Woody plant encroachment drives population declines in 20% of common open ecosystem bird species

JDM White, N Stevens, JT Fisher… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Grassy ecosystems cover more than 40% of the world's terrestrial surface, supporting crucial
ecosystem services and unique biodiversity. These ecosystems have experienced major …

African bat database: curated data of occurrences, distributions and conservation metrics for sub-Saharan bats

A Monadjem, C Montauban, PW Webala, TM Laverty… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Accurate knowledge of species distributions is foundational for effective conservation efforts.
Bats are a diverse group of mammals, with important roles in ecosystem functioning …

The contribution of community-based conservation models to conserving large herbivore populations

C Kiffner, CAH Foley, DE Lee, ML Bond, J Kioko… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract In East Africa, community-based conservation models (CBCMs) have been
established to support the conservation of wildlife in fragmented landscapes like the …

Abandoned croplands show higher insectivorous bat species and functional diversity than forest fragments in a communal land area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

KR van der Meulen, LR Richards, RT Shackleton… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Deagrarianisation (cropland, field abandonment) is a widespread global phenomenon with
high potential for carbon sequestration and for reversing biodiversity extinction debt thus …