Kai M. A. Chan

University of British Columbia — Canada

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

61h-index31.5kcitations326works4.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Land Use and Ecosystem Services(67), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(57), Economic and Environmental Valuation(41), Species Distribution and Climate Change(34), Marine and fisheries research(24)

Publications325 total

The best laid plans: How do adopted city sustainability goals influence site-level action in urban forestry?
AMBIO·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
From tyranny to hope: Harnessing the power of small decisions to achieve urban sustainability goals
Environmental Science & Policy·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Navigating the editorial and publishing process at <i>People and Nature</i>: Advice for (and requests to) authors and reviewers
People and Nature·2025Open Access
What if cultural ecosystem services were relational? A research agenda for nature's contributions to well-being—and human action
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The multiple values of nature show the lack of a coherent theory of value—In any context
People and Nature·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Use of theories of human action in recent conservation research
Conservation Biology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Transformative Influence? The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Sustainabilities of Social Media Influencers
Environmental Communication·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The many pathways of climate change affecting coastal ecosystems: a case study of western Vancouver Island, Canada
FACETS·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Divergent values and perspectives drive three distinct viewpoints on grizzly bear reintroduction in Washington, the <scp>United States</scp>
People and Nature·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Space‐for‐time substitutions exaggerate urban bird–habitat ecological relationships
Journal of Animal Ecology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Audience segmentation approach to conservation messaging for transforming the exotic pet trade
Conservation Biology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scales
Landscape Ecology·2024· 29 citedOpen Access
Not in it for the money: Meaningful relationships sustain voluntary land conservation initiatives in Peru
People and Nature·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Combating the exotic pet trade: Effects of conservation messaging on attitudes, demands, and civic intentions
Conservation Science and Practice·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Why reconnect to nature in times of crisis? Ecosystem contributions to the resilience and well‐being of people going back to the land in Greece
People and Nature·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Combating the unsustainable exotic pet trade: Effects of conservation messaging on attitudes, demands, and civic intentions
2023Open Access
The benefits of climate change mitigation to retaining rainbow trout habitat in British Columbia, Canada
Regional Environmental Change·2023· 1 cited
An audience segmentation approach to conservation messaging for transforming the exotic pet trade
2023Open Access
Data leakage jeopardizes ecological applications of machine learning
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 27 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Terre Satterfield(14), Sarah C. Klain(12), Rachelle K. Gould(8), Sandra Dı́az(7), Stephen Polasky(6), Patricia Balvanera(6), Bryan G. Norton(6), Jordan Levine(6), Unai Pascual(5), Gretchen C. Daily(5), Neil Hannahs(5), Barbara Muraca(5), Jordan Tam(5), Berta Martín‐López(4), Zsolt Molnár(4), Kate A. Brauman(4), Eduardo S. Brondízio(4), Belinda Reyers(4), Josef Settele(4), Hien T. Ngo(4)