Wilderness and biodiversity conservation

By R. Mittermeier, C. Mittermeier, T. Brooks, J. Pilgrim, W. Konstant, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, C. Kormos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Conservation opportunities across the world's anthromes (2014, background): “Four of these templates incorporate measures of habitat loss (Myers et al., 2000; Sanderson et al., 2002; Mittermeier et al., 2003; Hoekstra et al., 2005).”
Vulnerability of ground-nesting waterbirds to predation by invasive American mink in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile. (2009, background): “The island forms part of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (Rozzi et al., 2006) and belongs to the Magellanic Sub-Antarctic forest ecoregion, recently identified as one of the 24 most pristine wilderness areas of the world Forest Biome (Mittermeier et al., 2003).”
On the relationship between farmland biodiversity and land-use intensity in Europe (2009, background): “In response, nature reserves or protected areas are being created worldwide with the objective to protect species and ecosystems from harmful activities of mankind (e.g. Mittermeier et al. 2003).”
Small-scale habitat use and assemblage structure of ground-dwelling beetles in a Patagonian shrub steppe (2006, background): “Despite the high conservation priority of Patagonian steppes as wilderness areas (Mittermeier et al., 2003), the ecology of arthropod communities inhabiting them remains poorly known (Sackmann et al., 2006).”
Global Biodiversity Conservation and the Alleviation of Poverty (2012, background): “For example, high-biodiversity wilderness areas (Mittermeier et al. 2003) are disproportionately important for carbon storage, whereas the estimated potential for livestock production from grasslands is generally highest in biodiversity hotspots (Myers et al. 2000) where most of the habitat has…”
Impacts of incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation on global species extinctions (2012, background): “14 within the 19 biodiversity hotspots [27] and four high-biodiversity wilderness areas [28] found in our study area whose dominant vegetation is forest.”
Integrating Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Earth Stewardship in the Southern End of the Americas (2012, positive): “In addition, the sub-Antarctic Magellanic forest ecoregion has been identified as one of the 24 wilderness areas remaining on the planet ( sensu Mittermeier et al. 2003) for the following three reasons: (1) more than 70% of its original vegetation cover is conserved, (2) it encompasses an area of…”
Bird Conservation in Brazil (2005, background): “A new species of Forest-Falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil.”
Megaparks for metapopulations: Addressing the causes of locally high elephant numbers in southern Africa (2007, background): “Reducing reproductive rates may also destabilise the age and social structures of breeding herds and possibly influence the wellbeing of cows and their calves (see McComb et al., 2001; Pimm and van Aarde, 2001).”
Global Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2007, background): “…templates for terrestrial environments have been published (WWF and IUCN 1994–1997, Bryant et al. 1997, Mittermeier et al. 1997, Olson and Dinerstein 1998, Stattersfield et al. 1998, Sanderson et al. 2002, Mittermeier et al. 2003, 2004, Hoekstra et al. 2005; see Brooks et al. 2006 for a review).”
Evolutionary history of the flora of Mexico: Dry forests cradles and museums of endemism (2018, background): “Additionally, the North American Deserts are considered to be among the last remaining high-biodiversity wilderness areas (Mittermeier et al., 2003) as well as important areas for diversification of xerophytic floras (Wilson & Pitts, 2010) and most of the Chihuahuan Desert and part of the Sonoran De”