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21953
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2778
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979

Overview

Mary Ruckelshaus is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research covers several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Recent papers featuring Mary Ruckelshaus as an author include:

  • The IPBES Global Assessment: Pathways to Action, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (lead author: Zhiyun Ouyang)
  • A transition to sustainable ocean governance, 2020, Nature Communications (lead author: Tanya Brodie Rudolph)
  • Renewable energy targets may undermine their sustainability, 2020, Nature Climate Change (lead author: Scott Spillias)
  • Gross ecosystem product (GEP): Quantifying nature for environmental and economic policy innovation, 2023, AMBIO (lead author: Hua Zheng)

Mary Ruckelshaus has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Stephen Polasky, Peter Hawthorne, Richard Damania, Jason Russ, and Markus Amann.

Regarding publication venues, their work appears often in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The World Bank eBooks
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mary Ruckelshaus has also contributed to book publications, with titles such as Nature's Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital (2023), published by The World Bank eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

    Scott C. Doney;Mary Ruckelshaus;J. Emmett Duffy;James P. Barry

  • Evaluating approaches to the conservation of rare and endangered plants

    Douglas W. Schemske;Brian C. Husband;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Carol Goodwillie

  • Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement

    Kai M. A. Chan;Anne D. Guerry;Patricia Balvanera;Sarah Klain

  • Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

    Anne D. Guerry;Anne D. Guerry;Stephen Polasky;Jane Lubchenco;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer

  • Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea-level rise and storms

    Katie K. Arkema;Greg Guannel;Gregory Verutes;Spencer A. Wood

  • Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning

    Melissa M. Foley;Benjamin S. Halpern;Fiorenza Micheli;Matthew H. Armsby

  • Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions

    Mary Ruckelshaus;Emily McKenzie;Heather Tallis;Anne Guerry

  • ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATE SITES FOR MARINE RESERVES

    Callum M. Roberts;Sandy Andelman;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • Projected impacts of climate change on salmon habitat restoration

    James Battin;Matthew W. Wiley;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Richard N. Palmer

  • Embedding ecosystem services in coastal planning leads to better outcomes for people and nature

    Katie K. Arkema;Katie K. Arkema;Gregory M. Verutes;Spencer A. Wood;Spencer A. Wood;Chantalle Clarke-Samuels

  • APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA IN SELECTING MARINE RESERVES AND DEVELOPING RESERVE NETWORKS

    Callum M. Roberts;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making.

    Zhiyun Ouyang;Changsu Song;Hua Zheng;Stephen Polasky

  • Global modeling of nature’s contributions to people

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Richard P. Sharp;Charlotte Weil;Elena M. Bennett

  • How Much Is Enough? The Recurrent Problem of Setting Measurable Objectives in Conservation

    Timothy H. Tear;Peter Kareiva;Paul L. Angermeier;Patrick Comer

  • Ecosystem services as a common language for coastal ecosystem-based management.

    Elise F. Granek;Stephen Polasky;Carrie V. Kappel;Denise J. Reed

  • Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Carissa J. Klein;Christopher J. Brown;Maria Beger

  • The many faces of ecosystem-based management: Making the process work today in real places

    Heather Tallis;Phillip S. Levin;Mary Ruckelshaus;Sarah E. Lester

  • Modeling benefits from nature: using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning

    Anne D. Guerry;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Katie K. Arkema;Joey R. Bernhardt

  • Using siting algorithms in the design of marine reserve networks

    Heather Leslie;Mary Ruckelshaus;Ian R. Ball;Sandy Andelman

  • Marine Ecosystem-based Management in Practice: Scientific and Governance Challenges

    Mary Ruckelshaus;Terrie Klinger;Nancy Knowlton;Douglas P. DeMaster

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Heather Tallis
Heather Tallis University of California, Santa Cruz
Zhiyun Ouyang
Zhiyun Ouyang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Spencer A. Wood
Spencer A. Wood University of Washington
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Sarah E. Lester
Sarah E. Lester Florida State University
Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University

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