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Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles

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Atwood, Trisha B., Valentine, Shaley A., Hammill, Edd, McCauley, Douglas J., Madin, Elizabeth M. P., Beard, Karen H., Pearse, William D.·2020·Science Advances

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Herbivores have the highest representation of at-risk species in the present day, the recent past, and the late Pleistocene.

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  • Large herbivores are particularly at risk from climate change.

    “Large herbivores are particularly at risk36.”

    From Chromosomal-level reference genome assembly of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) from Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, a resource for conservation genomics (2024) · cites this paper as [36]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) says declines and extinctions disproportionately affect large herbivores, supporting the printed sentence’s statement that they are particularly at risk. The claim’s added qualification, “from climate change,” is not established: the Results examine climate change among several threats but do not identify it as the particular reason large herbivores are at risk. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is under threat by rapid environmental disruptions from climate change.

    “The muskox (Ovibos moschatus), an integral component and iconic symbol of arctic biocultural diversity, is under threat by rapid environmental disruptions from climate change.”

    From Chromosomal-level reference genome assembly of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) from Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, a resource for conservation genomics (2024) · cites this paper as [36]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) says climate change is expected to exacerbate vertebrate declines, and the Discussion (page unavailable) reports disproportionate declines among large herbivores. Neither passage identifies muskoxen or establishes that climate-driven environmental disruption threatens this species specifically. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  1. [30]Wilman H., Belmaker J., Jennifer S., de la Rosa C., Rivadeneira M. M., Jetz W., EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world’s birds and mammals. Ecology 95, 2027 (2014).

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Authors
Atwood, T. B., Valentine, S. A., Hammill, E., McCauley, D. J., Madin, E. M. P., Beard, K. H., & Pearse, W. D.
Affiliations
  • Utah State University (US)
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale (US)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
  • University of Hawaii System (US)
Corresponding author
Atwood, Trisha B.
Venue
Science Advances
Published
2020-08-07
Volume
6
Issue
32
Pages
eabb8458-eabb8458
ISSN
2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3046958894
Cited by
191
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 3
FWCI
15.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (ABI-1759965, EF-1802605)
  • US Forest Service (18-CS-11046000-041)
  • Benioff Ocean Initiative
  • USU Ecology Center Graduate Award (N/A)
  • USU Graduate Enhancement Award (N/A)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecological Modeling › Species Distribution and Climate Change
Keywords
extinction risk, herbivores, trophic levels, body size, threatened species, mammals, birds, reptiles, predators, ecosystem functioning
MeSH terms
Animals, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Ecosystem, Extinction, Biological, Herbivory

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