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Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers
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In this paper, a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the underlying drivers of insect extinction, reveals dramatic rates of decline that may lead to the extinction of 40% of the world's insect species over the next few decades.About:
This article is published in Biological Conservation.The article was published on 2019-04-01. It has received 1754 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Species richness & Habitat destruction.read more
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Decline of the North American avifauna
Kenneth V. Rosenberg,Kenneth V. Rosenberg,Adriaan M. Dokter,Peter J. Blancher,John R. Sauer,Adam C. Smith,Paul A. Smith,Jessica C. Stanton,Arvind O. Panjabi,Laura Helft,Michael J. Parr,Peter P. Marra,Peter P. Marra +12 more
TL;DR: Using multiple and independent monitoring networks, population losses across much of the North American avifauna over 48 years are reported, including once-common species and from most biomes, demonstrating a continuing avifaunal crisis.
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Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts
TL;DR: Wagner et al. as discussed by the authors found that more than half of all amphibians are imperiled and more than 80% of all vertebrate species are in danger of extinction over the next few decades.
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Insect Declines in the Anthropocene
TL;DR: Because the geographic extent and magnitude of insect declines are largely unknown, there is an urgent need for monitoring efforts, especially across ecological gradients, which will help to identify important causal factors in declines.
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Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction.
TL;DR: The human-caused sixth mass extinction is likely accelerating for several reasons, including: many of the species that have been driven to the brink will likely become extinct soon, and the distribution of those species highly coincides with hundreds of other endangered species, surviving in regions with high human impacts, suggesting ongoing regional biodiversity collapses.
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Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
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TL;DR: Should past dependences of the global environmental impacts of agriculture on human population and consumption continue, 109 hectares of natural ecosystems would be converted to agriculture by 2050, accompanied by 2.4- to 2.7-fold increases in nitrogen- and phosphorus-driven eutrophication of terrestrial, freshwater, and near-shore marine ecosystems.
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Quantifying threats to imperiled species in the united states
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