Scientific publications

Patricia Balvanera, Kate A Brauman, Anna F Cord, Evangelia G Drakou, Ilse R Geijzendorffer, Daniel S Karp, Berta Martín-López, Tuyeni H Mwampamba, Matthias Schröter. (2022). Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 54.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101152

Benson, A., Murray, T., Canonico, G., Montes, E., Muller-Karger, F., & Kavanaugh, M. et al. (2021). Data management and interactive visualizations for the evolving Marine Biodiversity Observation Network. Oceanography, 34(2). doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.220 

Bonney, R. (2021). Expanding the impact of citizen science. BioScience, 71(5), 448-451. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab041 

Bravo, G., Moity, N., Londoño-Cruz, E., Muller-Karger, F., Bigatti, G., & Klein, E. et al. (2021). Robots versus humans: Automated annotation accurately quantifies Essential Ocean Variables of rocky intertidal functional groups and habitat state. Frontiers In Marine Science, 8. doi.org/ 10.3389/fmars.2021.691313 

Cawse-Nicholson, K., Townsend, P., Schimel, D., Assiri, A., Blake, P., & Buongiorno, M. et al. (2021). NASA’s surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms. Remote Sensing of Environment, 257, 112349. doi.org/ 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112349 

Chavez, F., Miller, R., Muller-Karger, F., Iken, K., Canonico, G., & Egan, K. et al. (2021). Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON): An observing system for life in the sea. Oceanography, 34(2), 12-15. doi.org/ 10.5670/oceanog.2021.211 

Chavez, F., Min, M., Pitz, K., Truelove, N., Baker, J., & LaScala-Grunewald, D. et al. (2021). Observing life in the sea using environmental DNA. Oceanography, 34(2), 102-119. doi.org/ 10.5670/oceanog.2021.218 

Culp, J., Goedkoop, W., Christensen, T., Christoffersen, K., Fefilova, E., & Liljaniemi, P. et al. (2021). Arctic freshwater biodiversity: Establishing baselines, trends, and drivers of ecological change. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/ 10.1111/fwb.13831 

Danielsen, F., Enghoff, M., Poulsen, M.K., Funder, M., Jensen, P.M., & Burgess, N. D. (2021). The concept, practice, application, and results of locally based monitoring of the environment. BioScience, 71(5), 484-502. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab021.

 DeWoody, J.A., Harder H., Mathur, S. & Willoughby, J. (2021). The long-standing significance of genetic diversity in conservation. Molecular Ecology 30(17), 4147–4154. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16051 

Eicken, H., Danielsen, F., Sam, J.M., Fidel, M., Johnson, N., Poulsen, M.K. & Enghoff, M. (2021). Connecting top-down and bottom-up approaches in environmental observing. BioScience, 71(5), 467-483. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab018. 

Estes, M., Anderson, C., Appeltans, W., Bax, N., Bednaršek, N., & Canonico, G. et al. (2021). Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth. Marine Policy, 132, 104699. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104699 

Guerra, C.A., Bardgett, R.D., Caon, L., Crowther, T.W., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Montanarella, L., Navarro, L.M., Orgiazzi. et al. (2021). Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity. Science, 371(6526), 239–241. doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7926 

Guerra, C.A.., Wall, D., & Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Unearthing soil ecological observations: see supporting information as supplementary material. Soil Organisms, 93(2), 79–81. doi.org/10.25674/so93iss2id164 

Hoban, S., Bruford, M., Funk, W., Galbusera, P., Griffith, M., & Grueber, C. et al. (2021). Global commitments to conserving and monitoring genetic diversity are now necessary and feasible. BioScience, 71(9), 964-976. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab054 

Hoban, S., Campbell, C., da Silva, J., Ekblom, R., Funk, W., & Garner, B. et al. (2021). Genetic diversity is considered important but interpreted narrowly in country reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Current actions and indicators are insufficient. Biological Conservation, 261, 109233. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109233 

Jetz, W., McGowan, J., Rinnan, D.S., Possingham, H.P., Visconti, P., O’Donnell, B., Londoño-Murcia, M.C. (2021). Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01620-y

Johnson, N., Druckenmiller, M.L., Danielsen, F., & Pulsifer, P.L. (2021). The use of digital platforms for community-based monitoring. BioScience, 71(5), 452-466. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa162 

Kavanaugh, M., Bell, T., Catlett, D., Cimino, M., Doney, S., & Klajbor, W. et al. (2021). Satellite remote sensing and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network: current science and future steps. Oceanography, 34(2). doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.215 

Laikre, L., Hohenlohe, P., Allendorf, F., Bertola, L., Breed, M., & Bruford, M. et al. (2021). Authors’ reply to letter to the editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD. Conservation Genetics, 22(4), 533-536. 
doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01359-w 

Lento, J., Culp, J., Levenstein, B., Aroviita, J., Baturina, M., & Bogan, D. et al. (2021). Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic. Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13805 

Mathur, S., DeWoody, J.A. (2021). Genetic load has potential in large populations but is realized in small inbred populations.  Evolutionary Applications 14(6),1540-1557. doi.org/10.1111/eva.13216 

Medina, M., Estes, C., Best, B., Stallings, C., Montes, E., McEachron, L., & Muller-Karger, F. (2021). Reef-fish abundance, biomass, and biodiversity inside and outside no-take marine zones in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 1999–2018. Oceanography, 34(2). doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.214 

Minter, M., Nielsen, E., Blyth, C., Bertola, L., Kantar, M., & Morales, H. et al. (2021). What is genetic diversity and why does it matter?. Frontiers For Young Minds, 9. doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.656168 

Montes, E., Lefcheck, J., Guerra Castro, E., Klein, E., de Azevedo Mazzuco, A.C., Bigatti, G., Cordeiro, C., Simoes, N., Macaya, E., Moity, N., Londoño-Cruz, E., Helmuth, B., Choi, F., Soto, E., Miloslavich, P., & Muller-Karger, F. (2021). Optimizing large-scale biodiversity sampling effort: toward an unbalanced survey design. Oceanography, 34(2), 80-91. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.216 

Noriega, J.A., March-Salas, M., Castillo, S., García-Q, H., Hortal, J. & Santos, A.M.C. (2021). Human perturbations reduce dung beetle diversity and dung removal ecosystem function. Biotropica 53(3), 753-766. doi.org/10.1111/btp.12953 

Paz‐Vinas, I., Jensen, E., Bertola, L., Breed, M., Hand, B., & Hunter, M. et al. (2021). Macrogenetic studies must not ignore limitations of genetic markers and scale. Ecology Letters, 24(6), 1282-1284. doi.org/10.1111/ele.13732 

Pearlman, J., Buttigieg, P.L., Bushnell, M., Delgado, C., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., Hörstmann, C., Isensee, K., Karstensen, et al.  (2021). Evolving and sustaining ocean best practices to enable interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.619685 

Ruhl, H., Brown, J., Harper, A., Hazen, E., deWitt, L., Daniel, P., DeVogelaere, A., Kudela, R., Ryan, J., Fischer, A., Muller-Karger, F., & Chavez, F. (2021). Integrating biodiversity and environmental observations in support of national marine sanctuary and large marine ecosystem assessments. Oceanography, 34(2), 142 – 155. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.221 

Satterthwaite, E.V., Bax, N. J., Miloslavich, P., Ratnarajah, L., Canonico, G., Dunn, D., Simmons, S.E. et al (2021). Establishing the foundation for the Global Observing System for Marine Life. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.737416 

Sayre, R., Butler, K., Van Graafeiland, K., Breyer, S., Wright, D., Frye, C., Karagulle, et al. (2021). A global ecological classification of coastal segment units to complement Marine Biodiversity Observation Network assessments. Oceanography, 34(2), 120 – 129. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.219 

Schartau, A., Mariash, H., Christoffersen, K., Bogan, D., Dubovskaya, O., & Fefilova, E. et al. (2021). First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13783 

Schmeller, D.S., Bridgewater, P. (2021). The eighth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8): online, nexus, and transformative change. Biodiversity and Conservation 30, 2857–2862. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02261-0

Sharma, S.B., Thivakaran, G.A., Thakkar, M.G. (2021). The game changing role of traditional ecological knowledge based Agri amendment systems in nutrient dynamics in the stress prone semi-arid tropics. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 1-10. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88801-8 

