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Mangalik S, Eichstaedt JC, Giorgi S, Mun J, Ahmed F, Gill G, V Ganesan A, Subrahmanya S, Soni N, Clouston SAP, Schwartz HA. Robust language-based mental health assessments in time and space through social media. NPJ Digit Med 2024; 7:109. [PMID: 38698174 PMCID: PMC11065872 DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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In the most comprehensive population surveys, mental health is only broadly captured through questionnaires asking about "mentally unhealthy days" or feelings of "sadness." Further, population mental health estimates are predominantly consolidated to yearly estimates at the state level, which is considerably coarser than the best estimates of physical health. Through the large-scale analysis of social media, robust estimation of population mental health is feasible at finer resolutions. In this study, we created a pipeline that used ~1 billion Tweets from 2 million geo-located users to estimate mental health levels and changes for depression and anxiety, the two leading mental health conditions. Language-based mental health assessments (LBMHAs) had substantially higher levels of reliability across space and time than available survey measures. This work presents reliable assessments of depression and anxiety down to the county-weeks level. Where surveys were available, we found moderate to strong associations between the LBMHAs and survey scores for multiple levels of granularity, from the national level down to weekly county measurements (fixed effects β = 0.34 to 1.82; p < 0.001). LBMHAs demonstrated temporal validity, showing clear absolute increases after a list of major societal events (+23% absolute change for depression assessments). LBMHAs showed improved external validity, evidenced by stronger correlations with measures of health and socioeconomic status than population surveys. This study shows that the careful aggregation of social media data yields spatiotemporal estimates of population mental health that exceed the granularity achievable by existing population surveys, and does so with generally greater reliability and validity.
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- Siddharth Mangalik
- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Institute for Human-Centered A.I., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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Wong CYS. Plant optics: underlying mechanisms in remotely sensed signals for phenotyping applications. AoB Plants 2023; 15:plad039. [PMID: 37560760 PMCID: PMC10407989 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plad039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Optical-based remote sensing offers great potential for phenotyping vegetation traits and functions for a range of applications including vegetation monitoring and assessment. A key strength of optical-based approaches is the underlying mechanistic link to vegetation physiology, biochemistry, and structure that influences a spectral signal. By exploiting spectral variation driven by plant physiological response to environment, remotely sensed products can be used to estimate vegetation traits and functions. However, oftentimes these products are proxies based on covariance, which can lead to misinterpretation and decoupling under certain scenarios. This viewpoint will discuss (i) the optical properties of vegetation, (ii) applications of vegetation indices, solar-induced fluorescence, and machine-learning approaches, and (iii) how covariance can lead to good empirical proximation of plant traits and functions. Understanding and acknowledging the underlying mechanistic basis of plant optics must be considered as remotely sensed data availability and applications continue to grow. Doing so will enable appropriate application and consideration of limitations for the use of optical-based remote sensing for phenotyping applications.
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Thomas‐Walters L, McCallum J, Montgomery R, Petros C, Wan AKY, Veríssimo D. Systematic review of conservation interventions to promote voluntary behavior change. Conserv Biol 2023; 37:e14000. [PMID: 36073364 PMCID: PMC10108067 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Understanding human behavior is vital to developing interventions that effectively lead to proenvironmental behavior change, whether the focus is at the individual or societal level. However, interventions in many fields have historically lacked robust forms of evaluation, which makes it hard to be confident that these conservation interventions have successfully helped protect the environment. We conducted a systematic review to assess how effective nonpecuniary and nonregulatory interventions have been in changing environmental behavior. We applied the Office of Health Assessment and Translation systematic review methodology. We started with more than 300,000 papers and reports returned by our search terms and after critical appraisal of quality identified 128 individual studies that merited inclusion in the review. We classified interventions by thematic area, type of intervention, the number of times audiences were exposed to interventions, and the length of time interventions ran. Most studies reported a positive effect (n = 96). The next most common outcome was no effect (n = 28). Few studies reported negative (n = 1) or mixed (n = 3) effects. Education, prompts, and feedback interventions resulted in positive behavior change. Combining multiple interventions was the most effective. Neither exposure duration nor frequency affected the likelihood of desired behavioral change. Comparatively few studies tested the effects of voluntary interventions on non-Western populations (n = 17) or measured actual ecological outcome behavior (n = 1). Similarly, few studies examined conservation devices (e.g., energy-efficient stoves) (n = 9) and demonstrations (e.g., modeling the desired behavior) (n = 5). There is a clear need to both improve the quality of the impact evaluation conducted and the reporting standards for intervention results.
