Ranking threats to biodiversity and why it doesn’t matter

Céline Bellard (), Clara Marino and Franck Courchamp
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Céline Bellard: Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution
Clara Marino: Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution
Franck Courchamp: Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: Conservation scientists have proposed several rankings of the relative importance of global threats to biodiversity. Here, we argue that relative ranking of biodiversity threats depends on local context and metrics used, and so has little application for conservation.

Date: 2022
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