Eroded protections threaten U.S. forests

Affiliations

• ¹ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia. [email protected].
• ² Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
• ³ Public Service Research Group, School of Business, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
• ⁴ Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
• ⁵ School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
• ⁶ Center for Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
• ⁷ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia.
• ⁸ Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, NY 10460, USA.