The Human Footprint and the Last of the Wild
- E. Sanderson, Malanding Jaiteh, M. Levy, K. Redford, Antoinette Wannebo, Gillian Woolmer
- Environmental Science
- 1 October 2002
I Genesis, God blesses human beings and bids us to take dominion over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, and every other living thing. We are entreated to be fruitful and multiply, to fill…
Planning to Save a Species: the Jaguar as a Model
- E. Sanderson, K. Redford, A. Taber
- Environmental ScienceConservation Biology
- 1 February 2002
Abstract: International conservation planning at the end of the twentieth century is dominated by coarse‐filter, supra‐organismal approaches to conservation that may be insufficient to conserve…
Improving the Practice of Conservation: a Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda for Conservation Science
- N. Salafsky, R. Margoluis, K. Redford, John G. Robinson
- Environmental Science
- 1 December 2002
Abstract: Effective conservation requires addressing three fundamental questions whose answers can only be sought in conservation practice: (1) What should our goals be and how do we measure progress…
Planning for Biodiversity Conservation: Putting Conservation Science into Practice
- C. Groves, D. B. Jensen, M. Anderson
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 2002
The Empty Forest Many large animals are already ecologically extinct in vast areas of neotropical forest where the vegetation still appears intact
- K. Redford
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 1992
Until recently, human influence on tropical forests through such activities as burning, swidden agriculture, and hunting was regarded by ecologists as of such low impact that it was negligible.
Fitting Sigmoidal Equations to Mammalian Growth Curves
- Elissa M. Zullinger, R. Ricklefs, K. Redford, G. Mace
- Environmental Science
- 30 November 1984
Three sigmoidal growth equations were tested for their usefulness in fitting mammalian growth curves. The von Bertalanffy, Gompertz, and logistic equations were fitted to growth data by nonlinear…
The Game of Choice: Patterns of Indian and Colonist Hunting in the Neotropics
- K. Redford, John G. Robinson
- Biology
- 1 September 1987
Data on hunting by humans reveals the astonishing range of game species taken by Neotropical human hunters.
Biogeographic variation of food habits and body size of the America puma
- J. Iriarte, W. Franklin, W. Johnson, K. Redford
- Environmental ScienceOecologia
- 1 December 1990
The puma has the most extensive range of any terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, covering over 100° latitude, and food habits of different puma subspecies vary with latitude.
The Sustainability of Subsistence Hunting in the Neotropics
- M. Alvard, J. Robinson, K. Redford, H. Kaplan
- Environmental Science
- 1 August 1997
Hunting is an important component of native subsistence strategies in Amazonia. It is also a serious threat to biodiversity in some areas. We present data on the faunal harvests of two native…
The futures of privately protected areas
- K. Redford, S. Stolton, N. Dudley
- Environmental Science
- 2014
Privately protected areas deserve far greater recognition and support than is the case at the moment. Private conservation efforts can often fill important gaps in national policies in terms of both…
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