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

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

Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and
geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences …

Tropical forests are increasingly degraded by industrial logging, urbanization, agriculture,
and infrastructure, with only 20% of the remaining area considered intact. However, this …

The Anthropocene is characterized as an epoch when human influence has begun to
fundamentally alter many aspects of the Earth system and many of the planet's biomes …

Illegal wildlife trade has reached alarming levels globally, extirpating populations of
commercially valuable species. As a driver of biodiversity loss, quantifying illegal harvest is …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

Protein from forest wildlife is crucial to rural food security and livelihoods across the tropics.
The harvest of animals such as tapir, duikers, deer, pigs, peccaries, primates and larger …

Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest
threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a …