Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: Why primates matter

A Estrada, PA Garber, AB Rylands, C Roos… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Nonhuman primates, our closest biological relatives, play important roles in the livelihoods,
cultures, and religions of many societies and offer unique insights into human evolution …

Scaling‐up camera traps: Monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors

R Steenweg, M Hebblewhite, R Kays… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Countries committed to implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2011–2020
strategic plan need effective tools to monitor global trends in biodiversity. Remote cameras …

Protected areas slow declines unevenly across the tetrapod tree of life

A Justin Nowakowski, JI Watling, A Murray… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) are the primary strategy for slowing terrestrial biodiversity loss.
Although expansion of PA coverage is prioritized under the Convention on Biological …

Building essential biodiversity variables (EBV s) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale

WD Kissling, JA Ahumada, A Bowser… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Much biodiversity data is collected worldwide, but it remains challenging to assemble the
scattered knowledge for assessing biodiversity status and trends. The concept of E ssential …

Snap happy: camera traps are an effective sampling tool when compared with alternative methods

OR Wearn, P Glover-Kapfer - Royal Society open …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Camera traps have become a ubiquitous tool in ecology and conservation. They are
routinely deployed in wildlife survey and monitoring work, and are being advocated as a tool …

[HTML][HTML] Global biodiversity monitoring: from data sources to essential biodiversity variables

V Proença, LJ Martin, HM Pereira, M Fernandez… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) consolidate information from varied
biodiversity observation sources. Here we demonstrate the links between data sources …

Multi‐species occupancy models: Review, roadmap, and recommendations

K Devarajan, TL Morelli, S Tenan - Ecography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent technological and methodological advances have revolutionized wildlife monitoring.
Although most biodiversity monitoring initiatives are geared towards focal species of …

Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving tropical forest birds

V Cazalis, K Princé, JB Mihoub, J Kelly… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) are the cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation efforts, but to
fulfil this role they must be effective at conserving the ecosystems and species that occur …

Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors

JA Zwerts, PJ Stephenson, F Maisels… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife monitoring is essential for conservation science and data‐driven decision‐making.
Tropical forests pose a particularly challenging environment for monitoring wildlife due to the …

Long‐term change in the avifauna of undisturbed Amazonian rainforest: ground‐foraging birds disappear and the baseline shifts

PC Stouffer, V Jirinec, CL Rutt… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
How are rainforest birds faring in the Anthropocene? We use bird captures spanning> 35
years from 55 sites within a vast area of intact Amazonian rainforest to reveal reduced …