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Green Plants in the Red: A Baseline Global Assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants.
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Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa
Identification of conservation priorities is essential for conservation planning, especially as the biodiversity crisis develops. We aimed to support conservation prioritisation by addressing knowledge gaps for the genus Aloe in the Horn of Africa. Specifically, we developed a dataset of herbarium voucher specimens and occurrence data to estimate geographic distribution...Bachman, Steven P. ; Wilkin, Paul ; Reader, Tom ; Field, Richard ; Weber, Odile …
Red List, threats, IUCN, and protected areas
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To clean or not to clean: Cleaning open‐source data improves extinction risk assessments for threatened plant species
Plants are under‐represented in conservation efforts, with only 9% of described species published on the IUCN Red List. Biodiversity aggregators including the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the more recent Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN) contain a wealth of potentially useful occurrence data. We investigate the influence of...Panter, Connor T. ; Clegg, Rosemary L. ; Moat, Justin ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Klitgård, Bente B. …
IUCN red list, extinction risk, extent of occurrence, Bolivia , open‐source data, BIEN , and GBIF
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Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi
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. We illustrate how understanding current and projected threats to plants and fungi is necessary to manage and mitigate risks, while building awareness of gaps and... -
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Caution Needed When Predicting Species Threat Status for Conservation Prioritization on a Global Scale
The recent Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report highlighted the large scale of extinction risks to biodiversity (Díaz et al., 2019). Assessing species' extinction risk is vital for setting conservation priorities and the first step toward protecting particular areas or groups. A widely accepted approach to... -
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Evidence-based guidelines for developing automated conservation assessment methods [PREPRINT].
Assessing species’ extinction risk is vital to setting conservation priorities. However, assessment endeavours like the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species have significant gaps in coverage of some taxonomic groups. Automated assessment (AA) methods are gaining popularity to fill these gaps, leveraging improvements in computing and digitally-available information. Choices made...Walker, Barnaby E. ; Leão, Tarciso C.C. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Lucas, Eve ; Nic Lughadha, Eimear
Biodiversity conservation, Automation, Machine learning, IUCN Red List, and Conservation assessments
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The ECAT dataset: expert-validated distribution data of endemic and sub-endemic trees of Central Africa (Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi).
In this data paper, we present a specimen-based occurrence dataset compiled in the framework of the Conservation of Endemic Central African Trees (ECAT) project with the aim of producing global conservation assessments for the IUCN Red List. The project targets all tree species endemic or sub-endemic to the Central African... -
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Plant species biogeographic origin shapes their current and future distribution on the world's highest island mountain.
Trethowan, Liam A. ; Walker, Barnaby E. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Heatubun, Charlie ; Puradyatmika, Pratita …
Sunda, Global change, Biogeography, Indonesia, Herbarium specimens, and Sahul
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Issues with species occurrence data and their impact on extinction risk assessments.
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use.
Madagascar’s biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar’s past and current terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by compiling and presenting comprehensive data on species diversity, endemism, and rates of species description and human uses, in addition to presenting an updated... -
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities.
Madagascar’s unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar’s terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by presenting data and analyses on documented and predicted species-level conservation statuses, the most prevalent and relevant threats,... -
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Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation.