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Landrigan PJ, Britt M, Fisher S, Holmes A, Kumar M, Mu J, Rizzo I, Sather A, Yousuf A, Kumar P. Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation. Ann Glob Health 2024; 90:1. [PMID: 38186855 PMCID: PMC10768568 DOI: 10.5334/aogh.4161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has amassed great wealth and achieved unprecedented material prosperity. These advances have come, however, at great cost to the planet. They are guided by an economic model that focuses almost exclusively on short-term gain, while ignoring natural capital and human capital. They have relied on the combustion of vast quantities of fossil fuels, massive consumption of the earth's resources, and production and environmental release of enormous quantities of chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, and plastics. They have caused climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, the "Triple Planetary Crisis". They are responsible for more than 9 million premature deaths per year and for widespread disease - impacts that fall disproportionately upon the poor and the vulnerable. Goals To map the human health impacts of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. To outline a framework for assessing the health benefits of interventions against these threats. Findings Actions taken by national governments and international agencies to mitigate climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss can improve health, prevent disease, save lives, and enhance human well-being. Yet assessment of health benefits is largely absent from evaluations of environmental remediation programs. This represents a lost opportunity to quantify the full benefits of environmental remediation and to educate policy makers and the public. Recommendations We recommend that national governments and international agencies implementing interventions against climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss develop metrics and strategies for quantifying the health benefits of these interventions. We recommend that they deploy these tools in parallel with assessments of ecologic and economic benefits. Health metrics developed by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study may provide a useful starting point.Incorporation of health metrics into assessments of environmental restoration will require building transdisciplinary collaborations. Environmental scientists and engineers will need to work with health scientists to establish evaluation systems that link environmental and economic data with health data. Such systems will assist international agencies as well as national and local governments in prioritizing environmental interventions.
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- Philip J. Landrigan
- Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, US
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, MC
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- Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, US
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- City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York City, NY, US
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, US
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- Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, US
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- The George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs, Washington D.C., US
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- Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, US
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Cazalis V, Santini L, Lucas PM, González-Suárez M, Hoffmann M, Benítez-López A, Pacifici M, Schipper AM, Böhm M, Zizka A, Clausnitzer V, Meyer C, Jung M, Butchart SHM, Cardoso P, Mancini G, Akçakaya HR, Young BE, Patoine G, Di Marco M. Prioritizing the reassessment of data-deficient species on the IUCN Red List. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2023; 37:e14139. [PMID: 37394972 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Abstract
Despite being central to the implementation of conservation policies, the usefulness of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is hampered by the 14% of species classified as data-deficient (DD) because information to evaluate these species' extinction risk was lacking when they were last assessed or because assessors did not appropriately account for uncertainty. Robust methods are needed to identify which DD species are more likely to be reclassified in one of the data-sufficient IUCN Red List categories. We devised a reproducible method to help red-list assessors prioritize reassessment of DD species and tested it with 6887 DD species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). For each DD species in these groups, we calculated its probability of being classified in a data-sufficient category if reassessed today from covariates measuring available knowledge (e.g., number of occurrence records or published articles available), knowledge proxies (e.g., remoteness of the range), and species characteristics (e.g., nocturnality); calculated change in such probability since last assessment from the increase in available knowledge (e.g., new occurrence records); and determined whether the species might qualify as threatened based on recent rate of habitat loss determined from global land-cover maps. We identified 1907 species with a probability of being reassessed in a data-sufficient category of >0.5; 624 species for which this probability increased by >0.25 since last assessment; and 77 species that could be reassessed as near threatened or threatened based on habitat loss. Combining these 3 elements, our results provided a list of species likely to be data-sufficient such that the comprehensiveness and representativeness of the IUCN Red List can be improved.
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- Victor Cazalis
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Global Mammal Assessment Programme, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES), Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Global Center for Species Survival, Indianapolis Zoological Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Group, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management Programme, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Gland, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Hochkirch A, Bilz M, Ferreira CC, Danielczak A, Allen D, Nieto A, Rondinini C, Harding K, Hilton-Taylor C, Pollock CM, Seddon M, Vié JC, Alexander KN, Beech E, Biscoito M, Braud Y, Burfield IJ, Buzzetti FM, Cálix M, Carpenter KE, Chao NL, Chobanov D, Christenhusz MJM, Collette BB, Comeros-Raynal MT, Cox N, Craig M, Cuttelod A, Darwall WRT, Dodelin B, Dulvy NK, Englefield E, Fay MF, Fettes N, Freyhof J, García S, Criado MG, Harvey M, Hodgetts N, Ieronymidou C, Kalkman VJ, Kell SP, Kemp J, Khela S, Lansdown RV, Lawson JM, Leaman DJ, Brehm JM, Maxted N, Miller RM, Neubert E, Odé B, Pollard D, Pollom R, Pople R, Presa Asensio JJ, Ralph GM, Rankou H, Rivers M, Roberts SPM, Russell B, Sennikov A, Soldati F, Staneva A, Stump E, Symes A, Telnov D, Temple H, Terry A, Timoshyna A, van Swaay C, Väre H, Walls RHL, Willemse L, Wilson B, Window J, Wright EGE, Zuna-Kratky T. A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293083. [PMID: 37939028 PMCID: PMC10631624 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge and minimizing extinction rates is the goal of several multilateral environmental agreements. Policy decisions require comprehensive, spatially explicit information on species' distributions and threats. We present an analysis of the conservation status of 14,669 European terrestrial, freshwater and marine species (ca. 10% of the continental fauna and flora), including all vertebrates and selected groups of invertebrates and plants. Our results reveal that 19% of European species are threatened with extinction, with higher extinction risks for plants (27%) and invertebrates (24%) compared to vertebrates (18%). These numbers exceed recent IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) assumptions of extinction risk. Changes in agricultural practices and associated habitat loss, overharvesting, pollution and development are major threats to biodiversity. Maintaining and restoring sustainable land and water use practices is crucial to minimize future biodiversity declines.
