. R. and Ferraz, S.
F. D. B. and Louzada, J. and Oliveira, V. H. F. and Parry, L. and
Solar, R. Ribeiro de Cartro and Vieira, I. C. G. and Arag{\~a}o,
Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de and Begotti, R. A. and Braga, R.
F. and Cardoso, T. M. and J{\'u}nior, R. C. D. O. and Souza
Junior, C. M. and Moura, N. G. and Nunes, S. S. and Siqueira, J.
V. and Pardini, R. and Silveira, J. M. and Vaz-De-Mello, F. Z. and
Veiga, R. C. S. and Venturieri, A. and Gardner, T. A.",
affiliation = "{Lancaster University} and {Lancaster University} and {Empresa
Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu{\'a}ria (EMBRAPA)} and {Lancaster
University} and {Museu Paraense Em{\'{\i}}lio Goeldi} and
{University of Canberra} and {University of Canberra} and
{Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and {Lancaster University}
and {Lancaster University} and {Lancaster University} and
{Universidade Federal de Vi{\c{c}}osa (UFV)} and {Museu Paraense
Em{\'{\i}}lio Goeldi} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and
{Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)} and {Empresa Brasileira de
Pesquisa Agropecu{\'a}ria (EMBRAPA)} and {Empresa Brasileira de
Pesquisa Agropecu{\'a}ria (EMBRAPA)} and IMAZON and {Museu
Paraense Em{\'{\i}}lio Goeldi} and IMAZON and IMAZON and
{Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and {Lancaster University}
and {Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)} and {Instituto
Socio Ambiental Serra Do Mar (ISASM)} and {Empresa Brasileira de
Pesquisa Agropecu{\'a}ria (EMBRAPA)} and {Stockholm Environment
Institute}",
title = "Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double
biodiversity loss from deforestation",
journal = "Nature",
year = "2016",
volume = "535",
number = "7610",
pages = "144--147",
month = "July",
keywords = "Aves, Coleoptera.",
abstract = "Concerted political attention has focused on reducing
deforestation, and this remains the cornerstone of most
biodiversity conservation strategies. However, maintaining forest
cover may not reduce anthropogenic forest disturbances, which are
rarely considered in conservation programmes. These disturbances
occur both within forests, including selective logging and
wildfires, and at the landscape level, through edge, area and
isolation effects. Until now, the combined effect of anthropogenic
disturbance on the conservation value of remnant primary forests
has remained unknown, making it impossible to assess the relative
importance of forest disturbance and forest loss. Here we address
these knowledge gaps using a large data set of plants, birds and
dung beetles (1,538, 460 and 156 species, respectively) sampled in
36 catchments in the Brazilian state of Par{\'a}. Catchments
retaining more than 69-80% forest cover lost more conservation
value from disturbance than from forest loss. For example, a 20%
loss of primary forest, the maximum level of deforestation allowed
on Amazonian properties under Brazil's Forest Code, resulted in a
39-54% loss of conservation value: 96-171% more than expected
without considering disturbance effects. We extrapolated the
disturbance-mediated loss of conservation value throughout
Par{\'a}, which covers 25% of the Brazilian Amazon. Although
disturbed forests retained considerable conservation value
compared with deforested areas, the toll of disturbance outside
Par{\'a}'s strictly protected areas is equivalent to the loss of
92,000-139,000 km2 of primary forest. Even this lowest estimate is
greater than the area deforested across the entire Brazilian
Amazon between 2006 and 2015 (ref. 10). Species distribution
models showed that both landscape and within-forest disturbances
contributed to biodiversity loss, with the greatest negative
effects on species of high conservation and functional value.
These results demonstrate an urgent need for policy interventions
that go beyond the maintenance of forest cover to safeguard the
hyper-diversity of tropical forest ecosystems.",
doi = "10.1038/nature18326",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature18326",
issn = "0028-0836",
language = "en",
targetfile = "barlow_anthropogenic.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}