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Defaunation in the Anthropocene
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We live amid a global wave of anthropogenically driven biodiversity loss: species and population extirpations and, critically, declines in local species abundance. Particularly, human impacts on animal biodiversity are an under-recognized form of global environmental change. Among terrestrial vertebrates, 322 species have become extinct since 1500, and populations of the remaining species show 25% average decline in abundance. Invertebrate patterns are equally dire: 67% of monitored populations show 45% mean abundance decline. Such animal declines will cascade onto ecosystem functioning and human well-being. Much remains unknown about this “Anthropocene defaunation”; these knowledge gaps hinder our capacity to predict and limit defaunation impacts. Clearly, however, defaunation is both a pervasive component of the planet’s sixth mass extinction and also a major driver of global ecological change.
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“Across vertebrates, 16% to 33% of all species are estimated to be globally threatened or endangered (17,18)”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Defaunation: a pervasive phenomenon
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. IUCN, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <www.iucnredlist.org> (2013)
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- Supportedcites [18] 18. M. Hoffmann et al., Science 330, 1503 (2010). source
The “Status, trends, and threats” section states that, accounting for uncertainty from Data Deficient species, between 16% and 33% of all vertebrate species are classified as Threatened. This directly supports the cited estimate. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“The long-established major proximate drivers of wildlife population decline and extinction in terrestrial ecosystems, namely overexploitation, habitat destruction, and impacts from invasive species remain pervasive (18).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Multiple, unaddressed drivers of defaunation
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- Supportedcites [18] 18. M. Hoffmann et al., Science 330, 1503 (2010). source
The opening summary (p. 1503) identifies agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species as main drivers of biodiversity loss among mammals, birds, and amphibians. The “Confronting threats” section adds that conservation has not yet offset any major driver of increased extinction risk. Agricultural expansion and logging substantiate the claim’s reference to habitat destruction. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“None of these major drivers have been effectively mitigated at the global scale (14,18).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Multiple, unaddressed drivers of defaunation
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [14] 14. S. H. Butchart et al., Science 328, 1164 (2010). source
- Supportedcites [18] 18. M. Hoffmann et al., Science 330, 1503 (2010). source
In “Confronting threats” (page not supplied), the paper says that deteriorations outnumber improvements for every threat assessed and concludes that conservation has not yet offset any major driver of increased extinction risk. This supports the claim at the global scale, within the paper’s scope of vertebrate extinction risk. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“the effects of defaunation will be much less about the loss of absolute diversity than about local shifts in species compositions and functional groups within a community (80).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Synthesis and ways forward
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- Partly supportedcites [80] 80. M. Dornelas et al., Science 344, 296 (2014). sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Conclusions (page not available) describe the replacement of large herbivores by smaller mammals and arthropods, and the ‘Effects of large mammals on small mammals’ section reports changes in vegetation and consumer abundance. These support local shifts in the community, but the paper does not establish that such shifts matter more than losses of absolute diversity or make a general comparison of the two effects of defaunation. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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“and few major human pathogens seem to fit the criteria that would make such a relationship pervasive (71).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Water quality.
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- Supportedcites [71] 71. C. L. Wood, K. D. Lafferty, G. DeLeo, H. S. Young, A. M. Kuris, Ecology 95, 817http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1041.1 (2014). source
In “Predicting the Biodiversity–Disease Relationship” (page not available), the authors project that biodiversity would reduce the prevalence of only 12% of the infectious disease species they assessed. They conclude that negative biodiversity–disease relationships may be relatively uncommon, supporting the citing sentence’s hedged claim. Their assessment covers common pathogenic human protozoan and metazoan parasites, not viruses or bacteria. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“However, the impacts of defaunation on disease are far from straightforward (71)”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Water quality.
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- Supportedcites [71] 71. C. L. Wood, K. D. Lafferty, G. DeLeo, H. S. Young, A. M. Kuris, Ecology 95, 817http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1041.1 (2014). source
The Introduction says that biodiversity loss is likely to produce both “winners and losers” among parasites. “Where Do We Go From Here?” adds that the biodiversity–disease relationship may be nonlinear and either positive or negative. These passages support the claim that the disease effects of defaunation are not straightforward; page numbers were not provided. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“Of a conservatively estimated 5-9 million animal species on the planet, we are likely losing ~11,000 to 58,000 species annually (15,16).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Defaunation: a pervasive phenomenon
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- Not matchedcites [15] 15. C. Mora, A. Rollo, D. P. Tittensor, Science 493, 295 (2013).
