التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation. |
| المؤلفون: |
Bryan-Brown, Dale N., Connolly, Rod M., Richards, Daniel R., Adame, Fernanda, Friess, Daniel A., Brown, Christopher J. |
| المصدر: |
Scientific Reports; 4/28/2020, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
FRAGMENTATION reactions, ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, MANGROVE forests, PLANTATIONS |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CAMBODIA |
| مستخلص: |
Fragmentation is a major driver of ecosystem degradation, reducing the capacity of habitats to provide many important ecosystem services. Mangrove ecosystem services, such as erosion prevention, shoreline protection and mitigation of climate change (through carbon sequestration), depend on the size and arrangement of forest patches, but we know little about broad-scale patterns of mangrove forest fragmentation. Here we conduct a multi-scale analysis using global estimates of mangrove density and regional drivers of mangrove deforestation to map relationships between habitat loss and fragmentation. Mangrove fragmentation was ubiquitous; however, there are geographic disparities between mangrove loss and fragmentation; some regions, like Cambodia and the southern Caribbean, had relatively little loss, but their forests have been extensively fragmented. In Southeast Asia, a global hotspot of mangrove loss, the conversion of forests to aquaculture and rice plantations were the biggest drivers of loss (>50%) and fragmentation. Surprisingly, conversion of forests to oil palm plantations, responsible for >15% of all deforestation in Southeast Asia, was only weakly correlated with mangrove fragmentation. Thus, the management of different deforestation drivers may increase or decrease fragmentation. Our findings suggest that large scale monitoring of mangrove forests should also consider fragmentation. This work highlights that regional priorities for conservation based on forest loss rates can overlook fragmentation and associated loss of ecosystem functionality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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