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Deforestation reduces biodiversity in tropical forests by destroying habitat.
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Is it true that deforestation reduces biodiversity in tropical forests by destroying habitat?
Yes. One review states directly that forest clearance destroys habitat and generally causes a decline in forest species abundance and diversity in tropical forests, while several other studies link tropical deforestation to biodiversity loss without spelling out the habitat-destruction mechanism.
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H., R. P. (1988). Tropical Deforestation.. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ379216
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H., R. P. (2000). Tropical Deforestation.. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ616997
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Budiharta, S., Meijaard, E., Erskine, P. D., Rondinini, C., Pacifici, M., & Wilson, K. A. (2014). Restoring degraded tropical forests for carbon and biodiversity. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114020
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Tapia-Armijos, M. F., Homeier, J., Espinosa, C. I., Leuschner, C., & Cruz, M. d. l. (2015). Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s – Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133701
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Forest-to-grassland conversion reduces ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity in tropical Andean montane habitats. (2026). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-025-00739-8
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Replication Data for: Land use policies and deforestation in Brazilian tropical dry forests between 2000 and 2015. (2019). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JZ2Z1P
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Anthropogenic impacts on tropical forest biodiversity: a network structure and ecosystem functioning perspective - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0273
Deforestation and forest fragmentation in and around Endau-Rompin National Park, Peninsular Malaysia
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Deforestation and forest fragmentation in and around Endau-Rompin National Park, Peninsular Malaysia. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.ms18-16
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Deforestation pattern dynamics in protected areas of the Brazilian Legal Amazon using remote sensing data. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.10.003
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Jiménez-Rodríguez, D. L., Gao, Y., Solórzano, J. V., Skutsch, M., Pérez-Salicrup, D. R., & Salinas-Melgoza, M. A. (2022). Mapping Forest Degradation and Contributing Factors in a Tropical Dry Forest. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.912873
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