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- Not matchedcites [16] 16. B. R. Scheffers, L. N. Joppa, S. L. Pimm, W. F. Laurance, Trends Ecol. Evol. 27, 501 (2012).
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“with populations of many iconic species such as elephant (Fig S1B) rapidly declining towards extinction (19).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Defaunation: a pervasive phenomenon
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- Not matchedcites [19] 19. Materials and methods are available in the Supplementary Materials.
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“Among terrestrial vertebrates 322 species have become extinct since 1500, while populations of the remaining species show 25% average decline in abundance.”
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“Across vertebrates, 16% to 33% of all species are estimated to be globally threatened or endangered (17,18), and at least 322 vertebrate species have become extinct since 1500 (a date representative of onset of the recent wave of extinction, as formal definition of the start of the Anthropocene still being debated) (17,19,20) (Table S1).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Abstract
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. IUCN, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <www.iucnredlist.org> (2013)
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- Not matchedcites [19] 19. Materials and methods are available in the Supplementary Materials.
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- Not matchedcites [20] 20. G. Ceballos, A. García, P. R. Ehrlich, J. Cosmol. 8, 1821 (2010).
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- Rests on an assumption: The year 1500 is a representative starting point for the recent wave of extinction.
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“Invertebrate patterns are equally dire: 67% of monitored populations show 45% mean abundance decline.”
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“In our evaluation of mammals (1437 species) and birds (4263 species), the number of species per 10,000 km 2 in decline (IUCN population status “decreasing”) varied across regions from a few to 75 in mammals and 125 in birds (Fig 2), with highest numbers in tropical regions.”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Patterns of defaunation
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“Of all insects with IUCN documented population trends, 33% are declining, with strong variation among Orders 19).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Synthesis and ways forward
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- Not matchedcites [19] 19. Materials and methods are available in the Supplementary Materials.
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“counts of threatened species do not necessarily translate into extinction risk, much less ecological impact (13).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Abstract
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- Not matchedcites [13] 13. A. Ø. Mooers, D. P. Faith, W. P. Maddison, PloS one 3, e3700 (2008).
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“These extinctions altered ecosystem processes and disturbance regimes at continental scales, triggering cascades of extinction thought to still reverberate today (3,4).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Abstract
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- Not matchedcites [3] 3. C. E. Doughty, A. Wolf, Y. Malhi, Nat. Geosci. 6, 761 (2013).
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [4] 4. J. L. Gill et al., Science 326, 1100 (2009). source
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“Similar to other mass extinction events, the effects of this”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites [2] 2. M. Cardillo et al., P. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. Bio. 275, 1441 (2008).
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“Clearly, however, defaunation is both a pervasive component of the planet's sixth mass extinction, and also a major driver of global ecological change.”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Abstract
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“Much remains unknown about this”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Abstract
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“Loss of invertebrate biodiversity has received much less attention and data are extremely limited.”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Defaunation: a pervasive phenomenon
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“We live amidst a global wave of anthropogenically driven biodiversity loss: species and population extirpations and, critically, declines in local species abundance.”
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“some animal species are able to persist in highly modified habitats”
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“Moreover, several newer threats have recently emerged, most notably anthropogenic climate disruption, which will likely soon compete with habitat loss as the most important driver of defaunation (44).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Multiple, unaddressed drivers of defaunation
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [44] 44. O. E. Sala et al., Science 287, 1770 (2000). source
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“While most declining species are affected by multiple stressors, we still have a poor understanding of the complex ways in which these drivers interact, and of feedback loops that may exist (7,11).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Multiple, unaddressed drivers of defaunation
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [7] 7. A. D. Barnosky et al., Nature 486, 52 (2012). source
- Not matchedcites [11] 11. B. W. Brook, N. S. Sodhi, C. J. Bradshaw, Trends Ecol. Evol. 23, 453 (2008).
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“While defaunation is a global pattern, geographic distribution patterns are also decidedly non-random (28).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Patterns of defaunation
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [28] 28. S. Pimm et al., Science 344, 1246752 (2014). source
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“However, increasingly sophisticated approaches help to predict which species are likely to be at risk, and to map latent extinction risk (38), holding great promise both for managing defaunation and identifying likely patterns of ecological impact (39).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Patterns of defaunation
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- Not matchedcites [38] 38. M. Cardillo, G. M. Mace, J. L. Gittleman, A. Purvis, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 4157 (2006).
