Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes".

Autor: Griffith DM; Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. griffith.dan@gmail.com., Lehmann CER; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 EFF, UK.; Centre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Strömberg CAE; Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Parr CL; Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.; School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa., Pennington RT; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK.; Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK., Sankaran M; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore, India.; School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK., Ratnam J; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore, India., Still CJ; Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA., Powell RL; Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA., Hanan NP; Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA., Nippert JB; Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA., Osborne CP; Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.; Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK., Good SP; Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA., Anderson TM; Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA., Holdo RM; Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA., Veldman JW; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.; Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Casilla 6204, Santa Cruz, Bolivia., Durigan G; Assis State Forest, Forestry Institute of São Paulo State, Assis, SP, Brazil., Tomlinson KW; Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun 666303, Yunnan, People's Republic of China., Hoffmann WA; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA., Archibald S; Centre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa., Bond WJ; South African Environmental Observation Network, National Research Foundation, Claremont, South Africa.; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2017 Nov 17; Vol. 358 (6365).
DOI: 10.1126/science.aao1309
Abstrakt: Bastin et al (Reports, 12 May 2017, p. 635) infer forest as more globally extensive than previously estimated using tree cover data. However, their forest definition does not reflect ecosystem function or biotic composition. These structural and climatic definitions inflate forest estimates across the tropics and undermine conservation goals, leading to inappropriate management policies and practices in tropical grassy ecosystems.
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