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In defence of biodiversity [PDF]

Biology & Philosophy, 2017
The concept of biodiversity has played a central role within conservation biology over the last thirty years. Precisely how it should be understood, however, is a matter of ongoing debate. In this paper we defend what we call a classic multidimensional conception of biodiversity.
Joanna Burch-Brown, Alfred Archer
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The Middle Eastern Biodiversity Network: Generating and sharing knowledge for ecosystem management and conservation [PDF]

, 2009
Despite prevailing arid conditions, the diversity of terrestrial and freshwater biota in the Middle East is amazingly high and marine biodiversity is among the highest on Earth.
Al-Jumaily, Masaa, Bariche, Michel, Khalaf, Maroof, Krupp, Friedhelm, Malek, Masoumeh, Streit, Bruno   +5 more
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Biodiversity Loss and the Taxonomic Bottleneck: Emerging Biodiversity Science [PDF]

, 2006
Human domination of the Earth has resulted in dramatic changes to global and local patterns of biodiversity. Biodiversity is critical to human sustainability because it drives the ecosystem services that provide the core of our life-support system. As we,
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The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss

Science Advances, 2022
Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope and rigor, here we statistically synthesize empirical comparisons of ...
Pedro Jaureguiberry, N. Titeux, M. Wiemers, D. Bowler, L. Coscieme, Abigail S. Golden, Carlos A. Guerra, U. Jacob, Yasuo Takahashi, J. Settele, Sandra Díaz, Z. Mólnar, A. Purvis   +12 more
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Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021
Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases of humans caused by pathogens that are shared between humans and other vertebrate animals. Previously, pristine natural areas with high biodiversity were seen as likely sources of new zoonotic pathogens, suggesting that biodiversity could have negative impacts on human health. At the same time, biodiversity has
Felicia Keesing, Richard S. Ostfeld
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Quantifying the use of natural history collections [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
Measuring the use of natural history collections is essential to understand their past and present impact on science, to underpin decisions about their management and to assist with deploying them optimally to address societal challenges.
Max Caspers, Luc Willemse, Niels Raes, Erik Smets, Peter Schalk, Olaf Bánki, Gideon Gijswijt   +6 more
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Limited phylogeographic and genetic connectivity in Acacia species of low stature in an arid landscape

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Widespread plant species are expected to maintain genetic diversity and gene flow via pollen and seed dispersal. Stature is a key life history trait that affects seed and potentially pollen dispersal, with limited stature associated with limited ...
Melissa A. Millar, Rachel M. Binks, Sarah‐Louise Tapper, Bronwyn M. Macdonald, Shelley L. McArthur, Margaret Hankinson, David J. Coates, Stephen vanLeeuwen, Margaret Byrne   +8 more
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The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches

Science, 2022
Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery across different restoration approaches.
Fangyuan Hua, L. A. Bruijnzeel, P. Meli, Phillip A Martin, Jun Zhang, Shinichi Nakagawa, Xinran Miao, Weiyi Wang, C. McEvoy, J. Peña-Arancibia, P. Brancalion, Philip Smith, D. Edwards, A. Balmford   +13 more
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Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance Understanding the impacts of urbanization and the associated urban land expansion on species is vital for informed urban planning that minimizes biodiversity loss.
R. Simkin, K. Seto, R. McDonald, W. Jetz
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Utilisation of Oxford Nanopore sequencing to generate six complete gastropod mitochondrial genomes as part of a biodiversity curriculum

Scientific Reports, 2022
High-throughput sequencing has enabled genome skimming approaches to produce complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) for species identification and phylogenomics purposes.
Mattia De Vivo, Hsin-Han Lee, Yu-Sin Huang, Niklas Dreyer, Chia-Ling Fong, Felipe Monteiro Gomes de Mattos, Dharmesh Jain, Yung-Hui Victoria Wen, John Karichu Mwihaki, Tzi-Yuan Wang, Ryuji J. Machida, John Wang, Benny K. K. Chan, Isheng Jason Tsai   +13 more
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