Publications
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Evaluation of Ecosystem Service Policies from Biophysical and Social Perspectives: The Case of China
Published on March 13, 2013
China has been implementing many large-scale ecosystem service policies. This article highlights three major ones – Nature Reserve System, Natural Forest Conservation Program, and Grain-to-Green Program. -
Effects of conservation policies on forest cover change in giant panda habitat regions, China
Published on January 22, 2013
After long periods of deforestation, forest transition has occurred globally, but the causes of forest transition in different countries are highly variable. -
Modelling for forest management synergies and trade-offs: Northern hardwood tree regeneration, timber and deer
Published on November 20, 2012
We present a forest tree regeneration, growth, and harvest simulation model developed with the express purpose of assisting managers to evaluate the impacts of timber and deer management on forest dynamics in northern hardwood forests. -
Improving the efficiency of conservation policies with the use of surrogates derived from remotely sensed and ancillary data
Published on October 18, 2012
Conservation policies are emerging in many places around the world, many of which involve payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes -
PNAS - Coexistence between wildlife and humans at fine spatial scales
Published on September 3, 2012
Tigers in Nepal take the night shift to avoid people -
Water Sustainability for China and Beyond
Published on August 10, 2012
We highlight China’s water crisis and plan, and then offer recommendations. -
Utility of a psychological framework for carnivore conservation
Published on August 1, 2012
Conserving threatened carnivore species increasingly depends on the capacity of local people to cohabit with those species. -
How Perceived Exposure to Environmental Harm Influences Environmental Behavior in Urban China
Published on July 30, 2012
Our results suggest that more participation in pro-environmental behaviors may be expected as rapid economic development increases public exposure to environmental harm in urban China. -
Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to population-environment research for sustainability aims: a review and appraisal
Published on June 8, 2012
The causes and consequences of demographic changes for the environment, and the possible ways of influencing population dynamics to achieve ‘sustainability’, have been the subject of many debates in science and policy in recent decades -
Long-Term Ecological Effects of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Wolong Nature Reserve (China)
Published on May 23, 2012
Human population has exerted enormous impacts on biodiversity, even in areas with “biodiversity hotspots” identified by Myers et al. -
Weak Ties, Labor Migration, and Environmental Impacts: Toward a Sociology of Sustainability
Published on May 23, 2012
Debate about the substitutability of manufactured, natural, human, and social capital is at the heart of sustainability theory -
Drivers and Socioeconomic Impacts of Tourism Participation in Protected Areas
Published on April 30, 2012
In a multi-year study, we followed a representative sample of 220 local households from 1999 to 2007 to investigate the diverse benefits that these households received from recent development of nature-based tourism in the area. -
Relationship between floristic similarity and vegetated land surface phenology: Implications for the synoptic monitoring of species diversity at broad geographic regions
Published on March 23, 2012
Assessing species composition and its changes through time across broad geographic regions is time consuming and a difficult endeavor. -
Evaluating the efï¬cacy of zoning designations for protected area management
Published on October 28, 2011
Protected areas worldwide are facing increasing pressures to co-manage human development and biodiversity conservation. -
Agent-based modeling of the effects of social norms on enrollment in payments for ecosystem services
Published on August 2, 2011
In this paper, we developed an agent-based simulation model to demonstrate the evolution and impacts of social norms on the enrollment of agricultural land in a PES program. -
Impact of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake on biodiversity and giant panda habitat in Wolong Nature Reserve, China
Published on July 14, 2011
This study has implications for understanding the impact of natural disasters on biodiversity and highlights the importance of fine scale on-the-ground assessments of disaster impacts on wildlife and their habitats. -
Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability
Published on July 11, 2011
This book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity. -
Combined long-term effects of variable tree regeneration and timber management on forest songbirds and timber production
Published on May 2, 2011
In this paper, we investigate the combined long-term impacts of variable tree regeneration and timber management on stand structure, songbird occupancy probabilities, and timber production in northern hardwood forests. -
Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS): Approach, Challenges, and Strategies
Published on April 6, 2011
This article provides an overview of the CHANS approach. -
Temporal transferability of wildlife habitat models: implications for habitat monitoring
Published on March 31, 2011
This study provides useful guidance for habitat monitoring through the integration of remote sensing technology and habitat modelling, which may be useful for the conservation of the giant panda and many other species.