Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation

J Cavender-Bares, FD Schneider, MJ Santos… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

[HTML][HTML] Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals

J Fanzo, L Haddad, KR Schneider, C Béné, NM Covic… - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways
can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and …

People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years

EC Ellis, N Gauthier, K Klein Goldewijk… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Archaeological and paleoecological evidence shows that by 10,000 BCE, all human
societies employed varying degrees of ecologically transformative land use practices …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns and drivers of bee distribution

MC Orr, AC Hughes, D Chesters, J Pickering, CD Zhu… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Insects are the focus of many recent studies suggesting population declines, but even
invaluable pollination service providers such as bees lack a modern distributional synthesis …

Conservation needs to break free from global priority map**

C Wyborn, MC Evans - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - nature.com
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A working guide to harnessing generalized dissimilarity modelling for biodiversity analysis and conservation assessment

K Mokany, C Ware, SNC Woolley… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Generalized dissimilarity modelling (GDM) is a powerful and unique method for
characterizing and predicting beta diversity, the change in biodiversity over space, time and …

Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems

BA Williams, O Venter, JR Allan, SC Atkinson… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Human pressure map** is important for understanding humanity's role in sha** Earth's
patterns and processes. Our ability to map this influence has evolved, thanks to powerful …

Where might we find ecologically intact communities?

AJ Plumptre, D Baisero, RT Belote… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Conservation efforts should target the few remaining areas of the world that represent
outstanding examples of ecological integrity and aim to restore ecological integrity to a much …

Regional scalable priorities for national biodiversity and carbon conservation planning in Asia

L Zhu, AC Hughes, XQ Zhao, LJ Zhou, KP Ma… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
To achieve the goals of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, we must identify
representative targets that effectively protect biodiversity and can be implemented at a …

[HTML][HTML] Three-quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas

S Chowdhury, MP Zalucki, JO Hanson, S Tiatragul… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Insects dominate the biosphere, yet insect populations are plummeting worldwide. Massive
conservation efforts will be needed to reverse these declines. Protected areas (PAs) could …