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- Not matchedcites [39] 39. H. Hillebrand, B. Matthiessen, Ecol. Lett. 12, 1405 (2009).
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“For instance, among vertebrates, more amphibians (41%) are currently considered threatened than birds (17%), with mammals and reptiles experiencing intermediate threat levels (27).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [27] 27. J. Schipper et al., Science 322, 225 (2008). source
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“However, these 'extinction models' have made little impact on conservation management, in part because trait correlations are often idiosyncratic and context dependent (31).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Patterns of defaunation
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- Not matchedcites [31] 31. M. Cardillo, E. Meijaard, Trends Ecol. Evol. 27, 167 (2012).
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“Ironically, the cryptic nature of defaunation has strong potential to soon become very non-cryptic, rivaling the impact of many other forms of global change in terms of loss of ecosystem services essential for human well-being.”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Synthesis and ways forward
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“we need to focus on predicting the systematic patterns of winners and losers in the Anthropocene and identify the traits that characterize them, as this will provide information on the patterns and the links to function that we can then act upon.”
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“we emphasize that defaunation is about much more than species loss.”
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“However, most efforts to quantify this relationship have focused largely on effects of reduced producer diversity, which may typically have much lower functional impacts than does consumer loss (49,50).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Consequences of defaunation
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- Not matchedcites [49] 49. J. Reiss, J. R. Bridle, J. M. Montoya, G. Woodward, Trends Ecol. Evol. 24, 505 (2009).
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [50] 50. B. J. Cardinale et al., Nature 486, 59 (2012). source
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“Ongoing declines in populations of animals such as nematodes, beetles, or bats, are considerably less evident to humans”
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“Ultimately, both reduced and more evenly distributed global resource consumption will be necessary to sustainably change ongoing trends in defaunation and, hopefully, eventually open the door to refaunation.”
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- Rests on an assumption: Continued human population growth and increasingly uneven per-capita consumption ultimately drive all these threats.
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“yet arguably are more functionally important”
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“One recent study in Madagascar suggested that loss of wildlife as a food source will increase anemia by 30%, leading to increased mortality, morbidity and learning difficulties (66).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Water quality.
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- Not matchedcites [66] 66. C. D. Golden et al., P. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108, 19653 (2011).
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- Rests on an assumption: In many parts of the world, wild animal food sources are a critical part of the diet, particularly for the poor.
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“Insect pollination, needed for 75% of all the world's food crops, is estimated to be worth ~10% of the economic value of the world's entire food supply (52).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Impacts on ecosystem functions and services
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“Similarly, declines in bird pollinators in New Zealand led to strong pollen limitation, ultimately reducing seed production and population regeneration (55) (Fig 5H).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Impacts on ecosystem functions and services
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [55] 55. S. H. Anderson et al., Science 331, 1068 (2011). source
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“This review indicates that a widespread and pervasive defaunation crisis, with farreaching consequences, is upon us.”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Synthesis and ways forward
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“Large animals, including ungulates, hippos, and crocodiles, prevent formation of anoxic zones through agitation and affect water movement through trampling (64).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Water quality.
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“For instance, global declines in amphibian populations increase algae and fine detritus biomass, reduce nitrogen uptake, and greatly reduce whole stream respiration (Fig 5E; (63)).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Water quality.
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“Large wildlife removal also causes major effects on ecosystem functions and services (Panel D), including changes to fire intensity (Fi); cattle production in both dry (C-D) and wet seasons (C-W); disease prevalence (D); infectivity of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF); photosynthetic rates (Ph); and transpiration rates (TR).”
§ Defaunation in the Anthropocene > Synthesis and ways forward
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The year 1500 is a representative starting point for the recent wave of extinction.
“(a date representative of onset of the recent wave of extinction, as formal definition of the start of the Anthropocene still being debated)”
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In many parts of the world, wild animal food sources are a critical part of the diet, particularly for the poor.
“In many parts of the world, wild animal food sources are a critical part of the diet, particularly for the poor.”
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The indirect evolutionary effects of defaunation on species not directly impacted by human defaunation are still poorly studied.
“Still poorly studied are the indirect evolutionary effects of defaunation on other species, not directly impacted by human defaunation.”
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Arthropod pests are responsible for 8-15% of the losses in most major food crops.
“For example, arthropod pests are responsible for 8-15% of the losses in most major food crops.”
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Continued human population growth and increasingly uneven per-capita consumption ultimately drive all these threats.
“continued human population growth and increasingly uneven per-capita consumption, which ultimately drive all these threats”
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“the literature reflects broad agreement among environmental scientists that biases lead to underestimating the number of species that have gone extinct in the past few centuries”
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“Hundreds of species and myriad populations are being driven to extinction every year (1–8).”
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“A growing body of evidence indicates that current species extinction rates are higher than the pre-human background rate (8–15)”
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“This suggests that, even if there was not ample sign that the crisis extends far beyond that group of animals, today’s planetary defaunation of vertebrates will itself promote cascading catastrophic effects on ecosystems, worsening the annihilation of nature (2, 3, 46).”
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“In sum, by losing populations (and species) of vertebrates, we are losing intricate ecological networks involving animals, plants, and microorganisms (e.g., refs. 2, 8, 18, 45, 46).”
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“However, given that such medium and large species are the most seriously threatened by the predominant proximate drivers of defaunation (2, 3), the likely bias against small-sized species should not affect our overall interpretation of results.”
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“Fourth, species at the brink have been pushed to a critical conservation status because of human activities, where habitat loss and fragmentation, illegal trade, overexploitation, introduced domestic and wild species, toxification, and pollution have played a major role (10, 13–15, 30, 46, 52, 53).”
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“They occur mostly in heavily populated regions such as tropical Asia, where major ongoing biodiversity losses are well known (10, 13–15, 30, 46, 52, 53).”
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“More recently, climate disruption is becoming a major cause of species endangerment (10, 11, 14–17).”
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“Thus, moving onto the brink is an important part of the process of defaunation (14).”
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Mexican Terrestrial Mammals in the Anthropocene
Lara‐Díaz, N. E., Díaz, J. L. R., Hidalgo‐Mihart, M. G., & González, C. A. L. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17277-9_10 · Cited by 3
Biases and information gaps in the study of habitat connectivity in the Carnivora in the Americas
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The Criminalization of the Trade in Wildlife
van Uhm, D. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-21576-6_10 · Cited by 4
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“Anthropogenic disturbances are also considered major drivers of population decline and species extinction worldwide (Dirzo et al .”
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Eckhartt, G. M., & Ruxton, G. D. (2023) · Ethology · doi:10.1111/eth.13373 · Cited by 3
Puc-Sánchez, J. I., Pérez-Escobar, M. G., & Mendoza, E. (2023) · Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment · doi:10.1080/01650521.2023.2207420 · Cited by 3
“A better knowledge of how tropical trees responded to the massive loss of megafauna frugivores is also of interest to gain useful insight regarding the potential of tree species to withstand the impacts of current defau-nation (Dirzo et al. 2014)”
Zausa, D., Bogui, E. B., Akpatou, B. K., et al. (2023) · Mammalia · doi:10.1515/mammalia-2022-0085 · Cited by 3
El reto taxonómico de la biodiversidad en México
Salazar-Vallejo, S. I., González-Vallejo, N. E., Barrientos-Villalobos, J., et al. (2018) · Biología y Sociedad · doi:10.29105/bys1.1-61 · Cited by 3
The common ground in landscape effects on gene flow in two newt species in an agroecosystem
Cox, K., Schepers, R., Breusegem, A. V., & Speybroeck, J. (2023) · Conservation Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10592-023-01539-w · Cited by 4
“Studies on the influence of landscape composition in numerous taxa (Dirzo et al. 2014 ; Pimm et al. 2014; Newbold et al. 2015).”
BackgroundIUCN’s red list of threatened species: its importance in the conservation of mammals in Brazil
Ferreira, K. C. S., de Oliveira, J. E. Z., & Sálvio, G. M. M. (2023) · Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research · doi:10.34188/bjaerv6n2-068 · Cited by 3
“These events alter ecosystem processes and unleash disorders on continental scales triggering what is called an extinction cascade (DIRZO et al., 2014).”
