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Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny by Isaac, Nick J B, Turvey, Samuel T, Collen, Ben, Waterman, Carly, Baillie, Jonathan E M

“…Conservation priority setting based on phylogenetic diversity has frequently been proposed but rarely implemented. Here, we define a simple index that measures…”
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High variability in patterns of population decline: the importance of local processes in species extinctions by Cowlishaw, Guy, Pettifor, Richard A, Isaac, Nick J.B

“…A fundamental goal of conservation science is to improve conservation practice. Understanding species extinction patterns has been a central approach towards…”
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Trait correlates of distribution trends in the Odonata of Britain and Ireland by Powney, Gary D, Cham, Steve S A, Smallshire, Dave, Isaac, Nick J B

“…A major challenge in ecology is understanding why certain species persist, while others decline, in response to environmental change. Trait-based comparative…”
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Data Integration for Large-Scale Models of Species Distributions by Isaac, Nick J.B., Jarzyna, Marta A., Keil, Petr, Dambly, Lea I., Boersch-Supan, Philipp H., Browning, Ella, Freeman, Stephen N., Golding, Nick, Guillera-Arroita, Gurutzeta, Henrys, Peter A., Jarvis, Susan, Lahoz-Monfort, José, Pagel, Jörn, Pescott, Oliver L., Schmucki, Reto, Simmonds, Emily G., O’Hara, Robert B.

“…With the expansion in the quantity and types of biodiversity data being collected, there is a need to find ways to combine these different sources to provide…”
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Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions by Oliver, Tom H., Heard, Matthew S., Isaac, Nick J.B., Roy, David B., Procter, Deborah, Eigenbrod, Felix, Freckleton, Rob, Hector, Andy, Orme, C. David L., Petchey, Owen L., Proença, Vânia, Raffaelli, David, Suttle, K. Blake, Mace, Georgina M., Martín-López, Berta, Woodcock, Ben A., Bullock, James M.

“…Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much…”
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Scaling of basal metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in mammals by Clarke, Andrew, Rothery, Peter, Isaac, Nick J. B.

“…1. We present a statistical analysis of the scaling of resting (basal) metabolic rate, BMR, with body mass, Bm and body temperature, Tb, in mammals. 2. Whilst…”
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The recording behaviour of field-based citizen scientists and its impact on biodiversity trend analysis by Pocock, Michael J.O., Logie, Mark, Isaac, Nick J.B., Fox, Richard, August, Tom

“…•Opportunistic citizen science is valuable for biodiversity trend analysis.•Participants in citizen science vary in their recording behaviour.•Estimated trends…”
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Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses by Isaac, Nick J.B, Carbone, Chris

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 728-735 The metabolic theory of ecology links physiology with ecology, and successfully predicts many allometric scaling…”
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Winners and losers over 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional change in Germany by Bowler, Diana E., Eichenberg, David, Conze, Klaus-Jürgen, Suhling, Frank, Baumann, Kathrin, Benken, Theodor, Bönsel, André, Bittner, Torsten, Drews, Arne, Günther, André, Isaac, Nick J.B., Petzold, Falk, Seyring, Marcel, Spengler, Torsten, Trockur, Bernd, Willigalla, Christoph, Bruelheide, Helge, Jansen, Florian, Bonn, Aletta

“…Aim Recent studies suggest insect declines in parts of Europe; however, the generality of these trends across different taxa and regions remains unclear…”
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Dominance and Affiliation Mediate Despotism in a Social Primate by King, Andrew J., Douglas, Caitlin M.S., Huchard, Elise, Isaac, Nick J.B., Cowlishaw, Guy

“…Group-living animals routinely have to reach a consensus decision and choose between mutually exclusive actions in order to coordinate their activities and…”
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Accounting for spatial autocorrelation and environment are important to derive robust bat population trends from citizen science data by Browning, Ella, Freeman, Robin, Boughey, Katherine L., Isaac, Nick J.B., Jones, Kate E.

“…•Uneven sampling is a common problem in citizen science data impacting inference.•Controlling for spatial biases results in robust bat population trend…”
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Multi-species population indices for sets of species including rare, disappearing or newly occurring species by Korner-Nievergelt, Fränzi, Strebel, Nicolas, Buckland, Stephen T., Freeman, Robin, Gregory, Richard D., Guélat, Jérôme, Isaac, Nick J.B., Mc Rae, Louise, Roth, Tobias, Schirmer, Saskia, Soldaat, Leo L., Voříšek, Petr, Sattler, Thomas

“…[Display omitted] •We present alternatives to the geometric mean for multi-species indices (MSIs).•The new methods allow for zero values in the data.•The…”
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priority species indicator: measuring the trends in threatened species in the UK by Eaton, Mark A, Burns, Fiona, Isaac, Nick J.B, Gregory, Richard D, August, Tom A, Barlow, Kate E, Brereton, Tom, Brooks, David R, Al Fulaij, Nida, Haysom, Karen A, Noble, David G, Outhwaite, Charlotte, Powney, Gary D, Procter, Deborah, Williams, James

“…We describe the development of two complementary priority species indicators (PSIs) to help the UK to report progress towards Aichi target 12 on the status of…”
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Defaunation in the Anthropocene by Dirzo, Rodolfo, Young, Hillary S., Galetti, Mauro, Ceballos, Gerardo, Isaac, Nick J. B., Collen, Ben

“…We live amid a global wave of anthropogenically driven biodiversity loss: species and population extirpations and, critically, declines in local species…”
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Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain by Powney, Gary D., Carvell, Claire, Edwards, Mike, Morris, Roger K. A., Roy, Helen E., Woodcock, Ben A., Isaac, Nick J. B.

“…Pollination is a critical ecosystem service underpinning the productivity of agricultural systems across the world. Wild insect populations provide a…”
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On the trade-off between accuracy and spatial resolution when estimating species occupancy from geographically biased samples by Boyd, Robin J., Bowler, Diana E., Isaac, Nick J.B., Pescott, Oliver L.

“…•Geographic biases cause error when estimating species occupancy.•Using theory and simulations, we show that error is larger at finer resolutions.•Estimates of…”
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Measuring β-diversity with species abundance data by Barwell, Louise J., Isaac, Nick J. B., Kunin, William E.

“…1. In 2003, 24 presence–absence β-diversity metrics were reviewed and a number of trade-offs and redundancies identified. We present a parallel investigation…”
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Rapid Anthropocene realignment of allometric scaling rules by Santini, Luca, Isaac, Nick J. B., Rodrigues, Ana

“…The negative relationship between body size and population density in mammals is often interpreted as resulting from energetic constraints. In a global change…”
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Beyond maps: a review of the applications of biological records by Powney, Gary D., Isaac, Nick J. B.

“…Biological records are one of the most important sources of data for a large number of research areas. For example, their application has made valuable…”
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Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss by Oliver, Tom H., Isaac, Nick J. B., August, Tom A., Woodcock, Ben A., Roy, David B., Bullock, James M.

“…The composition of species communities is changing rapidly through drivers such as habitat loss and climate change, with potentially serious consequences for…”
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