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The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

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  • Jos Barlow

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University)

  • Filipe França

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
    Embrapa Amazônia Oriental)

  • Toby A. Gardner

    (Stockholm Environment Institute)

  • Christina C. Hicks

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University)

  • Gareth D. Lennox

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University)

  • Erika Berenguer

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
    Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

  • Leandro Castello

    (Virginia Tech)

  • Evan P. Economo

    (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

  • Joice Ferreira

    (Embrapa Amazônia Oriental)

  • Benoit Guénard

    (School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong)

  • Cecília Gontijo Leal

    (Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi)

  • Victoria Isaac

    (Universidade Federal do Pará)

  • Alexander C. Lees

    (School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University)

  • Catherine L. Parr

    (School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
    University of Pretoria
    University of Witwatersrand)

  • Shaun K. Wilson

    (Marine Science Program, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
    Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia)

  • Paul J. Young

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University)

  • Nicholas A. J. Graham

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University)

Abstract

The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth’s biodiversity: their terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including almost all shallow-water corals and over 90% of terrestrial birds. However, tropical ecosystems are also subject to pervasive and interacting stressors, such as deforestation, overfishing and climate change, and they are set within a socio-economic context that includes growing pressure from an increasingly globalized world, larger and more affluent tropical populations, and weak governance and response capacities. Concerted local, national and international actions are urgently required to prevent a collapse of tropical biodiversity.

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  • Jos Barlow & Filipe França & Toby A. Gardner & Christina C. Hicks & Gareth D. Lennox & Erika Berenguer & Leandro Castello & Evan P. Economo & Joice Ferreira & Benoit Guénard & Cecília Gontijo Leal & V, 2018. "The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems," Nature, Nature, vol. 559(7715), pages 517-526, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:559:y:2018:i:7715:d:10.1038_s41586-018-0301-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0301-1
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