Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi

E Nic Lughadha, SP Bachman, TCC Leão… - Plants, People …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement There is increasing awareness that plants and fungi, as natural
solutions, can play an important role in tackling ongoing global environmental challenges …

Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward

J Fischer, DJ Abson, V Butsic, MJ Chappell… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To address the challenges of biodiversity conservation and commodity production, a
framework has been proposed that distinguishes between the integration (“land sharing”) …

No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

H Seebens, TM Blackburn, EE Dyer, P Genovesi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Although research on human-mediated exchanges of species has substantially intensified
during the last centuries, we know surprisingly little about temporal dynamics of alien …

Accelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

G Ceballos, PR Ehrlich, AD Barnosky, A García… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
The oft-repeated claim that Earth's biota is entering a sixth “mass extinction” depends on
clearly demonstrating that current extinction rates are far above the “background” rates …

Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents

JT Kerr, A Pindar, P Galpern, L Packer, SG Potts… - Science, 2015 - science.org
For many species, geographical ranges are expanding toward the poles in response to
climate change, while remaining stable along range edges nearest the equator. Using long …

Anthropogenic ecosystem disturbance and the recovery debt

D Moreno-Mateos, EB Barbier, PC Jones… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or
assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems …

Estimating local biodiversity change: a critique of papers claiming no net loss of local diversity

A Gonzalez, BJ Cardinale, GRH Allington, J Byrnes… - Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Global species extinction rates are orders of magnitude above the background rate
documented in the fossil record. However, recent data syntheses have found mixed …

Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future

JE Havel, KE Kovalenko, SM Thomaz, S Amalfitano… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Humans have effectively transported thousands of species around the globe and, with
accelerated trade; the rate of introductions has increased over time. Aquatic ecosystems …

Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

LME Sutcliffe, P Batáry, U Kormann… - Diversity and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A large proportion of European biodiversity today depends on habitat provided by low‐
intensity farming practices, yet this resource is declining as European agriculture intensifies …

Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050

HM Pereira, IS Martins, IMD Rosa, HJ Kim, P Leadley… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Based on an extensive model intercomparison, we assessed trends in biodiversity and
ecosystem services from historical reconstructions and future scenarios of land-use and …