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ArticlePeerJ2025

Mapping species of greatest conservation need and solar energy potential in the arid Southwest for future sustainable development.

Kylee Fleckenstein, Adam Stein, Heather L Bateman, Fabio De Albuquerque

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Article in PeerJ, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kylee FleckensteinSchool of Applied Sciences and Arts, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, United States of America.
Adam SteinSchool of Applied Sciences and Arts, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, United States of America.
Heather L BatemanSchool of Applied Sciences and Arts, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, United States of America.
Fabio De AlbuquerqueSchool of Applied Sciences and Arts, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, United States of America.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need for renewable energy has become increasingly evident in response to the climate change crisis, presenting a paradoxical challenge to biodiversity conservation. The Southwest United States is desirable for large-scale solar energy development (SED) due to its high global horizontal irradiance (GHI) values and vast open landscapes. However, this region is also rich in unique ecological and biological diversity. Several distinct species have garnered special attention as human population growth, habitat alteration, and climate change have accelerated in recent decades (

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesSolar EnergySustainable DevelopmentAnimalsBiodiversityClimate ChangeDesert ClimateEcosystemEndangered SpeciesRenewable EnergySouthwestern United StatesStrigiformesTurtlesClimate changeRenewable energySpatial analysisSpecies conservationSpecies distribution

Identifiers

PMID39763700
PMCPMC11700496

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