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Challender DWS, Cremona PJ, Malsch K, Robinson JE, Pavitt AT, Scott J, Hoffmann R, Joolia A, Oldfield TEE, Jenkins RKB, Conde DA, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M. Author Correction: Identifying species likely threatened by international trade on the IUCN Red List can inform CITES trade measures. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1944. [PMID: 37783833 PMCID: PMC10627800 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel W S Challender
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS), Department of Biology and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission/Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- TRAFFIC, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
- Independent Consultant, Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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Challender DWS, Cremona PJ, Malsch K, Robinson JE, Pavitt AT, Scott J, Hoffmann R, Joolia A, Oldfield TEE, Jenkins RKB, Conde DA, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M. Identifying species likely threatened by international trade on the IUCN Red List can inform CITES trade measures. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1211-1220. [PMID: 37414949 PMCID: PMC10545538 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
Abstract
Overexploitation is a major threat to biodiversity and international trade in many species is regulated through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). However, there is no established method to systematically determine which species are most at risk from international trade to inform potential trade measures under CITES. Here, we develop a mechanism using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species to identify species that are likely to be threatened by international trade. Of 2,211 such species, CITES includes 59% (1,307 species), leaving two-fifths overlooked and in potential need of international trade regulation. Our results can inform deliberations on potential proposals to revise trade measures for species at CITES Conference of the Parties meetings. We also show that, for taxa with biological resource use documented as a threat, the number of species threatened by local and national use is four times greater than species likely threatened by international trade. To effectively address the overexploitation of species, interventions focused on achieving sustainability in international trade need to be complemented by commensurate measures to ensure that local and national use and trade of wildlife is well-regulated and sustainable.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel W S Challender
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS), Department of Biology and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission/Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- TRAFFIC, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
- Independent Consultant, Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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Cox N, Young BE, Bowles P, Fernandez M, Marin J, Rapacciuolo G, Böhm M, Brooks TM, Hedges SB, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M, Jenkins RKB, Tognelli MF, Alexander GJ, Allison A, Ananjeva NB, Auliya M, Avila LJ, Chapple DG, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Cogger HG, Colli GR, de Silva A, Eisemberg CC, Els J, Fong G A, Grant TD, Hitchmough RA, Iskandar DT, Kidera N, Martins M, Meiri S, Mitchell NJ, Molur S, Nogueira CDC, Ortiz JC, Penner J, Rhodin AGJ, Rivas GA, Rödel MO, Roll U, Sanders KL, Santos-Barrera G, Shea GM, Spawls S, Stuart BL, Tolley KA, Trape JF, Vidal MA, Wagner P, Wallace BP, Xie Y. A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods. Nature 2022; 605:285-290. [PMID: 35477765 PMCID: PMC9095493 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04664-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [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: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Comprehensive assessments of species’ extinction risks have documented the extinction crisis1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks2. Global assessments reveal that, among tetrapods, 40.7% of amphibians, 25.4% of mammals and 13.6% of birds are threatened with extinction3. Because global assessments have been lacking, reptiles have been omitted from conservation-prioritization analyses that encompass other tetrapods4–7. Reptiles are unusually diverse in arid regions, suggesting that they may have different conservation needs6. Here we provide a comprehensive extinction-risk assessment of reptiles and show that at least 1,829 out of 10,196 species (21.1%) are threatened—confirming a previous extrapolation8 and representing 15.6 billion years of phylogenetic diversity. Reptiles are threatened by the same major factors that threaten other tetrapods—agriculture, logging, urban development and invasive species—although the threat posed by climate change remains uncertain. Reptiles inhabiting forests, where these threats are strongest, are more threatened than those in arid habitats, contrary to our prediction. Birds, mammals and amphibians are unexpectedly good surrogates for the conservation of reptiles, although threatened reptiles with the smallest ranges tend to be isolated from other threatened tetrapods. Although some reptiles—including most species of crocodiles and turtles—require urgent, targeted action to prevent extinctions, efforts to protect other tetrapods, such as habitat preservation and control of trade and invasive species, will probably also benefit many reptiles. An extinction-risk assessment of reptiles shows that at least 21.1% of species are threatened by factors such as agriculture, logging, urban development and invasive species, and that efforts to protect birds, mammals and amphibians probably also benefit many reptiles.
