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Comparing and contrasting threat assessments of plant species at the global and sub-global level

Name: Comparing and contrasting threat assessments of plant species at the global and sub-global level
Keywords: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Ross Mounce; Malin C. Rivers; Suzanne Sharrock; Paul Smith; Samuel F. Brockington;

Open Access

Published: 12 Dec 2017

Publisher: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Country: United Kingdom

Summary

Abstract

Evidence-based assessments of extinction risk are established tools used to inform the conservation of plant species, and form the basis of key targets within the framework of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). An overall picture of plants threat assessments is challenging due to the use of a variety of methodologies and range in scope from global to subnational. In this study, we quantify the state of progress in assessing the extinction risk of all land plants, determine the key geographic and taxonomic gaps with respect to our understanding of plant extinction risk, and evaluate the impact of different sources and methodologies on the utility ...

Persistent Identifiers

doi: 10.17863/cam.20630 , 10.1007/s10531-017-1472-z , 10.5281/zenodo.1197398 , 10.5281/zenodo.1197399

Subjects

free text keywords: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Threatened species, Environmental resource management, business.industry, business, Biodiversity, IUCN Red List, Plant species, Geography, Strengths and weaknesses, Extinction, Convention on Biological Diversity, Global strategy

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