Crop Expansion and Conservation Priorities in Tropical Countries

Ben Phalan; Monika Bertzky; Stuart H. M. Butchart; Paul F. Donald; Jörn P. W. Scharlemann; Alison J. Stattersfield; Andrew Balmford

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051759

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Crop Expansion and Conservation Priorities in Tropical Countries

Ben Phalan ,

* E-mail: btp22@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Monika Bertzky,

Affiliation United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Stuart H. M. Butchart,

Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paul F. Donald,

Affiliation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom
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Jörn P. W. Scharlemann,

Affiliations United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Alison J. Stattersfield,

Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Andrew Balmford

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Crop Expansion and Conservation Priorities in Tropical Countries

Ben Phalan,
Monika Bertzky,
Stuart H. M. Butchart,
Paul F. Donald,
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann,
Alison J. Stattersfield,
Andrew Balmford

Published: January 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051759

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Publication: Bird Life International
Title: “The on-going conversion of tropical habitats to cropland could jeopardise global efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity | BirdLife Community”
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