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Life History and Spatial Traits Predict Extinction Risk Due to Climate Change
Extinction risk caused by climate change can be predicted using measurable spatial and demographic variables.
PublicationJournal Article2014Nature Climate Change
Citizen Science Strategy: Executive Summary
NatureServe’s Citizen Science Strategy calls for collaboration with citizen scientists to improve detection of trends in status of species and ecosystems
PublicationScientific Report2014NatureServe
Getting the Message Across: Using Ecological Integrity to Communicate with Resource Managers
Two national park case studies—Rocky Mountain wetlands and Northeastern forests—illustrate the use of an ecological integrity approach to communicate ecosystem status to resource managers.
PublicationBook Chapter2014
Distribution Mapping of World Grassland Types
A framework for creating a systematic characterization and distribution map of the world's grasslands to support their conservation
PublicationJournal Article2014Journal of Biogeography
Tools for Landscape-Level Assessment and Planning
A review of nearly 200 conservation tools for the North Pacific Land Conservation Cooperative
PublicationScientific Report2014
Citizen Science Strategy: Full Version
NatureServe’s Citizen Science Strategy calls for collaboration with citizen scientists to improve detection of trends in status of species and ecosystems
PublicationScientific Report2014NatureServe
A Biodiversity Indicators Dashboard: Addressing Challenges to Monitoring Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets Using Disaggregated Global Data
The NatureServe Biodiversity Indicators Dashboard enables users to track four indicators of biodiversity and conservation performance data in a clear, user-friendly format
PublicationJournal Article2014PLOS ONE
EcoVeg: A New Approach to Vegetation Description and Classification
A new approach for classifying plant life that is comprehensive for all terrestrial ecosystems
PublicationJournal Article2014Ecological Monographs
Assessing Ecological Integrity of Wetlands From National to Local Scales
A multi-leveled model provides remote, rapid, and intensive site assessment data as a complementary element to ongoing national probability-based sampling efforts.
PublicationJournal Article2013National Wetlands Newsletter
The Conservation Status of the World’s Reptiles
The first-ever global analysis of extinction risk in reptiles, based on a random representative sample of 1500 species (16% of all currently known species).
PublicationJournal Article2013Biological Conservation