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- Neil Cox
- Biodiversity Assessment Unit, IUCN-Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA
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- Biodiversity Assessment Unit, IUCN-Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA
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- NatureServe, Arlington, VA, USA.,Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.,Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, INSERM, IAME, Bobigny, France
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- Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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- IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.,World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of The Philippines, Los Baños, The Philippines.,Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Center for Biodiversity, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, IUCN, Cambridge, UK
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- Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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- Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, IUCN, Cambridge, UK
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- Biodiversity Assessment Unit, IUCN-Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA
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- Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Herpetology, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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- Grupo Herpetología Patagónica (GHP-LASIBIBE), Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Argentina
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Museo de Zoología, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical iBIOTROP, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.,Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- South Asia Regional Office, Crocodile Specialist Group, Gampols, Sri Lanka
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- Environment and Protected Areas Authority, Government of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO), Museo de Historia Natural "Tomás Romay", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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- Conservation Science & Wildlife Health, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Biosphere-Geosphere Science, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan.,National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Zoology & the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museo de Biología, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney School of Veterinary Science B01, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Section of Research & Collections, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.,South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gibbons DW, Sandbrook C, Sutherland WJ, Akter R, Bradbury R, Broad S, Clements A, Crick HQP, Elliott J, Gyeltshen N, Heath M, Hughes J, Jenkins RKB, Jones AH, Lopez de la Lama R, Macfarlane NBW, Maunder M, Prasad R, Romero‐Muñoz A, Steiner N, Tremlett J, Trevelyan R, Vijaykumar S, Wedage I, Ockendon N. The relative importance of COVID-19 pandemic impacts on biodiversity conservation globally. Conserv Biol 2022; 36:e13781. [PMID: 34057250 PMCID: PMC8239704 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on almost all aspects of human society and endeavor; the natural world and its conservation have not been spared. Through a process of expert consultation, we identified and categorized, into 19 themes and 70 subthemes, the ways in which biodiversity and its conservation have been or could be affected by the pandemic globally. Nearly 60% of the effects have been broadly negative. Subsequently, we created a compendium of all themes and subthemes, each with explanatory text, and in August 2020 a diverse group of experienced conservationists with expertise from across sectors and geographies assessed each subtheme for its likely impact on biodiversity conservation globally. The 9 subthemes ranked highest all have a negative impact. These were, in rank order, governments sidelining the environment during their economic recovery, reduced wildlife-based tourism income, increased habitat destruction, reduced government funding, increased plastic and other solid waste pollution, weakening of nature-friendly regulations and their enforcement, increased illegal harvest of wild animals, reduced philanthropy, and threats to survival of conservation organizations. In combination, these impacts present a worrying future of increased threats to biodiversity conservation but reduced capacity to counter them. The highest ranking positive impact, at 10, was the beneficial impact of wildlife-trade restrictions. More optimistically, among impacts ranked 11-20, 6 were positive and 4 were negative. We hope our assessment will draw attention to the impacts of the pandemic and, thus, improve the conservation community's ability to respond to such threats in the future.
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- David W. Gibbons
- RSPB Centre for Conservation ScienceThe LodgeBedfordshireUK
- RSPB Centre for Conservation ScienceThe David Attenborough BuildingCambridgeUK
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Biosecurity Research Initiative at St. Catherine's (BioRISC), St. Catherine's CollegeUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation ScienceThe LodgeBedfordshireUK
- Conservation Science Group, Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring CentreCambridgeUK
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- Institute for Resources, Environment and SustainabilityUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada
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- Geography DepartmentHumboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany
- Fundación CohabitarSucreBolivia
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- Department of Agricultural EconomicsUniversity of KielKielGermany
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Challender DWS, Hoffmann M, Hoffmann R, Scott J, Robinson JE, Cremona P, Hilton-Taylor C, Jenkins RKB, Malsch K, Conde D, De Meulenaer T. Criteria for CITES species protection. Science 2019; 364:247-248. [PMID: 31000654 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax1266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel W S Challender
- Department of Zoology and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. .,IUCN Global Species Programme, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- Conservation Programmes, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK
