Are protected areas preserving ecosystem services and biodiversity? Insights from Mediterranean forests and shrublands

Assessing the distribution of forest ecosystem services in a highly populated Mediterranean region

(2018) Jose V. Roces-Díaz et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Assessing the role of Natura 2000 at maintaining dynamic landscapes in Europe over the last two decades: implications for conservation

(2018) Virgilio Hermoso et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Hydrologic Response to Land Use Change in a Large Basin in Eastern Amazon

(2018) Vanessa Dos Santos et al.   Water

Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean

(2018) Wolfgang Cramer et al.   Nature Climate Change

Designing a network of green infrastructure to enhance the conservation value of protected areas and maintain ecosystem services

(2018) Mónica Lanzas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessing habitat quality in relation to the spatial distribution of protected areas in Italy

(2017) Lorenzo Sallustio et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Cultural landscapes and attributes of “culturalness” in protected areas: An exploratory assessment in Greece

(2017) Vassiliki Vlami et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

(2017) John E. Gordon et al.   Geoheritage

Integrating ecosystem services supply potential from future land-use scenarios in protected area management: A Bangladesh case study

(2017) Sharif A. Mukul et al.   Ecosystem Services

Matches and mismatches between national and EU-wide priorities: Examining the Natura 2000 network in vertebrate species conservation

(2016) Aija S. Kukkala et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Identifying ecosystem service hotspots for environmental management in Durban, South Africa

(2016) Rashieda Davids et al.   BOTHALIA

Spatial associations of ecosystem services and biodiversity as a baseline for systematic conservation planning

(2016) Adriana Pellegrini Manhães et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Human transformation of ecosystems: Comparing protected and unprotected areas with natural baselines

(2016) David Vačkář et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Trade-offs between ecosystem services and alternative pathways toward sustainability in a tropical dry forest region

(2016) Francisco Mora et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

EU's Conservation Efforts Need More Strategic Investment to Meet Continental Commitments

(2016) Virgilio Hermoso et al.   Conservation Letters

Does nature conservation enhance ecosystem services delivery?

(2016) A. Eastwood et al.   Ecosystem Services

Coupling a water balance model with forest inventory data to predict drought stress: the role of forest structural changes vs. climate changes

(2015) Miquel De Cáceres et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

National and regional relationships of carbon storage and tropical biodiversity

(2015) Dolors Armenteras et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

On how much biodiversity is covered in Europe by national protected areas and by the Natura 2000 network: insights from terrestrial vertebrates

(2015) L. Maiorano et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A global assessment of the social and conservation outcomes of protected areas

(2015) J. A. Oldekop et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Shrub biomass accumulation and growth rate models to quantify carbon stocks and fluxes for the Mediterranean region

(2015) Maria Pasalodos-Tato et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges

(2015) Maxwell C. Wilson et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds

(2015) C. A. Runge et al.   SCIENCE

Local Scale Comparisons of Biodiversity as a Test for Global Protected Area Ecological Performance: A Meta-Analysis

(2014) Bernard W. T. Coetzee et al.   PLoS One

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

Targeting Global Protected Area Expansion for Imperiled Biodiversity

(2014) Oscar Venter et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas in reducing habitat loss and population declines

(2013) Jonas Geldmann et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Simulating the impacts of reduced rainfall on carbon stocks and net ecosystem exchange in a tropical forest

(2013) Rico Fischer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation

(2013) S. Le Saout et al.   SCIENCE

What is the future of conservation?

(2013) Daniel F. Doak et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Mapping forest ecosystem services: From providing units to beneficiaries

(2013) Ana P. García-Nieto et al.   Ecosystem Services

Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem service supply, biodiversity, and habitat conservation status in Europe

(2012) J. Maes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Finding Common Ground for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

(2012)   BIOSCIENCE

The significance of habitats as indicators of biodiversity and their links to species

(2012) R.G.H. Bunce et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

The role of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem services in Natura 2000 sites

(2012) Olaf Bastian   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Plant diversity and generation of ecosystem services at the landscape scale: expert knowledge assessment

(2012) Sandra Quijas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Protecting Important Sites for Biodiversity Contributes to Meeting Global Conservation Targets

(2012) Stuart H. M. Butchart et al.   PLoS One

Effectiveness of protected areas in the Colombian Andes: deforestation, fire and land-use changes

(2012) Nelly Rodríguez et al.   Regional Environmental Change

National Parks, buffer zones and surrounding lands: Mapping ecosystem service flows

(2012) Ignacio Palomo et al.   Ecosystem Services

The Importance of Conserving Biodiversity Outside of Protected Areas in Mediterranean Ecosystems

(2011) Robin L. Cox et al.   PLoS One

Global protected area impacts

(2010) L. N. Joppa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

(2010) S. H. M. Butchart et al.   SCIENCE

Efficiency and effectiveness in representative reserve design in Canada: The contribution of existing protected areas

(2009) Yolanda F. Wiersma et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems

(2009) Marcus Lindner et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

High and Far: Biases in the Location of Protected Areas

(2009) Lucas N. Joppa et al.   PLoS One

Protected Areas and Climate Change

(2008) Lee Hannah   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Protected Areas in Europe

(2008) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The Ecological Performance of Protected Areas

(2008) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Landscape ecology as a foundation for sustainable conservation

(2008) John A. Wiens   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Measuring the effectiveness of protected area networks in reducing deforestation

(2008) K. S. Andam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fire and the relative roles of weather, climate and landscape characteristics in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest of Canada

(2007) C. Ronnie Drever et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE