Search Results - "WILCOVE, DAVID S."

Long delays in banning trade in threatened species by Frank, Eyal G, Wilcove, David S

“…Scientific knowledge should be applied with more urgency The harvesting of wild animals and plants for international trade affects thousands of species, and…”
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Upper tidal flats are disproportionately important for the conservation of migratory shorebirds by Mu, Tong, Wilcove, David S.

“…Migratory animals play vital ecological roles in ecosystems worldwide, yet many species are threatened by human activities. Understanding the detailed patterns…”
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Going, going, gone: is animal migration disappearing by Wilcove, David S, Wikelski, Martin

“…Most of the migrants are in little immediate danger of extinction; rather, they are becoming less and less common. [...]birdwatchers can still see all of the…”
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Addressing the threats to biodiversity from oil-palm agriculture by Wilcove, David S, Koh, Lian Pin

“…Oil-palm agriculture is the greatest immediate threat to biodiversity in Southeast Asia. Despite the efforts of environmentalists, oil palm continues to expand…”
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Opportunities for biodiversity gains under the world’s largest reforestation programme by Hua, Fangyuan, Wang, Xiaoyang, Zheng, Xinlei, Fisher, Brendan, Wang, Lin, Zhu, Jianguo, Tang, Ya, Yu, Douglas W., Wilcove, David S.

“…Reforestation is a critical means of addressing the environmental and social problems of deforestation. China’s Grain-for-Green Program (GFGP) is the world’s…”
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The past and future role of conservation science in saving biodiversity by Williams, David R, Balmford, Andrew, Wilcove, David S

“…Global biodiversity losses continue despite tremendous growth in the volume of conservation science and many local successes. Research that can achieve…”
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Predicting plant invasions in an era of global change by Bradley, Bethany A., Blumenthal, Dana M., Wilcove, David S., Ziska, Lewis H.

“…The relationship between plant invasions and global change is complex. Whereas some components of global change, such as rising CO 2, usually promote invasion,…”
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Projected impacts of climate and land-use change on the global diversity of birds by Jetz, Walter, Wilcove, David S, Dobson, Andrew P

“…Over the past few decades, land-use and climate change have led to substantial range contractions and species extinctions. Even more dramatic changes to global…”
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Conservation of Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene by Edwards, David P., Socolar, Jacob B., Mills, Simon C., Burivalova, Zuzana, Koh, Lian Pin, Wilcove, David S.

“…If current trends continue, the tropical forests of the Anthropocene will be much smaller, simpler, steeper and emptier than they are today. They will be more…”
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Temperature and competition interact to structure Himalayan bird communities by Srinivasan, Umesh, Elsen, Paul R., Tingley, Morgan W., Wilcove, David S.

“…Longstanding theory predicts that competitive interactions set species' range limits in relatively aseasonal, species-rich regions, while temperature limits…”
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Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges by Wilson, Maxwell C., Chen, Xiao-Yong, Corlett, Richard T., Didham, Raphael K., Ding, Ping, Holt, Robert D., Holyoak, Marcel, Hu, Guang, Hughes, Alice C., Jiang, Lin, Laurance, William F., Liu, Jiajia, Pimm, Stuart L., Robinson, Scott K., Russo, Sabrina E., Si, Xingfeng, Wilcove, David S., Wu, Jianguo, Yu, Mingjian

“…Habitat loss and fragmentation has long been considered the primary cause for biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation worldwide, and is a key research…”
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Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding by Ji, Yinqiu, Ashton, Louise, Pedley, Scott M, Edwards, David P, Tang, Yong, Nakamura, Akihiro, Kitching, Roger, Dolman, Paul M, Woodcock, Paul, Edwards, Felicity A, Larsen, Trond H, Hsu, Wayne W, Benedick, Suzan, Hamer, Keith C, Wilcove, David S, Bruce, Catharine, Wang, Xiaoyang, Levi, Taal, Lott, Martin, Emerson, Brent C, Yu, Douglas W, Holyoak, Marcel

“…To manage and conserve biodiversity, one must know what is being lost, where, and why, as well as which remedies are likely to be most effective. Metabarcoding…”
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The role of competition, ecotones, and temperature in the elevational distribution of Himalayan birds by Elsen, Paul R., Tingley, Morgan W., Kalyanaraman, Ramnarayan, Ramesh, Krishnamurthy, Wilcove, David S.

