Biodiversity: Concepts, patterns, trends, and perspectives

S Díaz, Y Malhi - Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Biodiversity, a term now widely employed in science, policy, and wider society, has a
burgeoning associated literature. We synthesize aspects of this literature, focusing on …

Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research

G Sigmund, M Ågerstrand, A Antonelli… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and chemical pollution are planetary‐scale emergencies
requiring urgent mitigation actions. As these “triple crises” are deeply interlinked, they need …

The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss

P Jaureguiberry, N Titeux, M Wiemers, DE Bowler… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are
the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope …

A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

N Cox, BE Young, P Bowles, M Fernandez, J Marin… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Comprehensive assessments of species' extinction risks have documented the extinction
crisis and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks. Global assessments reveal that …

Ranking threats to biodiversity and why it doesn't matter

C Bellard, C Marino, F Courchamp - Nature Communications, 2022‏ - nature.com
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How effective are protected areas for reducing threats to biodiversity? A systematic review protocol

K Pulido-Chadid, E Virtanen, J Geldmann - Environmental Evidence, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Protected areas (PAs) have become one of the most important
instruments to preserve nature and, when effective, can significantly reduce human pressure …

[HTML][HTML] Trait-based prediction of extinction risk across terrestrial taxa

F Chichorro, F Urbano, D Teixeira, H Väre, T Pinto… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Species differ in their biological susceptibility to extinction, but the set of traits determining
susceptibility varies across taxa. It is yet unclear which patterns are common to all taxa, and …

Integrating biogeography and behavioral ecology to rapidly address biodiversity loss

KA Marske, HC Lanier, CD Siler, AH Rowe… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Addressing climate change and biodiversity loss will be the defining ecological, political,
and humanitarian challenge of our time. Alarmingly, policymakers face a narrowing window …

Ongoing over-exploitation and delayed responses to environmental change highlight the urgency for action to promote vertebrate recoveries by 2030

R Cornford, F Spooner, L McRae… - … of the Royal …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
To safeguard nature, we must understand the drivers of biodiversity loss. Time-delayed
biodiversity responses to environmental changes (ecological lags) are often absent from …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in multiple ecosystem services and their influencing factors in Nordic countries

X Hu, Y Hou, D Li, T Hua, M Marchi, JPF Urrego… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Understanding changes of ecosystem services and their influencing factors is crucial for
more sustainable ecosystem management and conservation of nature contributions to …