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The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

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Hoffmann, Michael, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Angulo, Ariadne, Böhm, Monika, Brooks, Thomas M., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Carpenter, Kent E., Chanson, Janice +166 more·2010·Science
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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 and community structure, habitat loss and degradation, and shifts in the distribution of species and biomes. Declines in biodiversity are projected for the whole of the 21st century in all scenarios, but with a wide range of variation. Hoffmann et al. (p. 1503 , published online 26 October) draw on the results of five decades' worth of data collection, managed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission. A comprehensive synthesis of the conservation status of the world's vertebrates, based on an analysis of 25,780 species (approximately half of total vertebrate diversity), is presented: Approximately 20% of all vertebrate species are at risk of extinction in the wild, and 11% of threatened birds and 17% of threatened mammals have moved closer to extinction over time. Despite these trends, overall declines would have been significantly worse in the absence of conservation actions.

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Corresponding author
Hoffmann, Michael
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2010-12-10
Volume
330
Issue
6010
Pages
1503-1509
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1194442
OpenAlex
W2111760270
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Natural Environment Research Council (cpb010001, bas0100025)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Keywords
vertebrate conservation, extinction risk, threatened species, biodiversity loss, conservation status, species abundance, community structure, habitat loss, range shifts, extinction scenarios, birds, mammals, IUCN Red List
MeSH terms
Amphibians, Animals, Birds, Conservation of Natural Resources, Mammals, Population Dynamics, Vertebrates, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Extinction, Biological, Endangered Species, Introduced Species

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