Skidmore, A.K., Coops, N. C., Neinavaz, E., Ali, A., Schaepman, M.E., Paganini, M., Kissling, W.D., Vihervaara, P., Darvishzadeh, R., Feilhauer, et al (2021). Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(7), 896–906). doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01451-x 

Svenning, M., Falkegård, M., Dempson, J., Power, M., Bårdsen, B., Guðbergsson, G., & Fauchald, P. (2021). Temporal changes in the relative abundance of anadromous Arctic charr, brown trout, and Atlantic salmon in northern Europe: Do they reflect changing climates?. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13693 

Takeuchi, Y., Muraoka, H., Yamakita, T., Kano, Y., Nagai, S., & Bunthang, T. et al. (2021). The Asia‐Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network: 10‐year achievements and new strategies to 2030. Ecological Research, 36(2), 232-257. doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12212 

Tengö, M., Austin, B. J., Danielsen, F., & Fernández-Llamazares, Á. (2021). Creating synergies between citizen science and Indigenous and local knowledge. BioScience, 71(5), 503-518. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab023

Thornton, J.M., Palazzi, E., Pepin, N.C., Cristofanelli, P., Essery, R., Kotlarski, S., Giuliani, G., Guigoz, Y., Kulonen, A., Li, X., Pritchard, D., Fowler, H.J., Randin, C.F., Shahgedanova, M., Zebisch, M. and Adler. (2021) Towards a definition of Essential Mountain Climate Variables. One Earth. 4(6), 805-827.
doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.05.005 

Toczydlowski, R.H., Liggins, L., Gaither, M.R., Anderson, T.J., Barton, R.L. et al. (2021). Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118 (34), e2107934118. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107934118 

Vaz, A.S., Selomane, O., Jones, L., Gosal, A.S., Ziv, G., Muller-Karger, F. E., Montes, E., & Vallejos, M. (2021). The journey to monitoring ecosystem services: Are we there yet? Ecosystem Services, 50, 101313). doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101313 

Zhong, M., Taylor, R., Bates, N., Christey, D., Basnet, H., & Flippin, J. et al. (2021). Acoustic detection of regionally rare bird species through deep convolutional neural networks. Ecological Informatics, 64, 101333. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101333 

Brittain, J., Heino, J., Friberg, N., Aroviita, J., Kahlert, M., & Karjalainen, S. et al. (2020). Ecological correlates of riverine diatom and macroinvertebrate alpha and beta diversity across Arctic Fennoscandia. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13616 

Fefilova, E., Dubovskaya, O., Frolova, L., Abramova, E., Kononova, O., & Nigamatzyanova, G. et al. (2020). Biogeographic patterns of planktonic and meiobenthic fauna diversity in inland waters of the Russian Arctic. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13624 

Gosal, A., & Ziv, G. (2020). Landscape aesthetics: Spatial modelling and mapping using social media images and machine learning. Ecological Indicators, 117, 106638. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106638  

Huser, B., Futter, M., Bogan, D., Brittain, J., Culp, J., & Goedkoop, W. et al. (2020). Spatial and temporal variation in Arctic freshwater chemistry—Reflecting climate‐induced landscape alterations and a changing template for biodiversity. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13645 

Kahlert, M., Rühland, K., Lavoie, I., Keck, F., Saulnier‐Talbot, E., & Bogan, D. et al. (2020). Biodiversity patterns of Arctic diatom assemblages in lakes and streams: Current reference conditions and historical context for biomonitoring. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13490 

Knopp, J., Levenstein, B., Watson, A., Ivanova, I., & Lento, J. (2020). Systematic review of documented Indigenous Knowledge of freshwater biodiversity in the circumpolar Arctic. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13570  

Lau, D., Christoffersen, K., Erkinaro, J., Hayden, B., Heino, J., & Hellsten, S. et al. (2020). Multitrophic biodiversity patterns and environmental descriptors of sub‐Arctic lakes in northern Europe. Freshwater Biology 
doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13405 

Lento, J., Laske, S., Lavoie, I., Bogan, D., Brua, R., & Campeau, S. et al. (2020). Diversity of diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish varies in response to different environmental correlates in Arctic rivers across North America. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13600 

