More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends

C Finn, F Grattarola, D Pincheira‐Donoso - Biological Reviews, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

Patterns, causes, and consequences of anthropocene defaunation

HS Young, DJ McCauley, M Galetti… - Annual review of …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Anthropocene defaunation, the global extinction of faunal species and populations and the
decline in abundance of individuals within populations, has been predominantly …

The global decline of freshwater megafauna

F He, C Zarfl, V Bremerich, JNW David… - Global Change …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater ecosystems are among the most diverse and dynamic ecosystems on Earth. At
the same time, they are among the most threatened ecosystems but remain …

Life history and spatial traits predict extinction risk due to climate change

RG Pearson, JC Stanton, KT Shoemaker… - Nature Climate …, 2014‏ - nature.com
There is an urgent need to develop effective vulnerability assessments for evaluating the
conservation status of species in a changing climate. Several new assessment approaches …

The diversity-weighted living planet index: controlling for taxonomic bias in a global biodiversity indicator

L McRae, S Deinet, R Freeman - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
As threats to species continue to increase, precise and unbiased measures of the impact
these pressures are having on global biodiversity are urgently needed. Some existing …

Multinational evaluation of genetic diversity indicators for the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

A Mastretta‐Yanes, JM da Silva, CE Grueber… - Ecology …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Under the recently adopted Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 196 Parties
committed to reporting the status of genetic diversity for all species. To facilitate reporting …

[HTML][HTML] The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity

P Haase, JD Tonkin, S Stoll, B Burkhard… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Global change effects on biodiversity and human wellbeing call for improved long-term
environmental data as a basis for science, policy and decision making, including increased …

Genomics of post-bottleneck recovery in the northern elephant seal

AR Hoelzel, GA Gkafas, H Kang, F Sarigol… - Nature ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Populations and species are threatened by human pressure, but their fate is variable. Some
depleted populations, such as that of the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) …

Usefulness of species traits in predicting range shifts

A Estrada, I Morales-Castilla, P Caplat… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2016‏ - cell.com
Information on the ecological traits of species might improve predictions of climate-driven
range shifts. However, the usefulness of traits is usually assumed rather than quantified …

Past, present, and future of the Living Planet Index

SEH Ledger, J Loh, R Almond, M Böhm, CF Clements… - npj Biodiversity, 2023‏ - nature.com
As we enter the next phase of international policy commitments to halt biodiversity loss (eg,
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework), biodiversity indicators will play an …