| Title |
Reserves Protect against Deforestation Fires in the Amazon
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005014 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
J. Marion Adeney, Norman L. Christensen, Stuart L. Pimm |
| Abstract |
Reserves are the principal means to conserve forests and biodiversity, but the question of whether reserves work is still debated. In the Amazon, fires are closely linked to deforestation, and thus can be used as a proxy for reserve effectiveness in protecting forest cover. We ask whether reserves in the Brazilian Amazon provide effective protection against deforestation and consequently fires, whether that protection is because of their location or their legal status, and whether some reserve types are more effective than others. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 375 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 17 | 5% |
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Colombia | 2 | <1% |
| Peru | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 340 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 70 | 19% |
| Researcher | 64 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 62 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 37 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 21 | 6% |
| Other | 77 | 21% |
| Unknown | 44 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 135 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 117 | 31% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 27 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 6% |
| Unknown | 54 | 14% |