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A climate adaptation strategy for Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site: Steppingstone to climate proofing the East Asian-Australasian Flyway by Wikramanayake, Eric, Or, Carmen, Costa, Felipe, Wen, Xianji, Cheung, Fion, Shapiro, Aurélie

“…The ecological functionality of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway is threatened by the loss of wetlands which provide staging and wintering sites for…”
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Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation by Abell, Robin, Thieme, Michele L., Revenga, Carmen, Bryer, Mark, Kottelat, Maurice, Bogutskaya, Nina, Coad, Brian, Mandrak, Nick, Balderas, Salvador Contreras, Bussing, William, Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Skelton, Paul, Allen, Gerald R., Unmack, Peter, Naseka, Alexander, Ng, Rebecca, Sindorf, Nikolai, Robertson, James, Armijo, Eric, Higgins, Jonathan V., Heibel, Thomas J., Wikramanayake, Eric, Olson, David, López, Hugo L., Reis, Roberto E., Lundberg, John G., Sabaj Pérez, Mark H., Petry, Paulo

“…We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the…”
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Integration of genetic structure into conservation of an endangered, endemic lizard, Ceratophora aspera: A case study from Sri Lanka by Wikramanayake, Shanelle A., Wikramanayake, Eric D., Pallewatta, Nirmalie, Leaché, Adam D.

“…Sri Lanka is a biodiversity hotspot within the Indo‐Malayan Biogeographic region. The lowland and montane rainforest ecoregions contain high proportions of…”
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Tigers in the Terai: Strong evidence for meta-population dynamics contributing to tiger recovery and conservation in the Terai Arc Landscape by Thapa, Kanchan, Wikramanayake, Eric, Malla, Sabita, Acharya, Krishna Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Subedi, Naresh, Pokharel, Chiranjivi Prasad, Thapa, Gokarna Jung, Dhakal, Maheshwar, Bista, Ashish, Borah, Jimmy, Gupta, Mudit, Maurya, Kamlesh K, Gurung, Ghana Shyam, Jnawali, Shant Raj, Pradhan, Narendra Man Babu, Bhata, Shiv Raj, Koirala, Saroj, Ghose, Dipankar, Vattakaven, Joseph

“…The source populations of tigers are mostly confined to protected areas, which are now becoming isolated. A landscape scale conservation strategy should strive…”
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A biodiversity hotspot in turmoil: Doing away with circular 5/2001 could have catastrophic consequences for Sri Lanka's forests by Samarasinghe, Dinal J. S., Wikramanayake, Eric D., Jayakody, Sevvandi, Fernando, Suranjan, Gunawardana, Jagath, Braczkowski, Alexander

“…In 2017, Sri Lanka set a goal to increase its forest cover to 32% by 2030 (Sri Lanka UN‐REDD, 2017). However, on November 4th 2020, the government published…”
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A tool for rapid assessment of wildlife markets in the Asia-Pacific Region for risk of future zoonotic disease outbreaks by Wikramanayake, Eric, Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Magouras, Ioannis, Conan, Anne, Ziegler, Stefan, Bonebrake, Timothy C., Olson, David

“…Decades of warnings that the trade and consumption of wildlife could result in serious zoonotic pandemics have gone largely unheeded. Now the world is ravaged…”
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Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions by Ricketts, T.H, Dinerstein, E, Boucher, T, Brooks, T.M, Butchart, S.H.M, Hoffmann, M, Lamoreux, J.F, Morrison, J, Parr, M, Pilgrim, J.D

“…Slowing rates of global biodiversity loss requires preventing species extinctions. Here we pinpoint centers of imminent extinction, where highly threatened…”
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A landscape-based conservation strategy to double the wild tiger population by Wikramanayake, Eric, Dinerstein, Eric, Seidensticker, John, Lumpkin, Susan, Pandav, Bivash, Shrestha, Mahendra, Mishra, Hemanta, Ballou, Jonathan, Johnsingh, A.J.T., Chestin, Igor, Sunarto, Sunarto, Thinley, Phuntsho, Thapa, Kanchan, Jiang, Guangshun, Elagupillay, Sivananthan, Kafley, Hemanta, Pradhan, Narendra Man Babu, Jigme, Karma, Teak, Seng, Cutter, Peter, Aziz, Md. Abdul, Than, Utin

“…In an unprecedented response to the rapid decline in wild tiger populations, the Heads of Government of the 13 tiger range countries endorsed the St…”
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Conservation Imperatives: securing the last unprotected terrestrial sites harboring irreplaceable biodiversity by Eric Dinerstein, Anup R. Joshi, Nathan R. Hahn, Andy T. L. Lee, Carly Vynne, Karl Burkart, Gregory P. Asner, Charlotte Beckham, Gerardo Ceballos, Richard Cuthbert, Rodolfo Dirzo, Oliver Fankem, Sarah Hertel, Binbin V. Li, Haley Mellin, Félix Pharand-Deschênes, David Olson, Bivash Pandav, Carlos A. Peres, Carlos A. Peres, Rudi Putra, Amy Rosenthal, Amy Rosenthal, Caspar Verwer, Eric Wikramanayake, Andrew Zolli

“…Ambitious biodiversity goals to protect 30% or more of the Earth’s surface by 2030 (30x30) require strategic near-term targets. To define areas that must be…”
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Evaluating wildlife markets for pandemic disease risk by Wikramanayake, Eric, Pfeiffer, Dirk, Magouras, Ioannis, Conan, Anne, Ziegler, Stefan, Bonebrake, Timothy C, Yoganand, K, Olson, David

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Perceptions and Patterns of Human–elephant Conflict in Old and New Settlements in Sri Lanka: Insights for Mitigation and Management by Fernando, Prithiviraj, Wikramanayake, Eric, Weerakoon, Devaka, Jayasinghe, L.K.A., Gunawardene, Manori, Janaka, H.K.

