Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

Patterns, Causes, and Consequences of Anthropocene Defaunation

(2016) Hillary S. Young et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Assumption-versus data-based approaches to summarizing species’ ranges

(2016) A. Townsend Peterson et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One

(2016) Julian Fennessy et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers

(2016) Sean L. Maxwell et al.   NATURE

The global decline of cheetahAcinonyx jubatusand what it means for conservation

(2016) Sarah M. Durant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Anthropogenic disturbances jeopardize biodiversity conservation within tropical rainforest reserves

(2016) Miguel Martínez-Ramos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Butterfly communities under threat

(2016) Jeremy A. Thomas   SCIENCE

Mass extinction in poorly known taxa

(2015) Claire Régnier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

(2015) D. J. McCauley et al.   SCIENCE

Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

(2015) H. ter Steege et al.   Science Advances

Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

(2015) G. Ceballos et al.   Science Advances

Termites and ungulates affect arbuscular mycorrhizal richness and infectivity in a semiarid savanna

(2014) Renee H. Petipas et al.   Botany

The Lion in West Africa Is Critically Endangered

(2014) Philipp Henschel et al.   PLoS One

Experimental defaunation of terrestrial mammalian herbivores alters tropical rainforest understorey diversity

(2014) A. A. Camargo-Sanabria et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

Single pollinator species losses reduce floral fidelity and plant reproductive function

(2013) B. J. Brosi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant-Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years: Loss of Species, Co-Occurrence, and Function

(2013) L. A. Burkle et al.   SCIENCE

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

(2012) David U. Hooper et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

(2012) S. Naeem et al.   SCIENCE

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

Range contraction in large pelagic predators

(2011) B. Worm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians

(2008) D. B. Wake et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Commonness, population depletion and conservation biology

(2007) K GASTON et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION