How many species will Earth lose to climate change?

JJ Wiens, J Zelinka - Global Change Biology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change may be an important threat to global biodiversity, potentially leading to the
extinction of numerous species. But how many? There have been various attempts to …

How many species of insects and other terrestrial arthropods are there on Earth?

NE Stork - Annual review of entomology, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
In the last decade, new methods of estimating global species richness have been developed
and existing ones improved through the use of more appropriate statistical tools and new …

Estimating global biodiversity: the role of cryptic insect species

X Li, JJ Wiens - Systematic Biology, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
How many species are there on Earth and to what groups do these species belong? These
fundamental questions span systematics, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Yet, recent …

The state of the world's insects

P Eggleton - Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the present state of insects, describing their taxonomic position, cost,
and value as well as the threats to their well-being. Insects are an important source of both …

Marine biodiversity, biogeography, deep-sea gradients, and conservation

MJ Costello, C Chaudhary - Current Biology, 2017‏ - cell.com
The oceans appear ideal for biodiversity—they have unlimited water, a large area, are well
connected, have less extreme temperatures than on land, and contain more phyla and …

Traditional consumption of and rearing edible insects in Africa, Asia and Europe

D Raheem, C Carrascosa, OB Oluwole… - Critical reviews in …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
The traditional consumption of edible insects is common in one third of the world's
population, mostly in Latin America, Africa and Asia. There are over one thousand identified …

Inordinate fondness multiplied and redistributed: the number of species on earth and the new pie of life

BB Larsen, EC Miller, MK Rhodes… - The Quarterly Review …, 2017‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
The number of species on Earth is one of the most fundamental numbers in science, but one
that remains highly uncertain. Clearly, more species exist than the present number of …

Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera, not Coleoptera, is the most speciose animal order

AA Forbes, RK Bagley, MA Beer, AC Hippee… - BMC ecology, 2018‏ - Springer
Background We challenge the oft-repeated claim that the beetles (Coleoptera) are the most
species-rich order of animals. Instead, we assert that another order of insects, the …

CTFS‐Forest GEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

KJ Anderson‐Teixeira, SJ Davies… - Global change …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem
services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest …

Global biodiversity conservation: the critical role of hotspots

RA Mittermeier, WR Turner, FW Larsen… - … and protection of …, 2011‏ - Springer
Global changes, from habitat loss and invasive species to anthropogenic climate change,
have initiated the sixth great mass extinction event in Earth's history. As species become …