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Augusto‐Alves, G., das Neves-da-Silva, D., Checchinato, J., de Carvalho‐e‐Silva, A. M. P. T., & Toledo, L. F. (2023) · Journal for Nature Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126460 · Cited by 3
Puc-Sánchez, J. I., Camargo‐Sanabria, A. A., & Mendoza, E. (2023) · Food Webs · doi:10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00312 · Cited by 3
Marques, F. C., & dos Anjos, L. (2023) · Austral Ecology · doi:10.1111/aec.13422 · Cited by 3
Alien plants and insect diversity
Litt, A. R., Mitchell, A. B., & Tallamy, D. W. (2023) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-99918-2.00005-7 · Cited by 3
Generalist Predators Shape Biotic Resistance along a Tropical Island Chain
Wyckhuys, K. A. G., Leatemia, J. A., Fanani, M. Z., Furlong, M. J., Gu, B., Hadi, B. A. R., Hasinu, J. V., Melo, M. C., Noya, S. H., Rauf, A., et al. (2023) · Plants · doi:10.3390/plants12183304 · Cited by 3
“Global change is typified by marked species gains (i.e., invasive biota) and losses [5,6], and island ecosystems can help to anticipate their ecological consequences.”
Hunting in Indonesian New Guinea: dogs, conservation and culture
Pattiselanno, F., Lloyd, J., Krockenberger, A. K., Arobaya, A. Y. S., & Sheil, D. (2023) · Ethnobiology and Conservation · doi:10.15451/ec2023-09-12.20-1-11 · Cited by 3
Andersson, D. (2023) · Punctum Books · doi:10.53288/0406.1.00 · Cited by 3
Bastiani, V. I. M. D., Spies, M. R., Franco, J. L., et al. (2023) · Aquatic Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00027-023-01016-z · Cited by 3
“The consequences of biodiversity loss can be irreversible (Primack and Rodrigues 2001) since they affect ecosystem functions and services (Dirzo et al. 2014).”
Neto, G. D. S. F., Baccaro, F. B., Phillips, M. J., & Massara, R. L. (2023) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.10783 · Cited by 3
“Thus, the disappearance of tropical rainforest architects who act as ecological engineers may trigger several adverse cascading effects on the ecosystem (Dirzo et al., 2014; Lacher et al., 2019 ; Lavery et al., 2020; Pires et al., 2018 ; Villar et al., 2021).”
BackgroundNarayan, S., Srivastava, T., Sreedharan, G., Panda, B. K., Hameed, J., Vasudevan, K., & Reddy, P. A. (2023) · Oryx · doi:10.1017/s0030605323001266 · Cited by 3
The Violent Narrowing of Animal Life
Weis, T. (2023) · Animal studies journal · doi:10.14453/asj/v12i2.7 · Cited by 3
Larger Fish Disperse Larger Seeds in Oligotrophic Wetlands of the Central Amazon
Costa, G. D. S., Albuquerque, B. W., & Piedade, M. T. F. (2024) · Wetlands · doi:10.1007/s13157-024-01779-7 · Cited by 3
“…Due to intense anthropogenic actions, we live in the midst of a global wave of declines in the abundance of local species and loss of biodiversity (Dirzo et al. 2014; Rosenberg et al. 2019; Palmeirim et al. 2022; WWF 2022), with freshwater environments being especially vulnerable (Dud-geon 2019).”
Barrett, L. P., Flanagan, A. M., Masuda, B. M., & Swaisgood, R. R. (2024) · Frontiers in Conservation Science · doi:10.3389/fcosc.2024.1303239 · Cited by 3
Chong‐Montenegro, C., Thurstan, R. H., & Pandolfi, J. M. (2024) · Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · doi:10.1002/aqc.4094 · Cited by 3
Conservation and Population Status of Freshwater Fishes from Kelekar River, South Sumatra, Indonesia
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Marine protection enhances the resilience of biological communities on temperate rocky reefs
Sanabria‐Fernández, J. A., & Alday, J. G. (2024) · Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · doi:10.1002/aqc.4101 · Cited by 3
Plant phylogenetic diversity influences arthropod communities in tropical forest restoration plots
Ugalde, F., Santos‐Gally, R., Pérez‐Ishiwara, R., et al. (2024) · Biotropica · doi:10.1111/btp.13313 · Cited by 3
“This is particularly significant considering that nearly 35% of the original vegetation in the world has been lost (Watson et al., 2018) and that numerous animal and plant species are considered endangered, particularly in the tropics (Dirzo et al., 2014; Steege et al., 2015).”
BackgroundRegenerative and restorative pedagogy: The foundation of a new contract for cognitive justice
Damus, O. (2024) · Prospects · doi:10.1007/s11125-024-09683-y · Cited by 7
“We must become more aware of the negative effects of anthropogenic activities on nature, on the planet, and on humans, effects that have multiplied since the Anthropocene (Dirzo et al., 2014; Kolbert, 2015; Lewis & Maslin, 2015; Steffen et al., 2016; Tawil, 2022).”