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- Axel Hochkirch
- Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany
- IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, Trier, Germany
- IUCN SSC Steering Committee, Caracas, Venezuela
- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group, Stroud, United Kingdom
- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
- UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- IUCN, Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
- IUCN, Species Conservation Action Team, Gland, Switzerland
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- Global Mammal Assessment program, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome; Rome, Italy
- Global Wildlife Conservation Center, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, United States of America
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- IUCN, Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, Trier, Germany
- IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, Devon, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Steering Committee, Caracas, Venezuela
- Fondation Franklinia, Genève, Switzerland
- IUCN SSC Plant Conservation Committee, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, United Kingdom
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- Funchal Natural History Museum, Funchal, Portugal
- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Lisboa, Portugal
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- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- IUCN SSC Red List Authority for Birds, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
- Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Sezione Zoologia, Rovereto, Italy
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
- Rewilding Portugal, Guarda, Portugal
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- IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Biological Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States of America
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- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- IUCN Tuna and Billfish Specialist Group, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, United States of America
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- IUCN-Conservation International Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- IUCN Red List Unit, IUCN Global Species Programme, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Specialist Adviser on European Saproxylic Beetles, Truro, United Kingdom
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- Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group, Royal Botanic Gardens; Richmond, United Kingdom
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
- Scott Cawley, Dublin, Ireland
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
- School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Biological Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States of America
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- European Committee for the Conservation of Bryophytes, Portree, United Kingdom
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- The University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- IUCN European Regional Office, Brussels, Belgium
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- IUCN SSC Cave Invertebrate Specialist Group, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Red List Unit, IUCN Global Species Programme, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America
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- The University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- IUCN SSC Crop Wild Relative Specialist Group, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Red List Unit, IUCN Global Species Programme, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
- FLORON Plant Conservation Netherlands, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Ichthyology, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
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- Species Recovery Program, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Biological Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States of America
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- IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group, Royal Botanic Gardens; Richmond, United Kingdom
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, United Kingdom
- IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, Richmond, United Kingdom
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- Department of Agroecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- IUCN Snapper, Seabream and Grunt Specialist Group, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
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- Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Office National des Forêts, Laboratoire National d’Entomologie Forestière, Quillan, France
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Biological Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States of America
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, London, United Kingdom
- Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Rīga, Latvia
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Medicinal Plant Specialist Group, Ottawa, Canada
- TRAFFIC, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Vlinderstichting (Dutch Butterfly Conservation), Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Reef Environmental Education Foundation, Key Largo, FL, United States of America
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- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN, Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Trier, Germany
- Ingenieurbüro für Landschaftsplanung und Landschaftspflege, Vienna, Austria
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Bachmann L, Beermann J, Brey T, de Boer HJ, Dannheim J, Edvardsen B, Ericson PGP, Holston KC, Johansson VA, Kloss P, Konijnenberg R, Osborn KJ, Pappalardo P, Pehlke H, Piepenburg D, Struck TH, Sundberg P, Markussen SS, Teschke K, Vanhove MPM. The role of systematics for understanding ecosystem functions: Proceedings of the Zoologica Scripta Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 25 August 2022. ZOOL SCR 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Carvajal-Quintero J, Comte L, Giam X, Olden JD, Brose U, Erős T, Filipe AF, Fortin MJ, Irving K, Jacquet C, Larsen S, Ruhi A, Sharma S, Villalobos F, Tedesco PA. Scale of population synchrony confirms macroecological estimates of minimum viable range size. Ecol Lett 2023; 26:291-301. [PMID: 36468276 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Global ecosystems are facing a deepening biodiversity crisis, necessitating robust approaches to quantifying species extinction risk. The lower limit of the macroecological relationship between species range and body size has long been hypothesized as an estimate of the relationship between the minimum viable range size (MVRS) needed for species persistence and the organismal traits that affect space and resource requirements. Here, we perform the first explicit test of this assumption by confronting the MVRS predicted by the range-body size relationship with an independent estimate based on the scale of synchrony in abundance among spatially separated populations of riverine fish. We provide clear evidence of a positive relationship between the scale of synchrony and species body size, and strong support for the MVRS set by the lower limit of the range-body size macroecological relationship. This MVRS may help prioritize first evaluations for unassessed or data-deficient taxa in global conservation assessments.
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- Juan Carvajal-Quintero
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena- Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena- Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Balaton Limnological Research Institute, ELKH, Tihany, Hungary
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- Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Associate Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, California, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.,Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Macroecología Evolutiva, Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Veracruz, Mexico
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- UMR EDB, IRD 253, CNRS 5174, UPS, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Soares AO, Haelewaters D, Ameixa OMCC, Borges I, Brown PMJ, Cardoso P, de Groot MD, Evans EW, Grez AA, Hochkirch A, Holecová M, Honěk A, Kulfan J, Lillebø AI, Martinková Z, Michaud JP, Nedvěd O, Roy HE, Saxena S, Shandilya A, Sentis A, Skuhrovec J, Viglášová S, Zach P, Zaviezo T, Losey JE. A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2023; 37:e13965. [PMID: 35686511 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) provide services that are critical to food production, and they fulfill an ecological role as a food source for predators. The richness, abundance, and distribution of ladybirds, however, are compromised by many anthropogenic threats. Meanwhile, a lack of knowledge of the conservation status of most species and the factors driving their population dynamics hinders the development and implementation of conservation strategies for ladybirds. We conducted a review of the literature on the ecology, diversity, and conservation of ladybirds to identify their key ecological threats. Ladybird populations are most affected by climate factors, landscape composition, and biological invasions. We suggest mitigating actions for ladybird conservation and recovery. Short-term actions include citizen science programs and education, protective measures for habitat recovery and threatened species, prevention of the introduction of non-native species, and the maintenance and restoration of natural areas and landscape heterogeneity. Mid-term actions involve the analysis of data from monitoring programs and insect collections to disentangle the effect of different threats to ladybird populations, understand habitat use by taxa on which there is limited knowledge, and quantify temporal trends of abundance, diversity, and biomass along a management-intensity gradient. Long-term actions include the development of a worldwide monitoring program based on standardized sampling to fill data gaps, increase explanatory power, streamline analyses, and facilitate global collaborations.
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- António O Soares
- Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-ABG) / CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island (Azores), Portugal
- IUCN SSC, Ladybird Specialist Group
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- IUCN SSC, Ladybird Specialist Group
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-ABG) / CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island (Azores), Portugal
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- Applied Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Geraardsbergen, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany
- IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
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- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Agricultural Research Center - Hays (ARCH), Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas, USA
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
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- Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
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- Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
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- UMR RECOVER, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) & Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
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- Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- IUCN SSC, Ladybird Specialist Group
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Tack W, Engledow H, Veríssimo Pereira N, Amani C, Bachman SP, Barberá P, Beentje HJ, Bouka GUD, Cheek M, Cosiaux A, Dauby G, De Block P, Ewango CEN, Fischer E, Gereau RE, Hargreaves S, Harvey-Brown Y, Ikabanga DU, Ilunga wa Ilunga E, Kalema J, Kamau P, Lachenaud O, Luke Q, Mwanga Mwanga I, Ndolo Ebika ST, Nkengurutse J, Nsanzurwimo A, Ntore S, Richards SL, Shutsha Ehata R, Simo-Droissart M, Stévart T, Sosef MSM. The ECAT dataset: expert-validated distribution data of endemic and sub-endemic trees of Central Africa (Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi). PHYTOKEYS 2022; 206:137-151. [PMID: 36761267 PMCID: PMC9849015 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.206.77379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In this data paper, we present a specimen-based occurrence dataset compiled in the framework of the Conservation of Endemic Central African Trees (ECAT) project with the aim of producing global conservation assessments for the IUCN Red List. The project targets all tree species endemic or sub-endemic to the Central African region comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Rwanda, and Burundi. The dataset contains 6361 plant collection records with occurrences of 8910 specimens from 337 taxa belonging to 153 genera in 52 families. Many of these tree taxa have restricted geographic ranges and are only known from a small number of herbarium specimens. As assessments for such taxa can be compromised by inadequate data, we transcribed and geo-referenced specimen label information to obtain a more accurate and complete locality dataset. All specimen data were manually cleaned and verified by botanical experts, resulting in improved data quality and consistency.