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Kelaher BP, Clark GF, Johnston EL, Ingleton T, Knott NA, Coleman MA. Desalination Discharge Influences the Composition of Reef Invertebrate and Fish Assemblages. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:11300-11309. [PMID: 35880958 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Large-scale desalination is used increasingly to address growing freshwater demands and climate uncertainty. Discharge of hypersaline brine from desalination operations has the potential to impact marine ecosystems. Here, we used a 7-year Multiple-Before-After-Control-Impact experiment to test the hypothesis that hypersaline discharge from reverse osmosis desalination alters temperate reef communities. Using replicated, video-based, timed searches at eight sites, we sampled fish and invertebrate assemblages before, during, and after the discharge of hypersaline brine. We found that the composition of fish assemblages was significantly altered out to 55 m while the composition of invertebrate assemblages was altered out to 125 m from the outlet during hypersaline discharge. Fish richness and functional diversity increased around the outlet, while the invertebrate assemblages were no less diverse than those on reference reefs. Differences in faunal assemblages between outlet and reference sites during discharging included changes in the frequency of occurrence of both common and rare reef biota. Overall, we found the influence of hypersaline discharge on temperate reef biota to be spatially localized, with the reefs around the outlet continuing to support rich and diverse faunal communities. In some cases, therefore, the marine environmental consequences of large-scale, well-designed, desalination operations may be appropriately balanced against the positive benefits of improved water security.
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- Brendan P Kelaher
- National Marine Science Centre and Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, P.O. Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, 480 Weerooona Road Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW 2141, Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries, P.O. Box 89, Huskisson, NSW 2540, Australia
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- National Marine Science Centre and Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, P.O. Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries, P.O. Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
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Pashkevich MD, d'Albertas F, Aryawan AAK, Buchori D, Caliman JP, Chaves ADG, Hidayat P, Kreft H, Naim M, Razafimahatratra A, Turner EC, Zemp DC, Luke SH. Nine actions to successfully restore tropical agroecosystems. Trends Ecol Evol 2022:S0169-5347(22)00171-9. [PMID: 35961912 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Well-designed approaches to ecological restoration can benefit nature and society. This is particularly the case in tropical agroecosystems, where restoration can provide substantial socioecological benefits at relatively low costs. To successfully restore tropical agroecosystems and maximise benefits, initiatives must begin by considering 'who' should be involved in and benefit from restoration, and 'what', 'where', and 'how' restoration should occur. Based on collective experience of restoring tropical agroecosystems worldwide, we present nine actions to guide future restoration of these systems, supported by case studies that demonstrate our actions being used successfully in practice and highlighting cases where poorly designed restoration has been damaging. We call for increased restoration activity in tropical agroecosystems during the current UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
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Khorozyan I. Importance of non-journal literature in providing evidence for predator conservation. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2022.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
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Chowdhury S, Gonzalez K, Aytekin MÇK, Baek S, Bełcik M, Bertolino S, Duijns S, Han Y, Jantke K, Katayose R, Lin M, Nourani E, Ramos DL, Rouyer M, Sidemo‐Holm W, Vozykova S, Zamora‐Gutierrez V, Amano T. Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation. Conserv Biol 2022; 36:e13883. [PMID: 34981574 PMCID: PMC9539909 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English-language publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non-ELPs is decreasing. This assumption contributes to the underuse of non-ELPs in conservation science, practice, and policy, especially at the international level. However, the number of conservation articles published in different languages is poorly documented. Using local and international search systems, we searched for scientific articles on biodiversity conservation published from 1980 to 2018 in English and 15 non-English languages. We compared the growth rate in publications across languages. In 12 of the 15 non-English languages, published conservation articles significantly increased every year over the past 39 years, at a rate similar to English-language articles. The other three languages showed contrasting results, depending on the search system. Since the 1990s, conservation science articles in most languages increased exponentially. The variation in the number of non-English-language articles identified among the search systems differed markedly (e.g., for simplified Chinese, 11,148 articles returned with local search system and 803 with Scopus). Google Scholar and local literature search systems returned the most articles for 11 and 4 non-English languages, respectively. However, the proportion of peer-reviewed conservation articles published in non-English languages was highest in Scopus, followed by Web of Science and local search systems, and lowest in Google Scholar. About 20% of the sampled non-English-language articles provided no title or abstract in English; thus, in theory, they were undiscoverable with English keywords. Possible reasons for this include language barriers and the need to disseminate research in countries where English is not widely spoken. Given the known biases in statistical methods and study characteristics between English- and non-English-language studies, non-English-language articles will continue to play an important role in improving the understanding of biodiversity and its conservation.
