More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends

C Finn, F Grattarola, D Pincheira‐Donoso - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[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 …

Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis

NK Dulvy, N Pacoureau, CL Rigby, RA Pollom… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The scale and drivers of marine biodiversity loss are being revealed by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment process. We present the first …

More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction

J Borgelt, M Dorber, MA Høiberg, F Verones - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is essential for practical and theoretical
efforts to protect biodiversity. However, species classified as “Data Deficient”(DD) regularly …

Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna

CC Nogueira, AJS Argôlo, V Arzamendia… - South American Journal …, 2019 - BioOne
Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention

D Tilman, M Clark, DR Williams, K Kimmel, S Polasky… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Tens of thousands of species are threatened with extinction as a result of human activities.
Here we explore how the extinction risks of terrestrial mammals and birds might change in …

Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

W Jetz, MA McGeoch, R Guralnick, S Ferrier… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Species distributions and abundances are undergoing rapid changes worldwide. This
highlights the significance of reliable, integrated information for guiding and assessing …

Generation lengths of the world's birds and their implications for extinction risk

JP Bird, R Martin, HR Akçakaya, J Gilroy… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Birds have been comprehensively assessed on the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) Red List more times than any other taxonomic group. However, to date …

Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays

CS Sherman, CA Simpfendorfer, N Pacoureau… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sharks and rays are key functional components of coral reef ecosystems, yet many
populations of a few species exhibit signs of depletion and local extinctions. The question is …

Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change

DA Fordham, ST Jackson, SC Brown, B Huntley… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Effects of recent global warming have been documented in every biome on
Earth. Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services against future impacts requires …