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The biodiversity intactness index may underestimate losses

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Fig. 1: Global comparison of the BII with BMI and with the HF.

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Martin, P.A., Green, R.E. & Balmford, A. The biodiversity intactness index may underestimate losses. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 862–863 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0895-1

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