Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots

Roux, Johannes J. Le; Hui, Cang; Castillo, Maria L.; Iriondo, J. M.; Keet, Jan-Hendrik; Khapugin, Anatoliy A.; Mèdail, Frédéric; Rejmánek, Marcel; Theron, G.B.; Yannelli, Florencia A.; Hirsch, Heidi

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063

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“…The disappearance of biodiversity is continually expanding worldwide, mostly due to human-related impacts (i.e., pollution, global change, industrialization, urbanization, etc.) [2][3][4]. In fact, despite the adoption of several directives aiming at the protection of plant species and areas featuring remarkable biodiversity, such tools do not seem to be as effective as expected.…”

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“…The preservation of biodiversity is a well-established priority at the global level, but unfortunately, despite the efforts of institutions and conservationists over the last decades, biological diversity faces serious threats, and continues to be lost when attempting to implement rates at a global level [1][2][3][4]. The current situation indicates that the (overambitious) targets to reduce biodiversity loss set by several international conventions will not be reached in the scheduled deadlines.…”

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A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin

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The Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing the risk of extinction and in need of urgent protection measures. The CARE-MEDIFLORA project promoted the use of ex situ collections to experiment with in situ active actions for threatened plants. Based on common criteria, a priority list of target plant species was elaborated, and germplasm conservation, curation and storage in seed banks was carried out. Accessions were duplicated in the seed banks of the partners or other institutions. Germination experiments were carried out on a selected group of threatened species. A total of 740 accessions from 429 vascular plants were stored in seed banks, and 410 seed germination experiments for 283 plants species were completed; a total of 63 in situ conservation actions were implemented, adopting different methodological protocols. For each conservation program, a specific monitoring protocol was implemented in collaboration with local and regional authorities. This project represents the first attempt to develop common strategies and an opportunity to join methods and methodologies focused on the conservation of threatened plants in unique natural laboratories such as the Mediterranean islands.

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A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin

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“…Although there is a lower number of studies devoted to orchid populations and conservation threats, these results are the most important for the knowledge on Orchidaceae species due to the global increase in habitat degradation and destruction, climate change, livestock grazing (e.g. see Soto Arenas et al, 2007;Liu H. et al, 2010;Liu Q. et al, 2015;Kull et al, 2016;Le Roux et al, 2019). The highest number of population-based studies has been concerned investigations of 1-2 orchid species (e.g.…”

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“…The effectiveness of Protected Area Networks in different regions depends on representativeness of endemic and threatened taxa (Jackson et al, 2009;Vellak et al, 2009;Gray et al, 2016), size (Schödelbauerová et al, 2009;Leroux et al, 2015), type (Lemenager et al, 2014;Fitzsimons, 2015;Furlonge et al, 2015), and protection support on behalf of government and non-government authorities Leverington et al, 2010;Tuvi et al, 2011;Bicknell et al, 2017). It is well-known that in several parts of the world, biological diversity generally decreases (Butchart et al, 2010;Le Roux et al, 2019), even within established PAs (Clark et al, 2013;Hill et al, 2015). Protected Areas are considered the most effective effort to protect characteristic or threatened species, habitats and ecosystems and to counteract the biodiversity loss (Geldmann et al, 2013;Coetzee et al, 2014;Gray et al, 2016).…”

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A global systematic review on orchid data in Protected Areas

Khapugin¹

2020

Nat. Conserv. Res.

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A systematic global literature review of studies devoted to Orchidaceae taxa in Protected Areas is presented here. It is aimed to understand research topics of studies on orchids in Protected Areas around the world. Used is the methodology well established in biological and medical science with a focus on two international databases (Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection) and one national (Russian Science Citation Index). Examined are the data on each paper's Protected Area location, habitat studied, topic discussed, and IUCN status of each Protected Area. It is hypothesised that orchids are predominantly investigated in Protected Areas, and therefore, the published results of studies on orchids are properly indexed by databases globally. The question is whether the most threatened plants, orchids, would be investigated in more detail and intensity in areas legally protected by authorities (nature reserves, national parks, natural monuments, wildlife sanctuaries, etc.), and whether the databases Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection, Russian Science Citation Index cover appropriately the majority of papers on orchids in Protected Areas on a global scale. There were found 331 publications on orchids in Protected Areas, including 72 from RSCI, 96 from Scopus, 163 from Web of Science Core Collection. A high percentage of the studies were conducted in the tropics, while vast temperate and subtropical regions (Northern Eurasia, Central and Western Asia, Northern and Central parts of North America, non-tropical Africa, and most parts of Australia) were poorly represented. Most studies were conducted in forests (in descending order of abundance-tropical, temperate, boreal), and were focused predominantly on the diversity and distribution of orchids in Protected Areas, followed by issues of taxonomy, structure and population dynamics, conservation threats of Orchidaceae, and orchid-consort interactions (insects-pollinators, trees-phorophytes, symbiotic fungi). It is concluded that the use of only the databases Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection and Russian Science Citation Index does not provide a sufficient amount of data to generalise comprehensive data about studies of orchids in Protected Areas at a global scale. In future systematic reviews of other, in non-English-language, international and national databases should be carried out.

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“…Climate change is also one of the primary causes of species endangerment (Ibrahim et al, 2013). Moreover, plants are also becoming extinct because of distinctive sequential patterns, with agriculture, invasions, and urbanisation as significant drivers in hotspots, whereas hydrological disturbance is an important driver in coldspots (Le Roux et al, 2019).…”

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Threatened lycophytes and ferns in four Protected Areas of Mindanao, Philippines

Coritico¹,

Amoroso²

2020

Nat. Conserv. Res.

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There are nearly a thousand threatened species of vascular plants in the Philippines and of which about 12% are lycophytes and ferns. However, there are not enough data on the distribution of the species. Thus, the threatened lycophytes and ferns were determined based on field surveys in four protected areas in Mindanao, namely Mt. Apo Natural Park, Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park, and Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary. The conservation status assessment was based on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources DAO 2017-11 updated list of threatened plants of the Philippines. A total of 45 species of threatened lycophytes and ferns was documented belonging to 16 families and 25 genera. Of these, three species are Critically Endangered, 23 Endangered, 15 Vulnerable, and three are other threatened species. Families with the highest number of threatened species are Cyatheaceae, Polypodiaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Ophioglossaceae, and Psilotaceae. The Critically Endangered species are Platycerium coronarium, Phlegmariurus magnusianus, and Helminthostachys zeylanica. The threatened species endemic to the Philippines are Phlegmariurus magnusianus, Alsophila apoensis, A. atropurpurea, A. hermannii, A. fuliginosa, A. heterochlamydea, A. negrosiana, A. rufopannosa, Lindsaea hamiguitanensis, Tmesipteris zamorarum, Aglaomorpha cornucopia, and A. sagitta. The highest number of threatened taxa was observed in the Mt. Apo Natural Park (29 species), followed by the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park (28 species), Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (27 species), with the lowest number in the Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (19 species). Most of the species were recorded in the lower and upper montane forests. The occurrence of threatened and endemic lycophytes and ferns in the four protected areas calls for a strict implementation of the ordinances necessary for a long term conservation and protection of the species.

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Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots

Cited by 125 publications

References 41 publications

A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin

A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin

A global systematic review on orchid data in Protected Areas

Threatened lycophytes and ferns in four Protected Areas of Mindanao, Philippines

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