“…Human-elephant conflict poses a major threat to elephants in many parts of Asia, including Sri Lanka. We studied human-elephant conflict in two areas with…”
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Evidence for a critical leopard conservation stronghold from a large protected landscape on the island of Sri Lanka by Samarasinghe, Dinal J.S., Wikramanayake, Eric D., Gopalaswamy, Arjun M., Jayewardene, Rukshan, Kumara, Jehan, Fernando, Javana, Gunawardene, Kithsiri, Alexander, Justine Shanti, Braczkowski, Alexander

“…The decline and extirpation of large carnivore populations can lead to cascading effects in natural ecosystems. An understanding of large carnivore population…”
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Conservation Biology for the Biodiversity Crisis by Olson, David M., Dinerstein, Eric, Powell, George V. N., Wikramanayake, Eric D.

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An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm by DINERSTEIN, ERIC, OLSON, DAVID, JOSHI, ANUP, VYNNE, CARLY, BURGESS, NEIL D., WIKRAMANAYAKE, ERIC, HAHN, NATHAN, PALMINTERI, SUZANNE, HEDAO, PRASHANT, NOSS, REED, HANSEN, MATT, LOCKE, HARVEY, ELLIS, ERLE C, JONES, BENJAMIN, BARBER, CHARLES VICTOR, HAYES, RANDY, KORMOS, CYRIL, MARTIN, VANCE, CRIST, EILEEN, SECHREST, WES, PRICE, LORI, BAILLIE, JONATHAN E. M., WEEDEN, DON, SUCKLING, KIERÁN, DAVIS, CRYSTAL, SIZER, NIGEL, MOORE, REBECCA, THAU, DAVID, BIRCH, TANYA, POTAPOV, PETER, TURUBANOVA, SVETLANA, TYUKAVINA, ALEXANDRA, DE SOUZA, NADIA, PINTEA, LILIAN, BRITO, JOSÉ C., LLEWELLYN, OTHMAN A., MILLER, ANTHONY G., PATZELT, ANNETTE, GHAZANFAR, SHAHINA A., TIMBERLAKE, JONATHAN, KLÖSER, HEINZ, SHENNAN-FARPÓN, YARA, KINDT, ROELAND, LILLESØ, JENS-PETER BARNEKOW, van BREUGEL, PAULO, GRAUDAL, LARS, VOGE, MAIANNA, AL-SHAMMARI, KHALAF F., SALEEM, MUHAMMAD

“…We assess progress toward the protection of 50% of the terrestrial biosphere to address the species-extinction crisis and conserve a global ecological heritage…”
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Ecomorphology and Biogeography of a Tropical Stream Fish Assemblage: Evolution of Assemblage Structure by Wikramanayake, Eric D.

“…The wet—forest stream fishes of Sri Lanka are segregated in ecological and morphological space. Suites of selected morphological attributes of the fishes were…”
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A climate adaptation strategy for Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site: Stepping stone to climate proofing the East Asian-Australasian Flyway by Wikramanayake, Eric, Or, Carmen, Costa, Felipe, Wen, Xianji, Cheung, Fion, Shapiro, Aurélie, Zhang, Yong

“…The ecological functionality of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway is threatened by the loss of wetlands which provide staging and wintering sites for…”
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Conservation and climate change: Assessing the vulnerability of snow leopard habitat to treeline shift in the Himalaya by Forrest, Jessica L., Wikramanayake, Eric, Shrestha, Rinjan, Areendran, Gopala, Gyeltshen, Kinley, Maheshwari, Aishwarya, Mazumdar, Sraboni, Naidoo, Robin, Thapa, Gokarna Jung, Thapa, Kamal

“…► Climate change is expected to affect persistence of species populations. ► We modeled climate impacts on snow leopard habitat. ► About 30% of snow leopard…”
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Assessing climate change impacts on forest ecosystems for landscape-scale spatial planning in Nepal by Thapa, Gokarna Jung, Wikramanayake, Eric, Jnawali, Shant Raj, Oglethorpe, Judy, Adhikari, Ramesh

“…Global climate change is affecting biodiversity and ecological processes. We coupled a general circulation model that uses global datasets with terrain-based…”
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Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth by Olson, David M, Dinerstein, Eric, Wikramanayake, Eric D, Burgess, Neil D

“…Olson et al address the disparity in resolution between maps currently available for global conservation planning and the reality of the Earth's intricate…”
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Enhancing Conservation, Ecosystem Services, and Local Livelihoods through a Wildlife Premium Mechanism by Dinerstein, Eric, Varma, Keshav, Wikramanayake, Eric, Powell, George, Lumpkin, Susan, Naidoo, Robin, Korchinsky, Mike, Del Valle, Christian, Lohani, Shubash, Seidensticker, John, Joldersma, Dirk, Lovejoy, Thomas, Kushlin, Andrey

“…We propose the wildlife premium mechanism as an innovation to conserve endangered large vertebrates. The performance-based payment scheme would allow…”
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