Imperial College London
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Professor Andy Purvis

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

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Citation

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@article{Newbold:2015:10.1038/nature14324,
author = {Newbold, T and Hudson, LN and Hill, SLL and Contu, S and Lysenko, I and Senior, RA and Boerger, L and Bennett, DJ and Choimes, A and Collen, B and Day, J and De, Palma A and Diaz, S and Echeverria-Londono, S and Edgar, MJ and Feldman, A and Garon, M and Harrison, MLK and Alhusseini, T and Ingram, DJ and Itescu, Y and Kattge, J and Kemp, V and Kirkpatrick, L and Kleyer, M and Correia, DLP and Martin, CD and Meiri, S and Novosolov, M and Pan, Y and Phillips, HRP and Purves, DW and Robinson, A and Simpson, J and Tuck, SL and Weiher, E and White, HJ and Ewers, RM and Mace, GM and Scharlemann, JPW and Purvis, A},
doi = {10.1038/nature14324},
journal = {Nature},
pages = {45--50},
title = {Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14324},
volume = {520},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a concern given their importance for many ecosystem functions and services. We analysed a terrestrial assemblage database of unprecedented geographic and taxonomic coverage to quantify local biodiversity responses to land use and related changes. Here we show that in the worst-affected habitats, these pressures reduce within-sample species richness by an average of 76.5%, total abundance by 39.5% and rarefaction-based richness by 40.3%. We estimate that, globally, these pressures have already slightly reduced average within-sample richness (by 13.6%), total abundance (10.7%) and rarefaction-based richness (8.1%), with changes showing marked spatial variation. Rapid further losses are predicted under a business-as-usual land-use scenario; within-sample richness is projected to fall by a further 3.4% globally by 2100, with losses concentrated in biodiverse but economically poor countries. Strong mitigation can deliver much more positive biodiversity changes (up to a 1.9% average increase) that are less strongly related to countries' socioeconomic status.
AU  - Newbold,T
AU  - Hudson,LN
AU  - Hill,SLL
AU  - Contu,S
AU  - Lysenko,I
AU  - Senior,RA
AU  - Boerger,L
AU  - Bennett,DJ
AU  - Choimes,A
AU  - Collen,B
AU  - Day,J
AU  - De,Palma A
AU  - Diaz,S
AU  - Echeverria-Londono,S
AU  - Edgar,MJ
AU  - Feldman,A
AU  - Garon,M
AU  - Harrison,MLK
AU  - Alhusseini,T
AU  - Ingram,DJ
AU  - Itescu,Y
AU  - Kattge,J
AU  - Kemp,V
AU  - Kirkpatrick,L
AU  - Kleyer,M
AU  - Correia,DLP
AU  - Martin,CD
AU  - Meiri,S
AU  - Novosolov,M
AU  - Pan,Y
AU  - Phillips,HRP
AU  - Purves,DW
AU  - Robinson,A
AU  - Simpson,J
AU  - Tuck,SL
AU  - Weiher,E
AU  - White,HJ
AU  - Ewers,RM
AU  - Mace,GM
AU  - Scharlemann,JPW
AU  - Purvis,A
DO  - 10.1038/nature14324
EP  - 50
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 0028-0836
SP  - 45
TI  - Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity
T2  - Nature
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14324
UR  - https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14324
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/30636
VL  - 520
ER  -
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