Tropical dry forests

Linking disturbance history to current forest structure to assess the impact of disturbances in tropical dry forests.
Tropical dry forests are widespread, harbour vast amounts of carbon and unique biodiversity, and underpin the livelihoods of millions. …
Teresa De Marzo, Marie Pratzer, Matthias Baumann, Ignacio Gasparri, Florian Pötzschner, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests
Agricultural intensification, an increase in per-area productivity, may spare forests otherwise lost to agricultural expansion. Yet …
Marie Pratzer, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tobias Krüger, Matthias Baumann, Stephen T. Garnett, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems, climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed …
Florence Pendrill, Toby A. Gardner, Patrick Meyfroidt, U. Martin Persson, Justin Adams, Tasso Azevedo, Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Matthias Baumann, Philip G. Curtis, Veronique De Sy, Rachael Garrett, Javier Godar, Elizabeth Dow Goldman, Matthew C. Hansen, Robert Heilmayr, Martin Herold, Tobias Kuemmerle, Michael J. Lathuillière, Vivian Ribeiro, Alexandra Tyukavina, Mikaela J. Weisse, Chris West
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Uncovering major types of deforestation frontiers across the world’s tropical dry woodlands
Tropical dry woodlands are rapidly being lost to agricultural expansion, but how deforestation dynamics play out in these woodlands …
Ana Buchadas, Matthias Baumann, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Characterizing forest disturbances across the Argentine Dry Chaco based on Landsat time series
Forest loss in the tropics affects large areas, but whereas full forest conversions are routinely assessed, forest degradation patters …
Teresa De Marzo, Dirk Pflugmacher, Matthias Baumann, Eric F. Lambin, Ignacio Gasparri, Tobias Kuemmerle
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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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