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- Wesley Tack
- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
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- Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoIUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA)GlandSwitzerland
- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKRoyal Botanic GardensRichmondUnited Kingdom
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar Department, St. Louis, MO 63110, USAMissouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar DepartmentSt. LouisUnited States of America
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- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKRoyal Botanic GardensRichmondUnited Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, BP 69, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the CongoUniversité Marien NgouabiBrazzavilleDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKRoyal Botanic GardensRichmondUnited Kingdom
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- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 047, Yaoundé, CameroonUniversity of Yaoundé IYaoundéCameroon
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceUniversité de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceUniversité de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
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- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, FranceUniversité de KisanganiKisanganiDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Centre de Surveillance de la Biodiversité, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the CongoUniversity of Koblenz and LandauKoblenzGermany
- University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, Koblenz, 56070, GermanyIUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA)GlandSwitzerland
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar Department, St. Louis, MO 63110, USAMissouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar DepartmentSt. LouisUnited States of America
- University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, Koblenz, 56070, GermanyIUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA)GlandSwitzerland
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKRoyal Botanic GardensRichmondUnited Kingdom
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- IUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA), Gland, SwitzerlandBotanic Gardens Conservation InternationalRichmondUnited Kingdom
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, Surrey, UKUniversity of Sciences and Techniques of MasukuFrancevilleGabon
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sciences and Techniques of Masuku, BP: 941, Franceville, GabonUniversité de LubumbashiLubumbashiDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- Herbarium de Lubumbashi, Université de Lubumbashi, 1825, Route Kasapa, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the CongoMakerere University Herbarium, Department of Plant Sciences Microbiology and BiotechnologyKampalaUganda
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- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- Makerere University Herbarium, Department of Plant Sciences Microbiology and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, UgandaEast African Herbarium, National Museums of KenyaNairobiKenya
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
- East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166-00100, Nairobi, KenyaUniversité Libre de BruxellesBrusselsBelgium
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- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- Makerere University Herbarium, Department of Plant Sciences Microbiology and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, UgandaEast African Herbarium, National Museums of KenyaNairobiKenya
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- Herbarium et Bibliothèque de Botanique africaine, C.P. 265, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus de la Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe 1050, Brussels, BelgiumCentre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles CRSN/Lwiro, Laboratoire de Systématiquement et Taxonomie végétaleBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, BP 69, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the CongoUniversité Marien NgouabiBrazzavilleDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles CRSN/Lwiro, Laboratoire de Systématiquement et Taxonomie végétale, D.S. Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoUniversity of BurundiBujumburaBurundi
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Burundi, P.O. Box 2700, Bujumbura, BurundiDepartment of Biotechnologies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, INES-RuhengeriRuhengeriRwanda
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
- IUCN SSC Eastern African Plant Red List Authority (EAPRLA), Gland, SwitzerlandUniversité Officielle de BukavuBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, Koblenz, 56070, GermanyIUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA)GlandSwitzerland
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKRoyal Botanic GardensRichmondUnited Kingdom
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- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, FranceUniversité de KisanganiKisanganiDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 047, Yaoundé, CameroonUniversity of Yaoundé IYaoundéCameroon
- Department of Biotechnologies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, INES-Ruhengeri, B.P.155 Ruhengeri, RwandaUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA)GlandSwaziland
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar Department, St. Louis, MO 63110, USAMissouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar DepartmentSt. LouisUnited States of America
- University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, Koblenz, 56070, GermanyIUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA)GlandSwitzerland
- East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166-00100, Nairobi, KenyaUniversité Libre de BruxellesBrusselsBelgium
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- Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, BelgiumMeise Botanic GardenMeiseBelgium
- University of Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, Koblenz, 56070, GermanyIUCN SSC Central Africa Plant Red List Authority (CARLA)GlandSwitzerland
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Jochum M, Thouvenot L, Ferlian O, Zeiss R, Klarner B, Pruschitzki U, Johnson EA, Eisenhauer N. Aboveground impacts of a belowground invader: how invasive earthworms alter aboveground arthropod communities in a northern North American forest. Biol Lett 2022; 18:20210636. [PMID: 35350876 PMCID: PMC8965420 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Declining arthropod communities have recently gained a lot of attention, with climate and land-use change among the most frequently discussed drivers. Here, we focus on a seemingly underrepresented driver of arthropod community decline: biological invasions. For approximately 12 000 years, earthworms have been absent from wide parts of northern North America, but they have been re-introduced with dramatic consequences. Most studies investigating earthworm-invasion impacts focus on the belowground world, resulting in limited knowledge on aboveground-community changes. We present observational data on earthworm, plant and aboveground arthropod communities in 60 plots, distributed across areas with increasing invasion status (low, medium and high) in a Canadian forest. We analysed how earthworm-invasion status and biomass impact aboveground arthropod community abundance, biomass and species richness, and how earthworm impacts cascade across trophic levels. We sampled approximately 13 000 arthropods, dominated by Hemiptera, Diptera, Araneae, Thysanoptera and Hymenoptera. Total arthropod abundance, biomass and species richness declined significantly from areas of low to those with high invasion status, with reductions of 61, 27 and 18%, respectively. Structural equation models suggest that earthworms directly and indirectly impact arthropods across trophic levels. We show that earthworm invasion can alter aboveground multi-trophic arthropod communities and suggest that belowground invasions might be underappreciated drivers of aboveground arthropod decline.
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- Malte Jochum
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Goettingen, Untere Karspuele 2, Goettingen 37073, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Florentín JE, Salas RM, Jarvie S, Svenning JC, Gomez JMD. Areas of endemism and conservation status of Galianthe species (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) in the Neotropics. SYST BIODIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2025946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Javier Elías Florentín
- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, IBONE, CONICET, Sargento Cabral 2131, cc 209, Corrientes, CP 3400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, IBONE, CONICET, Sargento Cabral 2131, cc 209, Corrientes, CP 3400, Argentina
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- Department of Biology, Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
- Department of Biology, Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
- Department of Biology, Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
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- Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del Noroeste Argentino (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional de Salta), Rosario de Lerma, Salta, Argentina
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Sebsibe Tafesse I, Berihun Yohannes Y. New conservation status for data-deficient endemic mammals of East Africa. J Nat Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends Ecol Evol 2022; 37:359-370. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ames-Martínez FN, Quispe-Melgar HR, Renison D. Conservation status assessment of the highest forests in the world: Polylepis flavipila forests as a case study. NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2021.1920295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas, Centro de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Renovables. CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Few marine taxa have been comprehensively assessed for their conservation status, despite heavy pressures from fishing, habitat degradation and climate change. Here we report on the first global assessment of extinction risk for 300 species of syngnathiform fishes known as of 2017, using the IUCN Red List criteria. This order of bony teleosts is dominated by seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons (family Syngnathidae). It also includes trumpetfishes (Aulostomidae), shrimpfishes (Centriscidae), cornetfishes (Fistulariidae) and ghost pipefishes (Solenostomidae). At least 6% are threatened, but data suggest a mid-point estimate of 7.9% and an upper bound of 38%. Most of the threatened species are seahorses (Hippocampus spp.: 14/42 species, with an additional 17 that are Data Deficient) or freshwater pipefishes of the genus Microphis (2/18 species, with seven additional that are Data Deficient). Two species are Near Threatened. Nearly one-third of syngnathiformes (97 species) are Data Deficient and could potentially be threatened, requiring further field research and evaluation. Most species (61%) were, however, evaluated as Least Concern. Primary threats to syngnathids are (1) overexploitation, primarily by non-selective fisheries, for which most assessments were determined by criterion A (Hippocampus) and/or (2) habitat loss and degradation, for which assessments were determined by criterion B (Microphis and some Hippocampus). Threatened species occurred in most regions but more are found in East and South-east Asia and in South African estuaries. Vital conservation action for syngnathids, including constraining fisheries, particularly non-selective extraction, and habitat protection and rehabilitation, will benefit many other aquatic species.
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McCay SD, Lacher TE. National level use of International Union for Conservation of Nature knowledge products in American National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Shelby D. McCay
- Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA
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Hochkirch A, Samways MJ, Gerlach J, Böhm M, Williams P, Cardoso P, Cumberlidge N, Stephenson PJ, Seddon MB, Clausnitzer V, Borges PAV, Mueller GM, Pearce-Kelly P, Raimondo DC, Danielczak A, Dijkstra KDB. A strategy for the next decade to address data deficiency in neglected biodiversity. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2021; 35:502-509. [PMID: 32656858 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Measuring progress toward international biodiversity targets requires robust information on the conservation status of species, which the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species provides. However, data and capacity are lacking for most hyperdiverse groups, such as invertebrates, plants, and fungi, particularly in megadiverse or high-endemism regions. Conservation policies and biodiversity strategies aimed at halting biodiversity loss by 2020 need to be adapted to tackle these information shortfalls after 2020. We devised an 8-point strategy to close existing data gaps by reviving explorative field research on the distribution, abundance, and ecology of species; linking taxonomic research more closely with conservation; improving global biodiversity databases by making the submission of spatially explicit data mandatory for scientific publications; developing a global spatial database on threats to biodiversity to facilitate IUCN Red List assessments; automating preassessments by integrating distribution data and spatial threat data; building capacity in taxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity monitoring in countries with high species richness or endemism; creating species monitoring programs for lesser-known taxa; and developing sufficient funding mechanisms to reduce reliance on voluntary efforts. Implementing these strategies in the post-2020 biodiversity framework will help to overcome the lack of capacity and data regarding the conservation status of biodiversity. This will require a collaborative effort among scientists, policy makers, and conservation practitioners.
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- Axel Hochkirch
- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group, c/o IUCN, Gland, 1196, Switzerland
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- Peterhouse, Cambridge, CB2 1RD, U.K
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, U.K
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- IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group, c/o IUCN, Gland, 1196, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00100, Finland
- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, 9700-042, Portugal
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, 49855, U.S.A
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- IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group, c/o IUCN, Gland, 1196, Switzerland
- Science & Economic Knowledge Unit, IUCN, Gland, 1196, Switzerland
- Ecosystem Management Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, Exbourne, Okehampton, EX20 3RD, U.K
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- Senckenberg Research Institute, Görlitz, 02826, Germany
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- Department of Biogeography, IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee, c/o Trier University, Trier, D-54286, Germany
- IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group, c/o IUCN, Gland, 1196, Switzerland
- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, 9700-042, Portugal
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- Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation and Action, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, 60022, U.S.A
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- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Trier, D-54286, Germany
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Shen X, Zhang S, Shen Q, Hu G, Lu J. Multivariate similarity clustering analysis: a new method regarding biogeography and its application in global insects. Integr Zool 2020; 16:390-403. [PMID: 32827197 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new method, multivariate similarity clustering analysis (MSCA) method, was established for biogeographical distribution analyzing. General similarity formula (GSF), the core of MSCA method, can be used to calculate the similarity coefficients between 2 and among any ≥ 3 geographical units. Taking the global insects as example, we introduced the steps to use of GSF and consequent clustering processes of this method in details. Firstly, geographical distributions of certain taxa (e.g. Insecta) were categorized into basic geographical units (BGUs); Secondly, similarity coefficients between 2 and among n BGUs were calculated using GSF. Thirdly, hierarchical clustering was conducted according to values of similarity coefficients (from high to low); then a clustering diagram was generated. Finally, a framework of biogeographical division map was established for the target taxa (e.g. Insecta). We concluded that the MSCA method was efficiently applied in analyzing the biogeographical distribution of given biological taxa; the geographical regions regarding global insects were categorized into 7 Realms with 20 sub-Realms based on the results of MSCA method.
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- Xiaocheng Shen
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Plant Protection, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- The First Clinical School, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Betts J, Young RP, Hilton‐Taylor C, Hoffmann M, Rodríguez JP, Stuart SN, Milner‐Gulland E. A framework for evaluating the impact of the IUCN Red List of threatened species. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2020; 34:632-643. [PMID: 31876054 PMCID: PMC7318271 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, a species extinction risk assessment tool, has been guiding conservation efforts for over 5 decades. It is widely assumed to have been instrumental in preventing species from moving closer to extinction and driving recoveries. However, the impact of the IUCN Red List in guiding conservation has not been evaluated. We conducted, transcribed, and coded interviews with experts who use the IUCN Red List across a range of sectors to understand how the list is used in conservation. We developed a theory of change to illustrate how and why change is expected to occur along causal pathways contributing to the long-term goal of the IUCN Red List and an evaluation framework with indicators for measuring the impact of the IUCN Red List in generating scientific knowledge, raising awareness among stakeholders, designating priority conservation sites, allocating funding and resources, influencing development of legislation and policy, and guiding targeted conservation action (key themes). Red-list assessments were the primary input leading to outputs (scientific knowledge, raised awareness), outcomes (better informed priority setting, access to funding and resource availability, improved legislation and policy), and impact (implemented conservation action leading to positive change) that have resulted in achievement of IUCN Red List goals. To explore feasibility of attributing the difference made by the IUCN Red List across themes, we studied increased scientific knowledge, raised awareness, access to funding and resource allocation, and increased conservation activity. The feasibility exploration showed increased scientific knowledge over time identified through positive trends in publications referring to the IUCN Red List in the literature; raised awareness of the list following high IUCN activity identified by peaks in online search activity; an increased proportion of conservation funding bodies requesting IUCN Red List status in the application process; and, based on interviews with Amphibian Specialist Group members, red-list assessments were essential in connecting relevant stakeholders and ensuring conservation action. Although we identified the IUCN Red List as a vital tool in global conservation efforts, it was challenging to measure specific impacts because of its ubiquitous nature. We are the first to identify the influence of the IUCN Red List on conservation.
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- Jessica Betts
- Silwood Park CampusImperial College LondonBuckhurst RoadBerkshireSL5 7PYU.K.
- Current address: Fauna & Flora InternationalDavid Attenborough Building, Pembroke StreetCambridgeCB2 3QZU.K.
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- Durrell Wildlife Conservation TrustLes Augres ManorJerseyJE3 5BPChannel Islands
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- IUCN Global Species ProgrammeDavid Attenborough BuildingPembroke StreetCambridgeCB2 3QZU.K.
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- IUCN Species Survival CommissionInstituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas and ProvitaCaracasVenezuela
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- Synchronicity EarthThe Malthouse17‐20 Sydney BuildingsBathBA2 6BZU.K.
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of Oxford11a Mansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3SZU.K.
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Soto-Navarro C, Ravilious C, Arnell A, de Lamo X, Harfoot M, Hill SLL, Wearn OR, Santoro M, Bouvet A, Mermoz S, Le Toan T, Xia J, Liu S, Yuan W, Spawn SA, Gibbs HK, Ferrier S, Harwood T, Alkemade R, Schipper AM, Schmidt-Traub G, Strassburg B, Miles L, Burgess ND, Kapos V. Mapping co-benefits for carbon storage and biodiversity to inform conservation policy and action. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2020; 375:20190128. [PMID: 31983334 PMCID: PMC7017768 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Integrated high-resolution maps of carbon stocks and biodiversity that identify areas of potential co-benefits for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation can help facilitate the implementation of global climate and biodiversity commitments at local levels. However, the multi-dimensional nature of biodiversity presents a major challenge for understanding, mapping and communicating where and how biodiversity benefits coincide with climate benefits. A new integrated approach to biodiversity is therefore needed. Here, we (a) present a new high-resolution map of global above- and below-ground carbon stored in biomass and soil, (b) quantify biodiversity values using two complementary indices (BIp and BIr) representing proactive and reactive approaches to conservation, and (c) examine patterns of carbon-biodiversity overlap by identifying 'hotspots' (20% highest values for both aspects). Our indices integrate local diversity and ecosystem intactness, as well as regional ecosystem intactness across the broader area supporting a similar natural assemblage of species to the location of interest. The western Amazon Basin, Central Africa and Southeast Asia capture the last strongholds of highest local biodiversity and ecosystem intactness worldwide, while the last refuges for unique biological communities whose habitats have been greatly reduced are mostly found in the tropical Andes and central Sundaland. There is 38 and 5% overlap in carbon and biodiversity hotspots, for proactive and reactive conservation, respectively. Alarmingly, only around 12 and 21% of these proactive and reactive hotspot areas, respectively, are formally protected. This highlights that a coupled approach is urgently needed to help achieve both climate and biodiversity global targets. This would involve (1) restoring and conserving unprotected, degraded ecosystems, particularly in the Neotropics and Indomalaya, and (2) retaining the remaining strongholds of intactness. This article is part of the theme issue 'Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions'.
