List of works - Valerie Kapos

A framework for integrating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programmes

A global map of terrestrial habitat types

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests

article published in 2006

A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project

scientific article (publication date: 27 November 2011)

Achieving Multiple Benefits through a UNFCCC Mechanism on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ⬇️

CBD | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

scientific article

Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Assessing the impacts of fragmentation on plant communities in New Zealand: scaling from survey plots to landscapes

article

Author Correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

correction of a scholarly article

Author Correction: Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

correction of a scholarly article

Bamboo Biodiversity: Africa, Madagascar and the Americas. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 19 ⬇️

UNEP-WCMC, INBAR | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Biodiversity conservation: challenges beyond 2010.

scientific article

Biodiversity indicators for monitoring GEF programme implementation and impacts. Draft final report ⬇️

GEF | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Biodiversity indicators for national use: experience and guidance ⬇️

UNEP-WCMC | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Biodiversity indicators in national forest inventories ⬇️

Unasylva | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Biodiversity monitoring for REDD+

Biodiversity trends and threats in Europe: development and test of a species trend indicator ⬇️

RIVM, UNEP-WCMC | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Biodiversity trends in Europe: development and testing of a species trend indicator for evaluating progress towards the 2010 target

scientific article

Calibrating conservation: new tools for measuring success

article

Capturing the many dimensions of threat: comment on Salafsky et al.

scientific article published in April 2009

Carbon emissions from forest loss in protected areas ⬇️

UNEP-WCMC | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Comparing species and measures of landscape structure as indicators of conservation importance

article

Complex edge effects on soil moisture and microclimate in central Amazonian forest

scientific article published in 1995

Conservation priorities

article

Culture and Biodiversity Losses Linked--Response

scientific article published in Science

Defining and Measuring Success in Conservation

Distribution and conservation status of forest bamboo biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific Region

Effects of isolation on the water status of forest patches in the Brazilian Amazon

article

Future environmental and agricultural impacts of Brazil’s Forest Code

scientific article published in 2018

Geographical ecology of dry forest tree communities in the West Indies

scholarly article published on 7 March 2018

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

scientific article

Global analysis of the protection status of the world’s forests

scientific article (publication date: October 2009)

Global impacts of energy demand on the freshwater resources of nations ⬇️

scientific article

Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Global priority conservation areas in the face of 21st century climate change

scientific article

Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Global soil carbon: understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool

Guest editorial

Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: the effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica

article published in 1992

Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity: A review of the recent scientific literature ⬇️

UNEP-WCMC | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity

scientific article published on 03 April 2021

Jamaican limestone forests: floristics, structure and environment of three examples along a rainfall gradient

scientific article published in 1988

Leaf Structure of Jamaican Upper Montane Rain-Forest Trees

scholarly article by E. V. J. Tanner & Valerie Kapos published March 1982 in Biotropica

Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss

article

Mapping community change in modified landscapes

article

Mapping the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Measuring impact of protected area management interventions: current and future use of the Global Database of Protected Area Management Effectiveness

scientific article

Mismatches between conservation outcomes and management evaluation in protected areas: A case study in the Brazilian Cerrado

article

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization of Jamaican montane forest trees

scientific article published in 1990

Outcomes, not implementation, predict conservation success

article

Present and future biodiversity risks from fossil fuel exploitation

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Protected Area Effectiveness in Reducing Conversion in a Rapidly Vanishing Ecosystem: The Brazilian Cerrado

article

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: A Key Opportunity for Attaining Multiple Benefits ⬇️

UNEP | UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge (archive.org)

