David Baker

TL;DR: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis investigating the frequency and importance of different mechanisms by which climate has impacted natural populations found significantly greater support for indirect, biotic mechanisms than direct, abiotic mechanisms as mediators of the impact of climate on populations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the efficacy of Environmental Stewardship in driving changes in national farmland bird populations over the period 2002-2010, using BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey data, and find strong evidence for positive effects of management that provides winter food resources (i.e. stubble and wild bird seed [WBS] crops).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline an integrative methodological framework for assessing climate change impacts on species that uses both traditional species distribution modelling approaches and biological trait-based assessments. And they show how these models can be used conceptually as inputs to guide conservation monitoring and planning.

TL;DR: The choice of baseline climate data constituted an important source of uncertainty in projections of both species turnover and species-specific climate suitability, and the relative contribution of these factors to projection uncertainty varied spatially.

TL;DR: It is suggested that PD adds additional insights about the irreplaceability of communities to conventional metrics of biodiversity based on SR, and could be usefully included in assessments of site valuation and prioritization.