Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation

Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009

(2016) Oscar Venter et al.   Scientific Data

Human pressures predict species’ geographic range size better than biological traits

(2015) Moreno Di Marco et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

(2015) W. Steffen et al.   SCIENCE

Optimal Conservation Outcomes Require Both Restoration and Protection

(2015) Hugh P. Possingham et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Assessing multi-taxa sensitivity to the human footprint, habitat fragmentation and loss by exploring alternative scenarios of dispersal ability and population size: a simulation approach

(2014) Brian K. Hand et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Remaining natural vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots

(2014) Sean Sloan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Mapping Change in Human Pressure Globally on Land and within Protected Areas

(2014) JONAS GELDMANN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Disentangling the environmental-heterogeneity–species-diversity relationship along a gradient of human footprint

(2014) Ian Seiferling et al.   ECOLOGY

Changes in the global value of ecosystem services

(2014) Robert Costanza et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

(2014) J. Godar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

(2014) M. F. J. Aronson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

World population stabilization unlikely this century

(2014) P. Gerland et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

Under the radar: mitigating enigmatic ecological impacts

(2014) Keren G. Raiter et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Human population density explains alien species richness in protected areas

(2013) Dian Spear et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation

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

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Assumptions, challenges, and future directions in cumulative impact analysis

(2013) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   Ecosphere

Climate suitability and human influences combined explain the range expansion of an invasive horticultural plant

(2012) Carolyn M. Beans et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

A review of the application of driving forces – Pressure – State – Impact – Response framework to fisheries management

(2012) Joana H. Martins et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of modern range loss in large mammals

(2011) C. B. Yackulic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic, spatial and environmental components of extinction risk in carnivores

(2010) Kamran Safi et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Spatial scaling of stable night lights

(2010) Christopher Small et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

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

A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

(2009) Christopher Elvidge et al.   Energies

Reserves Protect against Deforestation Fires in the Amazon

(2009) J. Marion Adeney et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests

(2009) William F. Laurance et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000

(2008) Navin Ramankutty et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Rescaling the Human Footprint: A tool for conservation planning at an ecoregional scale

(2008) Gillian Woolmer et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Some challenges in global land cover mapping: An assessment of agreement and accuracy in existing 1 km datasets

(2008) M. Herold et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE

Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife-friendly farming?

(2007) Joern Fischer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT