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Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems
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Ecological and socioeconomic effects of China's policies for ecosystem services
- J. Liu, S. Li, Z. Ouyang, Christine Tam, Xiaodong Chen
- Environmental Science, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 15 July 2008
To address devastating environmental crises and to improve human well-being, China has been implementing a number of national policies on payments for ecosystem services. Two of them, the Natural… Expand
China's environment in a globalizing world
- J. Liu, J. Diamond
- Political Science, Medicine
- Nature
- 29 June 2005
How China and the rest of the world affect each other.China's place in the worldChina's environmental problems dominate those of the world, not only because China contains a fifth of the world's… Expand
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
- J. Liu, T. Dietz, +12 authors William Provencher
- Economics, Medicine
- Ambio
- 1 December 2007
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Ecological Degradation in Protected Areas: The Case of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas
It is generally perceived that biodiversity is better protected from human activities after an area is designated as a protected area. However, we found that this common perception was not true in… Expand
Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity
- J. Liu, G. Daily, P. Ehrlich, G. Luck
- Geography, Medicine
- Nature
- 30 January 2003
Human population size and growth rate are often considered important drivers of biodiversity loss, whereas household dynamics are usually neglected. Aggregate demographic statistics may mask… Expand
Land use change around protected areas: management to balance human needs and ecological function.
- R. DeFries, A. Hansen, B. Turner, R. Reid, J. Liu
- Geography, Medicine
- Ecological applications : a publication of the…
- 1 June 2007
Protected areas throughout the world are key for conserving biodiversity, and land use is key for providing food, fiber, and other ecosystem services essential for human sustenance. As land use… Expand
Population Dynamics in Complex Landscapes: A Case Study.
- H. Pulliam, J. Dunning, J. Liu
- Geography, Medicine
- Ecological applications : a publication of the…
- 1 May 1992
The abundance and distribution of natural populations can be strongly influenced by the types and arrangement of habitat patches within a landscape. The impact of landscape changes on population… Expand
Rethinking China's new great wall
- Z. Ma, D. Melville, +6 authors Bo Li
- Geography, Medicine
- Science
- 21 November 2014
Massive seawall construction in coastal wetlands threatens biodiversity China's position as the world's second largest economy is largely due to its rapid economic growth in the coastal region, which… Expand
Landowners and cat predation across rural-to-urban landscapes
- C. Lepczyk, A. Mertig, J. Liu
- Geography
- 1 February 2004
Fluctuations of bird abundances have been attributed to such factors as supplemental feeding, landscape change, and habitat fragmentation. Notably absent from consideration, however, is the role of… Expand
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