Title
Are we capturing faunal intactness A comparison of intact forest landscapes and the last of the wild in each ecoregion
Author(s)
Plumptre, Andrew J. ; Baisero, Daniele ; Jędrzejewski, Włodzimierz ; Kühl, Hjalmar ; Maisels, Fiona ; Ray, Justina C. ; Sanderson, Eric W. ; Strindberg, Samantha ; Voigt, Maria ; Wich, Serge
Abstract
By examining overlap between areas that are least impacted by human disturbance, and species abundance the authors show that 54.7% of the terrestrial realm (excluding Antarctica) has at least one species recorded as extinct and that two thirds of intact areas overlap with areas where species have gone extinct in the past 500 years. Even within the most remote areas, serious faunal loss has taken place.
Keywords
intact forest landscapes ; ecoregions ; faunal intactness ; prioritization for conservation ; species extinction
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