Collen, B;
Nicholson, E;
(2014)
Taking the measure of change: Predictive models of biodiversity change are required to inform conservation policy decisions.
Science
, 346
(6206)
166 - 167.
10.1126/science.1255772.
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Abstract
Over the past decade, numerous metrics for biodiversity—including species abundance, extinction risk, distribution, genetic variability, species turnover, and trait diversity—have been used to create indicators to track how biodiversity has changed (1–3). These indicators have made it clear that biodiversity loss, however it is measured, is showing little sign of abatement (1, 4) and that humans must respond to safeguard the provision of natural services on which we all rely (5, 6). But which metrics provide the most informative indicators under which circumstances? And how can the growing list of indicators best serve conservation policy decisions?
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Taking the measure of change: Predictive models of biodiversity change are required to inform conservation policy decisions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1255772 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1255772 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science 346:6206, 10 Oct 2014, doi: 10.1126/science.1255772. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1452592 |
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