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Lera Miles
Researcher at World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Publications - 47
Citations - 12905
Lera Miles is an academic researcher from World Conservation Monitoring Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 41 publications receiving 11548 citations. Previous affiliations of Lera Miles include University of York & United Nations Environment Programme.
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Extinction risk from climate change
Chris D. Thomas,Alison Cameron,Rhys E. Green,Rhys E. Green,Michel Bakkenes,Linda J. Beaumont,Yvonne C. Collingham,Barend F.N. Erasmus,Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira,Alan Grainger,Lee Hannah,Lesley Hughes,Brian Huntley,Albert S. van Jaarsveld,Guy F. Midgley,Lera Miles,Lera Miles,Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta,A. Townsend Peterson,Oliver L. Phillips,Stephen E. Williams +20 more
TL;DR: Estimates of extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20% of the Earth's terrestrial surface show the importance of rapid implementation of technologies to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and strategies for carbon sequestration.
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A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests
Lera Miles,Adrian C. Newton,Ruth DeFries,Corinna Ravilious,Ian May,Simon Blyth,Valerie Kapos,James E. Gordon +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new global distribution map of tropical dry forests derived from the recently developed MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) product was presented, which depicts percentage tree cover at a resolution of 500 m, combined with previously defined maps of biomes.
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Model-based uncertainty in species range prediction
Richard G. Pearson,Wilfried Thuiller,Miguel B. Araújo,Miguel B. Araújo,Enrique Martínez-Meyer,Lluís Brotons,Colin J. McClean,Lera Miles,Pedro Segurado,Terence P. Dawson,David C. Lees +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact that the choice of model can have on predictions, identify key reasons why model output may differ and discuss the implications that model uncertainty has for policy-guiding applications.
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GLOBIO3: A Framework to Investigate Options for Reducing Global Terrestrial Biodiversity Loss
TL;DR: The GLOBIO3 model has been developed to assess human-induced changes in biodiversity, in the past, present, and future at regional and global scales as mentioned in this paper, which is built on simple cause-effect relationships between environmental drivers and biodiversity impacts, based on state-of-the-art knowledge.
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Global Land-Use Implications
TL;DR: The demonstration phase launched at Bali offers an opportunity to examine potential outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services, and research will be needed into selection of priority areas for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation to deliver multiple benefits.