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Kit M. Kovacs
Researcher at Norwegian Polar Institute
Publications - 160
Citations - 13887
Kit M. Kovacs is an academic researcher from Norwegian Polar Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Arctic. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 146 publications receiving 12026 citations. Previous affiliations of Kit M. Kovacs include University of Waterloo & Lakehead University.
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The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge
Jan Schipper,Jan Schipper,Janice Chanson,Janice Chanson,Federica Chiozza,Neil A. Cox,Neil A. Cox,Michael R. Hoffmann,Michael R. Hoffmann,Vineet Katariya,John F. Lamoreux,John F. Lamoreux,Ana S. L. Rodrigues,Ana S. L. Rodrigues,Simon N. Stuart,Simon N. Stuart,Helen J. Temple,Jonathan E. M. Baillie,Luigi Boitani,Thomas E. Lacher,Thomas E. Lacher,Russell A. Mittermeier,Andrew T. Smith,Daniel Absolon,John M. Aguiar,John M. Aguiar,Giovanni Amori,Noura Bakkour,Noura Bakkour,Ricardo Baldi,Ricardo Baldi,Richard J. Berridge,Jon Bielby,Jon Bielby,Patricia Ann Black,Julian Blanc,Thomas M. Brooks,Thomas M. Brooks,Thomas M. Brooks,James Burton,James Burton,Thomas M. Butynski,Gianluca Catullo,Roselle Chapman,Zoe Cokeliss,Ben Collen,Jim Conroy,Justin Cooke,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Andrew E. Derocher,Holly T. Dublin,J. W. Duckworth,Louise H. Emmons,Richard H. Emslie,Marco Festa-Bianchet,Matthew N. Foster,Sabrina Foster,David L. Garshelis,C. Cormack Gates,Mariano Gimenez-Dixon,Susana González,José F. González-Maya,Tatjana C. Good,Geoffrey Hammerson,Philip S. Hammond,D. C. D. Happold,Meredith Happold,John Hare,Richard B. Harris,Clare E. Hawkins,Clare E. Hawkins,Mandy Haywood,Lawrence R. Heaney,Simon Hedges,Kristofer M. Helgen,Craig Hilton-Taylor,Syed Ainul Hussain,Nobuo Ishii,Thomas Jefferson,Richard K. B. Jenkins,Charlotte H. Johnston,Mark Keith,Jonathan Kingdon,David Knox,Kit M. Kovacs,Kit M. Kovacs,Penny F. Langhammer,Kristin Leus,Rebecca L. Lewison,Gabriela Lichtenstein,Lloyd F. Lowry,Zoe Macavoy,Georgina M. Mace,David Mallon,Monica Masi,Meghan W. McKnight,Rodrigo A. Medellín,Patricia Medici,G. Mills,Patricia D. Moehlman,Sanjay Molur,Arturo Mora,Kristin Nowell,John F. Oates,Wanda Olech,William R.L. Oliver,Monik Oprea,Bruce D. Patterson,William F. Perrin,Beth Polidoro,Caroline M. Pollock,Abigail Powel,Yelizaveta Protas,Paul A. Racey,Jim Ragle,Pavithra Ramani,Galen B. Rathbun,Randall R. Reeves,Stephen B. Reilly,John E. Reynolds,Carlo Rondinini,Ruth Grace Rosell-Ambal,Monica Rulli,Anthony B. Rylands,Simona Savini,Cody J. Schank,Wes Sechrest,Caryn Self-Sullivan,Alan Shoemaker,Claudio Sillero-Zubiri,Naamal De Silva,David E. Smith,Chelmala Srinivasulu,P. J. Stephenson,Nico van Strien,Bibhab Kumar Talukdar,Barbara L. Taylor,Rob Timmins,Diego G. Tirira,Marcelo F. Tognelli,Marcelo F. Tognelli,Katerina Tsytsulina,Liza M. Veiga,Jean-Christophe Vié,Elizabeth A. Williamson,Sarah A. Wyatt,Yan Xie,Bruce E. Young +148 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and distribution of the world's mammals, including marine mammals, using data collected by 1700+ experts, covering all 5487 species.
