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ProfessorJamesRosindell

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

Professor of Biodiversity Theory
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2242j.rosindell

 
 
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W1.5KennedySilwood Park

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Citation

BibTex format

@article{Gumbs:2023:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001991,
author = {Gumbs, R and Gray, C and Böhm, M and Burfield, I and Couchman, O and Faith, D and Forest, F and Hoffmann, M and Isaac, N and Jetz, W and Mace, G and Mooers, A and Safi, K and Scott, O and Steel, M and Tucker, C and Pearse, W and Owen, N and Rosindell, J},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3001991},
journal = {PLoS Biology},
pages = {1--22},
title = {The EDGE2 protocol: advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001991},
volume = {21},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The conservation of evolutionary history has been linked to increased benefits for humanity and can be captured by phylogenetic diversity (PD). The Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) metric has, since 2007, been used to prioritise threatened species for practical conservation that embody large amounts of evolutionary history. While there have been important research advances since 2007, they have not been adopted in practice because of a lack of consensus in the conservation community. Here, building from an interdisciplinary workshop to update the existing EDGE approach, we present an “EDGE2” protocol that draws on a decade of research and innovation to develop an improved, consistent methodology for prioritising species conservation efforts. Key advances include methods for dealing with uncertainty and accounting for the extinction risk of closely related species. We describe EDGE2 in terms of distinct components to facilitate future revisions to its constituent parts without needing to reconsider the whole. We illustrate EDGE2 by applying it to the world’s mammals. As we approach a crossroads for global biodiversity policy, this Consensus View shows how collaboration between academic and applied conservation biologists can guide effective and practical priority-setting to conserve biodiversity.
AU  - Gumbs,R
AU  - Gray,C
AU  - Böhm,M
AU  - Burfield,I
AU  - Couchman,O
AU  - Faith,D
AU  - Forest,F
AU  - Hoffmann,M
AU  - Isaac,N
AU  - Jetz,W
AU  - Mace,G
AU  - Mooers,A
AU  - Safi,K
AU  - Scott,O
AU  - Steel,M
AU  - Tucker,C
AU  - Pearse,W
AU  - Owen,N
AU  - Rosindell,J
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001991
EP  - 22
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 1544-9173
SP  - 1
TI  - The EDGE2 protocol: advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action
T2  - PLoS Biology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001991
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001991
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/102913
VL  - 21
ER  -
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