Publications
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WATER INTERNATIONAL -- Telecoupling in urban water systems: an examination of Beijing's imported water supply
Published on December 3, 2015
We apply the new telecoupling framework to the water-stressed megacity of Beijing’s imported water supply. -
Evolution of tourism in a flagship protected area of China
Published on October 7, 2015
This research applied the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model to illustrate and analyze the 30-year evolution of tourism in Wolong Nature Reserve. -
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships
Published on October 1, 2015
Even a protected area like the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas in southwest China has multiple telecoupling processes with the rest of the world. -
Meta-studies in land use science: Current coverage and prospects
Published on September 28, 2015
Meta-studies synthesize findings across case-study evidence to identify general patterns. In this paper, we provide a review of meta-studies in land use science. -
Spatiotemporal patterns of non-genetically modified crops in the era of expansion of genetically modified food
Published on September 23, 2015
Despite heated debates over the safety of genetically modified (GM) food, GM crops have been expanding rapidly. -
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- Synthesis of human-nature feedbacks
Published on September 11, 2015
In an introduction to the special feature, we provide an overview of CHANS feedbacks. In addition, we synthesize key CHANS feedbacks that emerged in the papers across agricultural, forest, and urban landscapes. -
Activity patterns of the giant panda
Published on July 30, 2015
Activity patterns of the elusive and endangered giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are not well understood -
An integrated approach to understanding the linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being
Published on July 22, 2015
We examined how human dependence on ES and HWB might be affected by direct drivers, such as a natural disaster, and how human dependence on ES and direct and indirect drivers might affect HWB. -
Promises and perils for the panda
Published on May 22, 2015
Excerpts from Promises and perils for the panda -
Space use by endangered giant pandas
Published on March 29, 2015
We studied 5 giant pandas using GPS telemetry and estimated home ranges, core areas, and space use using model-based approaches. -
Hidden Benefits of Electric Vehicles for Addressing Climate Change
Published on March 19, 2015
Here we reveal two hidden benefits of EVs for addressing climate change to support the imperative acceleration of replacing CVs with EVs. -
SCIENCE -- Systems integration for global sustainability
Published on February 27, 2015
Systems integration—holistic approaches to integrating various components of coupled human and natural systems—is critical to understand socioeconomic and environmental interconnections and to create sustainability solutions. -
A synthesis of giant panda habitat selection
Published on January 12, 2015
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a global conservation icon, but its habitat selection patterns are poorly understood. -
Synchronized peak-rate years of global resources use
Published on January 7, 2015
This study has estimated the year of peak rate for multiple resources and investigated the relationships among them. -
Impacts of people and tigers on leopard spatiotemporal activity patterns in a global biodiversity hotspot
Published on December 9, 2014
Continuing to evaluate the interconnections among leopards, tigers, prey, and people across different land management regimes is needed to develop robust landscape-scale conservation strategies. -
Rethinking China's new great wall
Published on November 21, 2014
China’s position as the world’s second largest economy is largely due to its rapid economic growth in the coastal region, which comprises only 13% of China’s total land area, yet contributes 60% of the GDP -
Pandas, Plants, and People
Published on November 20, 2014
Our synthesis shows that many human factors, including socioeconomic and demographic, together with other factors (e.g., projected global climate change), exhibit reciprocal interactions with pandas and the plant species that comprise their habitat. -
Coupled human and natural systems approach to wildlife research and conservation
Published on September 12, 2014
Conserving wildlife while simultaneously meeting the resource needs of a growing human population is a major sustainability challenge. -
Economic development and coastal ecosystem change in China
Published on August 20, 2014
We compiled a multifaceted dataset to quantify coastal trends and examine the role of economic growth in China’s coastal degradation since the 1950s. -
RETHINKING GLOBAL LAND USE IN AN URBAN ERA - Significance of Telecoupling for Exploration of Land-Use Change
Published on April 22, 2014
Land systems are increasingly infl uenced by distal connections: the externalities and unintended consequences of social and ecological processes which occur in distant locations