Persistent and novel threats to the biodiversity of Kazakhstan’s steppes and semi-deserts

The changing role of bio-physical and socio-economic drivers in determining livestock distributions: A historical perspective from Kazakhstan

(2016) S. Robinson et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Breeding ecology of the endemic Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis on natural steppe and abandoned croplands in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

(2016) Thomas K. Lameris et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A pastoral frontier: From chaos to capitalism and the re-colonisation of the Kazakh rangelands

(2016) Carol Kerven et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Spontaneous steppe restoration on abandoned cropland in Kazakhstan: grazing affects successional pathways

(2015) Annika Brinkert et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Electrocution threatens the viability of populations of the endangered Bonelli's eagle ( Aquila fasciata ) in Southern Europe

(2015) Antonio Hernández-Matías et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rapid declines of large mammal populations after the collapse of the Soviet Union

(2015) Eugenia V. Bragina et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Long-term agricultural land-cover change and potential for cropland expansion in the former Virgin Lands area of Kazakhstan

(2015) Roland Kraemer et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Agricultural development and the conservation of avian biodiversity on the Eurasian steppes: a comparison of land-sparing and land-sharing approaches

(2015) Johannes Kamp et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Climate change in Kazakhstan during the past 70 years

(2015) Vitaliy Salnikov et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

This week's section

(2015)   SCIENCE

Understanding bird collisions at wind farms: An updated review on the causes and possible mitigation strategies

(2014) Ana Teresa Marques et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evaluating the reintroduction project of Przewalski’s horse in China using genetic and pedigree data

(2014) Gang Liu et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Collision risk and micro-avoidance rates of birds with wind turbines in Flanders

(2014) Joris Everaert   BIRD STUDY

Conserving the World's Finest Grassland Amidst Ambitious National Development

(2014) NYAMSUREN BATSAIKHAN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Distribution mapping of world grassland types

(2014) A. P. Dixon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Soaring Migratory Birds Avoid Wind Farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Southern Mexico

(2014) Rafael Villegas-Patraca et al.   PLoS One

Conservation Action Based on Threatened Species Capture Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Richness in Breeding and Wintering Populations of Central Asian Birds

(2014) Manuel Schweizer et al.   PLoS One

Targeting Global Protected Area Expansion for Imperiled Biodiversity

(2014) Oscar Venter et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Market-based mechanisms for biodiversity conservation: a review of existing schemes and an outline for a global mechanism

(2013) Irene Alvarado-Quesada et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Estimates of bird collision mortality at wind facilities in the contiguous United States

(2013) Scott R. Loss et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The problem of raptor electrocution in Asia: case studies from Mongolia and China

(2013) ANDREW DIXON et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Fragmentation of the Habitat of Wild Ungulates by Anthropogenic Barriers in Mongolia

(2013) Takehiko Y. Ito et al.   PLoS One

Recent land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands

(2013) C. K. Wright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014

(2013) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Drought and spring cooling induced recent decrease in vegetation growth in Inner Asia

(2012) Anwar Mohammat et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Niche separation of larks (Alaudidae) and agricultural change on the drylands of the former Soviet Union

(2012) Johannes Kamp et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Persistent electrocution mortality of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus over 28 years in East Africa

(2012) IVAYLO ANGELOV et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management

(2012) Nathaniel D. Mueller et al.   NATURE

The effect of snow cover on lemming population cycles in the Canadian High Arctic

(2012) Frédéric Bilodeau et al.   OECOLOGIA

Grain production trends in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan: New opportunities in an increasingly unstable world?

(2012) Elena Lioubimtseva et al.   Frontiers of Earth Science

Post-Soviet agricultural change predicts future declines after recent recovery in Eurasian steppe bird populations

(2011) Johannes Kamp et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Dynamics of the mammal fauna in steppes of the Volga-Ural interfluve over the past century

(2011) M. L. Oparin et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Climate, Livestock, and Vegetation: What Drives Fire Increase in the Arid Ecosystems of Southern Russia?

(2011) Maxim Dubinin et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Environmental impacts from the installation and operation of large-scale solar power plants

(2011) Damon Turney et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A Preliminary Analysis of Lake Level and Water Storage Changes over Lakes Baikal and Balkhash from Satellite Altimetry and Gravimetry

(2011) Cheinway Hwang et al.   TERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES

Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy

(2011) William J. Sutherland et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Saiga antelope calving site selection is increasingly driven by human disturbance

(2010) N.J. Singh et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Wader, gull and tern population estimates for a key breeding and stopover site in Central Kazakhstan

(2010) HOLGER SCHIELZETH et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Tracking greenery across a latitudinal gradient in central Asia - the migration of the saiga antelope

(2010) N. J. Singh et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Changes in the area of inland lakes in arid regions of central Asia during the past 30 years

(2010) Jie Bai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Ecological and environmental footprint of 50 years of agricultural expansion in Argentina

(2010) ERNESTO F. VIGLIZZO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Conserving a moving target: planning protection for a migratory species as its distribution changes

(2010) Navinder J. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Reconstructing long time series of burned areas in arid grasslands of southern Russia by satellite remote sensing

(2010) Maxim Dubinin et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century

(2010) H. M. Pereira et al.   SCIENCE

Dual scale trend analysis for evaluating climatic and anthropogenic effects on the vegetated land surface in Russia and Kazakhstan

(2009) K M de Beurs et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The effects of climate, permafrost and fire on vegetation change in Siberia in a changing climate

(2009) N M Tchebakova et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climate and environmental change in arid Central Asia: Impacts, vulnerability, and adaptations

(2009) E. Lioubimtseva et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The need for environmental horizon scanning

(2009) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biofuels, biodiversity, and people: Understanding the conflicts and finding opportunities

(2008) Lian Pin Koh et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Waterbird population estimates for a key staging site in Kazakhstan: a contribution to wetland conservation on the Central Asian flyway

(2008) Holger Schielzeth et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Advantages of Volunteer-Based Biodiversity Monitoring in Europe

(2008) DIRK S. SCHMELLER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

One-Sided Barrier Impact of an International Railroad on Mongolian Gazelles

(2008) Takehiko Y. Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT