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2021

Boldy, Santini, Annandale, Erskine, Sonter (2021) Understanding the impacts of mining on ecosystem services through a systematic review The Extractive Industries and Society, 8(1), 457-466 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.12.005

Kodaira, Seton, Sonter, Till, Williams (2021) Reflections on solid Earth research Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2 (1), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-00127-7

Archibald, Dade, Sonter, Bell-James, Boldy, Cano, Friedman, Freire, Metzger, Fitzsimons, Rhodes (2020), “Legal requirements of conservation covenants do not directly account for ecosystem services benefits”, Environmental Science and Policy 115, 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.08.016

2020

Siqueira-Gay, Soares-Filho, Sanchez, Sonter (2020). “Proposed legislation to mine Brazil’s Indigenous Lands will threaten Amazon forests and their valuable ecosystem services”, One Earth. 3(3) 356-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.008

Villarreal Rosas, Sonter et al. (2020). “Advancing systematic conservation planning for ecosystem services”, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35(12), 1129-1139 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.016

Mandle, Shields-Estrada, Chaplin-Kramer, Mitchell, Bremer, Gourevitch, Hawthorne, Johnson, Robinson, Smith, Sonter, Verutes, Vogl, Daily, Ricketts (2020). “Links between the environment and benefits to people, and gaps in ecosystem service research”, Nature Sustainability, 4, 161–169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00625-y

Sonter, Dade, Watson, Valenta (2020). "Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity", Nature Communications, 11(1) 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17928-5

Sonter et al. (2020) "Local conditions and policy design affect whether ecological compensation achieves No Net Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services", Nature Communications. 11, 2076. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15861-1

Ward et al. (2020). “Burnt biodiversity: extensive distributional overlap of the 2019-20 Australian mega-fires with fauna occurrence”, Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4(10), 1321-1326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1251-1

Negret, Marco, Possingham, Rhodes, Sonter, Maron (2020). Spatial autocorrelation and sampling design affect estimates of protected area effectiveness”, Conservation Biology, 34(6) 1452-1462https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13522

Siqueira-Gay, Sonter, Sánchez (2020), "Exploring potential impacts of mining on forest loss and fragmentation within a biodiverse region of Brazil's northeastern Amazon". Resources Policy, 67:101662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101662

Rehbein, Watson, Lane, Sonter, Venter, Atkinson, Allan (2020), "Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas". Global Change Biology, 26(5):3040-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15067

Watson, Galford, Sonter, Ricketts (2020), "Conserving ecosystem services and biodiversity: Measuring the tradeoffs involved in splitting conservation budgets". Ecosystem Services42, 101063. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101063

Sonter, Gordon, Archibald, Simmonds, Ward, Metzger, Rhodes, Maron (2020), "Offsetting impacts of development on biodiversity and ecosystem services". Ambio49(4), 892-902. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01245-3

Maron, Simmonds, Watson, Sonter, Bennun, Griffiths, Quétier, von Hase, Edwards, Rainey, Bull (2020), "Global no net loss of natural ecosystems". Nature Ecology & Evolution4(1), 46-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1067-z 

2019

Simmonds, Sonter, Watson, Bennun, Costa, Dutson, Edwards, Grantham, Griffiths, Jones, Kiesecker (2019), "Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target‐based approach for ecological compensation". Conservation Letters, p.e12695. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12695

Negret, Sonter, Watson, Possingham, Jones, Suarez, Ochoa-Quintero, Maron (2019), "Emerging evidence that armed conflict and coca cultivation influence deforestation patterns". Biological Conservation239, p.108176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.021

Jones, Bull, Roe, Baker, Griffiths, Starkey, Sonter, Milner-Gulland (2019), "Net Gain: Seeking Better Outcomes for Local People when Mitigating Biodiversity Loss from Development". One Earth1(2), 195-201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.09.007

Grima, Fisher, Ricketts, Sonter (2019), "Who benefits from ecosystem services? Analysing recreational moose hunting in Vermont, USA". Oryx53(4), 707-715. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060531800145X

Watson, Galford, Sonter, Koh, Ricketts (2019), “Effects of human demand on conservation planning for biodiversity and ecosystem services”, Conservation Biology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13276

