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Assessing the uneven global distribution of readership, submissions and publications in applied ecology: Obvious problems without obvious solutions
Author(s) -
Nuñez Martin A.,
Barlow Jos,
Cadotte Marc,
Lucas Kirsty,
Newton Erika,
Pettorelli Nathalie,
Stephens Philip A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.503
H-Index - 181
eISSN - 1365-2664
pISSN - 0021-8901
DOI - 10.1111/1365-2664.13319
Subject(s) - audience measurement , distribution (mathematics) , ecology , biodiversity , wildlife , geography , political science , environmental resource management , biology , economics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law
What do Colombia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea have in common? Not only are they among the most biodiverse countries in the world, they also face a suite of environmental problems relating to land‐use intensification, climate change, and wildlife management. Yet, at the same time, their capacity to respond to these issues remains weak; a weakness that is exacerbated by a deficit of the scientific research needed to guide policy and application (Barlow et al., 2018). A lack of locally developed applied ecological research may inhibit the identification of novel solutions to coupled socioecological problems such as the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable food production.