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- IUCN Global Species Programme, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, Kent, UK
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- UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Scientific Services, CITES Secretariat, Maison International de l'Environnement, CH-1219 Geneva, Switzerland
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Razafimanahaka JH, Ralisata M, Randrianandrianina F, Jenkins RKB, Ratsirarson J, Racey PA. Habitat Use by the Endemic Malagasy BatHipposideros commersoniin a Littoral Forest. Acta Chiropterologica 2016. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2016.18.2.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Crottini A, Harris DJ, Miralles A, Glaw F, Jenkins RKB, Randrianantoandro JC, Bauer AM, Vences M. Morphology and molecules reveal two new species of the poorly studied gecko genus Paragehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar. ORG DIVERS EVOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0191-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jenkins RKB, Tognelli MF, Bowles P, Cox N, Brown JL, Chan L, Andreone F, Andriamazava A, Andriantsimanarilafy RR, Anjeriniaina M, Bora P, Brady LD, Hantalalaina EF, Glaw F, Griffiths RA, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M, Katariya V, Rabibisoa NH, Rafanomezantsoa J, Rakotomalala D, Rakotondravony H, Rakotondrazafy NA, Ralambonirainy J, Ramanamanjato JB, Randriamahazo H, Randrianantoandro JC, Randrianasolo HH, Randrianirina JE, Randrianizahana H, Raselimanana AP, Rasolohery A, Ratsoavina FM, Raxworthy CJ, Robsomanitrandrasana E, Rollande F, van Dijk PP, Yoder AD, Vences M. Extinction risks and the conservation of Madagascar's reptiles. PLoS One 2014; 9:e100173. [PMID: 25111137 PMCID: PMC4128600 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Background An understanding of the conservation status of Madagascar's endemic reptile species is needed to underpin conservation planning and priority setting in this global biodiversity hotspot, and to complement existing information on the island's mammals, birds and amphibians. We report here on the first systematic assessment of the extinction risk of endemic and native non-marine Malagasy snakes, lizards, turtles and tortoises. Methodology/Principal Findings Species range maps from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species were analysed to determine patterns in the distribution of threatened reptile species. These data, in addition to information on threats, were used to identify priority areas and actions for conservation. Thirty-nine percent of the data-sufficient Malagasy reptiles in our analyses are threatened with extinction. Areas in the north, west and south-east were identified as having more threatened species than expected and are therefore conservation priorities. Habitat degradation caused by wood harvesting and non-timber crops was the most pervasive threat. The direct removal of reptiles for international trade and human consumption threatened relatively few species, but were the primary threats for tortoises. Nine threatened reptile species are endemic to recently created protected areas. Conclusions/Significance With a few alarming exceptions, the threatened endemic reptiles of Madagascar occur within the national network of protected areas, including some taxa that are only found in new protected areas. Threats to these species, however, operate inside and outside protected area boundaries. This analysis has identified priority sites for reptile conservation and completes the conservation assessment of terrestrial vertebrates in Madagascar which will facilitate conservation planning, monitoring and wise-decision making. In sharp contrast with the amphibians, there is significant reptile diversity and regional endemism in the southern and western regions of Madagascar and this study highlights the importance of these arid regions to conserving the island's biodiversity.
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- IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Betty & Gordon Moore Center for Science & Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- IUCN Global Species Programme, Gland, Switzerland
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- IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Betty & Gordon Moore Center for Science & Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- IUCN Global Species Programme, Gland, Switzerland
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- IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Betty & Gordon Moore Center for Science & Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- IUCN Global Species Programme, Gland, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- W. M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, California, United States of America
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- Ligue pour la Protection de la Nature à Madagascar, Lot 313 Cité Civil Ambohipo, Antaninarenina, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Calumma Ecological Services, Dunkirk, Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München, München, Germany
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Betty & Gordon Moore Center for Science & Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland
- United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Département de Zoologie et Ecologie, Faculté des Sciences Campus Ambondrona, Mahajanga, Madagascar
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Technical University of Braunschweig, Zoological Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Herpetology Department, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Conservation International, Villa Hajanirina, Ankorahotra, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Betty & Gordon Moore Center for Science & Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Technical University of Braunschweig, Zoological Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
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Meyer CFJ, Aguiar LMS, Aguirre LF, Baumgarten J, Clarke FM, Cosson JF, Estrada Villegas S, Fahr J, Faria D, Furey N, Henry M, Jenkins RKB, Kunz TH, Cristina MacSwiney González M, Moya I, Pons JM, Racey PA, Rex K, Sampaio EM, Stoner KE, Voigt CC, von Staden D, Weise CD, Kalko EKV. Species undersampling in tropical bat surveys: effects on emerging biodiversity patterns. J Anim Ecol 2014; 84:113-23. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Christoph F. J. Meyer
- Centro de Biologia Ambiental; Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade de Lisboa; 1749-016 Lisboa Portugal
- Institute of Experimental Ecology; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89069 Ulm Germany
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade de Brasília; Brasília Distrito Federal 70910-900 Brazil
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Genética; Universidad Mayor de San Simón; Casilla Postal 538 Cochabamba Bolivia
- Centro de Estudios en Biología Teórica y Aplicada; Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Bolivia; Casilla Postal 9641, La Paz Bolivia
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; CEP 45650-000 Ilhéus Bahia Brazil
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences; University of Aberdeen; Aberdeen AB24 2TZ UK
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- INRA; UMR CBGP; Campus International de Baillarguet CS 30016; F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez France
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- School of Freshwater Sciences; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 600 E Greenfield Ave Milwaukee WI 53204 USA
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- Institute of Experimental Ecology; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89069 Ulm Germany
- Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology; Vogelwarte Radolfzell; Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Am Obstberg 1 D-78315 Radolfzell Germany
- Division of Evolutionary Biology; Zoological Institute; TU Braunschweig; D-38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; CEP 45650-000 Ilhéus Bahia Brazil
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences; University of Aberdeen; Aberdeen AB24 2TZ UK
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- INRA; UR 406 Abeilles & Environnement; Site Agroparc; F-84914 Avignon France
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences; University of Aberdeen; Aberdeen AB24 2TZ UK
- Madagasikara Voakajy; B. P. 5181 Antananarivo Madagascar
- DICE; School of Anthropology and Conservation; The University of Kent; Canterbury Kent CT2 7NR UK
- School of Environment; Natural Resources and Geography; Bangor University; Bangor LL57 2UW UK
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- Department of Biology; Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology; Boston University; Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences; University of Aberdeen; Aberdeen AB24 2TZ UK
- Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales; Universidad Veracruzana; Veracruz C.P 91019 Mexico
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- Centro de Estudios en Biología Teórica y Aplicada; Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Bolivia; Casilla Postal 9641, La Paz Bolivia
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- UMR 7205; Department Systématique et Evolution; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; 55 Rue Buffon, BP51 F-75005 Paris France
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation; University of Exeter in Cornwall; Penryn TR10 9EZ UK
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- Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Ecology; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89069 Ulm Germany
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- Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology; New Mexico State University; P.O. Box 30003 Las Cruces NM 88003-8003 USA
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- Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Ecology; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89069 Ulm Germany
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Kofa National Wildlife Refuge 9300 E. 28th St. Yuma AZ 85365 USA
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- Institute of Experimental Ecology; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89069 Ulm Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; P.O. Box 0843-03092 Balboa Panama
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Andrianaivoarivelo RA, Jenkins RKB, Petit EJ, Ramilijaona O, Razafindrakoto N, Racey PA. Rousettus madagascariensis (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) shows a preference for native and commercially unimportant fruits. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2012. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Jenkins RKB, Keane A, Rakotoarivelo AR, Rakotomboavonjy V, Randrianandrianina FH, Razafimanahaka HJ, Ralaiarimalala SR, Jones JPG. Analysis of patterns of bushmeat consumption reveals extensive exploitation of protected species in eastern Madagascar. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27570. [PMID: 22194787 PMCID: PMC3237412 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Understanding the patterns of wild meat consumption from tropical forests is important for designing approaches to address this major threat to biodiversity and mitigate potential pathways for transmission of emerging diseases. Bushmeat consumption has been particularly poorly studied in Madagascar, one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots. Studying bushmeat consumption is challenging as many species are protected and researchers must consider the incentives faced by informants. Using interviews with 1154 households in 12 communes in eastern Madagascar, as well as local monitoring data, we investigated the importance of socio-economic variables, taste preference and traditional taboos on consumption of 50 wild and domestic species. The majority of meals contain no animal protein. However, respondents consume a wide range of wild species and 95% of respondents have eaten at least one protected species (and nearly 45% have eaten more than 10). The rural/urban divide and wealth are important predictors of bushmeat consumption, but the magnitude and direction of the effect varies between species. Bushmeat species are not preferred and are considered inferior to fish and domestic animals. Taboos have provided protection to some species, particularly the Endangered Indri, but we present evidence that this taboo is rapidly eroding. By considering a variety of potential influences on consumption in a single study we have improved understanding of who is eating bushmeat and why. Evidence that bushmeat species are not generally preferred meats suggest that projects which increase the availability of domestic meat and fish may have success at reducing demand. We also suggest that enforcement of existing wildlife and firearm laws should be a priority, particularly in areas undergoing rapid social change. The issue of hunting as an important threat to biodiversity in Madagascar is only now being fully recognised. Urgent action is required to ensure that heavily hunted species are adequately protected.
