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| Title |
The hydrological legacy of deforestation on global wetlands
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1260510 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
C Woodward, J Shulmeister, J Larsen, G E Jacobsen, A Zawadzki |
| Abstract |
Increased catchment erosion and nutrient loading are commonly recognized impacts of deforestation on global wetlands. In contrast, an increase in water availability in deforested catchments is well known in modern studies but is rarely considered when evaluating past human impacts. We used a Budyko water balance approach, a meta-analysis of global wetland response to deforestation, and paleoecological studies from Australasia to explore this issue. After complete deforestation, we demonstrated that water available to wetlands increases by up to 15% of annual precipitation. This can convert ephemeral swamps to permanent lakes or even create new wetlands. This effect is globally significant, with 9 to 12% of wetlands affected, including 20 to 40% of Ramsar wetlands, but is widely unrecognized because human impact studies rarely test for it. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 102 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 9% |
| Australia | 5 | 5% |
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 46 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 74 | 73% |
| Scientists | 28 | 27% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 192 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 180 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 39 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 14% |
| Professor | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 40 | 21% |
| Unknown | 24 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 73 | 38% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 36 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Engineering | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 6% |
| Unknown | 32 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 101. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 February 2023.
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#428,112
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#10,722
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#4,344
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#138
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Altmetric has tracked 25,758,211 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 83,308 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 66.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its peers.
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