Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk

  • Moreno Di Marco,
  • Oscar Venter,
  • Hugh P. Possingham,
  • James E. M. Watson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07049-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Species extinction risk is difficult to measure and often lags behind the pace of increasing threats. Here, the authors demonstrate how monitoring changes in cumulative human pressures could be used to rapidly assess potential change in species’ conservation status.