De Palma, A;
Hoskins, A;
Gonzalez, RE;
Börger, L;
Newbold, T;
Sanchez-Ortiz, K;
Ferrier, S;
(2021)
Annual changes in the Biodiversity Intactness Index in tropical and subtropical forest biomes, 2001–2012.
Scientific Reports
, 11
, Article 20249. 10.1038/s41598-021-98811-1.
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Abstract
Few biodiversity indicators are available that reflect the state of broad-sense biodiversity—rather than of particular taxa—at fine spatial and temporal resolution. One such indicator, the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII), estimates how the average abundance of the native terrestrial species in a region compares with their abundances in the absence of pronounced human impacts. We produced annual maps of modelled BII at 30-arc-second resolution (roughly 1 km at the equator) across tropical and subtropical forested biomes, by combining annual data on land use, human population density and road networks, and statistical models of how these variables affect overall abundance and compositional similarity of plants, fungi, invertebrates and vertebrates. Across tropical and subtropical biomes, BII fell by an average of 1.9 percentage points between 2001 and 2012, with 81 countries seeing an average reduction and 43 an average increase; the extent of primary forest fell by 3.9% over the same period. We did not find strong relationships between changes in BII and countries’ rates of economic growth over the same period; however, limitations in mapping BII in plantation forests may hinder our ability to identify these relationships. This is the first time temporal change in BII has been estimated across such a large region.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Annual changes in the Biodiversity Intactness Index in tropical and subtropical forest biomes, 2001–2012 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-98811-1 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98811-1 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137945 |
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