Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale.
Journal
Nature ecology & evolution
ISSN: 2397-334X
Titre abrégé: Nat Ecol Evol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101698577
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
26
03
2021
accepted:
15
07
2021
pubmed:
1
9
2021
medline:
19
1
2022
entrez:
31
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Anthropocene is characterized by unparalleled human impact on other species, potentially ushering in the sixth mass extinction. Yet mitigation efforts remain hampered by limited information on the spatial patterns and intensity of the threats driving global biodiversity loss. Here we use expert-derived information from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List on threats to 23,271 species, representing all terrestrial amphibians, birds and mammals, to generate global maps of the six major threats to these groups: agriculture, hunting and trapping, logging, pollution, invasive species, and climate change. Our results show that agriculture and logging are pervasive in the tropics and that hunting and trapping is the most geographically widespread threat to mammals and birds. Additionally, current representations of human pressure underestimate the overall pressure on biodiversity, due to the exclusion of threats such as hunting and climate change. Alarmingly, this is particularly the case in areas of the highest biodiversity importance.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34462602
doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01542-9
pii: 10.1038/s41559-021-01542-9
pmc: PMC8560638
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1510-1519Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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