agricultural expansion

Fading opportunities for mitigating agriculture-environment trade-offs in a south American deforestation hotspot
Strong trade-offs between agriculture and the environment occur in deforestation frontiers, particularly in the world’s rapidly …
Elizabeth A. Law, Leandro Macchi, Matthias Baumann, Julieta Decarre, Gregorio Gavier Pizarro, Christian Levers, Matías E. Mastrangelo, Francisco Murray, Daniel Muller, María Piquer-Rodríguez, Ricardo Torres, Kerrie A. Wilson, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco
Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social–ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and how …
María Paula Barral, Sebastian Villarino, Christian Levers, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matías Mastrangelo
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Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco
World-wide, tropical savannas and dry forests are under increasing pressure from land use. The environmental impacts of agricultural …
Leandro Macchi, Matthias Baumann, Hendrik Bluhm, Matthew Baker, Christian Levers, H. Ricardo Grau, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Carbon emissions from agricultural expansion and intensification in the Chaco
Carbon emissions from land-use changes in tropical dry forest systems are poorly understood, although they are likely globally …
Matthias Baumann, Nestor Ignacio Gasparri, María Piquer-Rodríguez, Gregorio Gavier Pizarro, Patrick Griffiths, Patrick Hostert, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
The dry forests of Latin America are among the most dynamic deforestation frontiers in the world and are important carbon and …
Matthias Baumann, Christoph Israel, María Piquer-Rodríguez, Gregorio Gavier Pizarro, José Norberto Volante, Tobias Kuemmerle
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