The extent of forest in dryland biomes

Bastin, Jean-François; Berrahmouni, Nora; Grainger, Alan; Maniatis, Danae; Mollicone, Danilo; Moore, Rebecca; Patriarca, Chiara; Picard, Nicolas; Sparrow, Ben; Maria Abraham, Elena; Aloui, Kamel; Atesoglu, Ayhan; Attore, Fabio; Bassüllü, Çağlar; Bey, Adia; Garzuglia, Monica; G. García-Montero, Luis; Groot, Nikée; Guerin, Greg; Laestadius, Lars; J. Lowe, Andrew; Mamane, Bako; Marchi, Giulio; Patterson, Paul; Rezende, Marcelo; Ricci, Stefano; Salcedo, Ignacio; Sanchez-Paus Diaz, Alfonso; Stolle, Fred; Surappaeva, Venera; Castro, Rene

doi:10.1126/science.aam6527

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The extent of forest in dryland biomes

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Authors:

Jean-François Bastin

Nora Berrahmouni

Alan Grainger

Abstract

Mapping the world's dry forests The extent of forest area in dryland habitats, which occupy more than 40% of Earth's land surface, is uncertain compared with that in other biomes. Bastin et al. provide a global estimate of forest extent in drylands, calculated from high-resolution satellite images c...

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