Alexander C Lees
Biographic Data
| ID | 1570339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander C Lees |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander C |
| FAMILY NAME | Lees |
| SIGNATURE | LEES A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7603-9081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Messaging with appeal to intrinsic or relational values shows potential to shift demand for wildlife as pets
Overharvesting of wildlife for trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Messaging that is aligned with people's values could play a significant role in reducing this impact through behaviour change. Using an online survey, we sought to gauge the willingness among bird hobbyists, breeders, and song contestants to change their bird‐keeping behaviours, and to identify barriers to such change. We then evaluated the persuasiveness of various messag…
Unveiling pervasive assumptions
This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-biodiversity loss association [PBLA]). We draw on evidence to show how the PBLA has proven resistant to counter-evidence and is particularly visible at local-level implementation, and is often implicit in conservation strategies. We untangle three underlying reasons that help to explain why the PBLA…
A lack of clarity on the bioeconomy concept might be harmful for Amazonian ecosystems and its people
Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers
Conservationists often assume that connection with and caring about nature's well‐being is strongly linked to ecological knowledge. Existing evidence on the link between ecological knowledge and psychological nature connection is mixed, geographically limited to countries in the Global North, and does not scrutinise potential differences in determinants of ecological knowledge and nature connection. We investigate the relationship between psychol…
The ‘Meidum geese’ revisited
Reassessing the role of cattle and pasture in Brazil's deforestation
Characterizing bird‐keeping user‐groups on Java reveals distinct behaviours, profiles and potential for change
Over 70 million cage‐birds are kept across 12 million households on the island of Java, Indonesia, fuelling serious concerns for the health of regional wild bird populations. Understanding the behaviours, preferences and demographic profiles of bird‐keepers will guide attempts to reduce demand for wild birds and hence the impact of trade on wild populations and their host ecosystems. We profile three songbird‐keeping user‐groups based on intervie…
Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon
Garrett, R. D., T. A. Gardner, T. Fonseca, S. Marchand, J. Barlow, D. Ezzine de Blas, J. Ferreira, A. C. Lees, and L. Parry. 2017. Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecology and Society 22(3):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09364-220327
Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation
Wildlife Trade and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
Social Reform, Social Policy and Social Welfare in Modern Germany
Journal Article Social Reform, Social Policy and Social Welfare in Modern Germany Get access Andrew Lees Andrew Lees Department of History, Rutgers University, 311 North 5th Street, Camden, New Jersey 08102 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 23, Issue 1, Fall 1989, Pages 167–176, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/23.1.167 Published: 01 October 1989
Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon
Garrett, R. D., T. A. Gardner, T. Fonseca, S. Marchand, J. Barlow, D. Ezzine de Blas, J. Ferreira, A. C. Lees, and L. Parry. 2017. Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecology and Society 22(3):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09364-220327
Reassessing the role of cattle and pasture in Brazil's deforestation
Social Reform, Social Policy and Social Welfare in Modern Germany
Journal Article Social Reform, Social Policy and Social Welfare in Modern Germany Get access Andrew Lees Andrew Lees Department of History, Rutgers University, 311 North 5th Street, Camden, New Jersey 08102 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 23, Issue 1, Fall 1989, Pages 167–176, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/23.1.167 Published: 01 October 1989
Wildlife Trade and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation
Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon
Garrett, R. D., T. A. Gardner, T. Fonseca, S. Marchand, J. Barlow, D. Ezzine de Blas, J. Ferreira, A. C. Lees, and L. Parry. 2017. Explaining the persistence of low income and environmentally degrading land uses in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecology and Society 22(3):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09364-220327
Characterizing bird‐keeping user‐groups on Java reveals distinct behaviours, profiles and potential for change
Over 70 million cage‐birds are kept across 12 million households on the island of Java, Indonesia, fuelling serious concerns for the health of regional wild bird populations. Understanding the behaviours, preferences and demographic profiles of bird‐keepers will guide attempts to reduce demand for wild birds and hence the impact of trade on wild populations and their host ecosystems. We profile three songbird‐keeping user‐groups based on intervie…
Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers
Conservationists often assume that connection with and caring about nature's well‐being is strongly linked to ecological knowledge. Existing evidence on the link between ecological knowledge and psychological nature connection is mixed, geographically limited to countries in the Global North, and does not scrutinise potential differences in determinants of ecological knowledge and nature connection. We investigate the relationship between psychol…
The ‘Meidum geese’ revisited
Reassessing the role of cattle and pasture in Brazil's deforestation
A lack of clarity on the bioeconomy concept might be harmful for Amazonian ecosystems and its people
Messaging with appeal to intrinsic or relational values shows potential to shift demand for wildlife as pets
Overharvesting of wildlife for trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Messaging that is aligned with people's values could play a significant role in reducing this impact through behaviour change. Using an online survey, we sought to gauge the willingness among bird hobbyists, breeders, and song contestants to change their bird‐keeping behaviours, and to identify barriers to such change. We then evaluated the persuasiveness of various messag…
Unveiling pervasive assumptions
This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-biodiversity loss association [PBLA]). We draw on evidence to show how the PBLA has proven resistant to counter-evidence and is particularly visible at local-level implementation, and is often implicit in conservation strategies. We untangle three underlying reasons that help to explain why the PBLA…
Biology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Biodiversity (4 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 works) · Amazon rainforest (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Habitat (3 works) · Agroforestry (2 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (2 works)