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: global land-use implications

scientific article

Regeneration following clearing in a Jamaican montane forest: results of a ten-year study

scientific article published in 1985

Reply to: Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people

scientific article published on 13 July 2022

Reply to: The risks of overstating the climate benefits of ecosystem restoration

scientific article published in 2022

Rethinking the conceptual foundations of habitat fragmentation research

article

Securing tropical forest carbon: the contribution of protected areas to REDD

Seeing the forest through the trees

scientific article

Terrestrial carbon stocks and biodiversity: key knowledge gaps and some policy implications

article

The Living Planet Index: using species population time series to track trends in biodiversity

scientific article

Threat from deforestation to montane and lowland birds and mammals in insular South-east Asia

article

Towards a multidimensional biodiversity index for national application

scientific article

Towards understanding interactions between Sustainable Development Goals: the role of environment–human linkages

scientific article published in April 2020

Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy

scientific article

Water Relations of Jamaican Upper Montane Rain Forest Trees

scholarly article by Valerie Kapos & Edmund V J Tanner published February 1985 in Ecology

List of works by Valerie Kapos

A framework for integrating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programmes

A global map of terrestrial habitat types

A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests

A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project

Achieving Multiple Benefits through a UNFCCC Mechanism on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ⬇️

Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water

Assessing the impacts of fragmentation on plant communities in New Zealand: scaling from survey plots to landscapes

Author Correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

Author Correction: Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

Bamboo Biodiversity: Africa, Madagascar and the Americas. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 19 ⬇️

Biodiversity conservation: challenges beyond 2010.

Biodiversity indicators for monitoring GEF programme implementation and impacts. Draft final report ⬇️

Biodiversity indicators for national use: experience and guidance ⬇️

Biodiversity indicators in national forest inventories ⬇️

Biodiversity monitoring for REDD+

Biodiversity trends and threats in Europe: development and test of a species trend indicator ⬇️

Biodiversity trends in Europe: development and testing of a species trend indicator for evaluating progress towards the 2010 target

Calibrating conservation: new tools for measuring success

Capturing the many dimensions of threat: comment on Salafsky et al.

Carbon emissions from forest loss in protected areas ⬇️

Comparing species and measures of landscape structure as indicators of conservation importance

Complex edge effects on soil moisture and microclimate in central Amazonian forest

Conservation priorities

Culture and Biodiversity Losses Linked--Response

Defining and Measuring Success in Conservation

Distribution and conservation status of forest bamboo biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific Region

Effects of isolation on the water status of forest patches in the Brazilian Amazon

Future environmental and agricultural impacts of Brazil’s Forest Code

Geographical ecology of dry forest tree communities in the West Indies

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

Global analysis of the protection status of the world’s forests

Global impacts of energy demand on the freshwater resources of nations ⬇️

Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration

Global priority conservation areas in the face of 21st century climate change

Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change

Global soil carbon: understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool

Guest editorial

Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: the effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica

Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity: A review of the recent scientific literature ⬇️

Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity

Jamaican limestone forests: floristics, structure and environment of three examples along a rainfall gradient

Leaf Structure of Jamaican Upper Montane Rain-Forest Trees

Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss

Mapping community change in modified landscapes

Mapping the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation

Measuring impact of protected area management interventions: current and future use of the Global Database of Protected Area Management Effectiveness

Mismatches between conservation outcomes and management evaluation in protected areas: A case study in the Brazilian Cerrado

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization of Jamaican montane forest trees

Outcomes, not implementation, predict conservation success

Present and future biodiversity risks from fossil fuel exploitation

Protected Area Effectiveness in Reducing Conversion in a Rapidly Vanishing Ecosystem: The Brazilian Cerrado

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: A Key Opportunity for Attaining Multiple Benefits ⬇️

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: global land-use implications

Regeneration following clearing in a Jamaican montane forest: results of a ten-year study

Reply to: Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people

Reply to: The risks of overstating the climate benefits of ecosystem restoration

Rethinking the conceptual foundations of habitat fragmentation research

Securing tropical forest carbon: the contribution of protected areas to REDD

Seeing the forest through the trees

Terrestrial carbon stocks and biodiversity: key knowledge gaps and some policy implications

The Living Planet Index: using species population time series to track trends in biodiversity

Threat from deforestation to montane and lowland birds and mammals in insular South-east Asia

Towards a multidimensional biodiversity index for national application

Towards understanding interactions between Sustainable Development Goals: the role of environment–human linkages

Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy

Water Relations of Jamaican Upper Montane Rain Forest Trees