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    • Evaluating the Relative Environmental Impact of Countries 

      Bradshaw, Corey J. A.; Giam, Xingli; Sodhi, Navjot Singh (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Environmental protection is critical to maintain ecosystem services essential for human well-being. It is important to be able to rank countries by their environmental impact so that poor performers as well as policy ...
    • The Loss of Species: Mangrove Extinction Risk and Geographic Areas of Global Concern 

      Polidoro, Beth A.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Collins, Lorna; Duke, Norman C.; Ellison, Joanna C.; Fernando, Edwino S.; Kathiresan, Kandasamy; Koedam, Nico E.; Livingstone, Suzanne R.; Miyagi, Toyohiko; Moore, Gregg E.; Nam, Vien Ngoc; Ong, Jin Eong; Primavera, Jurgenne H.; Salmo, Severino G., III; Sanciangco, Jonnell C.; Sukardjo, Sukristijono; Yong, Jean Wan Hong; Ellison, Aaron M.; Farnsworth, Elizabeth Jean; Wang, Yamin (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Mangrove species are uniquely adapted to tropical and subtropical coasts, and although relatively low in number of species, mangrove forests provide at least US $1.6 billion each year in ecosystem services and support ...
    • The Role of Demography and Markets in Determining Deforestation Rates Near Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar 

      Brooks, Christopher P.; Holmes, Christopher; Kramer, Karen L.; Barnett, Barry; Keitt, Timothy H. (Public Library of Science, 2009)
      The highland forests of Madagascar are home to some of the world's most unique and diverse flora and fauna and to some of its poorest people. This juxtaposition of poverty and biodiversity is continually reinforced by rapid ...
    • Spatial Pattern Enhances Ecosystem Functioning in an African Savanna 

      Pringle, Robert Mitchell; Doak, Daniel F.; Brody, Alison K.; Jocqué, Rudy; Palmer, Todd M. (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      The finding that regular spatial patterns can emerge in nature from local interactions between organisms has prompted a search for the ecological importance of these patterns. Theoretical models have predicted that ...