[HTML][HTML] Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale

MBJ Harfoot, A Johnston, A Balmford… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The Anthropocene is characterized by unparalleled human impact on other species,
potentially ushering in the sixth mass extinction. Yet mitigation efforts remain hampered by …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide occurrence records suggest a global decline in bee species richness

EE Zattara, MA Aizen - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Wild and managed bees are key pollinators, ensuring or enhancing the reproduction of a
large fraction of the world's wild flowering plants and the yield of∼ 85% of all cultivated …

Glyphosate impairs collective thermoregulation in bumblebees

A Weidenmüller, A Meltzer, S Neupert, A Schwarz… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Insects are facing a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, and the recent decline in their
biodiversity is threatening ecosystems and economies across the globe. We investigated the …

A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation

WF Frick, T Kingston, J Flanders - … of the new York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are an ecologically and taxonomically diverse group accounting for roughly a fifth of
mammalian diversity worldwide. Many of the threats bats face (eg, habitat loss, bushmeat …

Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines

JA Orr, RD Vinebrooke, MC Jackson… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic environmental changes, or 'stressors', increasingly threaten biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning worldwide. Multiple-stressor research is a rapidly expanding field of …

Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

RK Didham, Y Basset, CM Collins… - Insect Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many insect species are under threat from the anthropogenic drivers of global change.
There have been numerous well‐documented examples of insect population declines and …

Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds

AL Pigot, C Sheard, ET Miller, TP Bregman… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Animals have diversified into a bewildering variety of morphological forms exploiting a
complex configuration of trophic niches. Their morphological diversity is widely used as an …

[HTML][HTML] More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

CA Hallmann, M Sorg, E Jongejans, H Siepel… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the
general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading …

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

JEM Watson, T Evans, O Venter, B Williams… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

[HTML][HTML] The threat of invasive species to IUCN-listed critically endangered species: A systematic review

MA Duenas, DJ Hemming, A Roberts… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted a comprehensive review of the research literature on interactions between
invasive species and species included in the critically endangered category of the …