How should beta-diversity inform biodiversity conservation?

JB Socolar, JJ Gilroy, WE Kunin, DP Edwards - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
To design robust protected area networks, accurately measure species losses, or
understand the processes that maintain species diversity, conservation science must …

Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space

R Poulin, BR Krasnov, D Mouillot - Trends in parasitology, 2011 - cell.com
The measurement of host specificity goes well beyond counting how many host species can
successfully be used by a parasite. In particular, specificity can be assessed with respect to …

Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring

H Hillebrand, B Blasius, ET Borer… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Global concern about human impact on biological diversity has triggered an intense
research agenda on drivers and consequences of biodiversity change in parallel with …

Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems

DA Keith, JP Rodríguez, KM Rodríguez-Clark… - PLOS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
An understanding of risks to biodiversity is needed for planning action to slow current rates
of decline and secure ecosystem services for future human use. Although the IUCN Red List …

Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes

J Wang, JI Shen, Y Wu, C Tu, J Soininen… - The ISME …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Increasing evidence has emerged for non-random spatial distributions of microbes, but
knowledge of the processes that cause variation in microbial assemblage among …

Spatial mismatch and congruence between taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: the need for integrative conservation strategies in a changing world

V Devictor, D Mouillot, C Meynard, F Jiguet… - Ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1030–1040 Abstract Functional and phylogenetic diversity are
increasingly quantified in various fields of ecology and conservation biology. The need to …

[КНИГА][B] Conservation by proxy: indicator, umbrella, keystone, flagship, and other surrogate species

T Caro - 2010 - books.google.com
The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

A framework for delineating biogeographical regions based on species distributions

H Kreft, W Jetz - Journal of Biogeography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biogeographical regionalizations, such as zoogeographical regions, floristic kingdoms
or ecoregions, represent categorizations central to many basic and applied questions in …

Decomposing functional β‐diversity reveals that low functional β‐diversity is driven by low functional turnover in E uropean fish assemblages

S Villéger, G Grenouillet… - Global Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim One of the main gaps in the assessment of biodiversity is the lack of a unified framework
for measuring its taxonomic and functional facets and for unveiling the underlying patterns …

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria, version 1.1

LM Bland, DA Keith, RM Miller, NJ Murray… - … Union for the …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Executive Summary The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a global framework for monitoring
the status of ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity …