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| 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 68 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% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Comoros | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Thailand | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 21 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 53 | 78% |
| Scientists | 10 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 804 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1% |
| Spain | 6 | <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 | 756 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 142 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 134 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 124 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 94 | 12% |
| Professor | 37 | 5% |
| Other | 121 | 15% |
| Unknown | 152 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 293 | 36% |
| Environmental Science | 167 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 42 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 29 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 25 | 3% |
| Other | 84 | 10% |
| Unknown | 164 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 175. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 August 2023.
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#779
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#9
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