Remaining natural vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots

•We estimate the area of natural intact vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots.•Natural intact vegetation spans 3,545,975km2, or 14.9% of its original extent.•Hotspots previously considered most intact suffered greatest downward adjustments.•Natural intact vegetation area is critical (...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Biological conservation 2014-09, Vol.177, p.12-24
Main Authors: Sloan, Sean, Jenkins, Clinton N., Joppa, Lucas N., Gaveau, David L.A., Laurance, William F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biodiversity
Biodiversity hotspots
Biological
Biological and medical sciences
Conservation
Conservation planning
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
Estimates
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Grasslands
Historic
Hot spots
Natural areas
Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking
Synecology
Vegetation
Wilderness
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:•We estimate the area of natural intact vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots.•Natural intact vegetation spans 3,545,975km2, or 14.9% of its original extent.•Hotspots previously considered most intact suffered greatest downward adjustments.•Natural intact vegetation area is critical (
ISSN:0006-3207
1873-2917
DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.027