Anthropocene defaunation, the global extinction of faunal species and populations and the
decline in abundance of individuals within populations, has been predominantly …

We live amid a global wave of anthropogenically driven biodiversity loss: species and
population extirpations and, critically, declines in local species abundance. Particularly …

BACKGROUND Comparing patterns of terrestrial and marine defaunation helps to place
human impacts on marine fauna in context and to navigate toward recovery. Defaunation …

Defaunation, the loss or population decline of medium and large native vertebrates
represents a significant threat to the biodiversity of tropical ecosystems. Here we review the …

Loss of megafauna, an aspect of defaunation, can precipitate many ecological changes over
short time scales. We examine whether megafauna loss can also explain features of lasting …

The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

The five largest mass die-offs in which 50–95% of species were eliminated occurred during
the Ordovician [490–443 million years ago (mya)], Devonian (417–354 mya), Permian (299 …

We know that five catastrophic losses of biological diversity have occurred in the history of
life on earth since the evolution of animals more than 600 million years ago. each of these …

The rate of biodiversity loss is not slowing despite global commitments, and the depletion of
animal species can reduce the stability of ecological communities. Despite this continued …

Species on Earth are interconnected with each other through ecological interactions.
Defaunation can erode those connections, yet we lack evolutionary predictions about the …