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These values predicted for the near future are in a similar range as previous estimates for the current biodiversity crisis12,17,46. Also, they greatly exceed other regional extinction events in the European fossil record. For example, the extinction rate of freshwater gastropods has risen already...
There’s a lot of things not to like about the way the IPCC communicates what they do, but for me the main one is that they speak a very specific dialect of bureaucrat that no-one else understands unless they’ve also worked on UN things and speak the same sort of acronym. The worst...
The human race faces many global to local challenges in the near future. Among these are massive biodiversity losses. The 2012 IUCN/SSC Red List reported evaluations of ~56 % of all vertebrates. This included 97 % of amphibians, mammals, birds, cartilaginous fishes, and hagfishes. It also ...
Mass strandings of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are rare in the Mediterranean Sea. Nevertheless, in 2014 a pod of 7 specimens stranded alive along the Italian coast of the Central Adriatic Sea: 3 individuals died on the beach after a few hours d
At the same time, we must pursue an energy policy that works for all Americans. For wind production, this means addressing the potential impact on fishermen and marine wildlife. Many fishermen have raised concerns that wind development will lead to burdensome restrictions, ...
Bury RB (2006) Natural history, field ecology, conservation biology and wildlife management: time to connect the dots. Herpetol Conserv Biol 1:56–61 Google Scholar Butchart SHM, Walpole M, Collen B, van Strein A, Scharlemann JPW et al (2010) Global biodiversity: indicators of recent declin...
Southwestern Virginia Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Abingdon, VA 24210, USA 3 Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Portland, OR 97232, USA 4 La Crosse Fish Health Center, Midwest Fisheries Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Onalaska, WI 54650, USA * Authors ...