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John L. Gittleman
Researcher at University of Georgia
Publications - 131
Citations - 36080
John L. Gittleman is an academic researcher from University of Georgia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Extinction. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 130 publications receiving 32573 citations. Previous affiliations of John L. Gittleman include University of Tennessee & University of Virginia.
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Global trends in emerging infectious diseases
Kate E. Jones,Nikkita Gunvant Patel,Marc A. Levy,Adam Storeygard,Adam Storeygard,Deborah Balk,Deborah Balk,John L. Gittleman,Peter Daszak +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that global resources to counter disease emergence are poorly allocated, with the majority of the scientific and surveillance effort focused on countries from where the next important EID is least likely to originate.
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The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection
Stuart L. Pimm,Clinton N. Jenkins,Robin Abell,Thomas M. Brooks,John L. Gittleman,Lucas Joppa,Peter H. Raven,Callum M. Roberts,Joseph O. Sexton +8 more
TL;DR: The biodiversity of eukaryote species and their extinction rates, distributions, and protection is reviewed, and what the future rates of species extinction will be, how well protected areas will slow extinction Rates, and how the remaining gaps in knowledge might be filled are reviewed.
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The delayed rise of present-day mammals
Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds,Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds,Marcel Cardillo,Kate E. Jones,Ross D. E. MacPhee,Robin M. D. Beck,Richard Grenyer,Samantha A. Price,Rutger A. Vos,John L. Gittleman,Andy Purvis +10 more
TL;DR: The results show that the phylogenetic ‘fuses’ leading to the explosion of extant placental orders are not only very much longer than suspected previously, but also challenge the hypothesis that the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event had a major, direct influence on the diversification of today’s mammals.
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The future of biodiversity
TL;DR: Estimates of future extinctions are hampered by the authors' limited knowledge of which areas are rich in endemics, and regions rich in species found only within them (endemics) dominate the global patterns of extinction.
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The future of biodiversity.
TL;DR: For example, the authors showed that if all species currently deemed "threatened" become extinct in the next century, then future extinction rates will be 10 times higher than recent rates in well-known, but taxonomically diverse groups from widely different environments.