Outputs (8)

The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands (2019)
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Cutts, V., Katal, N., Löwer, C., Algar, A. C., Steinbauer, M. J., Irl, S. D., Beierkuhnlein, C., & Field, R. (2019). The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands. Frontiers of Biogeography, 11(4), Article e43737. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG43737

Topography influences evolutionary and ecological processes by isolating populations and by enhancing habitat diversity. While the effects of large-scale topography on patterns of species richness and endemism are increasingly well documented, the di... Read More about The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands.

Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges (2019)
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van der Sande, M. T., Bruelheide, H., Dawson, W., Dengler, J., Essl, F., Field, R., Haider, S., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pagel, J., Pergl, J., Purschke, O., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Bergmeier, E., Chytrý, M., Dainese, M., …Knight, T. M. (2020). Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(2), 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13027

© 2019 The Authors. Global Ecology and Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Alien plant species can cause severe ecological and economic problems, and therefore attract a lot of research interest in biogeography and related fields.... Read More about Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges.

Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa (2019)
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Bachman, S. P., Wilkin, P., Reader, T., Field, R., Weber, O., Nordal, I., & Demissew, S. (2020). Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29(1), 77–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01870-0

Identification of conservation priorities is essential for conservation planning, especially as the biodiversity crisis develops. We aimed to support conservation prioritisation by addressing knowledge gaps for the genus Aloe in the Horn of Africa. S... Read More about Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa.

Opinion: To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity (2019)
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Schrodt, F., Bailey, J. J., Kissling, W. D., Rijsdijk, K. F., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., van Ree, D., Hjort, J., Lawley, R. S., Williams, C. N., Anderson, M. G., Beier, P., van Beukering, P., Boyd, D. S., Brilha, J., Carcavilla, L., Dahlin, K. M., Gill, J. C., Gordon, J. E., Gray, M., Grundy, M., …Field, R. (2019). Opinion: To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(33), 16155-16158. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911799116

Challenges and opportunities for biogeography-What can we still learn from von Humboldt? (2019)
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Schrodt, F., Santos, M. J., Bailey, J. J., & Field, R. (2019). Challenges and opportunities for biogeography-What can we still learn from von Humboldt?. Journal of Biogeography, 46(8), 1631-1642. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13616

Alexander von Humboldt was arguably the most influential scientist of his day. Although his fame has since lessened relative to some of his contemporaries, we argue that his influence remains strong-mainly because his approach to science inspired oth... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for biogeography-What can we still learn from von Humboldt?.

Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants (2019)
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Hobohm, C., Janišová, M., Steinbauer, M., Landi, S., Field, R., Vanderplank, S., Beierkuhnlein, C., Grytnes, J.-A., Vetaas, O. R., Fidelis, A., de Nascimento, L., Clark, V. R., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., Franklin, S., Guarino, R., Huang, J., Krestov, P., Ma, K., Onipchenko, V., Palmer, M. W., …Chiarucci, A. (2019). Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 17(2), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2019.04.002

Endemics–Area Relationships (EARs) are fundamental in theoretical and applied biogeography for understanding distribution patterns and promoting biodiversity conservation. However, calculating EARs for vascular plant species from existing data is pro... Read More about Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants.

Progress, challenges and opportunities for Red Listing (2019)
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Bachman, S. P., Field, R., Reader, T., Raimondo, D., Donaldson, J., Schatz, G. E., & Lughadha, E. N. (2019). Progress, challenges and opportunities for Red Listing. Biological Conservation, 234, 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.03.002

Despite its recognition as an important global resource for conservation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species only provides assessments of extinction risk for a small and biased subset of known b... Read More about Progress, challenges and opportunities for Red Listing.

A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies (2019)
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Waite, C. E., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Field, R., & Boyd, D. S. (2019). A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(4), 902-912. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13318

1. Tropical forests store and sequester large quantities of carbon, mitigating climate change. Lianas (woody vines) are important tropical forest components, most conspicuous in the canopy. Lianas reduce forest carbon uptake and their recent incre... Read More about A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies.