A framework for the detection and attribution of biodiversity change [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 The causes of biodiversity change are of great scientific interest and central to policy efforts aimed at meeting biodiversity targets. Changes in species diversity and high rates of compositional turnover have been reported worldwide.
Andrew Gonzalez +2 more
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Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Estimating biodiversity change across the planet in the context of widespread human modification is a critical challenge. Here, we review how biodiversity has changed in recent decades across scales and taxonomic groups, focusing on four diversity ...
M. Dornelas +13 more
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Abundance decline in the avifauna of the European Union reveals cross‐continental similarities in biodiversity change [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Although global assessments provide evidence of biodiversity decline, some have questioned the strength of the evidence, with local assemblage studies often showing a more balanced picture of biodiversity change.
Fiona Burns +6 more
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Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 This issue addresses the multifaceted problems of understanding biodiversity change to meet emerging international development and conservation goals, national economic accounting and diverse community needs. Recent international agreements highlight the
E. Tekwa +3 more
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Abundance estimation with DNA metabarcoding – recent advancements for terrestrial arthropods [PDF]
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 2023 Biodiversity is declining at alarming rates worldwide and large-scale monitoring is urgently needed to understand changes and their drivers. While classical taxonomic identification of species is time and labour intensive, the combination with DNA-based ...
Wiebke Sickel +4 more
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Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 In this study, we aim to uncover diet preferences for the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri (Leisler's bat, the lesser noctule) and to provide recommendations for conservation of the species, based on the analysis of prey source habitats. Using a novel
Sarah Bourlat +8 more
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An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part II. superfamily Papilionoidea [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2021 We provide an updated catalogue of the type material of the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea deposited in the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZMH).
Reza Zahiri +7 more
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Marine Biodiversity, 2023 Thresholds and tipping points are frequently used concepts to address the risks of global change pressures and their mitigation. It is tempting to also consider them to understand biodiversity change and design measures to ensure biotic integrity.
H. Hillebrand +4 more
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Biodiversity change in light of succession theory
Oikos, 2023 Biodiversity is rapidly changing in the Anthropocene, but not all directional changes observed in biodiversity time series are anthropogenic. We discuss key research findings in global change ecology from the past decade, considering the possibility that
Ingmar R. Staude, A. Weigelt, C. Wirth
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Local biodiversity change reflects interactions among changing abundance, evenness and richness
bioRxiv, 2021 Biodiversity metrics often integrate data on the presence and abundance of multiple species. Yet understanding covariation of changes to the numbers of individuals, the evenness of species’ relative abundances, and the total number of species remains ...
S. Blowes +12 more
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