What is conservation paleobiology? Tracking 20 years of research and development

EM Dillon, JQ Pier, JA Smith, NB Raja… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining,
united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation …

Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity

NB Raja, EM Dunne, A Matiwane, TM Khan… - Nature ecology & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Sampling biases in the fossil record distort estimates of past biodiversity. However, these
biases not only reflect the geological and spatial aspects of the fossil record, but also the …

Challenges and directions in analytical paleobiology

EM Dillon, EM Dunne, TM Womack, M Kouvari… - Paleobiology, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Over the last 50 years, access to new data and analytical tools has expanded the study of
analytical paleobiology, contributing to innovative analyses of biodiversity dynamics over …

Improving the relevance of paleontology to climate change policy

W Kiessling, JA Smith, NB Raja - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Paleontology has provided invaluable basic knowledge on the history of life on Earth. The
discipline can also provide substantial knowledge to societal challenges such as climate …

The past as a lens for biodiversity conservation on a dynamically changing planet

JL McGuire, AM Lawing, S Díaz… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
We are in the midst of a major biodiversity crisis, with deep impacts on the functioning of
ecosystems and derived benefits to people (1, 2). But we still have time to pull back. To do …

The NOW database of fossil mammals

I Žliobaitė, M Fortelius, RL Bernor… - Evolution of Cenozoic …, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract NOW (New and Old Worlds) is a global database of fossil mammal occurrences,
currently containing around 68,000 locality-species entries. The database spans the last 66 …

Knowing but not doing: Quantifying the research-implementation gap in conservation paleobiology

DV Groff, C McDonough MacKenzie, JQ Pier… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Conservation paleobiology aims to provide a longer-term perspective on environmental
problems to inform decisions about natural resource conservation. As such, conservation …

Diving Deeper: Leveraging the Chondrichthyan Fossil Record to Investigate Environmental, Ecological, and Biological Change

SL Kim, MA Balk, EC Sibert… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2024‏ - annualreviews.org
The extensive chondrichthyan fossil record spans 400+ million years and has a global
distribution. Paleontological studies provide a foundation of description and taxonomy to …

Morphological traits of reef corals predict extinction risk but not conservation status

NB Raja, A Lauchstedt, JM Pandolfi… - Global Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim The current assessment of extinction risk in reef corals by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been criticized, because coral life‐history traits …

fossilbrush: An R package for automated detection and resolution of anomalies in palaeontological occurrence data

JT Flannery‐Sutherland, NB Raja… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fossil occurrence databases are indispensable resources to the palaeontological
community, yet present unique data cleaning challenges. Many studies devote significant …