| Title |
Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador's Yasuní National Park
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008767 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Margot S. Bass, Matt Finer, Clinton N. Jenkins, Holger Kreft, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Shawn F. McCracken, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Peter H. English, Kelly Swing, Gorky Villa, Anthony Di Fiore, Christian C. Voigt, Thomas H. Kunz |
| Abstract |
The threats facing Ecuador's Yasuní National Park are emblematic of those confronting the greater western Amazon, one of the world's last high-biodiversity wilderness areas. Notably, the country's second largest untapped oil reserves--called "ITT"--lie beneath an intact, remote section of the park. The conservation significance of Yasuní may weigh heavily in upcoming state-level and international decisions, including whether to develop the oil or invest in alternatives. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 69 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 28 | 41% |
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Comoros | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 23 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 54 | 78% |
| Scientists | 10 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 810 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1% |
| Spain | 7 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 6 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Brazil | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Senegal | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 10 | 1% |
| Unknown | 761 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 141 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 138 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 124 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 95 | 12% |
| Professor | 37 | 5% |
| Other | 124 | 15% |
| Unknown | 151 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 296 | 37% |
| Environmental Science | 167 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 42 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 29 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 25 | 3% |
| Other | 88 | 11% |
| Unknown | 163 | 20% |