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- C. Soto-Navarro
- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
- Luc Hoffmann Institute, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
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- Gamma Remote Sensing, Worbstrasse 225, 3073 Gümligen, Switzerland
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- CESBIO, Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, France
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- GlobEO, Avenue Saint-Exupery, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- CESBIO, Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, France
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry and Ecology in Southern China, College of Biological Science and Technology, Central South University of Forest and Technology, Changsha 410004, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Centre for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Centre for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- CSIRO, GPO BOX 1700, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO, GPO BOX 1700, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, PO Box 30314, 2500 GH The Hague, The Netherlands
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- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, PO Box 30314, 2500 GH The Hague, The Netherlands
- Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 75009 Paris, France
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- International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), CEP: 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
- Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, The Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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Henriques S, Böhm M, Collen B, Luedtke J, Hoffmann M, Hilton‐Taylor C, Cardoso P, Butchart SHM, Freeman R. Accelerating the monitoring of global biodiversity: Revisiting the sampled approach to generating Red List Indices. Conserv Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Sérgio Henriques
- Institute of ZoologyZoological Society of London Regent's Park London UK
- Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research (CBER), Department of Genetics, Evolution and EnvironmentUniversity College London London UK
- Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Institute of ZoologyZoological Society of London Regent's Park London UK
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- Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research (CBER), Department of Genetics, Evolution and EnvironmentUniversity College London London UK
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- Conservation and Policy ProgrammesZoological Society of London London UK
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- Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- BirdLife InternationalDavid Attenborough Building Cambridge UK
- Department of ZoologyUniversity of Cambridge Cambridge UK
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- Institute of ZoologyZoological Society of London Regent's Park London UK
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Brooks TM, Pimm SL, Akçakaya HR, Buchanan GM, Butchart SHM, Foden W, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M, Jenkins CN, Joppa L, Li BV, Menon V, Ocampo-Peñuela N, Rondinini C. Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List. Trends Ecol Evol 2019; 34:977-986. [PMID: 31324345 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species includes assessment of extinction risk for 98 512 species, plus documentation of their range, habitat, elevation, and other factors. These range, habitat and elevation data can be matched with terrestrial land cover and elevation datasets to map the species' area of habitat (AOH; also known as extent of suitable habitat; ESH). This differs from the two spatial metrics used for assessing extinction risk in the IUCN Red List criteria: extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO). AOH can guide conservation, for example, through targeting areas for field surveys, assessing proportions of species' habitat within protected areas, and monitoring habitat loss and fragmentation. We recommend that IUCN Red List assessments document AOH wherever practical.
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- Thomas M Brooks
- IUCN, 28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196, Gland, Switzerland; World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, Philippines; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK; Department of Zoology, Downing Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- South African National Parks, Cape Research Centre, Tokai Park, Cape Town, South Africa; Global Change Biology Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa; Climate Change Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland
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- Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
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- IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo 12960-000, Brazil
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- Chief Environmental Scientist, Microsoft, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98075, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Environmental Research Centre, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu 215316, China
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- Wildlife Trust of India, F-13, Sector-8, Noida 201301, India
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Viale dell'Università 32, I-00185, Rome, Italy
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Eisenhauer N, Bonn A, A Guerra C. Recognizing the quiet extinction of invertebrates. Nat Commun 2019; 10:50. [PMID: 30604746 PMCID: PMC6318294 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07916-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Invertebrates are central to the functioning of ecosystems, yet they are underappreciated and understudied. Recent work has shown that they are suffering from rapid decline. Here we call for a greater focus on invertebrates and make recommendations for future investigation.
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- Nico Eisenhauer
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. .,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz - Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany
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Nicholson E, Fulton EA, Brooks TM, Blanchard R, Leadley P, Metzger JP, Mokany K, Stevenson S, Wintle BA, Woolley SN, Barnes M, Watson JE, Ferrier S. Scenarios and Models to Support Global Conservation Targets. Trends Ecol Evol 2019; 34:57-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pelletier TA, Carstens BC, Tank DC, Sullivan J, Espíndola A. Predicting plant conservation priorities on a global scale. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:13027-13032. [PMID: 30509998 PMCID: PMC6304935 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804098115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The conservation status of most plant species is currently unknown, despite the fundamental role of plants in ecosystem health. To facilitate the costly process of conservation assessment, we developed a predictive protocol using a machine-learning approach to predict conservation status of over 150,000 land plant species. Our study uses open-source geographic, environmental, and morphological trait data, making this the largest assessment of conservation risk to date and the only global assessment for plants. Our results indicate that a large number of unassessed species are likely at risk and identify several geographic regions with the highest need of conservation efforts, many of which are not currently recognized as regions of global concern. By providing conservation-relevant predictions at multiple spatial and taxonomic scales, predictive frameworks such as the one developed here fill a pressing need for biodiversity science.
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051
- Stillinger Herbarium, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051
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- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4454
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Sharrock S, Hoft R, Dias BFDS. An overview of recent progress in the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - a global perspective. RODRIGUÉSIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860201869401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) with its 16 outcome-orientated targets aimed at achieving a series of measurable goals was adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at its sixth meeting (COP-6) in 2002. In 2010, at COP-10, these targets were updated, taking into account progress at the time. To date, a number of countries have developed national responses to contribute to the GSPC, including several mega-diverse countries and other plant rich countries and regions. Additionally, a number of global initiatives have been established to promote the implementation of the GSPC. This paper provides an overview of progress at the global level towards the GSPC targets, highlighting actions that have taken place at a supra-national level, as well as providing examples of good practice in national implementation. The GSPC has been widely adopted, particularly by the botanic garden community, and while unlikely to achieve its ultimate goal of halting the loss of plant diversity by 2020, has achieved many successes, not least in allowing and facilitating many individuals and organisations from the botanical community to engage with the CBD and to contribute to the achievement of its objectives, targets and priorities.
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- Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada
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Nic Lughadha E, Walker BE, Canteiro C, Chadburn H, Davis AP, Hargreaves S, Lucas EJ, Schuiteman A, Williams E, Bachman SP, Baines D, Barker A, Budden AP, Carretero J, Clarkson JJ, Roberts A, Rivers MC. The use and misuse of herbarium specimens in evaluating plant extinction risks. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018; 374:20170402. [PMID: 30455216 PMCID: PMC6282085 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Herbarium specimens provide verifiable and citable evidence of the occurrence of particular plants at particular points in space and time, and are vital resources for assessing extinction risk in the tropics, where plant diversity and threats to plants are greatest. We reviewed approaches to assessing extinction risk in response to the Convention on Biological Diversity's Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Target 2: an assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species by 2020. We tested five alternative approaches, using herbarium-derived data for trees, shrubs and herbs in five different plant groups from temperate and tropical regions. All species were previously fully assessed for the IUCN Red List. We found significant variation in the accuracy with which different approaches classified species as threatened or not threatened. Accuracy was highest for the machine learning model (90%) but the least data-intensive approach also performed well (82%). Despite concerns about spatial, temporal and taxonomic biases and uncertainties in herbarium data, when specimens represent the best available evidence for particular species, their use as a basis for extinction risk assessment is appropriate, necessary and urgent. Resourcing herbaria to maintain, increase and disseminate their specimen data is essential to guide and focus conservation action.This article is part of the theme issue 'Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene'.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AE, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AE, UK
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AE, UK
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond TW9 3BW, UK
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Bachman SP, Nic Lughadha EM, Rivers MC. Quantifying progress toward a conservation assessment for all plants. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2018; 32:516-524. [PMID: 29266390 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) set an ambitious target to achieve a conservation assessment for all known plant species by 2020. We consolidated digitally available plant conservation assessments and reconciled their scientific names and assessment status to predefined standards to provide a quantitative measure of progress toward this target. The 241,919 plant conservation assessments generated represent 111,824 accepted land plant species (vascular plants and bryophytes, not algae). At least 73,081 and up to 90,321 species have been assessed at the global scale, representing 21-26% of known plant species. Of these plant species, at least 27,148 and up to 32,542 are threatened. Eighty plant families, including some of the largest, such as Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, and Rubiaceae, are underassessed and should be the focus of assessment effort if the GSPC target is to be met by 2020. Our data set is accessible online (ThreatSearch) and is a baseline that can be used to directly support other GSPC targets and plant conservation action. Although around one-quarter of a million plant assessments have been compiled, the majority of plants are still unassessed. The challenge now is to build on this progress and redouble efforts to document conservation status of unassessed plants to better inform conservation decisions and conserve the most threatened species.
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- Steven P Bachman
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, U.K
- School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3BW, U.K
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Stein RW, Mull CG, Kuhn TS, Aschliman NC, Davidson LNK, Joy JB, Smith GJ, Dulvy NK, Mooers AO. Global priorities for conserving the evolutionary history of sharks, rays and chimaeras. Nat Ecol Evol 2018; 2:288-298. [PMID: 29348644 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0448-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In an era of accelerated biodiversity loss and limited conservation resources, systematic prioritization of species and places is essential. In terrestrial vertebrates, evolutionary distinctness has been used to identify species and locations that embody the greatest share of evolutionary history. We estimate evolutionary distinctness for a large marine vertebrate radiation on a dated taxon-complete tree for all 1,192 chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays and chimaeras) by augmenting a new 610-species molecular phylogeny using taxonomic constraints. Chondrichthyans are by far the most evolutionarily distinct of all major radiations of jawed vertebrates-the average species embodies 26 million years of unique evolutionary history. With this metric, we identify 21 countries with the highest richness, endemism and evolutionary distinctness of threatened species as targets for conservation prioritization. On average, threatened chondrichthyans are more evolutionarily distinct-further motivating improved conservation, fisheries management and trade regulation to avoid significant pruning of the chondrichthyan tree of life.
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- R William Stein
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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Bhatnagar S, Alexandrova A, Avin S, Cave S, Cheke L, Crosby M, Feyereisl J, Halina M, Loe BS, Ó hÉigeartaigh S, Martínez-Plumed F, Price H, Shevlin H, Weller A, Winfield A, Hernández-Orallo J. Mapping Intelligence: Requirements and Possibilities. STUDIES IN APPLIED PHILOSOPHY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND RATIONAL ETHICS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96448-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cardoso P. red - an R package to facilitate species red list assessments according to the IUCN criteria. Biodivers Data J 2017:e20530. [PMID: 29104439 PMCID: PMC5665006 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.5.e20530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List is the most useful database of species that are at risk of extinction worldwide, as it relies on a number of objective criteria and is now widely adopted. The R package red – IUCN Redlisting Tools - performs a number of spatial analyses based on either observed occurrences or estimated ranges. Functions include calculating Extent of Occurrence (EOO), Area of Occupancy (AOO), mapping species ranges, species distribution modelling using climate and land cover and calculating the Red List Index for groups of species. The package allows the calculation of confidence limits for all measures. Spatial data of species occurrences, environmental or land cover variables can be either given by the user or automatically extracted from several online databases. It outputs geographical range, elevation and country values, maps in several formats and vectorial data for visualization in Google Earth. Several examples are shown demonstrating the usefulness of the different methods. The red package constitutes an open platform for further development of new tools to facilitate red list assessments.
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- Pedro Cardoso
- Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group, Helsinki, Finland
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Hermoso V, Januchowski-Hartley SR, Linke S, Dudgeon D, Petry P, McIntyre P. Optimal allocation of Red List assessments to guide conservation of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2017; 23:3525-3532. [PMID: 28168766 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The IUCN Red List is the most extensive source of conservation status assessments for species worldwide, but important gaps in coverage remain. Here, we demonstrate the use of a spatial prioritization approach to efficiently prioritize species assessments to achieve increased and up-to-date coverage efficiently. We focus on freshwater fishes, which constitute a significant portion of vertebrate diversity, although comprehensive assessments are available for only 46% of species. We used marxan to identify ecoregions for future assessments that maximize the coverage of species while accounting for anthropogenic stress. We identified a set of priority regions that would help assess one-third (ca 4000 species) of all freshwater fishes in need of assessment by 2020. Such assessments could be achieved without increasing current investment levels. Our approach is suitable for any taxon and can help ensure that species threat assessments are sufficiently complete to guide global conservation efforts in a rapidly changing world.
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- Virgilio Hermoso
- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Lleida, Spain
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia & Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Bland LM, Bielby J, Kearney S, Orme CDL, Watson JEM, Collen B. Toward reassessing data-deficient species. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2017; 31:531-539. [PMID: 27696559 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One in 6 species (13,465 species) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List is classified as data deficient due to lack of information on their taxonomy, population status, or impact of threats. Despite the chance that many are at high risk of extinction, data-deficient species are typically excluded from global and local conservation priorities, as well as funding schemes. The number of data-deficient species will greatly increase as the IUCN Red List becomes more inclusive of poorly known and speciose groups. A strategic approach is urgently needed to enhance the conservation value of data-deficient assessments. To develop this, we reviewed 2879 data-deficient assessments in 6 animal groups and identified 8 main justifications for assigning data-deficient status (type series, few records, old records, uncertain provenance, uncertain population status or distribution, uncertain threats, taxonomic uncertainty, and new species). Assigning a consistent set of justification tags (i.e., consistent assignment to assessment justifications) to species classified as data deficient is a simple way to achieve more strategic assessments. Such tags would clarify the causes of data deficiency; facilitate the prediction of extinction risk; facilitate comparisons of data deficiency among taxonomic groups; and help prioritize species for reassessment. With renewed efforts, it could be straightforward to prevent thousands of data-deficient species slipping unnoticed toward extinction.
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- Lucie M Bland
- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, U.K
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- School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7PY, U.K
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- School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Programs, Bronx, NY, 10460, U.S.A
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1 E6BT, U.K
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Di Marco M, Chapman S, Althor G, Kearney S, Besancon C, Butt N, Maina JM, Possingham HP, Rogalla von Bieberstein K, Venter O, Watson JE. Changing trends and persisting biases in three decades of conservation science. Glob Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Bennun L, Regan EC, Bird J, van Bochove JW, Katariya V, Livingstone S, Mitchell R, Savy C, Starkey M, Temple H, Pilgrim JD. The Value of the IUCN Red List for Business Decision-Making. Conserv Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Leon Bennun
- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ UK
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- International Finance Corporation; 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC 20433 USA
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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Juffe-Bignoli D, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM, Jenkins RB, Boe K, Hoffmann M, Angulo A, Bachman S, Böhm M, Brummitt N, Carpenter KE, Comer PJ, Cox N, Cuttelod A, Darwall WRT, Di Marco M, Fishpool LDC, Goettsch B, Heath M, Hilton-Taylor C, Hutton J, Johnson T, Joolia A, Keith DA, Langhammer PF, Luedtke J, Nic Lughadha E, Lutz M, May I, Miller RM, Oliveira-Miranda MA, Parr M, Pollock CM, Ralph G, Rodríguez JP, Rondinini C, Smart J, Stuart S, Symes A, Tordoff AW, Woodley S, Young B, Kingston N. Assessing the Cost of Global Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160640. [PMID: 27529491 PMCID: PMC4986939 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Knowledge products comprise assessments of authoritative information supported by standards, governance, quality control, data, tools, and capacity building mechanisms. Considerable resources are dedicated to developing and maintaining knowledge products for biodiversity conservation, and they are widely used to inform policy and advise decision makers and practitioners. However, the financial cost of delivering this information is largely undocumented. We evaluated the costs and funding sources for developing and maintaining four global biodiversity and conservation knowledge products: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, Protected Planet, and the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. These are secondary data sets, built on primary data collected by extensive networks of expert contributors worldwide. We estimate that US$160 million (range: US$116–204 million), plus 293 person-years of volunteer time (range: 278–308 person-years) valued at US$ 14 million (range US$12–16 million), were invested in these four knowledge products between 1979 and 2013. More than half of this financing was provided through philanthropy, and nearly three-quarters was spent on personnel costs. The estimated annual cost of maintaining data and platforms for three of these knowledge products (excluding the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems for which annual costs were not possible to estimate for 2013) is US$6.5 million in total (range: US$6.2–6.7 million). We estimated that an additional US$114 million will be needed to reach pre-defined baselines of data coverage for all the four knowledge products, and that once achieved, annual maintenance costs will be approximately US$12 million. These costs are much lower than those to maintain many other, similarly important, global knowledge products. Ensuring that biodiversity and conservation knowledge products are sufficiently up to date, comprehensive and accurate is fundamental to inform decision-making for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Thus, the development and implementation of plans for sustainable long-term financing for them is critical.