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- Richard K. B. Jenkins
- School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom
- Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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- School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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Meyer CFJ, Aguiar LMS, Aguirre LF, Baumgarten J, Clarke FM, Cosson JF, Villegas SE, Fahr J, Faria D, Furey N, Henry M, Hodgkison R, Jenkins RKB, Jung KG, Kingston T, Kunz TH, Cristina MacSwiney Gonzalez M, Moya I, Patterson BD, Pons JM, Racey PA, Rex K, Sampaio EM, Solari S, Stoner KE, Voigt CC, von Staden D, Weise CD, Kalko EKV. Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys. J Appl Ecol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01976.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Crottini A, Glaw F, Casiraghi M, Jenkins RKB, Mercurio V, Randrianantoandro C, Randrianirina JE, Andreone F. A new Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) frog species from the pinnacle karst of Bemaraha, western Madagascar. Zookeys 2011:51-71. [PMID: 21594161 PMCID: PMC3088064 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.81.1111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We describe a new mantellid frog of the subfamily Mantellinae from the karstic Bemaraha Plateau, western Madagascar. The new species belongs to the genus Gephyromantis, subgenus Phylacomantis, which previously included Gephyromantis azzurrae, Gephyromantis corvus and Gephyromantis pseudoasper. Gephyromantis atsingysp. n. has a snout-vent length of 35–43 mm and is a scansorial frog living among the Tsingy de Bemaraha pinnacles and inside the caves present in the area. A morphological analysis and biomolecular comparison revealed the degree of differentiation between these four species of the Phylacomantis subgenus.The new species seems to be endemic to Tsingy de Bemaraha.
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- Angelica Crottini
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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Hoffmann M, Hilton-Taylor C, Angulo A, Böhm M, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM, Carpenter KE, Chanson J, Collen B, Cox NA, Darwall WRT, Dulvy NK, Harrison LR, Katariya V, Pollock CM, Quader S, Richman NI, Rodrigues ASL, Tognelli MF, Vié JC, Aguiar JM, Allen DJ, Allen GR, Amori G, Ananjeva NB, Andreone F, Andrew P, Aquino Ortiz AL, Baillie JEM, Baldi R, Bell BD, Biju SD, Bird JP, Black-Decima P, Blanc JJ, Bolaños F, Bolivar-G W, Burfield IJ, Burton JA, Capper DR, Castro F, Catullo G, Cavanagh RD, Channing A, Chao NL, Chenery AM, Chiozza F, Clausnitzer V, Collar NJ, Collett LC, Collette BB, Cortez Fernandez CF, Craig MT, Crosby MJ, Cumberlidge N, Cuttelod A, Derocher AE, Diesmos AC, Donaldson JS, Duckworth JW, Dutson G, Dutta SK, Emslie RH, Farjon A, Fowler S, Freyhof J, Garshelis DL, Gerlach J, Gower DJ, Grant TD, Hammerson GA, Harris RB, Heaney LR, Hedges SB, Hero JM, Hughes B, Hussain SA, Icochea M J, Inger RF, Ishii N, Iskandar DT, Jenkins RKB, Kaneko Y, Kottelat M, Kovacs KM, Kuzmin SL, La Marca E, Lamoreux JF, Lau MWN, Lavilla EO, Leus K, Lewison RL, Lichtenstein G, Livingstone SR, Lukoschek V, Mallon DP, McGowan PJK, McIvor A, Moehlman PD, Molur S, Muñoz Alonso A, Musick JA, Nowell K, Nussbaum RA, Olech W, Orlov NL, Papenfuss TJ, Parra-Olea G, Perrin WF, Polidoro BA, Pourkazemi M, Racey PA, Ragle JS, Ram M, Rathbun G, Reynolds RP, Rhodin AGJ, Richards SJ, Rodríguez LO, Ron SR, Rondinini C, Rylands AB, Sadovy de Mitcheson Y, Sanciangco JC, Sanders KL, Santos-Barrera G, Schipper J, Self-Sullivan C, Shi Y, Shoemaker A, Short FT, Sillero-Zubiri C, Silvano DL, Smith KG, Smith AT, Snoeks J, Stattersfield AJ, Symes AJ, Taber AB, Talukdar BK, Temple HJ, Timmins R, Tobias JA, Tsytsulina K, Tweddle D, Ubeda C, Valenti SV, van Dijk PP, Veiga LM, Veloso A, Wege DC, Wilkinson M, Williamson EA, Xie F, Young BE, Akçakaya HR, Bennun L, Blackburn TM, Boitani L, Dublin HT, da Fonseca GAB, Gascon C, Lacher TE, Mace GM, Mainka SA, McNeely JA, Mittermeier RA, Reid GM, Rodriguez JP, Rosenberg AA, Samways MJ, Smart J, Stein BA, Stuart SN. The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates. Science 2010; 330:1503-9. [PMID: 20978281 DOI: 10.1126/science.1194442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 662] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world's vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.
