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Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity

20112,078 citationsReview

Authors

Luke Gibson · National University of Singapore

Tien Ming Lee · Yale University

Lian Pin Koh · National University of Singapore

Barry W. Brook · University of Adelaide

Toby Gardner · University of Cambridge

Jos Barlow · Lancaster University

Carlos A. Peres ·

Topics & Keywords

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Land Use and Ecosystem Services Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 478, Issue 7369, pp. 378-381

DOI: 10.1038/nature10425

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 62.76

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University of East Anglia

Corey J. A. Bradshaw · University of Adelaide

William F. Laurance · James Cook University

Thomas Ε. Lovejoy · National Institute of Amazonian Research

Navjot S. Sodhi · National University of Singapore