A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness

Christine Howard; Curtis H. Flather; Philip A. Stephens

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14771-6

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness

Christine Howard,
Curtis H. Flather,
Philip A. Stephens

Affiliations

Christine Howard: Conservation Ecology Group, Department of Biosciences, Durham University
Curtis H. Flather: US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Philip A. Stephens: Conservation Ecology Group, Department of Biosciences, Durham University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14771-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Understanding to what extent geographic patterns in threatened species diversity are driven by environmental features or human activities could aid conservation. Here, Howard et al. investigate broad scale patterns in species richness of threatened vertebrates and test the role of environmental and anthropogenic drivers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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