Search Results - "Winter, Marten"
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Phylogenetic diversity and nature conservation: where are we?
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) (01-04-2013)“…To date, there is little evidence that phylogenetic diversity has contributed to nature conservation. Here, we discuss the scientific justification of using…”
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Increasing species richness but decreasing phylogenetic richness and divergence over a 320-year period of urbanization
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-08-2017)“…1. Urbanization is increasing faster than ever, contributing to a global extinction crisis. Recently, scientists have debated whether species richness on local…”
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Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands worldwide
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-09-2018)“…One of the best-known general patterns in island biogeography is the species–isolation relationship (SIR), a decrease in the number of native species with…”
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The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (18-10-2019)“…Human activities are fundamentally altering biodiversity. Projections of declines at the global scale are contrasted by highly variable trends at local scales,…”
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A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-05-2017)“…ABSTRACT The use of phylogenies in ecology is increasingly common and has broadened our understanding of biological diversity. Ecological sub‐disciplines,…”
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Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-03-2018)“…Our ability to predict the identity of future invasive alien species is largely based upon knowledge of prior invasion history. Emerging alien species—those…”
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Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research
Published in Nature communications (03-08-2020)“…Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world’s biodiversity, contributing to many crucial ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general…”
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Conventional land‐use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta‐analysis
Published in Global change biology (01-06-2019)“…Most current research on land‐use intensification addresses its potential to either threaten biodiversity or to boost agricultural production. However, little…”
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Harmonizing taxon names in biodiversity data: A review of tools, databases and best practices
Published in Methods in ecology and evolution (01-01-2023)“…The process of standardizing taxon names, taxonomic name harmonization, is necessary to properly merge data indexed by taxon names. The large variety of…”
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A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-04-2014)“…Urbanization contributes to the loss of the world's biodiversity and the homogenization of its biota. However, comparative studies of urban biodiversity…”
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A unified classification of alien species based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts
Published in PLoS biology (01-05-2014)“…Species moved by human activities beyond the limits of their native geographic ranges into areas in which they do not naturally occur (termed aliens) can cause…”
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The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide
Published in Nature communications (12-04-2023)“…While the regional distribution of non-native species is increasingly well documented for some taxa, global analyses of non-native species in local assemblages…”
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Planning for the Future of Urban Biodiversity: A Global Review of City-Scale Initiatives
Published in Bioscience (01-04-2017)“…Cities represent considerable opportunities for forwarding global biodiversity and sustainability goals. We developed key attributes for conserving…”
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Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species
Published in Conservation biology (01-10-2014)“…Non‐native species cause changes in the ecosystems to which they are introduced. These changes, or some of them, are usually termed impacts; they can be…”
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Species richness change across spatial scales
Published in Oikos (01-08-2019)“…Humans have elevated global extinction rates and thus lowered global scale species richness. However, there is no a priori reason to expect that losses of…”
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Global mismatches in aboveground and belowground biodiversity
Published in Conservation biology (01-10-2019)“…Human activities are accelerating global biodiversity change and have resulted in severely threatened ecosystem services. A large proportion of terrestrial…”
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Plants capable of selfing are more likely to become naturalized
Published in Nature communications (31-10-2016)“…Many plant species have established self-sustaining populations outside their natural range because of human activities. Plants with selfing ability should be…”
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Naturalization of European plants on other continents: The role of donor habitats
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-12-2017)“…The success of European plant species as aliens worldwide is thought to reflect their association with human-disturbed environments. However, an explicit test…”
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Assessing the utility of conserving evolutionary history
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-10-2019)“…ABSTRACT It is often claimed that conserving evolutionary history is more efficient than species‐based approaches for capturing the attributes of biodiversity…”
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The global loss of floristic uniqueness
Published in Nature communications (15-12-2021)“…Regional species assemblages have been shaped by colonization, speciation and extinction over millions of years. Humans have altered biogeography by…”
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