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Global habitat loss and extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates under future land-use-change scenarios by Powers, Ryan P., Jetz, Walter

“…Habitat transformations caused by human land-use change are considered major drivers of ongoing biodiversity loss 1 – 3 , and their impact on biodiversity is…”
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Murine gamma-herpesvirus immortalization of fetal liver-derived B cells requires both the viral cyclin D homolog and latency-associated nuclear antigen by Liang, Xiaozhen, Paden, Clinton R, Morales, Francine M, Powers, Ryan P, Jacob, Joshy, Speck, Samuel H

“…Human gammaherpesviruses are associated with the development of lymphoproliferative diseases and B cell lymphomas, particularly in immunosuppressed hosts…”
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How wetland type and area differ through scale: A GEOBIA case study in Alberta's Boreal Plains by Powers, Ryan P., Hay, Geoffrey J., Chen, Gang

“…It is estimated that Canada comprises approximately 28% of the world's wetlands (~ 1.5 million km 2) providing essential ecological services such as purifying…”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of tropical deforestation and forest degradation in response to the operation of the Tucuruí hydroelectricdam in the Amazon basin by Chen, Gang, Powers, Ryan P, Carvalho, Luis M.T., de, Mora, Brice

“…The planned construction of hundreds of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin has the potential to provide invaluable 'clean' energy resources for aiding in…”
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Integrating accessibility and intactness into large-area conservation planning in the Canadian boreal forest by Powers, Ryan P., Coops, Nicholas C., Nelson, Trisalyn, Wulder, Michael A., Ronnie Drever, C.

“…•Integrates human accessibility and intactness within spatial conservation tools.•Reserve compactness (i.e., reserve size) greatly influences reserve…”
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A remote sensing approach to biodiversity assessment and regionalization of the Canadian boreal forest by Powers, Ryan P., Coops, Nicholas C., Morgan, Jessica L., Wulder, Michael A., Nelson, Trisalyn A., Drever, Charles R., Cumming, Steven G.

“…Successful conservation planning for the Canadian boreal forest requires biodiversity data that are both accessible and reliable. Spatially exhaustive data is…”
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Development of a pit filling algorithm for LiDAR canopy height models by Ben-Arie, Joshua R., Hay, Geoffrey J., Powers, Ryan P., Castilla, Guillermo, St-Onge, Benoît

“…LiDAR canopy height models (CHMs) can exhibit unnatural looking holes or pits, i.e., pixels with a much lower digital number than their immediate neighbors…”
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A conservation assessment of Canada's boreal forest incorporating alternate climate change scenarios by Powers, Ryan P., Coops, Nicholas C., Tulloch, Vivitskaia J., Gergel, Sarah E., Nelson, Trisalyn A., Wulder, Michael A., Nagendra, Harini, Klerk, Helen

“…Ecologically based strategies for climate change adaptation can be constructively integrated into a terrestrial conservation assessment for Canada's boreal…”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of tropical deforestation and forest degradation in response to the operation of the Tucuruí hydroelectric dam in the Amazon basin by Chen, Gang, Powers, Ryan P., de Carvalho, Luis M.T., Mora, Brice

“…The planned construction of hundreds of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin has the potential to provide invaluable ‘clean’ energy resources for aiding in…”
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