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Understanding environmental complexity through a distributed knowledge network

A review of protocols for selecting species at risk in the context of US Forest Service viability assessments

Present patterns and future prospects for biodiversity in the Western Hemisphere

Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement

Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

Global Gap Analysis: Towards a representative network of protected areas

Rates of spread of marine pathogens

The elusive baseline of marine disease: Are diseases in ocean ecosystems increasing?

Disease outbreaks alter the structure and function of marine ecosystems, directly affecting vertebrates (mammals, turtles, fish), invertebrates (corals, crustaceans, echinoderms), and plants (seagrasses). Previous studies suggest a recent increase in marine disease. However, lack of baseline data in most communities prevents a direct test of this hypothesis. We developed a proxy to evaluate a prediction of the increasing disease hypothesis: the proportion of scientific publications reporting disease increased in recent decades.

A model of the pelagic ecosystem in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Physical forcing and the dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem in the eastern tropical Pacific: Simulations with ENSO-scale and global-warming climate drivers