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DOI | 10.1038/s41467-020-14771-6 |
A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness | |
Howard, Christine1; Flather, Curtis H.2; Stephens, Philip A.1 | |
2020-02-20 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
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ISSN | 2041-1723 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 11期号:1 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; USA |
英文摘要 | High numbers of threatened species might be expected to occur where overall species richness is also high; however, this explains only a proportion of the global variation in threatened species richness. Understanding why many areas have more or fewer threatened species than would be expected given their species richness, and whether that is consistent across taxa, is essential for identifying global conservation priorities. Here, we show that, after controlling for species richness, environmental factors, such as temperature and insularity, are typically more important than human impacts for explaining spatial variation in global threatened species richness. Human impacts, nevertheless, have an important role, with relationships varying between vertebrate groups and zoogeographic regions. Understanding this variation provides a framework for establishing global conservation priorities, identifying those regions where species are inherently more vulnerable to the effects of threatening human processes, and forecasting how threatened species might be distributed in a changing world. Understanding to what extent geographic patterns in threatened species diversity are driven by environmental features or human activities could aid conservation. Here, Howard et al. investigate broad scale patterns in species richness of threatened vertebrates and test the role of environmental and anthropogenic drivers. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000517268100008 |
WOS关键词 | HUMAN-POPULATION DENSITY ; EXTINCTION RISK ; LAND-COVER ; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ; PROTECTED AREAS ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; CLIMATE ; DIVERSITY ; PATTERNS |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/249800 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Durham, Dept Biosci, Conservat Ecol Grp, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England; 2.US Forest Serv, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Ft Collins, CO 80526 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Howard, Christine,Flather, Curtis H.,Stephens, Philip A.. A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2020,11(1). |
APA | Howard, Christine,Flather, Curtis H.,&Stephens, Philip A..(2020).A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,11(1). |
MLA | Howard, Christine,et al."A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 11.1(2020). |
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