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Key areas for conserving United States’ biodiversity likely threatened by future land use change

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Martinuzzi, S., Radeloff, V. C., Higgins, J. V., Helmers, D. P., Plantinga, A. J., and Lewis, D. J.

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A major challenge for biodiversity conservation is to mitigate the effects of future environmental change, such as land use, in important areas for biodiversity conservation. In the United States, recent conservation efforts by The Nature Conservancy and partners have identified and mapped the nation's Areas of Biodiversity Significance (ABS), representing...

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Economic-based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios

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Radeloff, V. C., Nelson, E., Plantinga, A. J., Lewis, D. J., Helmers, D., Lawler, J. J., Withey, J. C., Beaudry, F., Martinuzzi, S., Butsic, V., Lonsdorf, E., White, D., and Polasky, S.

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Land-use change significantly contributes to biodiversity loss, invasive species spread, changes in biogeochemical cycles, and the loss of ecosystem services. Planning for a sustainable future requires a thorough understanding of expected land use at the fine spatial scales relevant for modeling many ecological processes and at dimensions appropriate for regional...

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