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- Diego Juffe-Bignoli
- United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
- World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Nature-based Solutions Group, IUCN, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL Cambridge, United Kingdom
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto M8W 1R2, Canada
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Global Species Programme/ Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
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- NatureServe, 4600 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203, United States of America
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- IUCN CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, IUCN Global Species Programme, c/o Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, United States of America
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Luc Hoffmann Institute, WWF International, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
- New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Hurstville, New South Wales 2220, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States of America
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Amphibian Specialist Group, Toronto M8W 1R2, Canada
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Nature-based Solutions Group, IUCN, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
- IUCN Global Ecosystem Management Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- American Bird Conservancy, 1731 Connecticut Avenue, Washington DC 20009, United States of America
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Global Species Programme/ Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
- Provita, Apdo. 47552, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela
- Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo. 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
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- Global Mammal Assessment Program, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 32, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
- Biodiversity Conservation Group, IUCN, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL Cambridge, United Kingdom
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, United States of America
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- World Commission on Protected Areas IUCN, 64 Juniper Road, Chelsea, QC J9B1T3, Canada
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- NatureServe, 4600 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203, United States of America
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- United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Azam CS, Gigot G, Witte I, Schatz B. National and subnational Red Lists in European and Mediterranean countries: current state and use for conservation. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2016. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Mingo V, Lötters S, Wagner N. Risk of pesticide exposure for reptile species in the European Union. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 215:164-169. [PMID: 27182977 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Environmental pollution has an especially high impact on wildlife. This is especially the case in industrialized countries. Although, many species within the European Union benefit from protection by the Habitats Directive, no special consideration is given to possible detrimental effects of pesticides. This is in particular remarkable as negative effects, which may lead to a regional diversity loss, have already been identified in laboratory and mesocosm studies. We conducted a pesticide exposure risk evaluation for all European reptile species with sufficient literature data on the considered biological and ecological aspects and occurrence data within agricultural areas with regular pesticide applications (102 out of 141). By using three evaluation factors - (i) pesticide exposure, (ii) physiology and (iii) life history - a taxon-specific pesticide exposure risk factor (ERF) was created. The results suggest that about half of all evaluated species, and thus at least 1/3 of all European species exhibited a high exposure risk. At the same time, two of them (Mauremys leprosa and Testudo graeca) are globally classified as threatened with extinction in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Variation regarding species occurrence in exposed landscapes between pesticide admission zones within the EU is rather large. This variation is mainly caused by differing land use and species abundances between zones. At the taxonomic level, significant differences in exposure risk can be observed between threatened and non-threatened species, which can be explained by the formers remote distribution areas. Lizards display the highest sensitivity toward pesticides, although no differences in overall ERFs can be observed between taxonomic groups. By identifying species at above-average risk to pesticide exposure, species-based risk evaluations can improve conservation actions for reptiles from cultivated landscapes.
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- Valentin Mingo
- Trier University, Department of Biogeography, Universitätsring 15, 54296 Trier, Germany.
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- Trier University, Department of Biogeography, Universitätsring 15, 54296 Trier, Germany
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- Trier University, Department of Biogeography, Universitätsring 15, 54296 Trier, Germany
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Joppa LN, Butchart SHM, Hoffmann M, Bachman SP, Akçakaya HR, Moat JF, Böhm M, Holland RA, Newton A, Polidoro B, Hughes A. Impact of alternative metrics on estimates of extent of occurrence for extinction risk assessment. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2016; 30:362-70. [PMID: 26183938 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Revised: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments, extent of occurrence (EOO) is a key measure of extinction risk. However, the way assessors estimate EOO from maps of species' distributions is inconsistent among assessments of different species and among major taxonomic groups. Assessors often estimate EOO from the area of mapped distribution, but these maps often exclude areas that are not habitat in idiosyncratic ways and are not created at the same spatial resolutions. We assessed the impact on extinction risk categories of applying different methods (minimum convex polygon, alpha hull) for estimating EOO for 21,763 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians. Overall, the percentage of threatened species requiring down listing to a lower category of threat (taking into account other Red List criteria under which they qualified) spanned 11-13% for all species combined (14-15% for mammals, 7-8% for birds, and 12-15% for amphibians). These down listings resulted from larger estimates of EOO and depended on the EOO calculation method. Using birds as an example, we found that 14% of threatened and near threatened species could require down listing based on the minimum convex polygon (MCP) approach, an approach that is now recommended by IUCN. Other metrics (such as alpha hull) had marginally smaller impacts. Our results suggest that uniformly applying the MCP approach may lead to a one-time down listing of hundreds of species but ultimately ensure consistency across assessments and realign the calculation of EOO with the theoretical basis on which the metric was founded.
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- Lucas N Joppa
- Microsoft Research, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, U.S.A
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- BirdLife International, Unit 1, Wellbrook Court, Cambridge, CB23 0NA, United Kingdom
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, 28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196, Gland, Switzerland
- United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
- School of Geography, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, 650 LSB Stony Brook, New York, 11794, U.S.A
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
- School of Geography, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Bournemouth University, Dorset, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University - West, Phoenix, U.S.A
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- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Potton Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, United Kingdom
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Geiger MF, Astrin JJ, Borsch T, Burkhardt U, Grobe P, Hand R, Hausmann A, Hohberg K, Krogmann L, Lutz M, Monje C, Misof B, Morinière J, Müller K, Pietsch S, Quandt D, Rulik B, Scholler M, Traunspurger W, Haszprunar G, Wägele W. How to tackle the molecular species inventory for an industrialized nation-lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative GBOL (2012-2015). Genome 2016; 59:661-70. [PMID: 27314158 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2015-0185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biodiversity loss is mainly driven by human activity. While concern grows over the fate of hot spots of biodiversity, contemporary species losses still prevail in industrialized nations. Therefore, strategies were formulated to halt or reverse the loss, driven by evidence for its value for ecosystem services. Maintenance of the latter through conservation depends on correctly identified species. To this aim, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the GBOL project, a consortium of natural history collections, botanic gardens, and universities working on a barcode reference database for the country's fauna and flora. Several noticeable findings could be useful for future campaigns: (i) validating taxon lists to serve as a taxonomic backbone is time-consuming, but without alternative; (ii) offering financial incentives to taxonomic experts, often citizen scientists, is indispensable; (iii) completion of the libraries for widespread species enables analyses of environmental samples, but the process may not hold pace with technological advancements; (iv) discoveries of new species are among the best stories for the media; (v) a commitment to common data standards and repositories is needed, as well as transboundary cooperation between nations; (vi) after validation, all data should be published online via the BOLD to make them searchable for external users and to allow cross-checking with data from other countries.
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- M F Geiger
- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- b Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- d Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany
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- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- b Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- c SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany
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- d Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany
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- e Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
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- j Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- e Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
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- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- c SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany
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- f Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- g Nees-Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- h Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- i Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- c SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany
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- a Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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Paini DR, Mokany K. Birds of a feather: using species assemblages to assess vulnerability to extinction. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2016; 26:415-423. [PMID: 27209784 DOI: 10.1890/15-0798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Estimating extinction vulnerability for a large number of species presents significant challenges for researchers, but is of high importance considering the large number of species that are currently unassessed. We present a method using a type of artificial neural network (self organizing map; SOM), which utilizes the co-occurrence patterns of species to estimate each species' vulnerability to extinction. We use this method on Australian bird assemblages and compare the SOM-generated rankings for vulnerability with assessments from the IUCN Red List for those species in which populations have actually been estimated. For species that have had their populations estimated, the SOM performed well in distinguishing those species ranked of least concern by IUCN from those species in one of the other IUCN categories. Further, 19 species that were identified as highly vulnerable by the SOM analysis have never had their populations estimated and have been ranked by the IUCN of least concern. We show how the SOM can identify spatial variation in vulnerability for a species, and identify those regions in Australia in which the resident species have the greatest levels of vulnerability (central Australia). We conclude that the SOM provides a useful tool for researchers and agencies dealing with conservation strategies focused on large numbers of species and we urge a more detailed assessment of the 19 bird species identified by this analysis as vulnerable to extinction.