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- Shawan Chowdhury
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Environmental Science and Resource ManagementCalifornia State University Channel IslandsCamarilloCaliforniaUSA
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- Graduate School of Agricultural ScienceTokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyFuchuJapan
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of SciencesKrakówPoland
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems BiologyUniversity of TurinTorinoItaly
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- Sovon Dutch Centre for Field OrnithologyNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Department of Ecology/School of Life SciencesSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Center for Earth System Research and SustainabilityUniversity of HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Graduate School of Agricultural ScienceTokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyFuchuJapan
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- School of Environmental Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- Department of MigrationMax Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorRadolfzellGermany
- Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Plant Technology and Environmental Monitoring LtdTechnological Park of São José dos CamposSão José dos CamposBrazil
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- Faculty of Energy and Ecotechnology (GreenTech)ITMO UniversitySt PetersburgRussia
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- CONACYT ‐ Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango (CIIDIR)Instituto Politécnico NacionalCiudad de MéxicoMéxico
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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Research inefficiencies can generate huge waste: evidence from biomedical research has shown that most research is avoidably wasted and steps have been taken to tackle this costly problem. Although other scientific fields could also benefit from identifying and quantifying waste and acting to reduce it, no other estimates of research waste are available. Given that ecological issues interweave most of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we argue that tackling research waste in ecology should be prioritized. Our study leads the way. We estimate components of waste in ecological research based on a literature review and a meta-analysis. Shockingly, our results suggest only 11-18% of conducted ecological research reaches its full informative value. All actors within the research system-including academic institutions, policymakers, funders and publishers-have a duty towards science, the environment, study organisms and the public, to urgently act and reduce this considerable yet preventable loss. We discuss potential ways forward and call for two major actions: (1) further research into waste in ecology (and beyond); (2) focused development and implementation of solutions to reduce unused potential of ecological research.
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- Marija Purgar
- Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.,Department of Biology, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia. .,Netherlands Institute of Ecology, NIOO-KNAW, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Downey H, Bretagnolle V, Brick C, Bulman CR, Cooke SJ, Dean M, Edmonds B, Frick WF, Friedman K, McNicol C, Nichols C, Herbert S, O’Brien D, Ockendon N, Petrovan S, Stroud D, White TB, Worthington TA, Sutherland WJ. Principles for the production of evidence‐based guidance for conservation actions. Conservat Sci and Prac 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Harriet Downey
- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building Cambridge UK
- Woodland Trust Grantham Lincolnshire UK
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7372, CNRS and La Rochelle Université Beauvoir‐sur‐Niort France
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- Department of Psychology University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- MD Ecology Cirencester Gloucestershire UK
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- SLR Consulting Limited 2 Newton Business Centre Sheffield UK
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome Italy
- University of Western Australia Oceans Institute Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Conservation Centre Robinswood Hill Country Park Gloucester UK
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- Endangered Landscape Programme Cambridge Conservation Initiative Cambridge UK
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- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building Cambridge UK
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- African Eurasian Waterbirds Agreement Consultant Spring Meadows Warmington Peterborough UK
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- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building Cambridge UK
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- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building Cambridge UK
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- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building Cambridge UK
