Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

Richard Grenyer (), C. David L. Orme, Sarah F. Jackson, Gavin H. Thomas, Richard G. Davies, T. Jonathan Davies, Kate E. Jones, Valerie A. Olson, Robert S. Ridgely, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Tzung-Su Ding, Peter M. Bennett, Tim M. Blackburn, Kevin J. Gaston, John L. Gittleman () and Ian P. F. Owens ()
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Richard Grenyer: Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia
C. David L. Orme: Imperial College London
Sarah F. Jackson: University of Sheffield
Gavin H. Thomas: University of Birmingham
Richard G. Davies: University of Sheffield
T. Jonathan Davies: Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia
Kate E. Jones: Zoological Society of London
Valerie A. Olson: Zoological Society of London
Robert S. Ridgely: Academy of Natural Sciences
Pamela C. Rasmussen: Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology
Tzung-Su Ding: National Taiwan University
Peter M. Bennett: Zoological Society of London
Tim M. Blackburn: University of Birmingham
Kevin J. Gaston: University of Sheffield
John L. Gittleman: Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia
Ian P. F. Owens: Imperial College London

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7115, 93-96

Abstract: Bullet proof 'Silver bullet' conservation strategies assume that the distribution of extinction-prone species in one well studied taxonomic group will predict the distribution of comparable species in other groups. This has been hard to test, but the availability of new databases on the global distribution of birds, mammals and amphibians means that a test is now possible. The three groups show similar patterns in terms of overall species richness, but the distribution of threatened and rare species is different in each group. Silver bullet strategies alone, it seems, miss the target. Instead, priority areas for biodiversity conservation must be based on high-resolution data from multiple taxa.

Date: 2006
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