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Targeting conservation actions at species threat response thresholds

Ingram, Daniel J., Braga Ferreira, Guilherme, Jones, Kate E., Mace, Georgina M. (2021) Targeting conservation actions at species threat response thresholds. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36 (3). pp. 216-226. ISSN 0169-5347. E-ISSN 1872-8383. (doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.11.004) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:100852)

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Abstract

To improve the status of the world's biodiversity by 2030, conservation actions must not only seek to halt or slow biodiversity loss, they must increase species' populations. A better mechanistic understanding of biodiversity loss and of species' sensitivities to certain intensities of threats is needed to target conservation actions effectively. Moving beyond ordinal space-for-time substitution analyses, towards monitoring concurrent changes in threats and species' populations over time will help achieve this. We propose a framework to quantify species' response thresholds along gradients of threat intensity, using a combination of threat-sensitive taxa, biogeographic regions, and biomes. This framework will allow efficient targeting of conservation actions, of relevance to global policy-making.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.11.004
Uncontrolled keywords: anthropocene, biodiversity, biome, biotic responses, extinction, threshold
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: Daniel Ingram
Date Deposited: 12 Apr 2023 08:28 UTC
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2023 10:03 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/100852 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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