TY - JOUR
AU1 - Packman, Charlotte E.
AU2 - Gray, Thomas N. E.
AU3 - Collar, Nigel J.
AU4 - Evans, Tom D.
AU5 - Zalinge, Robert N.
AU6 - Virak, Son
AU7 - Lovett, Andrew A.
AU8 - Dolman, Paul M.
AB -  Tropical grasslands are important for both biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, owing mainly to the ease with which they can be converted to intensive agriculture (and in some anthropogenic landscapes lost to scrub encroachment following abandonment of agricultural activity), they are among the most threatened biomes globally (Bond & Parr ). With no substantial area of grassland remaining in Thailand or Vietnam, the floodplain of Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake contains the largest remaining seasonally inundated grassland in Southeast Asia (BirdLife International ). This floodplain, which consists of inner wet grassland (flooding is longer and deeper) and outer dry grassland (flooding is shorter and shallower), is of major importance for biodiversity and livelihoods. When the grassland is exposed, it is used by 11 globally threatened bird species, including two‐thirds of the world's critically endangered Bengal Floricans ( Houbaropsis bengalensis ) (Gray et al. ), and it supports pastoralism, traditional low‐intensity rice cultivation, and fisheries in seasonal pools. When flooded, it is vital to fisheries and contains a high diversity of watersnakes (including threatened endemic Enhydris longicauda ) and many waterbirds. Some 1.1 million people in its immediate surroundings depend on it for subsistence (Varis & Keskinen ). Even so, 
TI - Rapid Loss of Cambodia's Grasslands
JF - Conservation Biology
DO - 10.1111/cobi.12025
DA - 2013-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/rapid-loss-of-cambodia-s-grasslands-4wlaPW3p43
SP - 245
EP - 247
VL - 27
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -