R. Schuster

Unveiling the benefits and gaps of wild pollinators on nutrition and income

This study quantifies the nutritional and economic benefits of wild pollinators in Canada and identifies gaps due to habitat loss and insufficient pollination, suggesting strategies to enhance their conservation and agricultural impact.

Mapping the planet's critical natural assets

The paper identifies critical natural assets that provide 90% of nature's contributions to people, showing their overlap with biodiversity and cultural diversity and their importance for sustainable development.

Protected area planning to conserve biodiversity in an uncertain future

This study identifies priority areas for expanding the global protected area system to account for governance, land use, and climate risks while maximizing species protection.

Canada's human footprint reveals large intact areas juxtaposed against areas under immense anthropogenic pressure

The paper creates the first Canadian human footprint map, revealing large intact areas and high pressure in specific regions, with high validation accuracy.

An improved comprehensive strategy for deep and quantitative N-glycomics based on optimization of sample preparation, isotope-based data quality control and quantification, new N-glycan libraries and new algorithms

The paper presents an improved strategy for deep N-glycomics with optimized sample prep, isotope-based QC, new libraries, and algorithms, but the manuscript was withdrawn due to incomplete data.

Modification of forests by people means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

The paper quantifies global forest modification, finding 40.5% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity, mostly in specific regions, and highlights the need for policies to protect these areas.

Integer linear programming outperforms simulated annealing for solving conservation planning problems

This study compares Simulated Annealing and Integer Linear Programming for conservation planning, finding ILP produces cheaper and faster solutions with additional practical benefits.

Prioritize diversity or declining species? Trade-offs and synergies in spatial planning for the conservation of migratory birds in the face of land cover change

The paper evaluates trade-offs between conserving migratory bird diversity and decline hotspots, showing differing spatial priorities under various land cover change scenarios.

Optimizing the conservation of migratory species over their full annual cycle

This study evaluates land prioritization strategies for conserving migratory birds by comparing annual vs. weekly optimization and inclusion of human-dominated lands.