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Ecology and Society, 2000 Population viability analysis (PVA) is used in conservation biology to predict extinction probabilities for threatened species. Previous studies have revealed large differences between the predictions of PVA modeling packages, but these comparisons ...
Barry W. Brook +2 more
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Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi [PDF]
Plants, People, Planet, 2020 Societal Impact Statement There is increasing awareness that plants and fungi, as natural solutions, can play an important role in tackling ongoing global environmental challenges.
Eimear Nic Lughadha +29 more
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Extinction and morphospace occupation: A critical review
Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 2023 Processes of extinction, especially selectivity, can be studied using the distribution of species in morphospace. Random extinction reduces the number of species but has little effect on the range of morphologies or ecological roles in a fauna or flora ...
P. David Polly
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Predicting extinctions with species distribution models
Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 2023 Predictions of species-level extinction risk from climate change are mostly based on species distribution models (SDMs). Reviewing the literature, we summarise why the translation of SDM results to extinction risk is conceptually and methodologically ...
Damaris Zurell +3 more
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The perils of picky eating: dietary breadth is related to extinction risk in insectivorous bats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Several recent papers evaluate the relationship between ecological characteristics and extinction risk in bats. These studies report that extinction risk is negatively related to geographic range size and positively related to habitat specialization ...
Justin G Boyles, Jonathan J Storm
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Verifying the predicted risk of extinction based on ecological characteristics
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Red List status of species should reflect species extinction risk. Because data are limited and species response has a time lag, species may be threatened by extinction even if they are not Red‐Listed.
Atte Komonen, Janne S. Kotiaho
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Trees are fundamental for Earth’s biodiversity as primary producers and ecosystem engineers and are responsible for many of nature’s contributions to people. Yet, many tree species at present are threatened with extinction by human activities.
Sandro Valerio Silva +8 more
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Extinction risk of soil biota [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2015 AbstractNo species lives on earth forever. Knowing when and why species go extinct is crucial for a complete understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic activity, and its impact on ecosystem functioning. Even though soil biota play a key role in maintaining the functioning of ecosystems, the vast majority of existing studies focus on aboveground
Stavros D. Veresoglou +2 more
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Multispecies approaches to status assessments in support of endangered species classifications
Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 Multispecies risk assessments have developed within many international conservation programs, reflecting a widespread need for efficiency. Under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA), multispecies assessments ultimately lead to species‐level ...
Daniel B. Fitzgerald +6 more
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