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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas
Nature, Volume 489, No. 7415, Year 2012
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The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon. With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly becoming final refuges for threatened species and natural ecosystem processes. However, many protected areas in the tropics are themselves vulnerable to human encroachment and other environmental stresses. As pressures mount, it is vital to know whether existing reserves can sustain their biodiversity. A critical constraint in addressing this question has been that data describing a broad array of biodiversity groups have been unavailable for a sufficiently large and representative sample of reserves. Here we present a uniquely comprehensive data set on changes over the past 20 to 30 years in 31 functional groups of species and 21 potential drivers of environmental change, for 60 protected areas stratified across the worlds major tropical regions. Our analysis reveals great variation in reserve health: about half of all reserves have been effective or performed passably, but the rest are experiencing an erosion of biodiversity that is often alarmingly widespread taxonomically and functionally. Habitat disruption, hunting and forest-product exploitation were the strongest predictors of declining reserve health. Crucially, environmental changes immediately outside reserves seemed nearly as important as those inside in determining their ecological fate, with changes inside reserves strongly mirroring those occurring around them. These findings suggest that tropical protected areas are often intimately linked ecologically to their surrounding habitats, and that a failure to stem broad-scale loss and degradation of such habitats could sharply increase the likelihood of serious biodiversity declines. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Laurance, William F.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Carolina Useche, D.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Rendeiro, Julio
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kalka, Margareta B.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Bradshaw, Corey J.A.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Sloan, Sean P.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
G W Laurance, Susan G.W.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Campbell, Mason J.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Abernethy, Katharine A.
United Kingdom, Stirling
University of Stirling
Alvarez, Patrícia
United States, Durham
Duke University
Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor
Mexico, Morelia
Unam Campus Morelia
Ashton, Peter Shaw
United Kingdom, Richmond
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Benítez-Malvido, Julieta
Mexico, Morelia
Unam Campus Morelia
Blom, Allard
United States, Washington, D.c.
World Wildlife Fund
Bobo, Kadiri Serge
Cameroon, Dschang
University of Dschang
Cannon, Charles H.
China, Mengla
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cao, Min
China, Mengla
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carroll, Richard
United States, Washington, D.c.
World Wildlife Fund
Chapman, Colin A.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Coates-Estrada, Rosamond
Mexico, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Cords, Marina
United States, New York
Columbia University
Danielsen, Finn
Denmark, Copenhagen
Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology
de Dijn, Bart P.E.
Suriname, Paramaribo
Bart de Dijn Environmental Consultancy
Dinerstein, Eric
United States, Washington, D.c.
World Wildlife Fund
Donnelly, Maureen A.
United States, Miami
Florida International University
Edwards, David P.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Edwards, Felicity A.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Farwig, Nina
Germany, Marburg
Philipps-universität Marburg
Fashing, Peter J.
United States, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
Forget, Pierre Michel
France, Brunoy
Museum Natural D'histoire Naturelle - 4
Foster, Mercedes
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Institution
Gale, George A.
Thailand, Thonburi
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Harris, David J.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Harrison, Rhett D.
China, Mengla
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hart, John A.
Congo
Tshuapa-lomami-lualaba Project
Karpanty, Sarah M.
United States, Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
John Kress, W.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Institution
Krishnaswamy, Jagdish
India, Bengaluru
Ashoka Trust for Research on Ecology and the Environment Atree
Logsdon, Willis
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Lovett, Jon C.
Netherlands, Enschede
Universiteit Twente
Magnusson, William Ernest
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Maisels, Fiona G.
United Kingdom, Stirling
University of Stirling
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Marshall, Andrew Robert
United Kingdom, York
University of York
McClearn, Deedra
Costa Rica, San Pedro
La Selva Biological Station
Mudappa, Divya C.
India, Mysore
Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore
Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Pearson, Richard G.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Pitman, Nigel C.A.
United States, Durham
Duke University
van der Ploeg, J.
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Plumptre, Andrew J.
Uganda, Kampala
Wildlife Conservation Society Uganda
Poulsen, John R.
United States, Falmouth
Woods Hole Research Center
Quesada, M.
Mexico, Morelia
Unam Campus Morelia
Rainey, Hugo J.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Robinson, Doug W.
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Roetgers, Christiane
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Rovero, Francesco
Italy, Trento
Museo Delle Scienze
Scatena, Frederick N.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Schulze, Christian Hansjoachim
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Sheil, Douglas
Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Struhsaker, Thomas T.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Terborgh, John W.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Thomas, Duncan W.
United States, Corvallis
Oregon State University
Timm, Robert M.
United States, Lawrence
University of Kansas
Urbina-Cardona, Nicolás Nicolás
Colombia, Bogota
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Vasudevan, Karthikeyan
India, Dehradun
Wildlife Institute of India
Wright, Stuart Joseph
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Carlos Arias-G, Juan
Colombia, Bogota
Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
Arroyo, Luzmila P.
Bolivia, Santa Cruz
Museo Historia Nat. Noel Kempff M.
Ashton, Mark S.
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Auzel, Philippe
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Babaasa, Dennis
Uganda, Mbarara
Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation
Babweteera, Fred
Uganda, Masindi
Budongo Conservation Field Station
Baker, Patrick J.
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Bánki, Olaf S.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
Bass, Margot S.
United States, Takoma Park
Finding Species
Inogwabini, Bila Isia
United Kingdom, Canterbury
University of Kent
Blake, Stephen
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Brockelman, Warren Y.
Thailand, Nakhon Pathom
Mahidol University
Brokaw, Nicholas V.L.
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Brühl, Carsten Albrecht
Germany, Koblenz am Rhein
Universität Koblenz-landau
Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh
Thailand, Bangkok
National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Thailand
Chao, Jungtai
Taiwan, Taipei
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
Chave, Jérôme
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Chellam, Ravi
India, Bengaluru
Wildlife Conservation Society
Clark, Connie J.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Clavijo, José
Venezuela, Caracas
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Congdon, Robert A.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Corlett, Richard T.
Singapore, Singapore City
National University of Singapore
Dattaraja, Handanakere Shivaramaiah
India, Bengaluru
Indian Institute of Science
Dave, Chittaranjan
India, New Delhi
World Wide Fund for Nature Wwf
Davies, Glyn
United Kingdom
World Wide Fund for Nature Wwf
de Mello Beisiegel, Beatriz
Brazil, Atibaia
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
de Nazaré Paes da Silva, Rosa
Brazil, Belem
O Conselho Regional de Engenhara
Di Fiore, Anthony
United States, Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Diesmos, Arvin Cantor
Philippines, Manila
National Museum of the Philippines
Dirzo, Rodolfo
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Doran-Sheehy, Diane M.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Eaton, Mitchell J.
United States, Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder
Emmons, Louise H.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Institution
Estrada, Alejandro
Mexico, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ewango, Corneille E.N.
Congo, Kinshasa
Wildlife Conservation Society
Fedigan, Linda M.
Canada, Calgary
University of Calgary
Feer, François
France, Brunoy
Museum Natural D'histoire Naturelle - 4
Fruth, Barbara I.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Goodale, Uromi Manage
United States, La Jolla
University of California, San Diego
Goodman, Steven Michael
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Guix, Juan Carlos
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Guthiga, Paul Maina
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
Hamer, Keith C.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Herbinger, Ilka
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
Hill, Jane K.
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Fang-Sun, I.
Taiwan, Taichung
Tunghai University
Ickes, Kalan
United States, Clemson
Clemson University
Itoh, Akira
Japan, Osaka
Osaka Metropolitan University
Janzen, Daniel H.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Jones, Trevor P.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Anglia Ruskin University
Kalko, Elisabeth Klara Viktoria
Germany, Ulm
Universität Ulm
Kasangaki, Aventino
Uganda, Mbarara
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Killeen, Timothy J.
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Klop, Erik
Netherlands, Amersfoort
Royal Haskoningdhv
Knott, Cheryl Denise
United States, Boston
Boston University
Koné, Inza
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques Abidjan
Lattke, John E.
Venezuela, Caracas
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Leal, Miguel E.
Unknown Affiliation
Lindsell, Jeremy A.
United Kingdom, Bedford
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Eduard Linsenmair, Karl
Germany, Wurzburg
Julius-maximilians-universität Würzburg
Losos, Elizabeth C.
Unknown Affiliation
Lugo, Ariel E.
Puerto Rico, San Juan
Usda Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Lwanga, Jeremiah S.
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
MacK, Andrew L.
Unknown Affiliation
Martíns, Marlúcia Bonifácio
Brazil, Belem
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
McGraw, William Scott
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
McNab, Roan Balas
Guatemala, Flores
Wildlife Conservation Society
Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitet
Norconk, Marilyn A.
United States, Kent
Kent State University
Novotný, Vojtěch
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
O'Donnell, Sean
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
India, Puducherry
Pondicherry University
Pringle, Catherine M.
United States, Athens
University of Georgia
Reinartz, Gay Edwards
United States, Milwaukee
Zoological Society of Milwaukee
Renton, Katherine
Mexico, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Reynolds, Glen
Unknown Affiliation
Reynolds, Vernon
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Rödel, Mark Oliver
Germany, Berlin
Museum Für Naturkunde
Rothman, Jessica M.
United States, New York
The City University of new York
Sakai, Shoko
Japan, Kyoto
National Institutes for the Humanities, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Savini, Tommaso
Thailand, Thonburi
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Schaab, Gertrud
Germany, Karlsruhe
Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik Und Wirtschaft
Siaka, Alhaji M.
Sierra Leone
Gola Forest Programme
Silman, Miles R.
United States, Winston Salem
Wake Forest University
Smith, Thomas Bates
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Almeida, Samuel Soares
Unknown Affiliation
Sodhi, Navjot S.
Singapore, Singapore City
National University of Singapore
Stanford, Craig B.
United States, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Stokes, Emma J.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Stoner, Kathryn Elizabeth
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Sukumar, Raman
India, Bengaluru
Indian Institute of Science
Surbeck, Martin H.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Tobler, Mathias W.
United States, Fort Worth
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Tscharntke, Teja
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Turkalo, Andrea K.
Central African Republic
Wildlife Conservation Society
Umapathy, Govindhaswamy
India, Hyderabad
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology India
Castilho, Carolina V.
Brazil, Brasilia
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa
Waltert, Matthias
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Watts, David P.
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Wilkie, David S.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Williams, Stephen E.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Wright, Patricia Chapple
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Statistics
Citations: 1,035
Authors: 168
Affiliations: 134
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/nature11318
ISSN:
00280836