Adoption rationales and effects of off-grid renewable energy access for African youth: A case study from Tanzania

NP Simpson, CJ Rabenold, M Sowman… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inclusive energy access remains elusive globally. Centrally planned energy infrastructures
tend to neglect marginalised and disparate populations while upfront costs make it rare for …

Unraveling the influences of climate change in Lepidosauria (Reptilia)

LM Diele-Viegas, CFD Rocha - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems
on all continents and across the oceans and many species have shifted their geographic …

Hot and bothered: using trait-based approaches to assess climate change vulnerability in reptiles

M Böhm, D Cook, H Ma, AD Davidson, A García… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
One-fifth of the world's reptiles are currently estimated as threatened with extinction,
primarily due to the immediate threats of habitat loss and overexploitation. Climate change …

Addressing knowledge gaps in reptile conservation

R Tingley, S Meiri, DG Chapple - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Reptiles are the most species-rich group of terrestrial vertebrates, yet we lack a
comprehensive understanding of their extinction risk. Only 45% of described reptile species …

Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

HM Geyle, R Tingley, AP Amey, H Cogger… - Pacific Conservation …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Australia hosts approximately 10% of the world's reptile species, the largest number of any
country. Despite this and evidence of widespread decline, the first comprehensive …

Climate change vulnerability for species—Assessing the assessments

CJ Wheatley, CM Beale, RB Bradbury… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change vulnerability assessments are commonly used to identify species at risk
from global climate change, but the wide range of methodologies available makes it difficult …

Exploring the international trade in African snakes not listed on CITES: highlighting the role of the internet and social media

TJ Jensen, M Auliya, ND Burgess, PW Aust… - Biodiversity and …, 2019 - Springer
Globally, there is an extensive trade in snakes for pets, especially in the European and North
American markets. This trade includes many African snakes, but few of these are present on …

Bird vulnerability to climate and land use changes in the Brazilian Cerrado

FJA Borges, BR Ribeiro, LE Lopes, R Loyola - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Estimating species vulnerability to global changes and understanding what drives their
vulnerability has become an important task in the last decades. Here, we evaluated the …

Identifying in situ climate refugia for plant species

JB Baumgartner, M Esperón‐Rodríguez… - Ecography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identification of refugia from climate change is increasingly considered important for
biodiversity conservation, but the distribution of putative refugia may vary across alternative …

Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania

LP Lawson, SP Loader, JV Lyakurwa, M Menegon… - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human modification of the environment has drastically changed ecosystems around the
globe. While forest‐loss (deforestation) has been well studied for its effects on ecosystems …