“…There is clear evidence that species' ranges along environmental gradients are constrained by both biotic and abiotic factors, yet their relative importance in…”
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Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change by Mi, Chunrong, Ma, Liang, Yang, Mengyuan, Li, Xinhai, Meiri, Shai, Roll, Uri, Oskyrko, Oleksandra, Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Harvey, Lilly P., Jablonski, Daniel, Safaei-Mahroo, Barbod, Ghaffari, Hanyeh, Smid, Jiri, Jarvie, Scott, Kimani, Ronnie Mwangi, Masroor, Rafaqat, Kazemi, Seyed Mahdi, Nneji, Lotanna Micah, Fokoua, Arnaud Marius Tchassem, Tasse Taboue, Geraud C., Bauer, Aaron, Nogueira, Cristiano, Meirte, Danny, Chapple, David G., Das, Indraneil, Grismer, Lee, Avila, Luciano Javier, Ribeiro Júnior, Marco Antônio, Tallowin, Oliver J. S., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Wagner, Philipp, Ron, Santiago R., Wang, Yuezhao, Itescu, Yuval, Nagy, Zoltán Tamás, Wilcove, David S., Liu, Xuan, Du, Weiguo

“…Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Here, we collated distributional data for >14,000 (~70% of) species of amphibians and…”
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Fine- and coarse-filter conservation strategies in a time of climate change by Tingley, Morgan W., Darling, Emily S., Wilcove, David S.

“…As species adapt to a changing climate, so too must humans adapt to a new conservation landscape. Classical frameworks have distinguished between fine‐ and…”
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Measuring the impact of the pet trade on Indonesian birds by Harris, J. Berton C., Tingley, Morgan W., Hua, Fangyuan, Yong, Ding Li, Adeney, J. Marion, Lee, Tien Ming, Marthy, William, Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Sekercioglu, Cagan H., Suyadi, Winarni, Nurul, Wilcove, David S.

“…The trade in wild animals involves one-third of the world's bird species and thousands of other vertebrate species. Although a few species are imperiled as a…”
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Too few, too late: U.S. Endangered Species Act undermined by inaction and inadequate funding by Eberhard, Erich K, Wilcove, David S, Dobson, Andrew P

“…This year, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will meet to finalize a post 2020-framework for biodiversity conservation,…”
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The high costs of conserving Southeast Asia's lowland rainforests by Fisher, Brendan, Edwards, David P, Giam, Xingli, Wilcove, David S

“…Mechanisms that mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions via forest conservation have been portrayed as a cost-effective approach that can also protect biodiversity…”
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Degraded lands worth protecting: the biological importance of Southeast Asia's repeatedly logged forests by Edwards, David P., Larsen, Trond H., Docherty, Teegan D. S., Ansell, Felicity A., Hsu, Wayne W., Derhé, Mia A., Hamer, Keith C., Wilcove, David S.

“…Southeast Asia is a hotspot of imperilled biodiversity, owing to extensive logging and forest conversion to oil palm agriculture. The degraded forests that…”
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Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities by Ma, Liang, Conradie, Shannon R., Crawford, Christopher L., Gardner, Alexandra S., Kearney, Michael R., Maclean, Ilya M. D., McKechnie, Andrew E., Mi, Chun-Rong, Senior, Rebecca A., Wilcove, David S.

“…The world’s warm deserts are predicted to experience disproportionately large temperature increases due to climate change, yet the impacts on global desert…”
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