Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Böhm et al.
Assessing Biodiversity Declines Understanding human impact on biodiversity depends on sound quantitative projection. Pereira et al. (p. 1496 , published online 26 October) review quantitative scenarios that have been developed for four main areas of concern: species extinctions, species abundances a...
Georgina M. Mace, Nigel Collar, Kevin J. Gaston, Craig Hilton‐Taylor et al.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species was increasingly used during the 1980s to assess the conservation status of species for policy and planning purposes. This use stimulated the development of a new set of quantitative criteria for listing species...
Stephanie Kramer‐Schadt, Jürgen Niedballa, John D. Pilgrim, Boris Schröder et al.
Abstract Aim Advancement in ecological methods predicting species distributions is a crucial precondition for deriving sound management actions. Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models are a popular tool to predict species distributions, as they are considered able to cope well with sparse, irregularly samp...
Doug P. Armstrong, P. J. Seddon
Reintroductions are attempts to return species to parts of their historical ranges where they were extirpated, and might involve release of either captive-bred or wild-caught individuals. The poor success rate of reintroductions worldwide has led to frequent calls for greater monitoring, and since 1...
Bryan P. Wallace, Andrew DiMatteo, Alan B. Bolten, Milani Chaloupka et al.
Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for geographically widespread species with distinct populations subject to multiple threats that operate on different spa...
Güven Eken, Leon Bennun, Thomas M. Brooks, Will Darwall et al.
Site conservation is among the most effective means to reduce global biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is critical to identify those sites where unique biodiversity must be conserved immediately. To this end, the concept of key biodiversity areas (KBAs) has been developed, seeking to identify and, ul...
Caterina Penone, Ana D. Davidson, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Moreno Di Marco et al.
Summary Despite efforts in data collection, missing values are commonplace in life‐history trait databases. Because these values typically are not missing randomly, the common practice of removing missing data not only reduces sample size, but also introduces bias that can lead to incorrect conclusi...
Sven Bacher, Tim M. Blackburn, Franz Essl, Piero Genovesi et al.
Abstract Many alien taxa are known to cause socio‐economic impacts by affecting the different constituents of human well‐being (security; material and non‐material assets; health; social, spiritual and cultural relations; freedom of choice and action). Attempts to quantify socio‐economic impacts in ...
Stuart H. M. Butchart, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Janice Chanson, Jonathan Baillie et al.
The Red List Index uses information from the IUCN Red List to track trends in the projected overall extinction risk of sets of species. It has been widely recognised as an important component of the suite of indicators needed to measure progress towards the international target of significantly redu...
Hans Bauer, Guillaume Chapron, Kristin Nowell, Philipp Henschel et al.
We compiled all credible repeated lion surveys and present time series data for 47 lion (Panthera leo) populations. We used a Bayesian state space model to estimate growth rate-λ for each population and summed these into three regional sets to provide conservation-relevant estimates of trends since ...
Lily M. van Eeden, Ann Eklund, Jennifer R. B. Miller, José Vicente López‐Bao et al.
Carnivore predation on livestock often leads people to retaliate. Persecution by humans has contributed strongly to global endangerment of carnivores. Preventing livestock losses would help to achieve three goals common to many human societies: preserve nature, protect animal welfare, and safeguard ...
Adrian Treves, Miha Krofel, Jeannine McManus
Livestock owners traditionally use various non‐lethal and lethal methods to protect their domestic animals from wild predators. However, many of these methods are implemented without first considering experimental evidence of their effectiveness in mitigating predation‐related threats or avoiding ec...
Dong‐Dong Wu, Xiangdong Ding, Sheng Wang, Jan M. Wójcik et al.
Species of the Bos genus, including taurine cattle, zebu, gayal, gaur, banteng, yak, wisent and bison, have been domesticated at least four times and have been an important source of meat, milk and power for many human cultures. We sequence the genomes of gayal, gaur, banteng, wisent and bison, and ...
Patrik Lindenfors, Charles L. Nunn, Kate E. Jones, Andrew A. Cunningham et al.
ABSTRACT Aim Comparative studies have revealed strong links between ecological factors and the number of parasite species harboured by different hosts, but studies of different taxonomic host groups have produced inconsistent results. As a step towards understanding the general patterns of parasite ...
Rosie Cooney, Dilys Roe, Holly Dublin, Jacob Phelps et al.
Abstract Combating the surge of illegal wildlife trade (IWT) devastating wildlife populations is an urgent global priority for conservation. There are increasing policy commitments to take action at the local community level as part of effective responses. However, there is scarce evidence that in p...