Emerging development policies and lending standards call for consideration of ecosystem
services when mitigating impacts from development, yet little guidance exists to inform this …

Soil health is focused on intensively managed (IM) soils (often farmed soils), by-passing
extensively managed (EM) soils (range lands, deserts, shrub lands, tundra). High economic …

Abstract The Southern Gobi of Mongolia is an iconic ungulate stronghold that supports the
world's largest populations of Asiatic wild ass (or khulan–Equus hemionus) and goitered …

New infrastructure is needed globally to support economic development and improve
human well‐being. Investments that do not consider ecosystem services (ES) can eliminate …

Growing resource demands are driving rapid development to new frontiers in developing
countries with important biological diversity. The mitigation hierarchy is a critical tool to …

With increasing livestock numbers, competition and avoidance are increasingly shaping
resource availability for wild ungulates. Shifts in the dietary niche of wild ungulates are likely …

This study provides the first comprehensive assessment of habitat connectivity for the
Mongolian saiga, a species endemic to Western Mongolia. We utilized a resource selection …

In Mongolia, partners from national and aimag governments, academia and NGOs have
developed regional conservation plans that balance the government commitment to …

Central Asia hosts grassland and desert regions that are globally important to nature
conservation and local livelihoods. Several major vegetation surveys have been published …

Abstract The Northeastern Gobi Altai region of Mongolia contains a wide range of
impressive geological features of unique and superlative value that comprise an important …