Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy

A Gasparatos, CNH Doll, M Esteban, A Ahmed… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This literature review identifies the impacts of different renewable energy pathways on
ecosystems and biodiversity, and the implications of these impacts for transitioning to a …

Desiccation stress and tolerance in green algae: consequences for ultrastructure, physiological and molecular mechanisms

A Holzinger, U Karsten - Frontiers in plant science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Although most green algae typically occur in aquatic ecosystems, many species also live
partly or permanently under aeroterrestrial conditions, where the cells are exposed to the …

An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

M Brandt, CJ Tucker, A Kariryaa, K Rasmussen, C Abel… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A large proportion of dryland trees and shrubs (hereafter referred to collectively as trees)
grow in isolation, without canopy closure. These non-forest trees have a crucial role in …

Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands

C Tucker, M Brandt, P Hiernaux, A Kariryaa… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The distribution of dryland trees and their density, cover, size, mass and carbon content are
not well known at sub-continental to continental scales,,,,,,,,,,,,–. This information is important …

[HTML][HTML] Global priorities for an effective information basis of biodiversity distributions

C Meyer, H Kreft, R Guralnick, W Jetz - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Gaps in digital accessible information (DAI) on species distributions hamper prospects of
safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, and addressing central ecological and …

Rewilding the world's large carnivores

C Wolf, WJ Ripple - Royal Society open science, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Earth's terrestrial large carnivores form a highly endangered group of species with unique
conservation challenges. The majority of these species have experienced major …

Modelling current and future potential distributions of two desert jerboas under climate change in Iran

S Mohammadi, E Ebrahimi, MS Moghadam… - Ecological Informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) are excellent tools to understand the factors that affect
the potential distribution of several organisms at different scale. In this study, we analyzed …

Fiddling in biodiversity hotspots while deserts burn? Collapse of the S ahara's megafauna

SM Durant, T Wacher, S Bashir… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity hotspots understandably attract considerable conservation attention. However,
deserts are rarely viewed as conservation priority areas, due to their relatively low …

Wealth, water and wildlife: Landscape aridity intensifies the urban luxury effect

D Chamberlain, C Reynolds, A Amar… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Urban biodiversity, and its associated ecosystem services, is an important component of
the quality of life of urban residents. The" luxury effect" posits a positive association between …

Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: Challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara‐Sahel

JC Brito, SM Durant, N Pettorelli, J Newby… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing conflicts and social insecurity are expected to accelerate biodiversity decline and
escalate illegal wildlife killing. Sahara‐Sahel megafauna has experienced recent …