Special Features and Colloquia

Critical Perspectives on Historical Collapse

Karl W. Butzer and Georgina H. Endfield
Critical perspectives on historical collapse
PNAS 2012 109:3628

March 6, 2012; 109 (10)

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Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Traps

Christopher B. Barrett, Alexander J. Travis, and Partha Dasgupta
On biodiversity conservation and poverty traps
PNAS 2011 108:13907

August 23, 2011; 108 (34)

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Climate Change and Water in Southwestern North America Special Feature

Glen M. MacDonald
Water, climate change, and sustainability in the southwest
PNAS 2010 107:21256

December 14, 2010; 107 (50)

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Climate Mitigation and Food Production in Tropical Landscapes Special Feature

K R. DeFries and C. Rosenzweig Endfield
Toward a whole-landscape approach for sustainable land use in the tropics
PNAS 2010 107:19627

November 16, 2010; 107 (46)

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Marine Reserves Special Feature

Steven D. Gaines, Sarah E. Lester, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Christopher Costello, and Richard Pollnac
Evolving science of marine reserves: New developments and emerging research frontiers
PNAS 2010 107:18251

October 26, 2010; 107 (43)

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Agriculture Development and Nutrition Security

Laurette Dubé, Prabhu Pingali, and Patrick Webb
Paths of convergence for agriculture, health, and wealth
PNAS 2012 109:12294

July 31, 2012; 109 (31)

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Research Articles

Agricultural intensification escalates future conservation costs
May 07, 2013
Europe’s other debt crisis caused by the long legacy of future extinctions
Apr 30, 2013
Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation
Apr 09, 2013
Anticipating land surface change
Apr 09, 2013
Natural enemy interactions constrain pest control in complex agricultural landscapes
Apr 02, 2013
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Additional Resources

Perspectives

Used planet: A global history
May 14, 2013
Classic Period collapse of the Central Maya Lowlands: Insights about human–environment relationships for sustainability
Aug 28, 2012
The urgency of the development of CO2 capture from ambient air
Aug 14, 2012
Green Revolution: Impacts, limits, and the path ahead
Jul 31, 2012
A systems science perspective and transdisciplinary models for food and nutrition security
Jul 31, 2012
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Letters and Replies

Organic farming gives no climate change benefit through soil carbon sequestration
Mar 12, 2013
Reply to Leifeld et al.: Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming is not equated with climate change mitigation
Mar 12, 2013
Pivotal cultural values of nature cannot be integrated into the ecosystem services framework
Nov 13, 2012
Reply to Kirchhoff: Cultural values and ecosystem services
Nov 13, 2012
Applying statistical models to the climate–migration relationship
Oct 23, 2012
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