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Atlases and Maps

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2005). One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. 336pp.

Books and Reports

Friedl, M., Zhang, X. and Strahler, A. (2011) Characterizing Global Land Cover Type and Seasonal Land Cover Dynamics at Moderate Spatial Resolution With MODIS Data. In: Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change, B. Ramachandran, C. O. Justice and M. J. Abrams (eds.), pp. 709-724, Springer New York. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6749-7_31

Kark, S., Solarz, W., Chiron, F., Clergeau, P. and Shirley, S. (2009) Alien Birds, Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Chapter 8 in: Handbook of Alien Species in Europe, Hulme, P.E., Nentwig, W., Pysek, P., Montserrat, V. (eds.), pp. 105-118. Springer Netherlands. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8280-1_8

Mutke, J., Sommer, J. H., Kreft, H., Kier, G. and Barthlott, W. (2011) Vascular Plant Diversity in a Changing World: Global Centres and Biome-Specific Patterns. In: Biodiversity Hotspots, F. E. Zachos & J. C. Habel (eds.), Springer Berlin Heidelberg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5_5

Perry, J. (2011) Climate change and World Heritage Forests. In: Adapting to Change:  The State of Conservation of World Heritage Forests in 2011. M. Patry, R. Horn & S. Haraguchi (eds,), UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/documents/publi_wh_papers_30_en.pdf

Strand, H., Höft, R., Strittholt, J., Miles, L., Horning, N. and Fosnight, E. (2007) Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators. Convention on Biological Diversity Technical Series. p. 201. Secretariate of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. http://biodiv.org/doc/publications/cbd-ts-32.pdf

Therriault, T. W., Weise, A. M., Higgins, S. N., Guo, Y. & Duhaime, J. (2012). Risk Assessment for Three Dreissenid Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, and Mytilopsis leucophaeata) in Canadian Freshwater Ecosystems.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 88pp., http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2012/2012_174-eng.html

Trombulak, S. C., Baldwin, R. F. and Woolmer, G. (2010) The human footprint as a conservation planning tool.In: Landscape-scale Conservation Planning, S. C. Trombulak & R. F. Baldwin (Eds.),pp. 281-301. Springer Netherlands. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9575-6_13

Journal Articles

Adams, M. J., Chelgren, N. D., Reinitz, D., Cole, R. A., Rachowicz, L. J., Galvan, S., McCreary, B., Pearl, C. A., Bailey, L. L., Bettaso, J., Bull, E. L. and Leu, M. (2010) Using occupancy models to understand the distribution of an amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Ecological Applications, 20(1): 289-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-2319.1

Alagador, D., Triviño, M., Cerdeira, J. O., Brás, R., Cabeza, M. and Araújo, M. B. (2012) Linking like with like: optimising connectivity between environmentally-similar habitats. Landscape Ecology 27(2): 291-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-012-9704-9

Alessa, L., Bennett, S. M. and Kliskey, A. D. (2003) Effects of knowledge, personal attribution and perception of ecosystem health on depreciative behaviors in the intertidal zone of Pacific Rim National Park and Reserve. Journal of Environmental Management 68(2): 207-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00068-9

Alkemade, R., van Oorschot, M., Miles, L., Nellemann, C., Bakkenes, M. and ten Brink, B. (2009) GLOBIO3: A framework to investigate options for reducing global terrestrial biodiversity loss. Ecosystems, 12(3): 374-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-009-9229-5

Arroyo, T.P.F., Olson, M.E., García-Mendoza, A. and Solano, E. (2009) A GIS-Based comparison of the Mexican national and IUCN methods for determining extinction risk. Conservation Biology, 23(5): 1156-1166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01241.x

Asner, G.P., Rudel, T.K., Aide, T.M., DeFries, R. and Emerson, R. (2009) A contemporary assessment of change in humid tropical forests. Conservation Biology, 23(6): 1386-1395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01333.x

Baldwin, R.F., Calhoun, A.J.K. and deMaynadier, P.G. (2006) The significance of hydroperiod and stand maturity for pool-breeding smphibians in forested landscapes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84(11): 1604-1615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z06-146

Baldwin, R.F. and deMaynadier, P.G. (2009) Assessing threats to pool-breeding amphibian habitat in an urbanizing landscape. Biological Conservation, 142(8): 1628-1638. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.039

Baldwin, R.F., Ray, J.C., Trombulak, S.C. and Woolmer, G. (2007) Relationship between spatial distribution of urban sprawl and species imperilment: Response to Brown and Laband. Conservation Biology, 21(2): 546-548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00664.x

Baldwin, R.F., Trombulak, S.C., Anderson, M.G. and Woolmer, G. (2007) Projecting transition probabilities for regular public roads at the ecoregion scale: A northern Appalachian/Acadian case study. Landscape and Urban Planning, 80(4): 404-411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.09.003

Baldwin, R.F., Trombulak, S.C. and Baldwin, E.D. (2009) Assessing risk of large-scale habitat conversion in lightly settled landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning, 91(4): 219-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.01.004

Balthazar, V., Vanacker, V., Girma, A., Poesen, J. and Golla, S. (2013) Human impact on sediment fluxes within the Blue Nile and Atbara River basins. Geomorphology 180-181: 231-241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.013

Barrett, T., Farina, A. and Barrett, G. (2009) Positioning aesthetic landscape as economy. Landscape Ecology, 24(3): 299-307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-009-9326-z

Bastos, A., Nair, D., Taylor, P., Brettschneider, H., Kirsten, F., Mostert, E., von Maltitz, E., Lamb, J., van Hooft, P., Belmain, S., Contrafatto, G., Downs, S. and Chimimba, C. (2011) Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in south Africa. BMC Genetics 12(1): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-26

Beans, C. M., Kilkenny, F. F. and Galloway, L. F. (2012) Climate suitability and human influences combined explain the range expansion of an invasive horticultural plant. Biological Invasions 14(10): 2067-2078. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-012-0214-0

Berger, J. (2003) Is it acceptable to let a species go extinct in a national park? Conservation Biology 17(5): 1451-1454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02467.x

Berger, J. (2004) The last mile: How to sustain long-distance migration in mammals. Conservation Biology 18(2): 320-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00548.x

Blach-Overgaard, A., Svenning, J.-C., Dransfield, J., Greve, M. and Balslev, H. (2010) Determinants of palm species distributions across Africa: the relative roles of climate, non-climatic environmental factors, and spatial constraints. Ecography, 33(2): 380-391.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06273.x

Blaschke, T. (2006) The role of the spatial dimension within the framework of sustainable landscapes and natural capital. Landscape and Urban Planning, 75(3-4): 198-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.02.013

Boakes, E. H., Mace, G. M., McGowan, P. J. K. and Fuller, R. A. (2010) Extreme contagion in global habitat clearance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277(1684): 1081-1085. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1771

Bombi, P., Capula, M., D'Amen, M. and Luiselli, L. (2011) Climate change threatens the survival of highly endangered Sardinian populations of the snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis. Animal Biology 61(3): 239-248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157075511x584191

Brandon, K., Gorenflo, L. J., Rodrigues, A. S. L. and Waller, R. W. (2005) Reconciling biodiversity conservation, people, protected areas, and agricultural suitability in Mexico. World Development 33(9): 1403-1418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.10.005

Broennimann, O., Thuiller, W., Hughes, G., Midgley, G.F., Alkemade, J.M.R. and Guisan, A. (2006) Do geographic distribution, niche property and life form explain plants' vulnerability to global change? Global Change Biology, 12(6): 1079-1093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01157.x

Brooks, T.M., Mittermeier, R.A., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Gerlach, J., Hoffmann, M., Lamoreux, J.F., Mittermeier, C.G., Pilgrim, J.D. and Rodrigues, A.S.L. (2006) Global biodiversity conservation priorities. Science, 313(5783): 58-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1127609

Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A., Cordeiro, N. J., Fjeldså, J., Kuper, W., Rahbek, C., Sanderson, E. W., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Sommer, J. H. and Williams, P. H. (2007).  Correlations among species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across the high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa. Biological Conservation, 134(2): 164-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.024

