Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment

T Newbold, LN Hudson, AP Arnell, S Contu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear
how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe …

Future effects of climate and land-use change on terrestrial vertebrate community diversity under different scenarios

T Newbold - Proceedings of the Royal Society b, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Land-use and climate change are among the greatest threats facing biodiversity, but
understanding their combined effects has been hampered by modelling and data limitations …

The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project

LN Hudson, T Newbold, S Contu, SLL Hill… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

Globally threatened biodiversity of the Eastern Arc Mountains and coastal forests of Kenya and Tanzania

RE Gereau, N Cumberlidge, C Hemp… - Journal of East African …, 2016 - ajol.info
We present an account of the 909 globally threatened taxa (793 species, 74 subspecies, 42
varieties) of animals and plants in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Kenya …

Bird diversity and community composition in Kafta Sheraro national park, Tigray, northern Ethiopia

T Girmay, Z Teshome… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Birds are one of the most important components of biodiversity that has huge ecological,
economical, and esthetic values. The main objective of this study was to assess diversity …

The importance of Forest elephants for vegetation structure modification and its influence on the bird Community of a mid-Elevation Forest on Mount Cameroon, west …

SM Kamga, SA Tamungang, T Awa, FL Ewome… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most of the tropical rainforests are subject to both anthropogenic and natural disturbances.
Forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) cause forest clearings within the tropics. This study …

Avifauna community in a threatened conservation landscape, Western Tanzania: A baseline

AS Mgelwa, MO Mpita, AA Rija, Z Kabalika… - Tanzania Journal of …, 2023 - ajol.info
Conservation of avian biodiversity in landscapes under immense anthropogenic pressures
is dependent on sound population data that could guide informed conservation strategies …

Spatial metrics effect of forest fragmentation on forest bird abundance and site occupancy probability: the influence of patch size and isolation

RB Modest, SN Hassan, AA Rija - Ostrich, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The persistence of species taxa within fragmented habitats is dependent on the source–sink
metapopulation processes, and forest patch size and isolation are key factors. Unveiling …

Composition and functional diversity in bird communities in a protected humid coastal savanna

AA Rija, AS Mgelwa, RB Modest… - Advances in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Our current understanding of the vertebrate communities of a newly gazetted Tanzanian
coastal national park is limited and strongly taxonomically biased towards large mammals …

[PDF][PDF] The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

PREDICTS Group - Ecology and Evolution, 2017 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Many indicators are available for tracking the state of biodiversity through time, for example,
in order to assess progress toward goals such as the Convention on Biological Diversity's …