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Classic Period collapse of the Central Maya Lowlands: Insights about human–environment relationships for sustainability by Turner, B. L, Sabloff, Jeremy A

“…The ninth century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatán peninsular region were the result of complex human–environment…”
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Innovations in diabetes: what impact have they had on people with diabetes? by Turner, B.

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Evaluating the effect of 3D urban form on neighborhood land surface temperature using Google Street View and geographically weighted regression by Zhang, Yujia, Middel, Ariane, Turner, B. L.

“…Context Land surface temperature (LST) directly responds to incoming solar radiation and is strongly influenced by vertical urban structures, such as trees and…”
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Sustainability in an urbanizing planet by Seto, Karen C., Golden, Jay S., Alberti, Marina, Turner, B. L.

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The Emergence of Land Change Science for Global Environmental Change and Sustainability by Turner, B. L., Lambin, Eric F., Reenberg, Anette

“…Land change science has emerged as a fundamental component of global environmental change and sustainability research. This interdisciplinary field seeks to…”
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Effect of woody-plant encroachment on livestock production in North and South America by Anadón, José D., Sala, Osvaldo E., Turner, B. L., Bennett, Elena M.

“…A large fraction of the world grasslands and savannas are undergoing a rapid shift from herbaceous to woody-plant dominance. This land-cover change is expected…”
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Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development by Reynolds, James F, Smith, D. Mark Stafford, Lambin, Eric F, Turner, B.L. II, Mortimore, Michael, Batterbury, Simon P.J, Downing, Thomas E, Dowlatabadi, Hadi, Fernández, Roberto J, Herrick, Jeffrey E, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jiang, Hong, Leemans, Rik, Lynam, Tim, Maestre, Fernando T, Ayarza, Miguel, Walker, Brian

“…In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland…”
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Stem, root, and older leaf N:P ratios are more responsive indicators of soil nutrient availability than new foliage by Schreeg, L. A, Santiago, L. S, Wright, S. J, Turner, B. L

“…Foliar nitrogen to phosphorus (N:P) ratios are widely used to indicate soil nutrient availability and limitation, but the foliar ratios of woody plants have…”
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Plants sustain the terrestrial silicon cycle during ecosystem retrogression by de Tombeur, F, Turner, B L, Laliberté, E, Lambers, H, Mahy, G, Faucon, M-P, Zemunik, G, Cornelis, J-T

“…The biogeochemical silicon cycle influences global primary productivity and carbon cycling, yet changes in silicon sources and cycling during long-term…”
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The benefits of trees for livable and sustainable communities by Turner‐Skoff, Jessica B., Cavender, Nicole

“…Societal Impact Statement Trees play a critical role for people and the planet. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the presence of trees and urban nature…”
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From land-use/land-cover to land system science: This article belongs to Ambio’s 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Agricultural land use by Turner, B. L., Lambin, Eric F., Verburg, Peter H.

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Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970-2005 by Rudel, Thomas K, Schneider, Laura, Uriarte, Maria, Turner, B.L. II, DeFries, Ruth, Lawrence, Deborah, Geoghegan, Jacqueline, Hecht, Susanna, Ickowitz, Amy, Lambin, Eric F, Birkenholtz, Trevor, Baptista, Sandra, Grau, Ricardo

“…Does the intensification of agriculture reduce cultivated areas and, in so doing, spare some lands by concentrating production on other lands? Such sparing is…”
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From land-use/land-cover to land system science by Turner, B L, Lambin, Eric F, Verburg, Peter H

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A Framework for Vulnerability Analysis in Sustainability Science by Turner, B. L., Kasperson, Roger E., Matson, Pamela A., McCarthy, James J., Corell, Robert W., Christensen, Lindsey, Eckley, Noelle, Kasperson, Jeanne X., Luers, Amy, Martello, Marybeth L., Polsky, Colin, Pulsipher, Alexander, Schiller, Andrew

“…Global environmental change and sustainability science increasingly recognize the need to address the consequences of changes taking place in the structure and…”
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The new system of health accounts in Ireland: what does it all mean? by Turner, B.

“…Background The Central Statistics Office released new figures on Ireland’s health spending in December 2015, based on the System of Health Accounts (SHA2011)…”
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Transgenics, toxicity and therapeutics in rodent models of mutant SOD1-mediated familial ALS by Turner, Bradley J, Talbot, Kevin

“…Gain-of-function mutations in the Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene are implicated in progressive motor neuron death and paralysis in one form of…”
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Triplet Separation Drives Singlet Fission after Femtosecond Correlated Triplet Pair Production in Rubrene by Breen, Ilana, Tempelaar, Roel, Bizimana, Laurie A, Kloss, Benedikt, Reichman, David R, Turner, Daniel B

“…Singlet fission, a multistep molecular process in which one photon generates two triplet excitons, holds great technological promise. Here, by applying a…”
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Developing a Science of Land Change: Challenges and Methodological Issues by Rindfuss, Ronald R., Walsh, Stephen J., Turner, B. L., Fox, Jefferson, Mishra, Vinod, Hanson, Susan

“…Land-change science has emerged as a foundational element of global environment change and sustainability science. It seeks to understand the human and…”
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Chronic stress, glucocorticoid receptor resistance, inflammation, and disease risk by Cohen, Sheldon, Janicki-Deverts, Denise, Doyle, William J, Miller, Gregory E, Frank, Ellen, Rabin, Bruce S, Turner, Ronald B

“…We propose a model wherein chronic stress results in glucocorticoid receptor resistance (GCR) that, in turn, results in failure to down-regulate inflammatory…”
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Chinese sisal estates and smallholder land uses and livelihoods, Kilosa, Central Tanzania by Li, Puyang, Zhang, Yujia, Turner, B.L., Li, Wei

“…•This study assesses the complex impacts of land acquisitions in central Tanzania.•The revival of estates leads to significant smallholder land-livelihood…”
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