Local biodiversity is higher inside than outside terrestrial protected areas worldwide
oleh: Claudia L. Gray, Samantha L. L. Hill, Tim Newbold, Lawrence N. Hudson, Luca Börger, Sara Contu, Andrew J. Hoskins, Simon Ferrier, Andy Purvis, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Protected areas are thought essential for biodiversity conservation, but few studies confirm that protection benefits species. Here, Gray and Hill et al. analyse a global, taxonomically broad database to show that local species richness and abundance are higher inside protected areas than outside.