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- Michael Hoffmann
- IUCN SSC Species Survival Commission, c/o United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.
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Randrianavelona R, Rakotonoely H, Ratsimbazafy J, Jenkins RKB. Conservation assessment of the critically endangered frog Mantella aurantiaca in Madagascar. AFR J HERPETOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/04416651.2010.481761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Roma Randrianavelona
- a Madagasikara Voakajy , B.P. 5181, Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar
- b Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences , Université d' Antananarivo , Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- c Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Département des Eaux et Forets , Université d' Antananarivo , Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- c Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Département des Eaux et Forets , Université d' Antananarivo , Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- a Madagasikara Voakajy , B.P. 5181, Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar
- d School of Biological Sciences , University of Aberdeen , Aberdeen, UK
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Wollenberg KC, Jenkins RKB, Randrianavelona R, Ralisata M, Rampilamanana R, Ramanandraibe A, Ravoahangimalala OR, Vences M. Raising awareness of amphibian Chytridiomycosis will not alienate ecotourists visiting Madagascar. Ecohealth 2010; 7:248-251. [PMID: 20517634 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0313-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Chytridiomycosis (Bd) is contributing to amphibian extinctions worldwide but has so far not been detected in Madagascar. The high likelihood for Bd to spread to the island and efface this amphibian diversity and endemism hotspot requires respective conservation policies to be developed. Bd could be introduced by the large number of tourists that visit protected areas; therefore, increasing awareness among tourists and encouraging them to participate in safety measures should be a priority conservation action. However, concerns have been raised that tourists would not be able to distinguish between an amphibian disease harmless to humans and emerging diseases that would imply a danger for human health, invoking a negative image of Madagascar as an ecotourism destination. We evaluated whether informing tourists about this infectious animal disease would cause health scare and diminish trip satisfaction. Based on 659 respondents we found that most ecotourists favored to be informed about Bd and were proactive about participating in prevention measures, refuting previous concerns.
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- Katharina C Wollenberg
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Rakotoarivelo AA, Ralisata M, Ravoahangimalala OR, Rakotomalala MR, Racey PA, Jenkins RKB. The food habits of a Malagasy Giant:Hipposideros commersoni(E. Geoffroy, 1813). Afr J Ecol 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00947.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Schipper J, Chanson JS, Chiozza F, Cox NA, Hoffmann M, Katariya V, Lamoreux J, Rodrigues ASL, Stuart SN, Temple HJ, Baillie J, Boitani L, Lacher TE, Mittermeier RA, Smith AT, Absolon D, Aguiar JM, Amori G, Bakkour N, Baldi R, Berridge RJ, Bielby J, Black PA, Blanc JJ, Brooks TM, Burton JA, Butynski TM, Catullo G, Chapman R, Cokeliss Z, Collen B, Conroy J, Cooke JG, da Fonseca GAB, Derocher AE, Dublin HT, Duckworth JW, Emmons L, Emslie RH, Festa-Bianchet M, Foster M, Foster S, Garshelis DL, Gates C, Gimenez-Dixon M, Gonzalez S, Gonzalez-Maya JF, Good TC, Hammerson G, Hammond PS, Happold D, Happold M, Hare J, Harris RB, Hawkins CE, Haywood M, Heaney LR, Hedges S, Helgen KM, Hilton-Taylor C, Hussain SA, Ishii N, Jefferson TA, Jenkins RKB, Johnston CH, Keith M, Kingdon J, Knox DH, Kovacs KM, Langhammer P, Leus K, Lewison R, Lichtenstein G, Lowry LF, Macavoy Z, Mace GM, Mallon DP, Masi M, McKnight MW, Medellín RA, Medici P, Mills G, Moehlman PD, Molur S, Mora A, Nowell K, Oates JF, Olech W, Oliver WRL, Oprea M, Patterson BD, Perrin WF, Polidoro BA, Pollock C, Powel A, Protas Y, Racey P, Ragle J, Ramani P, Rathbun G, Reeves RR, Reilly SB, Reynolds JE, Rondinini C, Rosell-Ambal RG, Rulli M, Rylands AB, Savini S, Schank CJ, Sechrest W, Self-Sullivan C, Shoemaker A, Sillero-Zubiri C, De Silva N, Smith DE, Srinivasulu C, Stephenson PJ, van Strien N, Talukdar BK, Taylor BL, Timmins R, Tirira DG, Tognelli MF, Tsytsulina K, Veiga LM, Vié JC, Williamson EA, Wyatt SA, Xie Y, Young BE. The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge. Science 2008; 322:225-30. [PMID: 18845749 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1037] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Jan Schipper
