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Effects of global shocks on the evolution of an interconnected world by Viña, Andrés, Liu, Jianguo

“…As the world grows more interconnected through the flows of people, goods, and information, many challenges are becoming more difficult to address since human…”
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Editorial for Special Issue “Remote Sensing for Monitoring Wildlife and Habitat in a Changing World” by Viña, Andrés

“…Escalating human impacts on the Earth are creating unprecedented challenges, including the drastic degradation and loss of biodiversity worldwide [...]…”
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Foliar absorption coefficient derived from reflectance spectra: A gauge of the efficiency of in situ light-capture by different pigment groups by Gitelson, Anatoly, Solovchenko, Alexei, Viña, Andrés

“…The absorption of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) by different foliar pigments defines the amount of energy available for photosynthesis and also the…”
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Green Leaf Area Index Estimation in Maize and Soybean: Combining Vegetation Indices to Achieve Maximal Sensitivity by Nguy-Robertson, Anthony, Gitelson, Anatoly, Peng, Yi, Vina, Andres, Arkebauer, Timothy, Rundquist, Donald

“…Vegetation indices (VIs), traditionally used for estimation of green leaf area index (gLAI), have different sensitivities along the range of gLAI variability…”
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Comparison of different vegetation indices for the remote assessment of green leaf area index of crops by Viña, Andrés, Gitelson, Anatoly A., Nguy-Robertson, Anthony L., Peng, Yi

“…Many algorithms have been developed for the remote estimation of biophysical characteristics of vegetation, in terms of combinations of spectral bands,…”
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Flat Gauge Fields and the Riemann-Hilbert Correspondence by Viña, Andrés

“…The geometric phase that appears in the effects of Aharonov–Bohm type is interpreted in the frame of Deligne's version of the Riemann–Hilbert correspondence…”
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Evaluating plant photosynthetic traits via absorption coefficient in the photosynthetically active radiation region by Gitelson, Anatoly, Arkebauer, Timothy, Viña, Andrés, Skakun, Sergii, Inoue, Yoshio

“…Absorption of radiation in the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) region is significantly influenced by plant biochemistry, structural properties, and…”
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Derivation of canopy light absorption coefficient from reflectance spectra by Gitelson, Anatoly, Viña, Andrés, Solovchenko, Alexei, Arkebauer, Timothy, Inoue, Yoshio

“…The light absorption coefficient of vegetation is related to the content and composition of pigments in the plant canopy. It is a useful metric for…”
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Socioeconomic and environmental effects of soybean production in metacoupled systems by da Silva, Ramon Felipe Bicudo, Viña, Andrés, Moran, Emilio F., Dou, Yue, Batistella, Mateus, Liu, Jianguo

“…Human–environment interactions within and across borders are now more influential than ever, posing unprecedented sustainability challenges. The framework of…”
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Nonlinear effects of group size on collective action and resource outcomes by Yang, Wu, Liu, Wei, Viña, Andrés, Tuanmu, Mao-Ning, He, Guangming, Dietz, Thomas, Liu, Jianguo

“…For decades, scholars have been trying to determine whether small or large groups are more likely to cooperate for collective action and successfully manage…”
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Reassessing the conservation status of the giant panda using remote sensing by Xu, Weihua, Viña, Andrés, Kong, Lingqiao, Pimm, Stuart L., Zhang, Jingjing, Yang, Wu, Xiao, Yi, Zhang, Lu, Chen, Xiaodong, Liu, Jianguo, Ouyang, Zhiyun

“…The conservation status of the iconic giant panda is a barometer of global conservation efforts. The IUCN Red List has downgraded the panda’s extinction risk…”
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A global assessment of the impact of individual protected areas on preventing forest loss by Yang, Hongbo, Viña, Andrés, Winkler, Julie Ann, Chung, Min Gon, Huang, Qiongyu, Dou, Yue, McShea, William J., Songer, Melissa, Zhang, Jindong, Liu, Jianguo

“…Globally, the number and extent of terrestrial protected areas (PAs) are expanding rapidly. Nonetheless, their impacts on preventing forest loss and the…”
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China's Environment on a Metacoupled Planet by Liu, Jianguo, Viña, Andrés, Yang, Wu, Li, Shuxin, Xu, Weihua, Zheng, Hua

“…China has emerged as a global economic powerhouse after four decades of unprecedented growth. Such growth has generated many environmental challenges with…”
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Using Cost‐Effective Targeting to Enhance the Efficiency of Conservation Investments in Payments for Ecosystem Services by CHEN, XIAODONG, LUPI, FRANK, VIÑA, ANDRÉS, HE, GUANGMING, LIU, JIANGUO

“…Ecosystem services are being protected and restored worldwide through payments for ecosystem services in which participants are paid to alter their…”
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Effects of payments for ecosystem services on wildlife habitat recovery by Tuanmu, Mao-Ning, Viña, Andrés, Yang, Wu, Chen, Xiaodong, Shortridge, Ashton M., Liu, Jianguo

“…Conflicts between local people's livelihoods and conservation have led to many unsuccessful conservation efforts and have stimulated debates on policies that…”
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Range-wide evaluation of wildlife habitat change: A demonstration using Giant Pandas by Yang, Hongbo, Viña, Andrés, Tang, Ying, Zhang, Jindong, Wang, Fang, Zhao, Zhiqiang, Liu, Jianguo

“…Information on wildlife habitat distribution and change is crucial for the design and evaluation of conservation efforts. While habitat distribution has been…”
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The hidden risk of using umbrella species as conservation surrogates: A spatio-temporal approach by Wang, Fang, Winkler, Julie, Viña, Andrés, McShea, William Joseph, Li, Sheng, Connor, Thomas, Zhao, Zhiqiang, Wang, Dajun, Yang, Hongbo, Tang, Ying, Zhang, Jindong, Liu, Jianguo

“…The use of a charismatic umbrella species as surrogate for sympatric species is often advocated as an efficient approach. However, comprehensive evaluations…”
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Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships by Liu, Jianguo, Hull, Vanessa, Luo, Junyan, Yang, Wu, Liu, Wei, Viña, Andrés, Vogt, Christine, Xu, Zhenci, Yang, Hongbo, Zhang, Jindong, An, Li, Chen, Xiaodong, Li, Shuxin, Ouyang, Zhiyun, Xu, Weihua, Zhang, Hemin

“…Increasingly, the world is becoming socioeconomically and environmentally connected, but many studies have focused on human-environment interactions within a…”
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Effects of conservation policy on China's forest recovery by Viña, Andrés, McConnell, William J, Yang, Hongbo, Xu, Zhenci, Liu, Jianguo

“…Forest loss is one of the most pervasive land surface transformations on Earth, with drastic effects on global climate, ecosystems, and human well-being. As…”
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Hidden roles of protected areas in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services by Viña, Andrés, Liu, Jianguo

“…Many of the current protected areas worldwide are established for the conservation of particular species of interest, yet their benefits may go beyond these…”
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