Publications
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Factors affecting land reconversion plans following a payment for ecosystem service program
Published on April 7, 2009
We studied post-program land use plans for China’s Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP), one of the world’s largest ecosystem service payment programs, in Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas. -
From plot to landscape scale: linking tropical biodiversity measurements across spatial scales
Published on March 13, 2009
Quantitative measurements of changes in tropical biodiversity are sparse, despite wide agreement that maintaining biodiversity is a key conservation goal -
Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection in Wolong Nature Reserve: Implications for panda conservation
Published on February 27, 2009
Understanding spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection is fundamental to understanding human–environment interactions and designing effective conservation policies. -
Article written on the background of the Nature paper (China's Environment in a globalizing world)
Published on January 1, 2009
With the rapid growth of China’s economy in the past 30 years, China has become the world’s economic power. However, China’s environmental issues have already affected the socio-economic and population health. -
Distribution of Economic Benefits from Ecotourism: A Case Study of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in China
Published on October 14, 2008
We suggest that the unequal distribution of the benefits from ecotourism can be lessened by enhancing local participation, increasing the use of local goods, and encouraging relocation of rural households closer to ecotourism facilities. -
Ocelot Awareness among Latinos on the Texas and Tamaulipas Border
Published on September 1, 2008
We addressed this gap with a survey assessing the ability of residents on the Texas–Tamaulipas border to identify an ocelot. -
Evaluating MODIS Data for Mapping Wildlife Habitat Distribution
Published on August 1, 2008
In this study we compare two models using data from different satellite sensor systems for mapping. -
Policy Forum Offered New Ideas
Published on August 1, 2008
Excerpts from Science -
In Their Words: Integrate Disciplines
Published on July 24, 2008
Excerpts from In Their Words: Integrate Disciplines -
Evaluating Household-Level Relationships between Environmental Views and Outdoor Recreation: The Teton Valley Case
Published on July 1, 2008
Taking a look at "Leisure Sciences An Interdisciplinary Journal". -
Property rights and landscape planning in the intermountain west: The Teton Valley case
Published on March 4, 2008
We hypothesize that even when people hold negative attitudes toward unplanned development, natural property rights values (favorable evaluations of property as an inviolable and pre-political right) prevent them from acting on their concerns. -
Ecological and Socioeconomic Effects of China's Policies for Ecosystem Services
Published on January 31, 2008
To make these programs more effective, we recommend systematic planning, diversified funding, effective compensation, integrated research, and comprehensive monitoring. -
Revolutionizing China's Environmental Protection
Published on January 31, 2008
China's growth has created severe environmental problems that will require fundamental changes in China's administrative system and its model of economic development. -
Land use change: complexity and comparisons
Published on January 1, 2008
The papers in this special issue, suggest that the paradigm of ‘complexity’, in its multiple meanings, raises both new opportunities and new challenges that require multidisciplinary attention. -
Resident Attitudes toward Black Bears and Population Recovery in East Texas
Published on December 11, 2007
A successful species recovery relies on the support of local residents. Our goal was to assess attitudes toward black bears in a location where bears have not existed for several decades. -
Influence of Urban Immigrants on Outdoor Recreation and Land Use in Teton Valley
Published on December 1, 2007
The influx of ex-urban immigrants to rural areas creates unique challenges for parks and recreation managers. In this paper we use a case study in Teton Valley to address this need. -
AMBIO - Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Published on December 1, 2007
Humans have continuously interacted with naturalsystems, resulting in the formation and development ofcoupled human and natural systems - CHANS -
Household Location Choices: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
Published on November 27, 2007
We conducted a case study that explored relationships between sociodemographic variables, environmental attitudes, and the environmental impact of household location choices. -
PNAS - Environmental Impacts of Divorce
Published on October 30, 2007
A novel study that links divorce with the environment shows that a global trend of soaring divorce rates has created more households with fewer people, that, in turn, take up more space and gobble up more energy and water. -
SCIENCE - Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Published on September 14, 2007
Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied separately. Synthesis of six case studies show that CHANS vary across space, time, and organizational units