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Tinsley-Marshall P, Downey H, Adum G, Al-Fulaij N, A. D. Bourn N, Brotherton PN, Frick WF, Hancock MH, Hellon J, Hudson MA, Kortland K, Mastro K, McNicol CM, McPherson T, Mickleburgh S, Moss JF, Nichols CP, O'Brien D, Ockendon N, Paterson S, Parks D, Pimm SL, Schofield H, Simkins AT, Watuwa J, Wormald K, Wilkinson J, Wilson JD, Sutherland WJ. Funding and delivering the routine testing of management interventions to improve conservation effectiveness. J Nat Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Khorozyan I. Defining practical and robust study designs for interventions targeted at terrestrial mammalian predators. Conserv Biol 2022; 36:e13805. [PMID: 34231934 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Conflicts between humans and mammalian predators are globally widespread and increasing, creating a long-lasting challenge for conservation and local livelihoods. Protection interventions, which are essential to conflict mitigation, should be based on solid evidence of effectiveness produced by robust study designs. Yet, it is unclear what study designs have been used in predator-targeted interventions and how they can be improved to provide best practices for replications. I examined how applications of five study designs (before-after, before-after-control-impact, control-impact, crossover [i.e., the same randomly assigned study units acting as treatments and controls during alternating trials], and randomized controlled trial) have changed over time and how these changes are related to authors, predator species, countries, and intervention types (aversion, husbandry, mixed interventions, invasive management, lethal control, and noninvasive management). I applied multinomial regression modeling to 434 cases (28 predator species and 45 countries) from 244 studies published from 1955 to 2020. Study design was related only to intervention type. Less reliable before-after and control-impact studies were the most common (47.7% and 38.2% of cases, respectively), and their use increased over years as did all interventions. The contribution of the most robust before-after-control-impact (7.4%), randomized controlled trial (5.3%), and crossover designs (1.4%) remained minor over time. Crossover is suitable for aversion, most husbandry techniques, and a few other interventions, but crossover interventions also have the most limitations in terms of applicability. Randomized controlled trial is generally applicable, but impractical or inappropriate for some interventions, and before-after-control-impact appears to be the most widely applicable study design for predator-targeted interventions.
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- Igor Khorozyan
- Department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Christie AP, Amano T, Martin PA, Shackelford GE, Simmons BI, Sutherland WJ. Innovation and forward‐thinking are needed to improve traditional synthesis methods: A response to Pescott and Stewart. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Alec P. Christie
- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- BioRISC, St Catharine's College Cambridge UK
- Downing College Cambridge UK
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane Qld Australia
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- BioRISC, St Catharine's College Cambridge UK
- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) Leioa Bizkaia Spain
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- BioRISC, St Catharine's College Cambridge UK
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield UK
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
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Kroeger SB, Hanslin HM, Lennartsson T, D'Amico M, Kollmann J, Fischer C, Albertsen E, Speed JDM. Impacts of roads on bird species richness: A meta-analysis considering road types, habitats and feeding guilds. Sci Total Environ 2022; 812:151478. [PMID: 34742951 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Roadsides can harbour remarkable biodiversity; thus, they are increasingly considered as habitats with potential for conservation value. To improve construction and management of roadside habitats with positive effects on biodiversity, we require a quantitative understanding of important influential factors that drive both positive and negative effects of roads. We conducted meta-analyses to assess road effects on bird communities. We specifically tested how the relationship between roads and bird richness varies when considering road type, habitat characteristics and feeding guild association. Overall, bird richness was similar in road habitats compared to non-road habitats, however, the two apparently differ in species composition. Bird richness was lowered by road presence in areas with denser tree cover but did not differ according to road type. Richness differences between habitats with and without roads further depended on primary diet of species, and richness of omnivores was positively affected by road presence. We conclude that impacts of roads on bird richness are highly context-dependent, and planners should carefully evaluate road habitats on a case by case basis. This emphasizes the need for further studies that explicitly test for differences in species composition and abundance, to disentangle contexts where a road will negatively affect bird communities, and where it will not.
