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SUBMITTER: Allan JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6413901 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allan James R JR Watson James E M JEM Di Marco Moreno M O'Bryan Christopher J CJ Possingham Hugh P HP Atkinson Scott C SC Venter Oscar O
PLoS biology 20190312 3
Conserving threatened species requires identifying where across their range they are being impacted by threats, yet this remains unresolved across most of Earth. Here, we present a global analysis of cumulative human impacts on threatened species by using a spatial framework that jointly considers the co-occurrence of eight threatening processes and the distribution of 5,457 terrestrial vertebrates. We show that impacts to species are widespread, occurring across 84% of Earth's surface, and iden ...[more]