Pacheco-Romero, M., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Vallejos, M., & Cabello, J. (2020). An expert-based reference list of variables for characterizing and monitoring social-ecological systems. Ecology And Society, 25(3). doi.org/10.5751/es-11676-250301 

Schröter, M., Başak, E., Christie, M., Church, A., Keune, H., Osipova, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Sievers-Glotzbach, et al (2020). Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People, 16(1), 50–69. doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039 

Valbuena R., O’Connor B., Zellweger F., Simonson W., Vihervaara P., Maltamo M., Silva C.A., Almeida D.R.A., Danks F., Morsdorf F., Chirici G., Lucas R., Coomes D.A. & Coops N.C. (2020) Standardising Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35 (8): 656-667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.03.006

Hoban, Sean, Michael Bruford, Josephine D’Urban Jackson, Margarida Lopes-Fernandes, Myriam Heuertz, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Ivan Paz-Vinas, et al. 2020. “Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved”. Biological Conservation. 248: 108654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108654

Han X, Gill MJ, Hamilton H, Vergara SG, and Young BE. 2020. “Progress on national biodiversity indicator reporting and prospects for filling indicator gaps in Southeast Asia”. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 5: 100017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2019.100017

Laikre L, Hoban S, Bruford MW, Segelbacher G, Allendorf FW, Gajardo G, et al. 2020. “Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity”. Science. 367 (6482): 1083.2-1085. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb2748

Vaz, A., Gonçalves, J., Pereira, P., Santarém, F., Vicente, J., & Honrado, J. (2019). Earth observation and social media: Evaluating the spatiotemporal contribution of non-native trees to cultural ecosystem services. Remote Sensing of Environment, 230, 111193. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.05.012 

Vallejos, M., Aguiar, S., Baldi, G., Mastrángelo, M., Gallego, F., & Pacheco-Romero, M. et al. (2019). Social-Ecological Functional Types: Connecting People and Ecosystems in the Argentine Chaco. Ecosystems, 23(3), 471-484. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00415-4 

Laske, S., Amundsen, P., Christoffersen, K., Erkinaro, J., Guðbergsson, G., & Hayden, B. et al. (2019). Circumpolar patterns of Arctic freshwater fish biodiversity: A baseline for monitoring. Freshwater Biology.  
doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13405 

Gosal, A., Geijzendorffer, I., Václavík, T., Poulin, B., & Ziv, G. (2019). Using social media, machine learning and natural language processing to map multiple recreational beneficiaries. Ecosystem Services, 38, 100958. doir.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100958 

Drakou, E., Lemmens, R., & Ayuningshih, F. (2019). Designing an ecosystem services ontology within GEOBON. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 3. dor.org/ 10.3897/biss.3.36338 

Rashi B, Gill MJ, Hamilton H, Han X, Linden HM, and Young BE. 2020. “Uneven use of biodiversity indicators in 5th National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity”. Environmental Conservation. 47 (1): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892919000365

Hölting L, Jacobs S, Felipe-Lucia Maria R, Maes J, Norström Albert V, Plieninger T, and Cord Anna F. 2019. “Measuring ecosystem multifunctionality across scales”. 14 (12). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5ccb

Mujica MI, Guillermo Bueno C, Duchicela J, and Marín C. 2019. “Strengthening mycorrhizal research in South America”. New Phytologist. 224 (2): 563-567.

McGeoch M, Jetz W. 2019. Measure and Reduce the Harm Caused by Biological Invasions. One Earth,
Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 171-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.10.003

Eisenhauer N, Guerra CA. 2019. Global maps of soil-dwelling nematode worms. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02197-0

Cameron E, Martins I, Lavelle P, Mathieu J, Tedersoo L, Bharam M, Gottschall F, Guerra C, Hines J, Patoine G, Siebert J, Winter M, Cesarz S, Ferlian O, Kreft H, Lovejoy T, Montanarella L, Orgiazzi A, Pereira H, Phillips H, Settele J, Wall D, Eisenhauer N. 2019. Global mismatches in aboveground and belowground biodiversity. Conservation Biology 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13311