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- Svenja B Kroeger
- Division of Food Production and Society, The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Division of Environment and Natural Resources, The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
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- Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- THEOECO, CIBIO-InBIO, University of Porto and University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Conservation Biology, Doñana Biological Station CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Division of Environment and Natural Resources, The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway; Department of Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Faunistics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Agriculture, Ecotrophology, and Landscape Development, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany; Evolutionary Zoology, Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Division of Food Production and Society, The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Almeida-Maués PCR, Bueno AS, Palmeirim AF, Peres CA, Mendes-Oliveira AC. Assessing assemblage-wide mammal responses to different types of habitat modification in Amazonian forests. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1797. [PMID: 35110574 PMCID: PMC8810785 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05450-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Tropical forests are being heavily modified by varying intensities of land use ranging from structural degradation to complete conversion. While ecological responses of vertebrate assemblages to habitat modification are variable, such understanding is critical to appropriate conservation planning of anthropogenic landscapes. We assessed the responses of medium/large-bodied mammal assemblages to the ecological impacts of reduced impact logging, secondary regrowth, and eucalyptus and oil palm plantations in Eastern Brazilian Amazonia. We used within-landscape paired baseline-treatment comparisons to examine the impact of different types of habitat modification in relation to adjacent primary forest. We examined assemblage-wide metrics including the total number of species, number of primary forest species retained in modified habitats, abundance, species composition, and community integrity. We ranked all types of habitat modification along a gradient of assemblage-wide impact intensity, with oil palm and eucalyptus plantations exerting the greatest impact, followed by secondary regrowth, and selectively logging. Selectively-logged and secondary forests did not experience discernible biodiversity loss, except for the total number of primary forest species retained. Secondary forests further experienced pronounced species turnover, with loss of community integrity. Considering the biodiversity retention capacity of anthropogenic habitats, this study reinforces the landscape-scale importance of setting aside large preserved areas.
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- Paula C R Almeida-Maués
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - LABEV, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.,Faculdade Estácio de Castanhal, Castanhal, PA, Brazil.,Unama Parque Shopping, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Farroupilha, Júlio de Castilhos, RS, Brazil
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - LABEV, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil. .,School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
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Kelaher BP, Coleman MA. Spatial extent of desalination discharge impacts to habitat-forming species on temperate reefs. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 175:113368. [PMID: 35114545 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Outlet infrastructure and hypersaline discharge from large-scale desalination operations have the potential to impact marine environments. Here, we present the results of a six-year M-BACI assessment of the impacts of desalination discharge outlet construction and hypersaline effluent on the cover of habitat-forming species on temperate reefs. The construction of the desalination outlet caused a decrease in the cover of Ecklonia radiata (kelp) and an increase in the cover of algal turfs up to 55 m from the outlet. Following the commencement of discharging of hypersaline brine, the impact to E. radiata and algal turfs persisted, but decreased in spatial extent to be less than 25 m from the outlet. Hypersaline discharge was also associated with a significant decline in the cover of sponges in outlet compared to reference sites. Overall, our results demonstrate that the water security benefits from large-scale desalination may sometimes be appropriately balanced against the associated ecological consequences.
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- Brendan P Kelaher
- National Marine Science Centre and Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia.
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- National Marine Science Centre and Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia; New South Wales Fisheries, Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
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Jaatinen K, Hermansson I, Mohring B, Steele BB, Öst M. Mitigating impacts of invasive alien predators on an endangered sea duck amidst high native predation pressure. Oecologia 2022. [PMID: 35028754 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05101-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Anthropogenically introduced invasive species represent a major threat to global biodiversity by causing population declines and extinctions of native species. The negative impacts of introduced predators are well documented, yet a fundamental knowledge gap exists regarding the efficiency of potential mitigation methods to restore the ecosystem. Other understudied aspects concern prey behavioural antipredator responses and the historical context of native predator-prey interactions, which may moderate invasion impacts on native prey. Invasion impacts of American mink (Neovison vison) and raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) into the Baltic Sea archipelago are poorly understood, and the efficiency of removal efforts as a means to alleviate depredation pressure on native prey is debated. Here, we examine the effectiveness of invasive predator removal on ground-nesting female common eider (Somateria mollissima) mortality, breeding success and breeding propensity over a 9-year period, while controlling for predation risk imposed by the main native predator, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Our results clearly show that intensified removal of American minks and raccoon dogs decreased the number of female eiders killed during nesting, while improving both nesting success and breeding propensity. Such obvious positive effects of invasive predator removal are particularly noteworthy against the backdrop of a soaring eagle population, indicating that the impacts of invasives may become accentuated when native predators differ taxonomically and by hunting mode. This study shows that invasive alien predator removal is an effective conservation measure clearly aiding native fauna even under severe native predation pressure. Such cost-effective conservation actions call for governmental deployment across large areas.
