The photosearcher package allows users to access metadata from the Flickr social media website. We illustrate usage of this data with a cultural ecosystem services, and a species distribution case study.
- The current (1992) global extent of cropland can be explained with existing data
- Recent expansion (1992–2015) of cropland is not well explained with existing data
- Deviations from the 1992 model of extent improve models of cropland expansion
There is an increasing demand for fisheries resources worldwide. The brown sea cucumber *Isostichopus fuscus* is the most valuable species from the Eastern Pacific and it has been almost depleted due to overfishing. Here, we show that it is important to consider the spatial structure of *Isostichopus fuscus* populations when granting quotas. Given the high levels of illegal fishing within the Gulf of California, it is imperative that quotas are based on the lower bounds of spatially explicit density estimates – along with increased surveillance and enforcement – if the long-term commercial sustainability of the fishery is to be maintained.
The probability of long‐term persistence of a population is strongly determined by adult survival rates, but estimates of survival are currently lacking for most species of birds in the tropical Andes, a global biodiversity hotspot. We calculated …
A major sustainability challenge is determining where to target management to enhance natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides. Achieving this understanding is difficult, given that the effects of most actions vary according to wider …
1. Spatial models of variation in the isotopic composition of structural nutrients across habitats (isoscapes) offer information on physical, biogeochemical and anthropogenic processes occurring across space, and provide a tool for retrospective …