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ArticleBiological conservation2019

1980s-2010s: The world's largest mangrove ecosystem is becoming homogeneous.

Swapan Kumar Sarker, Jason Matthiopoulos, Sonia N Mitchell, Zahir Uddin Ahmed, Md Bashirul Al Mamun, Richard Reeve

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Article in Biological conservation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trait-based evidence of salinity-induced functional diversity loss in mangroves: Implications for ecosystem resilience.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Swapan Kumar SarkerBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
Jason MatthiopoulosBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
Sonia N MitchellBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
Zahir Uddin AhmedPlanning Wing, Bangladesh Forest Department, Ban Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
Md Bashirul Al MamunSundarbans West Forest Division, Bangladesh Forest Department, Khulna 9100, Bangladesh.
Richard ReeveBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge gaps in spatiotemporal changes in mangrove diversity and composition have obstructed mangrove conservation programs across the tropics, but particularly in the Sundarbans (10,017 km

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Alpha diversityBeta diversityBiotic homogenizationGamma diversityProtected areaSpecies composition

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PMID31496538
PMCPMC6716549

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