Guerra, Carlos, Linwood Pendleton, E.G. Drakou, Vania Proença, Ward Appeltans, G. T. Domingos, Gary N Geller, et al. 2019. “Finding the essential: Improving conservation monitoring across scales”. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00601

Ramirez-Reyes C., Brauman K.A., Samberg L.H., Chaplin-Kramer R., et al. 2019. “Reimagining the potential of Earth observations for ecosystem service assessments”. Science of the Total Environment. 665: 1053-1063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.150

Hobern D, B Baptiste, K Copas, R Guralnick, A Hahn, van Huis E, ES Kim, et al. 2019. “Connecting data and expertise: a new alliance for biodiversity knowledge”. Biodiversity Data Journal. 7. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e33679

“Essential Biodiversity”. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, Nr. 4 (April 2019): 503. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0870-x

Eisenhauer N, A Bonn, and A Guerra C. 2019. “Recognizing the quiet extinction of invertebrates”. Nature Communications. 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07916-1

Walter Jetz, Melodie A. McGeoch, Robert Guralnick, Simon Ferrier, Jan Beck, Mark J. Costello, Miguel Fernandez, Gary N. Geller, Petr Keil, Cory Merow, Carsten Meyer, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Henrique M. Pereira, Eugenie C. Regan, Dirk S. Schmeller, Eren Turak (2019) Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0826-1

Geijzendorffer, Ilse R., Coralie Beltrame, Laurent Chazee, Elie Gaget, Thomas Galewski, Anis Guelmami, Christian Perennou, et al. 2019. “A More Effective Ramsar Convention for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands”. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00021

Hardisty, A. R., Michener, W. K., Agosti, D., Alonso García, E., Bastin, L., Belbin, L., Bowser, A., Buttigieg, P. L., Canhos, D. A. L., Egloff, W., De Giovanni, R., Figueira, R., Groom, Q., Guralnick, R. P., Hobern, D., Hugo, W., Koureas, D., Ji, L., Los, W., Manuel, J., Manset, D., Poelen, J., Saarenmaa, H., Schigel, D., Uhlir, P. F. & Kissling, W. D. (2019). The Bari Manifesto: An interoperability framework for essential biodiversity variables. Ecological Informatics, 49, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2018.11.003

Van Oudenhoven, A., Schröter, M., Drakou, E., Geijzendorffer, I., Jacobs, S., & van Bodegom, P. et al. (2018). Key criteria for developing ecosystem service indicators to inform decision making. Ecological Indicators, 95, 417-426. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.020 

Bremer, L., Brauman, K., Nelson, S., Prado, K., Wilburn, E., & Fiorini, A. (2018). Relational values in evaluations of upstream social outcomes of watershed Payment for Ecosystem Services: a review. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 35, 116-123. doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.10.024 

Cameron EK, Martins IS, Lavelle P, Mathieu J, Tedersoo L 2, Gottschall F, Guerra CA, Hines J, Patoine G, Siebert J 3, Winter M, Cesarz S, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Ferlian O, Fierer N, Kreft H, Lovejoy TE, Montanarella L, Orgiazzi A 5, Pereira HM, Phillips HRP, Settele J, Wall DH, Eisenhauer N. 2018. Global gaps in soil biodiversity data. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0573-8

Sayre, R, S Noble, S Hamann, R Smith, Z Basher, D Burton, K Atkins, B Friesen, D Wright, S Breyer, K Butler, Graafeiland K. Van, C Frye, D Karagulle, D Hopkins, D Stephens, K Kelly, J Cress, Sistine D. P. Van, R Allee, T Allen, P Aniello, I Asaad, M.J Costello, K Goodin, P Harris, M Kavanaugh, H Lillis, E Manca, F Muller-Karger, J Saarinen, B Nyberg, R Parsons, J Steiner, and A Reed. “A New 30 Meter Resolution Global Shoreline Vector and Associated Global Islands Database for the Development of Standardized Ecological Coastal Units.” Journal of Operational Oceanography. (2018). Print. doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2018.1529714

Kissling, W. Daniel, Ramona Walls, Anne Bowser, Matthew O. Jones, Jens Kattge, Donat Agosti, Josep Amengual, et al. 2018. “Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits”. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0667-3

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