The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates.

Hoffmann, M; Hilton-Taylor, C; Angulo, A; Böhm, M; Brooks, TM; Butchart, SH; Carpenter, KE; Chanson, J; Collen, B; Cox, NA; Darwall, WR; Dulvy, NK; Harrison, LR; Katariya, V; Pollock, CM; Quader, S; Richman, NI; Rodrigues, AS; Tognelli, MF; Vié, JC; Aguiar, JM; Allen, DJ; Allen, GR; Amori, G; Ananjeva, NB; Andreone, F; Andrew, P; Aquino Ortiz, AL; Baillie, JE; Baldi, R; Bell, BD; Biju, SD; Bird, JP; Black-Decima, P; Blanc, JJ; Bolaños, F; Bolivar-G, W; Burfield, IJ; Burton, JA; Capper, DR; Castro, F; Catullo, G; Cavanagh, RD; Channing, A; Chao, NL; Chenery, AM; Chiozza, F; Clausnitzer, V; Collar, NJ; Collett, LC; Collette, BB; Cortez Fernandez, CF; Craig, MT; Crosby, MJ; Cumberlidge, N; Cuttelod, A; Derocher, AE; Diesmos, AC; Donaldson, JS; Duckworth, JW; Dutson, G; Dutta, SK; Emslie, RH; Farjon, A; Fowler, S; Freyhof, J; Garshelis, DL; Gerlach, J; Gower, DJ; Grant, TD; Hammerson, GA; Harris, RB; Heaney, LR; Hedges, SB; Hero, JM; Hughes, B; Hussain, SA; Icochea M, J; Inger, RF; Ishii, N; Iskandar, DT; Jenkins, RK; Kaneko, Y; Kottelat, M; Kovacs, KM; Kuzmin, SL; La Marca, E; Lamoreux, JF; Lau, MW; Lavilla, EO; Leus, K; Lewison, RL; Lichtenstein, G; Livingstone, SR; Lukoschek, V; Mallon, DP; McGowan, PJ; McIvor, A; Moehlman, PD; Molur, S; Muñoz Alonso, A; Musick, JA; Nowell, K; Nussbaum, RA; Olech, W; Orlov, NL; Papenfuss, TJ; Parra-Olea, G; Perrin, WF; Polidoro, BA; Pourkazemi, M; Racey, PA; Ragle, JS; Ram, M; Rathbun, G; Reynolds, RP; Rhodin, AG; Richards, SJ; Rodríguez, LO; Ron, SR; Rondinini, C; Rylands, AB; Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y; Sanciangco, JC; Sanders, KL; Santos-Barrera, G; Schipper, J; Self-Sullivan, C; Shi, Y; Shoemaker, A; Short, FT; Sillero-Zubiri, C; Silvano, DL; Smith, KG; Smith, AT; Snoeks, J; Stattersfield, AJ; Symes, AJ; Taber, AB; Talukdar, BK; Temple, HJ; Timmins, R; Tobias, JA; Tsytsulina, K; Tweddle, D; Ubeda, C; Valenti, SV; van Dijk, PP; Veiga, LM; Veloso, A; Wege, DC; Wilkinson, M; Williamson, EA; Xie, F; Young, BE; Akçakaya, HR; Bennun, L; Blackburn, TM; Boitani, L; Dublin, HT; da Fonseca, GA; Gascon, C; Lacher, TE; Mace, GM; Mainka, SA; McNeely, JA; Mittermeier, RA; Reid, GM; Rodriguez, JP; Rosenberg, AA; Samways, MJ; Smart, J; Stein, BA; Stuart, SN

Abstract:

Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world's vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration wo...

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Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Böhm, M., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H., Carpenter, K. E., Chanson, J., Collen, B., Cox, N. A., Darwall, W. R., Dulvy, N. K., Harrison, L. R., Katariya, V., Pollock, C. M., Quader, S., Richman, N. I., Rodrigues, A. S., Tognelli, M. F., … Stuart, S. N. (2010). The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates. Science (New York, N.Y.), 330(6010), 1503–1509.

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Hoffmann, M., et al. “The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 330, no. 6010, Science (New York, N.Y.), 2010, pp. 1503–09.

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Hoffmann, M, C Hilton-Taylor, A Angulo, M Böhm, TM Brooks, SH Butchart, KE Carpenter, et al. 2010. “The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 330 (6010): 1503–9.
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