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The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates
Michael R. Hoffmann,Craig Hilton-Taylor,Ariadne Angulo,Monika Böhm,Thomas M. Brooks,Stuart H. M. Butchart,Kent E. Carpenter,Janice Chanson,Ben Collen,Neil A. Cox,William Darwall,Nicholas K. Dulvy,Lucy R. Harrison,Vineet Katariya,Caroline M. Pollock,Suhel Quader,Nadia I. Richman,Ana S. L. Rodrigues,Marcelo F. Tognelli,Jean Christophe Vié,John M. Aguiar,David Allen,Gerald R. Allen,Giovanni Amori,Natalia B. Ananjeva,Franco Andreone,Paul Andrew,Aida Luz Aquino Ortiz,Jonathan E. M. Baillie,Ricardo Baldi,Ben D. Bell,S. D. Biju,Jeremy P. Bird,Patricia Black-Decima,Julian Blanc,Federico Bolaños,Wilmar Bolívar-G,Ian J. Burfield,James Burton,David R. Capper,Fernando Castro,Gianluca Catullo,Rachel D. Cavanagh,Alan Channing,Ning Labbish Chao,Anna M. Chenery,Federica Chiozza,Viola Clausnitzer,Nigel Collar,Leah C. Collett,Bruce B. Collette,Claudia F. Cortez Fernandez,Matthew T. Craig,Michael J. Crosby,Neil Cumberlidge,Annabelle Cuttelod,Andrew E. Derocher,Arvin C. Diesmos,John S. Donaldson,J. W. Duckworth,Guy Dutson,Sushil K. Dutta,Richard H. Emslie,Aljos Farjon,Sarah L. Fowler,Jörg Freyhof,David L. Garshelis,Justin Gerlach,David J. Gower,Tandora D. Grant,Geoffrey Hammerson,Richard B. Harris,Lawrence R. Heaney,S. Blair Hedges,Jean-Marc Hero,Baz Hughes,Syed Ainul Hussain,Javier Icochea,Robert F. Inger,Nobuo Ishii,Djoko T. Iskandar,Richard K. B. Jenkins,Yoshio Kaneko,Maurice Kottelat,Kit M. Kovacs,Sergius L. Kuzmin,Enrique La Marca,John F. Lamoreux,Michael W.N. Lau,Esteban O. Lavilla,Kristin Leus,Rebecca L. Lewison,Gabriela Lichtenstein,Suzanne R. Livingstone,Vimoksalehi Lukoschek,David Mallon,Philip J. K. McGowan,Anna McIvor,Patricia D. Moehlman,Sanjay Molur,Antonio Muñoz Alonso,John A. Musick,Kristin Nowell,Ronald A. Nussbaum,Wanda Olech,Nikolay L. Orlov,Theodore J. Papenfuss,Gabriela Parra-Olea,William F. Perrin,Beth Polidoro,Mohammad Pourkazemi,Paul A. Racey,James S. Ragle,Mala Ram,Galen B. Rathbun,Robert Reynolds,Anders G. J. Rhodin,Stephen Richards,Lily O. Rodríguez,Santiago R. Ron,Carlo Rondinini,Anthony B. Rylands,Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson,Jonnell C. Sanciangco,Kate L. Sanders,Georgina Santos-Barrera,Jan Schipper,Caryn Self-Sullivan,Yichuan Shi,Alan Shoemaker,Frederick T. Short,Claudio Sillero-Zubiri,Débora Leite Silvano,Kevin G. Smith,Andrew T. Smith,Jos Snoeks,Alison J. Stattersfield,Andrew Symes,Andrew B. Taber,Bibhab Kumar Talukdar,Helen J. Temple,Rob Timmins,Joe Tobias,Katerina Tsytsulina,Denis Tweddle,Carmen A. Úbeda,Sarah Valenti,Peter Paul van Dijk,Liza M. Veiga,Alberto Veloso,David C. Wege,Mark Wilkinson,Elizabeth A. Williamson,Feng Xie,Bruce E. Young,H. Resit Akçakaya,Leon Bennun,Tim M. Blackburn,Luigi Boitani,Holly T. Dublin,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Claude Gascon,Thomas E. Lacher,Georgina M. Mace,Susan A. Mainka,Jeffery A. McNeely,Russell A. Mittermeier,Gordon Mc Gregor Reid,Jon Paul Rodríguez,Andrew Rosenberg,Michael J. Samways,Jane Smart,Bruce A. Stein,Simon N. Stuart +173 more
TL;DR: Though the threat of extinction is increasing, overall declines would have been worse in the absence of conservation, and current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups.
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The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people
Brett R. Scheffers,Luc De Meester,Tom C. L. Bridge,Tom C. L. Bridge,Ary A. Hoffmann,John M. Pandolfi,Richard T. Corlett,Stuart H. M. Butchart,Stuart H. M. Butchart,Paul Pearce-Kelly,Kit M. Kovacs,David Dudgeon,Michela Pacifici,Carlo Rondinini,Wendy Foden,Tara G. Martin,Camilo Mora,David Bickford,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson +19 more
TL;DR: The full range and scale of climate change effects on global biodiversity that have been observed in natural systems are described, and a set of core ecological processes that underpin ecosystem functioning and support services to people are identified.
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Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change
Michela Pacifici,Michela Pacifici,Wendy Foden,Wendy Foden,Piero Visconti,Piero Visconti,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson,Stuart H. M. Butchart,Stuart H. M. Butchart,Kit M. Kovacs,Kit M. Kovacs,Brett R. Scheffers,Brett R. Scheffers,David G. Hole,David G. Hole,Tara G. Martin,Tara G. Martin,Tara G. Martin,H. Resit Akçakaya,H. Resit Akçakaya,Richard T. Corlett,Richard T. Corlett,Brian Huntley,Brian Huntley,David Bickford,David Bickford,Jamie Carr,Ary A. Hoffmann,Ary A. Hoffmann,Guy F. Midgley,Guy F. Midgley,Paul Pearce-Kelly,Paul Pearce-Kelly,Richard G. Pearson,Richard G. Pearson,Stephen E. Williams,Stephen E. Williams,Stephen G. Willis,Bruce E. Young,Bruce E. Young,Carlo Rondinini,Carlo Rondinini +43 more
TL;DR: In this article, three main approaches used to derive these currencies (correlative, mechanistic and trait-based) and their associated data requirements, spatial and temporal scales of application and modelling methods are described.
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The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
Haakon Hop,Tom Pearson,Else Nøst Hegseth,Kit M. Kovacs,Christian Wiencke,Slawek Kwasniewski,Ketil Eiane,Fridtjof Mehlum,Bjørn Gulliksen,Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk,Christian Lydersen,Jan Marcin Węsławski,Sabine Cochrane,Geir Wing Gabrielsen,Raymond J.G. Leakey,Ole Jørgen Lønne,Marek Zajaczkowski,Stig Falk-Petersen,Mike A. Kendall,Sten-Åke Wängberg,Kai Bischof,Andrey Voronkov,Nikolaj A. Kovaltchouk,Józef Wiktor,Michael Poltermann,Guido di Prisco,Carlo Papucci,S. Gerland +27 more
TL;DR: Kongsfjorden is a glacial fjord in the Arctic (Svalbard) that is influenced by both Atlantic and Arctic water masses and harbours a mixture of boreal and Arctic flora and fauna as discussed by the authors.