[HTML][HTML] A review of the relation between species traits and extinction risk

F Chichorro, A Juslén, P Cardoso - Biological Conservation, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Biodiversity is shrinking rapidly, and despite our efforts only a small part of it has been
assessed for extinction risk. Identifying the traits that make species vulnerable might help us …

Macaronesia as a fruitful arena for ecology, evolution, and conservation biology

M Florencio, J Patiño, S Nogué, A Traveset… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Research in Macaronesia has led to substantial advances in ecology, evolution and
conservation biology. We review the scientific developments achieved in this region, and …

[PDF][PDF] An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae)

VV Branco, E Morano, P Cardoso - Zootaxa, 2019‏ - researchgate.net
We updated a previous database that compiled all the information available in 2010 for the
species distribution of spiders (Araneae) in the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands (Illes …

The seven impediments in invertebrate conservation and how to overcome them

P Cardoso, TL Erwin, PAV Borges, TR New - Biological conservation, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Despite their high diversity and importance for humankind, invertebrates are often neglected
in biodiversity conservation policies. We identify seven impediments to their effective …

Global patterns of guild composition and functional diversity of spiders

P Cardoso, S Pekár, R Jocqué, JA Coddington - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
The objectives of this work are:(1) to define spider guilds for all extant families worldwide;(2)
test if guilds defined at family level are good surrogates of species guilds;(3) compare the …

Area–heterogeneity tradeoff and the diversity of ecological communities

O Allouche, M Kalyuzhny, G Moreno-Rueda… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
For more than 50 y ecologists have believed that spatial heterogeneity in habitat conditions
promotes species richness by increasing opportunities for niche partitioning. However, a …

Adapting the IUCN Red List criteria for invertebrates

P Cardoso, PAV Borges, KA Triantis, MA Ferrández… - Biological …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The IUCN Red List is the most useful list of species that are at risk for extinction worldwide,
as it relies on a number of objective criteria. Nevertheless, there is a taxonomic bias that …

Measuring fractions of beta diversity and their relationships to nestedness: a theoretical and empirical comparison of novel approaches

JC Carvalho, P Cardoso, PAV Borges, D Schmera… - Oikos, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Beta diversity and nestedness are central concepts of ecology and biogeography and
evaluation of their relationships is in the focus of contemporary ecological and conservation …

Quantifying island isolation–insights from global patterns of insular plant species richness

P Weigelt, H Kreft - Ecography, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Isolation is a driving factor of species richness and other island community attributes. Most
empirical studies have investigated the effect of isolation measured as distance to the …

Extinction debt on oceanic islands

KA Triantis, PAV Borges, RJ Ladle, J Hortal… - …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Habitat destruction is the leading cause of species extinctions. However, there is typically a
time‐lag between the reduction in habitat area and the eventual disappearance of the …