Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06579-2
Title: Combined impacts of deforestation and wildlife trade on tropical biodiversity are severely underestimated
Authors: Symes, W.S
Edwards, D.P
Miettinen, J 
Rheindt, F.E 
Carrasco, L.R 
Keywords: biodiversity
commercial activity
conservation management
deforestation
ecological impact
endangered species
endemic species
extinction
habitat loss
population decline
Red List
tropical environment
wildfire
article
biodiversity
bird
deforestation
endemic species
forest
habitat
human
nonhuman
quantitative analysis
wildlife
animal
commercial phenomena
environmental protection
geography
physiology
species difference
tropic climate
wild animal
Southeast Asia
Aves
Animals
Animals, Wild
Biodiversity
Birds
Commerce
Conservation of Natural Resources
Geography
Species Specificity
Tropical Climate
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Citation: Symes, W.S, Edwards, D.P, Miettinen, J, Rheindt, F.E, Carrasco, L.R (2018). Combined impacts of deforestation and wildlife trade on tropical biodiversity are severely underestimated. Nature Communications 9 (1) : 4052. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06579-2
Abstract: Tropical forest diversity is simultaneously threatened by habitat loss and exploitation for wildlife trade. Quantitative conservation assessments have previously considered these threats separately, yet their impacts frequently act together. We integrate forest extent maps in 2000 and 2015 with a method of quantifying exploitation pressure based upon a species’ commercial value and forest accessibility. We do so for 308 forest-dependent bird species, of which 77 are commercially traded, in the Southeast Asian biodiversity hotspot of Sundaland. We find 89% (274) of species experienced average habitat losses of 16% and estimate exploitation led to mean population declines of 37%. Assessing the combined impacts of deforestation and exploitation indicates the average losses of exploited species are much higher (54%), nearly doubling the regionally endemic species (from 27 to 51) threatened with extinction that should be IUCN Red Listed. Combined assessment of major threats is vital to accurately quantify biodiversity loss. © 2018, The Author(s).
Source Title: Nature Communications
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/174205
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06579-2
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