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Christie AP, Downey H, Frick WF, Grainger M, O'Brien D, Tinsley‐Marshall P, White TB, Winter M, Sutherland WJ. A practical conservation tool to combine diverse types of evidence for transparent evidence‐based decision‐making. Conservat Sci and Prac 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Alec P. Christie
- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- BioRISC (Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine's), St Catharine's College Cambridge UK
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- Woodland Trust Lincolnshire UK
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- Bat Conservation International Washington District of Columbia USA
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California USA
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
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- Centre for Rural Policy Research University of Exeter Exeter UK
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- BioRISC (Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine's), St Catharine's College Cambridge UK
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Amano T, Berdejo-Espinola V, Christie AP, Willott K, Akasaka M, Báldi A, Berthinussen A, Bertolino S, Bladon AJ, Chen M, Choi CY, Bou Dagher Kharrat M, de Oliveira LG, Farhat P, Golivets M, Hidalgo Aranzamendi N, Jantke K, Kajzer-Bonk J, Kemahlı Aytekin MÇ, Khorozyan I, Kito K, Konno K, Lin DL, Littlewood N, Liu Y, Liu Y, Loretto MC, Marconi V, Martin PA, Morgan WH, Narváez-Gómez JP, Negret PJ, Nourani E, Ochoa Quintero JM, Ockendon N, Oh RRY, Petrovan SO, Piovezan-Borges AC, Pollet IL, Ramos DL, Reboredo Segovia AL, Rivera-Villanueva AN, Rocha R, Rouyer MM, Sainsbury KA, Schuster R, Schwab D, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Seo HM, Shackelford G, Shinoda Y, Smith RK, Tao SD, Tsai MS, Tyler EHM, Vajna F, Valdebenito JO, Vozykova S, Waryszak P, Zamora-Gutierrez V, Zenni RD, Zhou W, Sutherland WJ. Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001296. [PMID: 34618803 DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.24.445520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, non-English-language science is expected to bring unique and valuable scientific information, especially in disciplines where the evidence is patchy, and for emergent issues where synthesising available evidence is an urgent challenge. Yet such contribution of non-English-language science to scientific communities and the application of science is rarely quantified. Here, we show that non-English-language studies provide crucial evidence for informing global biodiversity conservation. By screening 419,679 peer-reviewed papers in 16 languages, we identified 1,234 non-English-language studies providing evidence on the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation interventions, compared to 4,412 English-language studies identified with the same criteria. Relevant non-English-language studies are being published at an increasing rate in 6 out of the 12 languages where there were a sufficient number of relevant studies. Incorporating non-English-language studies can expand the geographical coverage (i.e., the number of 2° × 2° grid cells with relevant studies) of English-language evidence by 12% to 25%, especially in biodiverse regions, and taxonomic coverage (i.e., the number of species covered by the relevant studies) by 5% to 32%, although they do tend to be based on less robust study designs. Our results show that synthesising non-English-language studies is key to overcoming the widespread lack of local, context-dependent evidence and facilitating evidence-based conservation globally. We urge wider disciplines to rigorously reassess the untapped potential of non-English-language science in informing decisions to address other global challenges. Please see the Supporting information files for Alternative Language Abstracts.
