Agricultural expansion in Uruguayan grasslands and priority areas for vertebrate and woody plant conservation

Habitat loss due to land-use change is the greatest threat to biodiversity on a global scale, and agriculture has been the principal driver of change. In Uruguay, the conversion of native grasslands to croplands (e.g., soybean) and exotic forest plantations (Eucalyptus and Pinus) has accelerated dur...

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Main Author:	Brazeiro Rodríguez, P. Alejandro (author)
Other Authors:	Achkar, Marcel (author), Toranza Ciurlanti, Carolina (author), Bartesaghi Villardino, María Lucía (author)
Format:	article
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	Agricultural expansion Biodiversity vulnerability Conservation priority Exotic forest plantation Grasslands Soybean crop
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/32380
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