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Kamal Bawa
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Boston
Publications - 11
Citations - 1096
Kamal Bawa is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Boston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests & Tropical savanna climate. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1048 citations.
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Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests.
TL;DR: This article reviewed the available information, often making contrasts with wetter forests, and showed that the world's dry forests heterogeneity of structure and function is shown regionally, as does the spectrum of plant life-forms in terms of structure, physiology, phenology and reproduction.
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To close the yield-gap while saving biodiversity will require multiple locally relevant strategies
Saul A. Cunningham,Simon Attwood,Kamal Bawa,Tim G. Benton,Linda M. Broadhurst,Raphael K. Didham,Sue McIntyre,Ivette Perfecto,Michael J. Samways,Teja Tscharntke,John Vandermeer,Marc-André Villard,Andrew G. Young,David B. Lindenmayer +13 more
TL;DR: The risk is now great that a singular focus on increasing yields will divert attention from the linked problem of biodiversity decline, and the historical pattern will continue.
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Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Saving Natural Capital without Losing Interest
Charles Perrings,Louise E. Jackson,Kamal Bawa,Lijbert Brussaard,Stephen B. Brush,Tom Gavin,Roberto Papa,Unai Pascual,Peter C. de Ruiter +8 more
TL;DR: The Northwest Forest Plan as discussed by the authors is a global example of land-use planning, established a decade after it was established to end the stalemate over logging and endangered species in the Pacific Northwest.
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Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future.
Christopher G. Boone,Steward T. A. Pickett,Gabriele Bammer,Kamal Bawa,Jennifer A. Dunne,Iain J. Gordon,David Hart,Jessica J. Hellmann,Alison Miller,Mark New,Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto,Ken Taylor,Gabriele Wendorf,Arun Agrawal,Paul M. Bertsch,Colin Campbell,Paul Dodd,Anthony C. Janetos,Hein Mallee +18 more
TL;DR: This article distills key lessons learned from multiple pathways to building successful programs, and provides a framework that articulates the major facets of leadership in inter- and trans-disciplinary organizations: learning, supporting, sharing, and training.