Burgess, N.D., Hales, J.D.A., Ricketts, T.H. and Dinerstein, E. (2006) Factoring species, non-species values and threats into biodiversity prioritisation across the ecoregions of Africa and its islands. Biological Conservation, 127(4): 383-401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.08.018

Cantú-Salazar, L. and Gaston, K. J. (2010) Very large protected areas and their contribution to terrestrial biological conservation. BioScience, 60(10): 808-818. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2010.60.10.7

Carwardine, J., Wilson, K.A., Ceballos, G., Ehrlich, P.R., Naidoo, R., Iwamura, T., Hajkowicz, S.A. and Possingham, H.P. (2008) Cost-effective priorities for global mammal conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(32): 11446-11450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0707157105

Chiron, F., Shirley, S. and Kark, S. (2009) Human-related processes drive the richness of exotic birds in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276(1654): 47-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0994

Collins, C. and Kays, R. (2011) Causes of mortality in North American populations of large and medium-sized mammals. Animal Conservation 14(5): 474-483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00458.x

Corace, R., Flaspohler, D. and Shartell, L. (2009) Geographical patterns in openland cover and hayfield mowing in the Upper Great Lakes region: implications for grassland bird conservation. Landscape Ecology, 24(3): 309-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-008-9306-8

Crain, C.M., Halpern, B.S., Beck, M.W. and Kappel, C.V. (2009) Understanding and managing human threats to the coastal marine rnvironment. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1162 (The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009): 39-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04496.x

Cronan, C., Lilieholm, R., Tremblay, J. and Glidden, T. (2010) An assessment of land conservation patterns in Maine based on spatial analysis of ecological and socioeconomic indicators. Environmental Management, 45(5): 1076-1095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-010-9481-7

de Albuquerque, F., Castro-Díez, P., Rueda, M., Hawkins, B. and Rodríguez, M. (2011) Relationships of climate, residence time, and biogeographical origin with the range sizes and species richness patterns of exotic plants in Great Britain. Plant Ecology 212(11): 1901-1911. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-011-9962-7

de Albuquerque, F. S., Castro-Díez, P., Rodríguez, M. Á. and Cayuela, L. (2011) Assessing the influence of environmental and human factors on native and exotic species richness. Acta Oecologica 37(2): 51-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2010.11.006

de Albuquerque, F. S. and Rueda, M. (2010) Forest loss and fragmentation effects on woody plant species richness in Great Britain. Forest Ecology and Management, 260(4): 472-479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.003

de Thoisy, B., Richard-Hansen, C., Goguillon, B., Joubert, P., Obstancias, J., Winterton, P. and Brosse, S. (2010) Rapid evaluation of threats to biodiversity: Human footprint score and large vertebrate species responses in French Guiana. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19(6): 1567-1584. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9787-z

DeFries, R., Asner, G.P. and Foley, J. (2006) A glimpse out the window: Landscapes, livelihoods, and the environment. Environment, 48(8): 22-37.

DeFries, R., Hansen, A., Turner, B.L., Reid, R. and Liu, J.G. (2007) Land use change around protected areas: management to balance human needs and ecological function. Ecological Applications, 17(4): 1031-1038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/05-1111

Deguise, I.E. and Kerr, J.T. (2006) Protected areas and prospects for endangered species conservation in Canada. Conservation Biology, 20(1): 48-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00274.x

Delfin-Alonso, C.A., Gallina, S. and López-González, C.A. (2009) Evaluación del hábitat del venado cola blanca utilizando modelos espaciales y sus implicaciones para el manejo en el centro de Veracruz, México.Tropical Conservation Science, 2(2): 215-228. http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v2/09-05-25_215-228_delfin-alfonso_et_al.html

DeSalle, R. and Amato, G. (2004) The expansion of conservation genetics. Nature Reviews, Genetics 5(9): 702-712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg1425

Diaz, R.J. and Rosenberg, R. (2008) Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems, Science, 321(5891): 926-929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1156401

Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C., Wikramanayake, E., Ginsberg, J., Sanderson, E., Seidensticker, J., Forrest, J., Bryja, G., Heydlauff, A., Klenzendorf, S., Leimgruber, P., Mills, J., O'Brien, T.G., Shrestha, M., Simons, R. and Songer, M. (2007) The fate of wild tigers.  Bioscience, 57(6): 508-514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/B570608

Donadio, E. and Buskirk, S.W. (2006) Flight behavior in guanacos and vicuñas in areas with and without poaching in Western Argentina. Biological Conservation, 127(2): 139-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.08.004

Donadio, E., Merino, M.L. and Bolgeri, M.J. (2009) Diets of two coexisting owls in the high Andes of northwestern Argentina. Ornitologia Neotropical, 20(1): 137-141.

Falcone, J. A., Carlisle, D. M. and Weber, L. C. (2010) Quantifying human disturbance in watersheds: Variable selection and performance of a GIS-based disturbance index for predicting the biological condition of perennial streams. Ecological Indicators, 10(2): 264-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.05.005

Falcucci, A., Maiorano, L. and Boitani, L. (2007) Changes in land-use/land-cover patterns in Italy and their implications for biodiversity conservation. Landscape Ecology, 22(4): 617-631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-006-9056-4

Ficetola, G.F., Thuiller, W. and Miaud, C. (2007) Prediction and validation of the potential global distribution of a problematic alien invasive species - the American Bullfrog. Diversity and Distributions, 13(4): 476-485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00377.x

Ficetola, G.F., Thuiller, W. and Padoa-Schioppa, E. (2009) From introduction to the establishment of alien species: bioclimatic differences between presence and reproduction localities in the slider turtle. Diversity and Distributions, 15(1): 108-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00516.x

Fjeldså, J. and Burgess, N.D. (2008) The coincidence of biodiversity patterns and human settlement in Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 46(s1): 33-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00927.x

Freudenberger, L., Hobson, P., Schluck, M., Kreft, S., Vohland, K., Sommer, H., Reichle, S., Nowicki, C., Barthlott, W. and Ibisch, P. L. (2013) Nature conservation: priority-setting needs a global change. Biodiversity and Conservation 22(5): 1255-1281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0428-6

Funk, S.M. and Fa, J.E. (2010) Ecoregion prioritization suggests an armoury not a silver bullet for conservation planning. PLoS One, 5(1): e8923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008923

Gassó, N., Sol, D., Pino, J., Dana, E.D., Lloret, F., Sanz-Elorza, M., Sobrino, E. and Vilà, M. (2009) Exploring species attributes and site characteristics to assess plant invasions in Spain. Diversity and Distributions, 15(1): 50-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00501.x

Giam, X., Scheffers, B. R., Sodhi, N. S., Wilcove, D. S., Ceballos, G. and Ehrlich, P. R. (2011) Reservoirs of richness: least disturbed tropical forests are centres of undescribed species diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279(1726): 67-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0433

Gorenflo, L.J. and Katrina, B. (2006) Key human dimensions of gaps in global biodiversity conservation.Bioscience, 56(9): 723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[723:KHDOGI]2.0.CO;2

Green, A., Smith, S.E., Lipsett-Moore, G., Groves, C., Peterson, N., Sheppard, S., Lokani, P., Hamilton, R., Almany, J., Aitsi, J. and Bualia, L. (2009) Designing a resilient network of marine protected areas for Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Oryx, 43(04): 488-498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605309990342

Greve, M., Lykke, A. M., Blach-Overgaard, A. and Svenning, J.-C. (2011) Environmental and anthropogenic determinants of vegetation distribution across Africa. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20(5): 661-674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00666.x

Haberl, H., Batterbury, S. and Moran, E. (2001) Using and shaping the land: a long-term perspective. Land Use Policy 18(1): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0264-8377(00)00040-5

Haberl, H., Wackernagel, M. and Wrbka, T. (2004) Land use and sustainability indicators. An introduction. Land Use Policy 21(3): 193-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2003.10.004