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Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments. Sci Data 2016; 3:160007. [PMID: 26881749 PMCID: PMC4755129 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Two processes for regional environmental assessment are currently underway: the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) and Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Both face constraints of data, time, capacity, and resources. To support these assessments, we disaggregate three global knowledge products according to their regions and subregions. These products are: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Key Biodiversity Areas (specifically Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas [IBAs], and Alliance for Zero Extinction [AZE] sites), and Protected Planet. We present fourteen Data citations: numbers of species occurring and percentages threatened; numbers of endemics and percentages threatened; downscaled Red List Indices for mammals, birds, and amphibians; numbers, mean sizes, and percentage coverages of IBAs and AZE sites; percentage coverage of land and sea by protected areas; and trends in percentages of IBAs and AZE sites wholly covered by protected areas. These data will inform the regional/subregional assessment chapters on the status of biodiversity, drivers of its decline, and institutional responses, and greatly facilitate comparability and consistency between the different regional/subregional assessments.
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Brooks TM, Butchart SH, Cox NA, Heath M, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M, Kingston N, Rodríguez JP, Stuart SN, Smart J. Harnessing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to track the Aichi Targets and Sustainable Development Goals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2015.1075903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Jetz W, Freckleton RP. Towards a general framework for predicting threat status of data-deficient species from phylogenetic, spatial and environmental information. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 370:20140016. [PMID: 25561677 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In taxon-wide assessments of threat status many species remain not included owing to lack of data. Here, we present a novel spatial-phylogenetic statistical framework that uses a small set of readily available or derivable characteristics, including phylogenetically imputed body mass and remotely sensed human encroachment, to provide initial baseline predictions of threat status for data-deficient species. Applied to assessed mammal species worldwide, the approach effectively identifies threatened species and predicts the geographical variation in threat. For the 483 data-deficient species, the models predict highly elevated threat, with 69% 'at-risk' species in this set, compared with 22% among assessed species. This results in 331 additional potentially threatened mammals, with elevated conservation importance in rodents, bats and shrews, and countries like Colombia, Sulawesi and the Philippines. These findings demonstrate the future potential for combining phylogenies and remotely sensed data with species distributions to identify species and regions of conservation concern.
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- Walter Jetz
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Brummitt N, Bachman SP, Aletrari E, Chadburn H, Griffiths-Lee J, Lutz M, Moat J, Rivers MC, Syfert MM, Nic Lughadha EM. The sampled Red List Index for plants, phase II: ground-truthing specimen-based conservation assessments. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 370:20140015. [PMID: 25561676 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The IUCN Sampled Red List Index (SRLI) is a policy response by biodiversity scientists to the need to estimate trends in extinction risk of the world's diminishing biological diversity. Assessments of plant species for the SRLI project rely predominantly on herbarium specimen data from natural history collections, in the overwhelming absence of accurate population data or detailed distribution maps for the vast majority of plant species. This creates difficulties in re-assessing these species so as to measure genuine changes in conservation status, which must be observed under the same Red List criteria in order to be distinguished from an increase in the knowledge available for that species, and thus re-calculate the SRLI. However, the same specimen data identify precise localities where threatened species have previously been collected and can be used to model species ranges and to target fieldwork in order to test specimen-based range estimates and collect population data for SRLI plant species. Here, we outline a strategy for prioritizing fieldwork efforts in order to apply a wider range of IUCN Red List criteria to assessments of plant species, or any taxa with detailed locality or natural history specimen data, to produce a more robust estimation of the SRLI.
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- Neil Brummitt
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- B. Collen
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research; Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment; University College London; London UK
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Brummitt NA, Bachman SP, Griffiths-Lee J, Lutz M, Moat JF, Farjon A, Donaldson JS, Hilton-Taylor C, Meagher TR, Albuquerque S, Aletrari E, Andrews AK, Atchison G, Baloch E, Barlozzini B, Brunazzi A, Carretero J, Celesti M, Chadburn H, Cianfoni E, Cockel C, Coldwell V, Concetti B, Contu S, Crook V, Dyson P, Gardiner L, Ghanim N, Greene H, Groom A, Harker R, Hopkins D, Khela S, Lakeman-Fraser P, Lindon H, Lockwood H, Loftus C, Lombrici D, Lopez-Poveda L, Lyon J, Malcolm-Tompkins P, McGregor K, Moreno L, Murray L, Nazar K, Power E, Quiton Tuijtelaars M, Salter R, Segrott R, Thacker H, Thomas LJ, Tingvoll S, Watkinson G, Wojtaszekova K, Nic Lughadha EM. Green Plants in the Red: A Baseline Global Assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135152. [PMID: 26252495 PMCID: PMC4529080 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Plants provide fundamental support systems for life on Earth and are the basis for all terrestrial ecosystems; a decline in plant diversity will be detrimental to all other groups of organisms including humans. Decline in plant diversity has been hard to quantify, due to the huge numbers of known and yet to be discovered species and the lack of an adequate baseline assessment of extinction risk against which to track changes. The biodiversity of many remote parts of the world remains poorly known, and the rate of new assessments of extinction risk for individual plant species approximates the rate at which new plant species are described. Thus the question 'How threatened are plants?' is still very difficult to answer accurately. While completing assessments for each species of plant remains a distant prospect, by assessing a randomly selected sample of species the Sampled Red List Index for Plants gives, for the first time, an accurate view of how threatened plants are across the world. It represents the first key phase of ongoing efforts to monitor the status of the world's plants. More than 20% of plant species assessed are threatened with extinction, and the habitat with the most threatened species is overwhelmingly tropical rain forest, where the greatest threat to plants is anthropogenic habitat conversion, for arable and livestock agriculture, and harvesting of natural resources. Gymnosperms (e.g. conifers and cycads) are the most threatened group, while a third of plant species included in this study have yet to receive an assessment or are so poorly known that we cannot yet ascertain whether they are threatened or not. This study provides a baseline assessment from which trends in the status of plant biodiversity can be measured and periodically reassessed.
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- Neil A. Brummitt
- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
- School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
- School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, KRC, Private Bag X7, Claremont, South Africa
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- School of Biology, Dyers Brae, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
- King's College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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AbstractThe Tropical Andes are characterized by a high level of endemism and plant species richness but are under pressure from human activities. We present the first regional conservation assessment of upper montane tree species in this region. We identified 3,750 tree species as occurring in this region, of which 917 were excluded because of a lack of data on their distribution. We identified a subset of 129 taxa that were restricted to higher elevations (> 1,500 m) but occurred in more than one country, thus excluding local endemics evaluated in previous national assessments. Distribution maps were created for each of these selected species, and extinction risk was assessed according to the IUCN Red List categories and criteria (version 3.1), drawing on expert knowledge elicited from a regional network of specialists. We assessed one species, Polylepis microphylla, as Critically Endangered, 47 species as Endangered and 28 as Vulnerable. Overall, 60% of the species evaluated were categorized as threatened, or 73% if national endemics are included. It is recommended that extinction risk assessments for tree species be used to inform the development of conservation strategies in the region, to avoid further loss of this important element of biodiversity.
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Bland LM, Orme CDL, Bielby J, Collen B, Nicholson E, McCarthy MA. Cost-effective assessment of extinction risk with limited information. J Appl Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Lucie M. Bland
- School of BioSciences; The University of Melbourne; Parkville Vic. 3010 Australia
- Division of Biology; Imperial College London; Silwood Park Ascot SL5 7PY UK
- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; Regent's Park London NW1 4RY UK
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- Division of Biology; Imperial College London; Silwood Park Ascot SL5 7PY UK
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- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; Regent's Park London NW1 4RY UK
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research; University College London; Gower Street London WC1 E6BT UK
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- School of BioSciences; The University of Melbourne; Parkville Vic. 3010 Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences; Deakin University; Burwood Vic. 3125 Australia
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- School of BioSciences; The University of Melbourne; Parkville Vic. 3010 Australia
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