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Colby Loucks - All Publications

Journal Articles

Loucks, C.J., T. Ricketts, J. Lamoreux, J. Hoekstra, M. Imhoff, W. Wettengel, L.Bounoua, and T. Boucher. Submitted. Global relationships among human resource consumption, threatened species, and habitat protection. J. Biogeography.

Dinerstein, E., C. Loucks, E. Wikramanayake, J. Ginsberg, E. Sanderson, J. Seidensticker, J. Forrest, G. Bryja, A. Heydlauff, S. Klenzendorf, P. Leimgruber, J. Mills, T. O'Brien, M. Shrestha, R. Simons, and. M. Songer. 2007. The Fate of Wild Tigers. BioScience 57: 508-514.

Burgess, N. C. Loucks, S. Stolton, and N. Dudley. 2007. The potential of forest reserves for augmenting the protected area network in Africa. Oryx 41: 151-159.

Ricketts, T. H., E. Dinerstein, T. Boucher, T. M. Brooks, S.H.M. Butchart, M. Hoffmann, J. Lamoreux, J. Morrison, M. Parr, J. D. Pilgrim, A.S.L. Rodrigues, W. Sechrest, G. E. Wallace, K. Berlin, J. Bielby, N. D. Burgess, D. R. Church, N. Cox, D. Knox, C. Loucks, G. W. Luck, L. L. Master, R. Moore, R. Naidoo, R. Ridgely, G. E. Schatz, G. Shire, H. Strand, W. Wettengel, and E. Wikramanayake. 2005. Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102:18497-18501.

Imhoff, M. L., L. Bounoua, T. Ricketts, C. Loucks, R. Harriss, and W. T. Lawrence. 2004. Global patterns in human consumption of net primary production. Nature 429:870-873.

Loucks, C.J., Z. L�, E. Dinerstein, D. Wang, D. Fu, and H. Wang. 2003. The giant pandas of the Qinling Mountains, China: a case study in designing conservation landscapes for elevational migrants. Conservation Biology 17:558-565.

Loucks, C., N. Brown, A. Loucks, and K. Cesareo. 2003. USDA Forest Service roadless areas: potential biodiversity conservation reserves. Conservation Ecology 7(2): 5 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss2/art5

Olson, D.M., E. Dinerstein, E.D. Wikramanayake, N.D. Burgess, G.V.N. Powell, E.C. Underwood, J.A. D'Amico, I. Itoua, H.E. Strand, J.C. Morrison, C.J. Loucks, T.F. Allnutt, T.H. Ricketts, Y. Kura, J.F. Lamoreux, W.W. Wettengel, P. Hedao, and K.R. Kassem. 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: New map of life on earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938.

Loucks, C.J., Z. L�, E. Dinerstein, H. Wang, D.M. Olson, C. Zhu, and D. Wang. 2001. Giant pandas in a changing landscape. Science 294: 1465.

Ricketts, T.H., E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C. Loucks. 1999. Who's where in North America? Patterns of species richness and the utility of indicator taxa for conservation. Bioscience 49(5):369-381.

Books and Book Chapters
Loucks, C. and P. Leimgruber. 2007. Trends in Species Populations in Strand et al. eds. Sourcebook on Remote Sensing Indicators. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Technical Series no. 32.

Loucks, C. 2007. Case Study 4.2: Dry Tropical Forest Mosaic of Eastern Cambodia in Strand et al. eds. Sourcebook on Remote Sensing Indicators. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Technical Series no. 32.

Mace et al. 2005. Biodiversity. in N. J. Ash, R. Hassan, and R. Scholes, eds. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and human well-being, vol. 1: Current state and trends. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Loucks, C.J. and H. Wang. 2004. Assessing the habitat and distribution of the giant panda: Methods and issues. Conference Proceedings: Panda 2000, San Diego, October 15-18, 2000. University of California Press. Berkley, CA, USA.

Dinerstein, E. and C.J. Loucks. 2004. A framework for evaluating future efforts in giant panda conservation. Conference proceedings: Panda 2000, San Diego, October 15-18, 2000. University of California Press. Berkley, CA,USA.

Burgess, N.D., T. Lehmberg, C. Loucks, J.A. D'Amico, and J. Morrison. 2002. Some aspects of designing conservation landscapes: With an example from eastern Africa. Pp. 133-157 in Peter Schultz and Dolf Noppen, editors. Integrating conservation and development with a landscape approach. Environment and Development Network, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Wikramanayake, E.D., E. Dinerstein, C.J. Loucks, D.M. Olson, J. Morrison, J. Lamoreux, M. McKnight, and P. Hedao. 2002. Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A conservation assessment. Island Press, Washington, DC. 643 pp.

Abell, R., D. M. Olson, E. Dinerstein, P. Hurley, S. Walters, C.J. Loucks, and W. Wettengel. 2000. Freshwater Ecoregions of North America: A conservation assessment. Island Press, Washington, DC. 319 pages.

Ricketts, T.H., E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum, K. Kavanagh, P. Hedao, P. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R. Abell, and S. Walters. 1999. Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A conservation assessment. Island Press, Washington DC. 485 pp.

Other Publications

Dinerstein, E., C. Loucks, A. Heydlauff, E. Wikramanayake, G. Bryja, J. Forrest, J. Ginsberg, S. Klenzendorf, P. Leimgruber, T. O'Brien, E. Sanderson, J. Seidensticker, and M. Songer. 2006. Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. A User's Guide. WWF, WCS, Smithsonian, and NFWF-STF, Washington, DC - New York.

Sanderson, E. J. Forrest, C. Loucks, J. Ginsberg, E. Dinerstein, J. Seidensticker, P. Leimgruber, M. Songer, A. Heydlauff, T. O'Brien, G. Bryja, S. Klenzendorf, and E. Wikramanayake. 2006. Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. The Technical Assessment. WCS, WWF, Smithsonian, and NFWF-STF, New York - Washington, DC.

Bottrill, M., K. Didier, J. Baumgartner, C. Boyd, C. Loucks, J. Oglethorpe, D. Wilkie, and D. Williams. 2006. Selecting conservation targets for landscape-scale priority setting: A comparative assessment of selction processes used by five conservation NGOS for a landscape in Samburu, Kenya. World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC.

Loucks, C., J. Springer, S. Palminteri, J. Morrison, and H. Strand. 2004. From the vision to the ground: a guide to implementing ecoregion conservation in priority areas. World Wildlife Fund-United States, Washington D.C

Wikramanayake, E., E. Dinerstein, C. Loucks, D. Olson, J. Morrison, J. Lamoreux, M. McKnight, and P. Hedao. 2002. Ecoregions in ascendance: reply to Jepson and Whittaker. Conservation Biology 16(1): 1-6.

Dinerstein, E., G. Powell, D.M. Olson, E. Wikramanayake, R. Abell, C. Loucks, E. Underwood, T. Allnutt, W. Wettengel, T.H. Ricketts, H. Strand, S. O'Connor, and N. Burgess. 2001. A workbook for conducting biological assessments and developing biodiversity visions for ecoregion-based conservation. World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC.

Wikramanayke, E.D., E. Dinerstein, T. Allnutt, C. Loucks, and W. Wettengel. 1998. A biodiversity assessment and gap analysis of the Himalayas. Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington D.C., USA.

Loucks, C.J. 1996. A spatial analysis of vegetation in Yaguarete Forests, San Pedro Department, Paraguay. Master's thesis, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment.

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