Search Results - "LOARIE, SCOTT R."

On the Protection of "Protected Areas" by Joppa, Lucas N., Loarie, Scott R., Pimm, Stuart L.

“…Tropical moist forests contain the majority of terrestrial species. Human actions destroy between 1 and 2 million km² of such forests per decade, with…”
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Climate Change, Elevational Range Shifts, and Bird Extinctions by SEKERCIOGLU, CAGAN H., SCHNEIDER, STEPHEN H., FAY, JOHN P., LOARIE, SCOTT R.

“…Limitations imposed on species ranges by the climatic, ecological, and physiological effects of elevation are important determinants of extinction risk. We…”
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Climate change and the future of California's endemic flora by Loarie, Scott R, Carter, Benjamin E, Hayhoe, Katharine, McMahon, Sean, Moe, Richard, Knight, Charles A, Ackerly, David D

“…The flora of California, a global biodiversity hotspot, includes 2387 endemic plant taxa. With anticipated climate change, we project that up to 66% will…”
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Understanding movement data and movement processes: current and emerging directions by Schick, Robert S, Loarie, Scott R, Colchero, Fernando, Best, Benjamin D, Boustany, Andre, Conde, Dalia A, Halpin, Patrick N, Joppa, Lucas N, McClellan, Catherine M, Clark, James S

“…Animal movement has been the focus on much theoretical and empirical work in ecology over the last 25 years. By studying the causes and consequences of…”
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Diverse Responses of Phenology to Global Changes in a Grassland Ecosystem by Cleland, Elsa E., Chiariello, Nona R., Loarie, Scott R., Mooney, Harold A., Field, Christopher B.

“…Shifting plant phenology (i.e., timing of flowering and other developmental events) in recent decades establishes that species and ecosystems are already…”
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Persistence of Forest Birds in the Costa Rican Agricultural Countryside by SEKERCIOGLU, CAGAN H., LOARIE, SCOTT R., OVIEDO BRENES, FEDERICO, EHRLICH, PAUL R., DAILY, GRETCHEN C.

“…Understanding the persistence mechanisms of tropical forest species in human-dominated landscapes is a fundamental challenge of tropical ecology and…”
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On population growth near protected areas by Joppa, Lucas N, Loarie, Scott R, Pimm, Stuart L

“…Protected areas are the first, and often only, line of defense in efforts to conserve biodiversity. They might be detrimental or beneficial to rural…”
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Boosted carbon emissions from Amazon deforestation by Loarie, Scott R., Asner, Gregory P., Field, Christopher B.

“…Standing biomass is a major, often poorly quantified determinate of carbon losses from land clearing. We analyzed maps from the 2001–2007 PRODES deforestation…”
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The velocity of climate change by Asner, Gregory P, Field, Christopher B, Hamilton, Healy, Loarie, Scott R, Ackerly, David D, Duffy, Philip B

“…The ranges of plants and animals are moving in response to recent changes in climate. As temperatures rise, ecosystems with 'nowhere to go', such as mountains,…”
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Lion hunting behaviour and vegetation structure in an African savanna by Loarie, Scott R., Tambling, Craig J., Asner, Gregory P.

“…Emerging evidence suggests that male lions are not dependent on female's hunting skills but are in fact successful hunters. But difficulty locating kills and…”
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Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil by Loarie, Scott R., Lobell, David B., Asner, Gregory P., Mu, Qiaozhen, Field, Christopher B.

“…Expanding biofuel production into agricultural land reduces the need to clear natural ecosystems and can benefit the global climate through reduced…”
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Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity by Zanne, Amy E, Westoby, Mark, Falster, Daniel S, Ackerly, David D, Loarie, Scott R, Arnold, Sarah E.J, Coomes, David A

“…Woody stems comprise a large biological carbon fraction and determine water transport between roots and leaves; their structure and function can influence both…”
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Fences and artificial water affect African savannah elephant movement patterns by Loarie, Scott R., Aarde, Rudi J. Van, Pimm, Stuart L.

“…The IUCN Redlist considers the African savannah elephant ( Loxodonta africana) to be “vulnerable” despite it numbering in the 100,000s and having a large…”
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Strong response of an invasive plant species (Centaurea solstitialis L.) to global environmental changes by Dukes, Jeffrey S, Chiariello, Nona R, Loarie, Scott R, Field, Christopher B

“…Global environmental changes are altering interactions among plant species, sometimes favoring invasive species. Here, we examine how a suite of five…”
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Elephant seasonal vegetation preferences across dry and wet savannas by Loarie, Scott R., van Aarde, Rudi J., Pimm, Stuart L.

“…As African savanna elephants ( Loxodonta africana) become increasingly confined to smaller fragmented landscapes, concern over their potential detrimental…”
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Publish openly but responsibly by Lowe, Andrew J., Smyth, Anita K., Atkins, Ken, Avery, Ron, Belbin, Lee, Brown, Noleen, Budden, Amber E., Gioia, Paul, Guru, Siddeswara, Hardie, Mel, Hirsch, Tim, Hobern, Donald, La Salle, John, Loarie, Scott R., Miles, Matt, Milne, Damian, Nicholls, Miles, Rossetto, Maurizio, Smits, Jennifer, Sparrow, Ben, Terrill, Gregston, Turner, David, Wardle, Glenda M.

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Tropical countryside riparian corridors provide critical habitat and connectivity for seed-dispersing forest birds in a fragmented landscape by Şekercioğlu, Çağan H, Loarie, Scott R, Oviedo-Brenes, Federico, Mendenhall, Chase D, Daily, Gretchen C, Ehrlich, Paul R

“…We conducted extensive mist netting and radio tracking of common frugivorous, seed-dispersing, and tropical forest-dwelling blue-crowned manakins (Lepidothrix…”
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Satellites miss environmental priorities by Loarie, Scott R., Joppa, Lucas N., Pimm, Stuart L.

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Remote analysis of biological invasion and the impact of enemy release by Kellner, James R, Asner, Gregory P, Kinney, Kealoha M, Loarie, Scott R, Knapp, David E, Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty, Questad, Erin J, Cordell, Susan, Thaxton, Jarrod M

“…Escape from natural enemies is a widely held generalization for the success of exotic plants. We conducted a large-scale experiment in Hawaii (USA) to quantify…”
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Combined effects of climate and land-use change on the future of humid tropical forests by Asner, Gregory P., Loarie, Scott R., Heyder, Ursula

“…New deforestation and selective logging data and climate change projections suggest that biodiversity refugia in humid tropical forests may change more…”
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