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From microclimates to macroecology: modeling plant species range dynamics in a changing climate

From microclimates to macroecology: Modeling plant species range shifts in a changing climate

Changing windows of opportunity for tree seedling establishment in California's mountain landscapes

Changing windows of opportunity for tree seedling establishment under 21st Century climate change

Changing windows of opportunity for tree seedling establishment under 21st Century climate change

From microenvironments to macroecology: Modeling tree species range shifts in a changing climate

What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries

Global policy initiatives and international conservation organizations have sought to emphasize and strengthen the link between the conservation of natural ecosystems and human development. While many indices have been developed to measure various social outcomes to conservation interventions, the quantity and strength of evidence to support the effects, both positive and negative, of conservation on different dimensions of human well-being, remain unclear, dispersed and inconsistent. A total of 1043 articles were included in the systematic map database.

Why conservation needs religion

Conservationists have been criticized for failing to protect nature in the face of mounting threats including overexploitation, species loss, habitat destruction, and climate change. Resource managers and scientists have yet to fully engage a major segment of the global population in their outreach efforts to protect the environment: religious communities. The world's religions have been recognized as a surprising driver of support for conservation of biological diversity, and numerous examples demonstrate religious and conservation groups working together to achieve conservation outcomes.

A world at risk: Aggregating development trends to forecast global habitat conversion

A growing and more affluent human population is expected to increase the demand for resources and to accelerate habitat modification, but by how much and where remains unknown. Here we project and aggregate global spatial patterns of expected urban and agricultural expansion, conventional and unconventional oil and gas, coal, solar, wind, biofuels and mining development.

Market and design solutions to the short-term economic impacts of marine reserves

Well-managed fisheries support healthy ocean ecosystems, coastal livelihoods and food security for millions of people. However, many communities lack the resources to implement effective fisheries management. No-take marine reserves are a ubiquitous management intervention that provide conservation benefits and under certain circumstances can provide long-term fishery benefits as a result of larval and adult emigration from reserve boundaries. But, support for marine reserves by fishery participants is often limited due to short-term economic impacts resulting from foregone yields.