Thom, Golivets, Edling, Meigs, Gourevitch, Sonter, Galford, Keeton (2019), "The climate sensitivity of carbon, timber, and species richness covaries with forest age in boreal–temperate North America". Global Change Biology25(7), 2446-2458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14656

Sonter, Barnes, Matthews, Maron (2019), “Quantifying habitat losses and gains made by US Species Conservation Banks to improve compensation policies and avoid perverse outcomes”, Conservation Letters, e12629. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12629

2018

Sonter, Ali, Watson (2018), “Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1892), 20181926. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1926

Sonter, Gourevitch, Koh, Nicholson, Richardson, Schwartz, Singh, Watson, Maron, Ricketts (2018), "Biodiversity offsets may miss opportunities to mitigate impacts on ecosystem services", Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(3):143-148. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1781

Sonter (2018), “Biodiversity Offsets: European Perspectives on No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”, Biological Conservation 225:251-252. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.07.031

2017

Sonter, Herrera, Barrett, Galford, Moran, Soares-Filho (2017), "Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon", Nature Communications 8:1013. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00557-w

Sonter, Johnson, Nicolson, Richardson, Watson, Ricketts (2017), “Multi-site interactions: Understanding the offsite impacts of land use change on the supply and use of ecosytem services”, Ecosystem Services 23:158-164. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.12.012

Sonter, Tomsett, Wu, Maron (2017), “Biodiversity offsetting in dynamic landscapes: Influence of regulatory context and counterfactual assumptions on achievement of no net loss”, Biological Conservation. 206: 314-319. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.025

2016

Ricketts, Watson, Koh, Ellis, Nicholson, Posner, Richardson, Sonter (2016), “Disaggregating the evidence linking biodiversity and ecosystem services”, Nature Communications 13106. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13106 

Sonter, Watson, Wood & Ricketts (2016), “Spatial and Temporal Dynamics and Value of Nature-Based Recreation, Estimated via Social Media”, PLoS ONE  11(9): e0162372. DOI: 10.1371/jounal.pone.0162372

2015

Sonter, Barrett, Moran & Soares-Filho (2015), “Carbon emissions due to deforestation for the production of charcoal used in Brazil’s steel industry”, Nature Climate Change 5: 359–363. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2515

Galford, Soares-Filho, Sonter, Laporte (2015), “Will passive protection save Congo forests?”, PloS ONE 10(6): e0128473. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128473 

Sonter, Barrett, Moran & Soares-Filho (2015), “A Land System Science meta-analysis suggests we underestimate intensive land uses in land use change dynamics”, Journal of Land Use Science 10(2): 191–204. DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2013.871356

Sonter & Galford (2015), “Africa's forests may be our last to slow climate change”, The Conversation, July 2015 https://theconversation.com/africas-forests-may-be-our-last-chance-to-slow-climate-change-44796

Sonter (2015), “Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics”, Journal of Regional Science 55(4): 679–681. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12210

2014

Sonter, Barrett, Soares-Filho & Moran (2014), “Global demand for steel drives extensive land-use change in Brazil’s Iron Quadrangle”, Global Environmental Change 26: 63–72. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.014

Sonter, Moran, Barrett & Soares-Filho (2014), “Processes of land use change in mining regions”, Journal of Cleaner Production 84: 494–501. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.084

Sonter, Barrett & Soares-Filho (2014), “Offsetting the impacts of mining to achieve no net loss of native vegetation”, Conservation Biology 28(4): 1068–1076. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12260

2013

Sonter, Moran & Barrett (2013), “Modeling the impact of revegetation on regional water quality: a collective approach to manage the cumulative impacts of mining in the Bowen Basin, Australia”, Resources Policy 38(4): 670–677. DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.02.007

Moran, Franks & Sonter (2013), “Using the multiple capitals framework to connect indicators of regional cumulative impacts of mining and pastoralism in the Murray Darling Basin, Australia”, Resources Policy 38(4): 733–744. DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.01.002

Sonter, Barrett, Moran & Soares-Filho (2013), “Mining, deforestation and conservation opportunities: A case study of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero land use change dynamics”, XVI Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium (SBSR). Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil. 13-18 April. Available here.