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Programme, IUCN, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
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Andriafidison D, Kofoky A, Mbohoahy T, Racey PA, Jenkins RKB. Diet, reproduction and roosting habits of the Madagascar free-tailed bat, Otomops madagascariensis Dorst, 1953 (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Acta Chiropterologica 2007. [DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[445:drarho]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rakotoarivelo AA, Ranaivoson N, Ramilijaona OR, Kofoky AF, Racey PA, Jenkins RKB. Seasonal Food Habits of Five Sympatric Forest Microchiropterans in Western Madagascar. J Mammal 2007. [DOI: 10.1644/06-mamm-a-112r1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Monica Picot
- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, B.P. 906, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar
- Programme GEREM‐Fianarantsoa, IRD/CNRE, B.P. 434, Tsiadana, Route d'Ambohipo, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, U.K
- Madagasikara Voakajy, B.P. 5181, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar
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- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, B.P. 906, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, U.K
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- Programme GEREM‐Fianarantsoa, IRD/CNRE, B.P. 434, Tsiadana, Route d'Ambohipo, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar
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Randrianandrianina F, Andriafidison D, Kofoky AF, Ramilijaona O, Ratrimomanarivo F, Racey PA, Jenkins RKB. Habitat use and conservation of bats in rainforest and adjacent human-modified habitats in eastern Madagascar. Acta Chiropterologica 2006. [DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[429:huacob]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Andrianaivoarivelo AR, Ranaivoson N, Racey PA, Jenkins RKB. The diet of three synanthropic bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from eastern Madagascar. Acta Chiropterologica 2006. [DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[439:tdotsb]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Andriafidison D, Andrianaivoarivelo RA, Ramilijaona OR, Razanahoera MR, MacKinnon J, Jenkins RKB, Racey PA. Nectarivory by Endemic Malagasy Fruit Bats During the Dry Season1. Biotropica 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00112.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jenkins RKB, Brady LD, Huston K, Kauffmann JLD, Rabearivony J, Raveloson G, Rowcliffe JM. The population status of chameleons within Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, and recommendations for future monitoring. ORYX 1999. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1999.00034.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractMalagasy chameleons are threatened by the relentless pace of habitat destruction. Their great popularity amongst herpetoculturalists has also resulted in collection for international animal markets. Most previous fieldwork has focused on the compilation of much needed species inventories, but little attention has been given to estimating chameleon population densities. This lack of information prevents a reliable assessment of the effects ofhabitat loss and direct exploitation on wild populations. A simple and repeatable methodology for the monitoring of chameleon populations is therefore urgently required. The present study developed survey techniques based on distance sampling within an area of relatively undisturbed rain forest at Ranomafana National Park. In total 394 individuals from six species were recorded and population densities (± SE) of 27.2 ± 5.4/ha Brookesia spp. and 21.4±4.0/ha Calumma spp. were estimated using the computer program DISTANCE. The authors propose that monitoring of chameleons in areas subject to different threats should begin immediately using the methods outlined in this paper.
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