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Molecular engineering of confined space in metal-organic cages by Lewis, James E M

“…Metal-organic cages (MOCs) have become an intensely studied class of abiotic host molecules. This is due to the ability to generate a myriad of polyhedral…”
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One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure by Jones, Kendall R, Venter, Oscar, Fuller, Richard A, Allan, James R, Maxwell, Sean L, Negret, Pablo Jose, Watson, James E M

“…In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the growth of protected land globally. Protected areas are the primary…”
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Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity by Sonter, Laura J., Dade, Marie C., Watson, James E. M., Valenta, Rick K.

“…Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated biodiversity losses. However, generating the required technologies and…”
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Protected area targets post-2020 by Visconti, Piero, Butchart, Stuart H M, Brooks, Thomas M, Langhammer, Penny F, Marnewick, Daniel, Vergara, Sheila, Yanosky, Alberto, Watson, James E M

“…Outcome-based targets are needed to achieve biodiversity goals In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan for…”
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The performance and potential of protected areas by Watson, James E. M., Dudley, Nigel, Segan, Daniel B., Hockings, Marc

“…Originally conceived to conserve iconic landscapes and wildlife, protected areas are now expected to achieve an increasingly diverse set of conservation,…”
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Wilderness areas halve the extinction risk of terrestrial biodiversity by Di Marco, Moreno, Ferrier, Simon, Harwood, Tom D., Hoskins, Andrew J., Watson, James E. M.

“…Reducing the rate of global biodiversity loss is a major challenge facing humanity 1 , as the consequences of biological annihilation would be irreversible for…”
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Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land by Ward, Michelle, Saura, Santiago, Williams, Brooke, Ramírez-Delgado, Juan Pablo, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Allan, James R., Venter, Oscar, Dubois, Grégoire, Watson, James E. M.

“…Land free of direct anthropogenic disturbance is considered essential for achieving biodiversity conservation outcomes but is rapidly eroding. In response,…”
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Global mismatch between greenhouse gas emissions and the burden of climate change by Althor, Glenn, Watson, James E. M., Fuller, Richard A.

“…Countries export much of the harm created by their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions because the Earth’s atmosphere intermixes globally. Yet, the extent to which…”
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Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk by Di Marco, Moreno, Venter, Oscar, Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M.

“…Predicting how species respond to human pressure is essential to anticipate their decline and identify appropriate conservation strategies. Both human pressure…”
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Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science by Sonter, Laura J., Ali, Saleem H., Watson, James E. M.

“…Mining poses serious and highly specific threats to biodiversity. However, mining can also be a means for financing alternative livelihood paths that, over the…”
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The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people by Scheffers, Brett R., De Meester, Luc, Bridge, Tom C. L., Hoffmann, Ary A., Pandolfi, John M., Corlett, Richard T., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Pearce-Kelly, Paul, Kovacs, Kit M., Dudgeon, David, Pacifici, Michela, Rondinini, Carlo, Foden, Wendy B., Martin, Tara G., Mora, Camilo, Bickford, David, Watson, James E. M.

“…Most ecological processes now show responses to anthropogenic climate change. In terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, species are changing…”
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Learning with reinforcement prediction errors in a model of the Drosophila mushroom body by Bennett, James E. M., Philippides, Andrew, Nowotny, Thomas

“…Effective decision making in a changing environment demands that accurate predictions are learned about decision outcomes. In Drosophila , such learning is…”
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Mapping vulnerability and conservation adaptation strategies under climate change by Watson, James E. M., Iwamura, Takuya, Butt, Nathalie

“…Risk maps of climate impacts are potentially useful for targeting efforts to minimize ecological losses. However, most such maps only identify exposure to…”
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Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability by Runting, Rebecca K., Phinn, Stuart, Xie, Zunyi, Venter, Oscar, Watson, James E. M.

“…Big data reveals new, stark pictures of the state of our environments. It also reveals ‘bright spots’ amongst the broad pattern of decline and—crucially—the…”
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Iterative Synthesis of Oligo[n]rotaxanes in Excellent Yield by Lewis, James E. M, Winn, Joby, Cera, Luca, Goldup, Stephen M

“…We present an operationally simple iterative coupling strategy for the synthesis of oligomeric homo- and hetero­[n]­rotaxanes with precise control over the…”
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Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates by Allan, James R, Watson, James E M, Di Marco, Moreno, O'Bryan, Christopher J, Possingham, Hugh P, Atkinson, Scott C, Venter, Oscar

“…Conserving threatened species requires identifying where across their range they are being impacted by threats, yet this remains unresolved across most of…”
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A Stimuli-Responsive Rotaxane-Gold Catalyst: Regulation of Activity and Diastereoselectivity by Galli, Marzia, Lewis, James E. M., Goldup, Stephen M.

“…A rotaxane‐based Au catalyst was developed and the effect of the mechanical bond on its behavior was studied. Unlike the non‐interlocked thread, the rotaxane…”
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Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds by Runge, Claire A., Watson, James E. M., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Hanson, Jeffrey O., Possingham, Hugh P., Fuller, Richard A.

“…Migratory species depend on a suite of interconnected sites. Threats to unprotected links in these chains of sites are driving rapid population declines of…”
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Protect the last of the wild by Watson, James E. M., Venter, Oscar, Lee, Jasmine, Jones, Kendall R., Robinson, John G., Possingham, Hugh P., Allan, James R.

“…Global conservation policy must stop the disappearance of Earth’s few intact ecosystems, warn James E. M. Watson, James R. Allan and colleagues. Global…”
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Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals by Pacifici, Michela, Rondinini, Carlo, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Burbidge, Andrew A., Cristiano, Andrea, Watson, James E. M., Woinarski, John C. Z., Di Marco, Moreno

“…Understanding changes in species distributions is essential to disentangle the mechanisms that drive their responses to anthropogenic habitat modification…”
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