Evidence of climate change effects on insect diversity
Del‐Claro, K., Silva, V. M. D. C., Calixto, E. S., de Oliveira, E. C., Pereira, I., Anjos, D. V., Torezan‐Silingardi, H. M., & Moura, R. F. (2024) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780192864161.003.0010 · Cited by 4
Kennett, S., Rintoul‐Hynes, N. L. J., & Sanders, C. H. (2024) · Biodiversity · doi:10.1080/14888386.2024.2333305 · Cited by 3
“Centuries of farming, building, and industry have led to the UK being one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe (Davis 2020), which has seen a 30– 60% invertebrate population decline since the 1980s (Dirzo et al. 2014).”
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Biodiversity and its importance
Rathoure, A. K. (2024) · Biodiversity International Journal · doi:10.15406/bij.2024.07.00204 · Cited by 3
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Shortened food chain length in a fished versus unfished coral reef
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“Wildlife is declining in both aquatic and terrestrial eco-systems around the world (Dirzo et al., 2014; McCauley et al., 2015), with recent estimates noting a 65% decline in vertebrate populations (Murali et al., 2022) and 69% declines in total wildlife in the last half century (Westveer et al.,…”
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On the tail of two species: The changing place of the peregrine falcon in society
Mak, B. (2024) · People and Nature · doi:10.1002/pan3.10710 · Cited by 3
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“Moreover, several studies have shown declines in insects in Europe and beyond (Dirzo et al. 2014; van Klink et al. 2020; Wagner 2020).”
eBryoSoil: a citizen science application to monitor changes in soil ecosystems
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Terrestrial wildlife shows limited response in spatiotemporal activity to logging
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“Insect diversity has experienced one of the sharpest declines of all animal groups in recent decades (Dirzo et al. 2014; Hallmann et al. 2017, 2021; Harvey et al. 2020; Wagner et al. 2021), with habitat specialist species being particularly vulnerable due to their requirements in terms of habitat…”
Non‐native congeneric trees are poor‐quality host plants for a larval Lepidopteran
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Leveraging big Earth data for spatially explicit tracking of the progress on UN SDG15.1.2
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“Collectively, these anthropogenic activities undermine ecosystem services and accelerate the decline of numerous threatened species (Dirzo et al. 2014).”
Rodents of Chile: a brief appraisal of their conservation status and ecological significance
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“For terrestrial ecosystems around the world, the main drivers for the bio-diversity decline include habitat destruction, over-exploitation, climatic change, pollution, and biological invasions (Dirzo et al. 2014; IPBES 2019; WWF 2020; Bellard et al. 2022).”
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Liability for Environmental Harm as a Response to the Anthropocene
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Animals in Fashion: Portrayal of Animal Biodiversity on Children’s Clothing
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“While the human population grows and the world becomes increasingly urbanized, many nonhuman animal populations are rapidly declining (Ceballos et al., 2017; Dirzo et al., 2014).”
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“Dirzo et al. (2014) propusieron que las siguientes características pueden ser indicadoras de riesgo de extinción en vertebrados: distribución geográfica restringida, tasa reproductora baja, ámbito hogareño amplio y tamaño corporal grande.”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Dirzo, R., Young, H. S., Galetti, M., Ceballos, G., Isaac, N. J. B., & Collen, B.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
- Natural Environment Research Council (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dirzo, Rodolfo
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2014-07-25
- Volume
- 345
- Issue
- 6195
- Pages
- 401-406
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2100135944
- Cited by
- 4,474
- References
- 164
- Citations by year
- 2026: 382 · 2025: 425 · 2024: 397 · 2023: 475 · 2022: 501 · 2021: 494 · 2020: 416 · 2019: 411 · 2018: 294 · 2017: 280 · 2016: 189 · 2015: 167 · 2014: 39
- FWCI
- 16.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Acervo Digital da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Universidade Estadual Paulista) (submittedVersion)
- UNESP Institutional Repository (São Paulo State University) (submittedVersion)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Natural Environment Research Council (CEH010010)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
- Keywords
- defaunation, biodiversity loss, species abundance decline, extinction, invertebrates, terrestrial vertebrates, sixth mass extinction, ecosystem functioning, Anthropocene
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Birds, Humans, Human Activities, Insecta, Invertebrates, Mammals, Pest Control, Population, Biodiversity, Extinction, Biological, Pollination, Endangered Species
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