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- Tatsuya Amano
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Yangtze Delta Estuarine Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ministry of Education & Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph, Campus Sciences et Technologies, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph, Campus Sciences et Technologies, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany
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- Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
- Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Endemic Species Research Institute, Jiji, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Rural Land Use, SRUC, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park), Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brasil
- Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Conservation Research Institute and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Endangered Landscapes Programme, The Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Biociências (INBIO), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Plantem-Plant Technology and Environmental Monitoring Ltd., Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Durango, México
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- CIBIO-InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- CIBIO-InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru, Nishihara, Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
- Department of Ecology, Institute for Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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- Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Hungary
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- Faculty of Energy and Ecotechnology (GreenTech), ITMO University, St Petersburg, Russia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Cátedras CONACYT-Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Durango, México
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Amano T, Berdejo-Espinola V, Christie AP, Willott K, Akasaka M, Báldi A, Berthinussen A, Bertolino S, Bladon AJ, Chen M, Choi CY, Bou Dagher Kharrat M, de Oliveira LG, Farhat P, Golivets M, Hidalgo Aranzamendi N, Jantke K, Kajzer-Bonk J, Kemahlı Aytekin MÇ, Khorozyan I, Kito K, Konno K, Lin DL, Littlewood N, Liu Y, Liu Y, Loretto MC, Marconi V, Martin PA, Morgan WH, Narváez-Gómez JP, Negret PJ, Nourani E, Ochoa Quintero JM, Ockendon N, Oh RRY, Petrovan SO, Piovezan-Borges AC, Pollet IL, Ramos DL, Reboredo Segovia AL, Rivera-Villanueva AN, Rocha R, Rouyer MM, Sainsbury KA, Schuster R, Schwab D, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Seo HM, Shackelford G, Shinoda Y, Smith RK, Tao SD, Tsai MS, Tyler EHM, Vajna F, Valdebenito JO, Vozykova S, Waryszak P, Zamora-Gutierrez V, Zenni RD, Zhou W, Sutherland WJ. Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001296. [PMID: 34618803 PMCID: PMC8496809 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, non-English-language science is expected to bring unique and valuable scientific information, especially in disciplines where the evidence is patchy, and for emergent issues where synthesising available evidence is an urgent challenge. Yet such contribution of non-English-language science to scientific communities and the application of science is rarely quantified. Here, we show that non-English-language studies provide crucial evidence for informing global biodiversity conservation. By screening 419,679 peer-reviewed papers in 16 languages, we identified 1,234 non-English-language studies providing evidence on the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation interventions, compared to 4,412 English-language studies identified with the same criteria. Relevant non-English-language studies are being published at an increasing rate in 6 out of the 12 languages where there were a sufficient number of relevant studies. Incorporating non-English-language studies can expand the geographical coverage (i.e., the number of 2° × 2° grid cells with relevant studies) of English-language evidence by 12% to 25%, especially in biodiverse regions, and taxonomic coverage (i.e., the number of species covered by the relevant studies) by 5% to 32%, although they do tend to be based on less robust study designs. Our results show that synthesising non-English-language studies is key to overcoming the widespread lack of local, context-dependent evidence and facilitating evidence-based conservation globally. We urge wider disciplines to rigorously reassess the untapped potential of non-English-language science in informing decisions to address other global challenges. Please see the Supporting information files for Alternative Language Abstracts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tatsuya Amano
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Yangtze Delta Estuarine Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ministry of Education & Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph, Campus Sciences et Technologies, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph, Campus Sciences et Technologies, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany
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- Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
- Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Endemic Species Research Institute, Jiji, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Rural Land Use, SRUC, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park), Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brasil
- Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Conservation Research Institute and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Endangered Landscapes Programme, The Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Biociências (INBIO), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Plantem-Plant Technology and Environmental Monitoring Ltd., Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Durango, México
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- CIBIO-InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- CIBIO-InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru, Nishihara, Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
- Department of Ecology, Institute for Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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- Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Hungary
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- Faculty of Energy and Ecotechnology (GreenTech), ITMO University, St Petersburg, Russia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Cátedras CONACYT-Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Durango, México
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Barrientos R, Ascensão F, D’Amico M, Grilo C, Pereira HM. The lost road: Do transportation networks imperil wildlife population persistence? Perspect Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Vitali A, Vázquez DP, Miguel MF, Sasal Y, Rodríguez-Cabal MA. A keystone mutualism promotes resistance to invasion. J Anim Ecol 2021; 91:74-85. [PMID: 34558076 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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It is not uncommon for one or a few species, and their interactions, to have disproportionate effects on other species in ecological communities. Such keystone interactions might affect how communities respond to the invasion of non-native species by preventing or inhibiting the establishment, spread or impact of non-native species. We explore whether a keystone mutualism among a hummingbird-mistletoe-marsupial promotes ecological resistance to an invasive pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris, by comparing data collected at sites prior to bumblebee invasion to data collected 11 years after the invasion in sites with and without the keystone mutualism. We built pollination networks and focused on network motifs, regarded as building blocks of networks, to identify the central pollinators and estimate the change in their interactions after invasion of B. terrestris. We also estimated the interaction rewiring across the season in post-invasion networks and tested it as a possible mechanism explaining how the keystone mutualism increased ecological resistance to invasion. We found two times more species in post-invasion sites with the keystone mutualism than in post-invasion sites without the keystone mutualism. Moreover, we found that invasive bumblebee reduced the strength and interaction niche of the five central pollinator species while increasing its own strength and interaction niche, suggesting a replacement of interactions. Also, we found that the keystone mutualism promoted resistance to B. terrestris invasion by reducing its negative impacts on central species. In the presence of the keystone mutualism, central species had three times more direct interactions than in sites without this keystone mutualism. The higher interaction rewiring, after invasion of B. terrestris, in sites with the keystone mutualism indicates greater chances of central pollinators to form new interactions and reduces their competence for resources with the non-native bumblebee. Our results demonstrate that a keystone mutualism can enhance community resistance against the impacts of a non-native invasive pollinator by increasing species diversity and promoting interaction rewiring in the community. This study suggests that the conservation of mutualisms, especially those considered keystone, could be essential for long-term preservation of natural communities under current and future impacts of global change.
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- Agustin Vitali
- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones & Laboratorio Ecotono, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA) - CONICET- Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET & Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.,Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET & Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones & Laboratorio Ecotono, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA) - CONICET- Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones & Laboratorio Ecotono, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA) - CONICET- Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina.,Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Craig Leisher
- The Nature Conservancy 4245 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22203 U.S.A
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- Hess Environmental Economic Analyst Craighar, West Tilbouries, Maryculter AB12 5GD U.K
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- The Nature Conservancy 14 Maine St #401, Brunswick ME 04011 U.S.A
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- The Nature Conservancy 14 Maine St #401, Brunswick ME 04011 U.S.A
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- Alistair Rogers
- Environmental Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA
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- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants-W5-134, Bielefeld University, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences and Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Pontes-Lopes A, Silva CVJ, Barlow J, Rincón LM, Campanharo WA, Nunes CA, de Almeida CT, Silva Júnior CHL, Cassol HLG, Dalagnol R, Stark SC, Graça PMLA, Aragão LEOC. Drought-driven wildfire impacts on structure and dynamics in a wet Central Amazonian forest. Proc Biol Sci 2021; 288:20210094. [PMID: 34004131 PMCID: PMC8131120 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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While the climate and human-induced forest degradation is increasing in the Amazon, fire impacts on forest dynamics remain understudied in the wetter regions of the basin, which are susceptible to large wildfires only during extreme droughts. To address this gap, we installed burned and unburned plots immediately after a wildfire in the northern Purus-Madeira (Central Amazon) during the 2015 El-Niño. We measured all individuals with diameter of 10 cm or more at breast height and conducted recensuses to track the demographic drivers of biomass change over 3 years. We also assessed how stem-level growth and mortality were influenced by fire intensity (proxied by char height) and tree morphological traits (size and wood density). Overall, the burned forest lost 27.3% of stem density and 12.8% of biomass, concentrated in small and medium trees. Mortality drove these losses in the first 2 years and recruitment decreased in the third year. The fire increased growth in lower wood density and larger sized trees, while char height had transitory strong effects increasing tree mortality. Our findings suggest that fire impacts are weaker in the wetter Amazon. Here, trees of greater sizes and higher wood densities may confer a margin of fire resistance; however, this may not extend to higher intensity fires arising from climate change.
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- Aline Pontes-Lopes
- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
- Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), Brasília 71503-505, Brazil
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA), Manaus 69067-375, Brazil
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- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras 37200-000, Brazil
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- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
- Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil
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- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, State University of Maranhão (UEMA), São Luís 65055-310, Brazil
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- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
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- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
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- Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK
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