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December 19, 2016 (v1)

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A global inventory of mountains for bio-geographical applications

Körner, Christian

Uploaded on January 21, 2026

Part of Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment

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Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation

Bennett, Nathan J. Roth, Robin Klain, Sarah C.

It has long been claimed that a better understanding of human or social dimensions of environmental issues will improve conservation. The social sciences are one important means through which researchers and practitioners can attain that better understanding. Yet, a lack of awareness of the scope and uncertainty about the purpose of the...

Uploaded on January 20, 2026

Part of Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment

Published in Biological Conservation, 205, 93-108, 2017.

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Unblocking the flow of biodiversity data for decision-making in Africa

Stephenson, P. J. Bowles-Newark, Nadine Regan, Eugenie

African countries need to conserve biodiversity and use natural resources rationally if they are to avoid continued environmental degradation that jeopardizes sustainable development and human wellbeing. However, many government agencies cannot access or use the biodiversity data they need to make informed decisions for environmental and...

Uploaded on January 20, 2026

Part of Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment

Published in Biological Conservation, 213, 335-340, 2017.

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Eligibility — Any research output (data, software, posters, presentation, deliverables, ...) containing biodiversity related content, e.g. taxonomy, ecology, genetics
Curation — Submissions are NOT curated. Submissions are NOT peer- reviewed.
Compliance — Biodiversity Literature Repository makes it easy to comply with the related FAIR data principles.
Zenodo — Biodiversity Literature Repository is a community inside Zenodo which is managed and hosted by CERN.

Manage your project's research outputs — A BLR sub-community provides you with a common space to manage research outputs from your project and from all your partners.
Members — Allows you to manage members from across all the project's partners and determine who can submit, who can review and who can manage.

Plazi supports and promotes the development of persistent and openly accessible digital taxonomic literature. To this end Plazi:

Plazi & CERN — the Biodiversity Literature Repository Community is managed by Plazi in collaboration with CERN.
Funded by — the work is funded by the European Commission and the Arcadia Fund..