Energy production to meet this demand has resulted in increased habitat fragmentation and increased pressures on biological diversity worldwide (, , ). Global demand for energy has increased by more than 50 percent in the last half-century, and a similar increase is projected between 20 ( ). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This study was supported with funding from the Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation ( The Nature Conservancy, National Audubon Society, and the University of Montana. Received: JAccepted: SeptemPublished: October 14, 2009Ĭopyright: © 2009 Copeland et al. PLoS ONE 4(10):Įditor: Adina Maya Merenlender, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America Citation: Copeland HE, Doherty KE, Naugle DE, Pocewicz A, Kiesecker JM (2009) Mapping Oil and Gas Development Potential in the US Intermountain West and Estimating Impacts to Species.
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