Haberl, H., Winiwarter, V., Andersson, K., Ayres, R.U., Boone, C., Castillo, A., Cunfer, G., Fischer-Kowalski, M., Freudenburg, W.R., Furman, E., Kaufmann, R., Krausmann, F., Langthaler, E., Lotze-Campen, H., Mirti, M., Redman, C., Reenberg, A., Wardell, A., Warr, B. and Zechmeister, H. (2006) From LTER to LTSER: Conceptualizing the socioeconomic dimension of long-term socioecological research. Ecology and Society, 11(2). http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art13/

Haeussler, S. and Bergeron, Y. (2004) Range of variability in boreal aspen plant communities after wildfire and clear-cutting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere, 34(2): 274-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x03-274

Haines, A.M., Leu, M., Svancara, L.K., Scott, J.M. and Reese, K.P. (2008) A theoretical approach to using human footprint data to assess landscape level conservation efforts. Conservation Letters, 1(4): 165-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00024.x

Hermoso, V., Linke, S., Prenda, J. and Possingham, H. P. (2011) Addressing longitudinal connectivity in the systematic conservation planning of fresh waters. Freshwater Biology 56(1): 57-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02390.x

Hobbs, R.J., Arico, S., Aronson, J., Baron, J.S., Bridgewater, P., Cramer, V.A., Epstein, P.R., Ewel, J.J., Klink, C.A., Lugo, A.E., Norton, D., Ojima, D., Richardson, D.M., Sanderson, E.W., Valladares, F., Vil, M., Zamora, R. and Zobel, M. (2006) Novel ecosystems: Theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 15(1): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00212.x

Hobbs, R.J., Higgs, E. and Harris, J.A. (2009) Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(11): 599-605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.05.012

Houniet, D.T., Thuiller, W. and Tolley, K.A. (2009) Potential effects of predicted climate change on the endemic South African Dwarf Chameleons, Bradypodion. African Journal of Herpetology, 58(1): 28-35. http://www.will.chez-alice.fr/pdf/Houniet2009JH.pdf

Hu, J., Hu, H. and Jiang, Z. (2010) The impacts of climate change on the wintering distribution of an endangered migratory bird. Oecologia, 164(2): 555-565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1732-z

Hu, J. and Jiang, Z. (2011) Climate change hastens the conservation urgency of an endangered ungulate. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22873. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022873

Hu, J. and Jiang, Z. (2012) Detecting the potential sympatric range and niche divergence between Asian endemic ungulates of Procapra. Naturwissenschaften 99(7): 553-565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-012-0933-1

Jackson, L.E., Pascual, U. and Hodgkin, T. (2007) Utilizing and conserving agrobiodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 121(3): 196-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2006.12.017

Jenerette, G.D. and Larsen, L. (2006) A global perspective on changing sustainable urban water supplies.Global and Planetary Change, 50(3-4): 202-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.01.004

Karanth, K.K., Curran, L.M. and Reuning-Scherer, J.D. (2006) Village size and forest disturbance in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation, 128(2): 147-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.024

Kareiva, P., Watts, S., McDonald, R. and Boucher, T. (2007)  Domesticated nature: Shaping landscapes and ecosystems for human welfare. Science, 316(5833): 1866-1869. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1140170

Kark, S., Levin, N., Grantham, H.S. and Possingham, H.P. (2009) Between-country collaboration and consideration of costs increase conservation planning efficiency in the Mediterranean Basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(36): 15368-15373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901001106

Kark, S. and Sol, D. (2005) Establishment success across convergent Mediterranean ecosystems: an analysis of bird introductions. Conservation Biology 19(5): 1519-1527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00208.x

Kerkhoff, A.J. and Enquist, B.J. (2007) The implications of scaling approaches for understanding resilience and reorganization in ecosystems. Bioscience, 57(6): 489-499. http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/B570606

Kerr, J. T. and Deguise, I. (2004) Habitat loss and the limits to endangered species recovery. Ecology Letters 7(12): 1163-1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00676.x

Kerr, J. T., Kharouba, H. M. and Currie, D. J. (2007) The macroecological contribution to global change solutions. Science 316(5831): 1581-1584. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1133267

Kerr, J.T., Perring, M. and Currie, D.J. (2006) The missing Madagascan mid-domain effect. Ecology Letters, 9(2): 149-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00860.x

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