Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
DOI
10.1126/science.1194442
Publication Title
Science
Volume
330
Issue
6010
Pages
1503-1509
Abstract
Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world's vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.
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Original Publication Citation
Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Bohm, M., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., . . . Stuart, S. N. (2010). The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates. Science, 330(6010), 1503-1509. doi:10.1126/science.1194442
Repository Citation
Hoffmann, Michael; Hilton-Taylor, Craig; Angulo, Ariadne; Böhm, Monika; Brooks, Thomas M.; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Chanson, Janice; Polidoro, Beth A.; and Sanciangco, Jonnell C., "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates" (2010). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 314.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/314
ORCID
0000-0003-3618-1811 (Carpenter), 0000-0002-4361-0189 (Polidoro)
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