Concern over mitigation costs impedes the adoption of the climate policies needed to
achieve agreed global warming targets. While costs are important to consider, so are …

Tropical grassy biomes (TGBs) are globally extensive, provide critical ecosystem services,
and influence the earth–atmosphere system. Yet, globally applied biome definitions ignore …

We synthesize findings from one of the world's largest and longest‐running experimental
investigations, the B iological D ynamics of F orest F ragments P roject (BDFFP). Spanning …

Ecological restoration is becoming regarded as a major strategy for increasing the provision
of ecosystem services as well as reversing biodiversity losses. Here, we show that …

Hyperspectral data (Table 1) is acquired as continuous narrowbands (eg, each band with 1
to 10 nanometer or nm bandwidths) over a range of electromagnetic spectrum (eg, 400 …

Land use/cover change (LUCC), as an important factor in global change, is a topic that has
recently received considerable attention in the prospective modeling domain. There are …

From 2006 to 2010, deforestation in the Amazon frontier state of Mato Grosso decreased to
30% of its historical average (1996–2005) whereas agricultural production reached an all …

The hydrological connectivity of freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon basin makes them
highly sensitive to a broad range of anthropogenic activities occurring in aquatic and …

As reported by FAO (2005 State of the World's Forests (Rome: UNFAO), 2010 Forest
Resource Assessment (FRA) 2010/095 (Rome: UNFAO)), Indonesia experiences the …

Mediterranean cork oak savannas, which are found only in southwestern Europe and
northwestern Africa, are ecosystems of high socioeconomic and conservation value …