Mammal Population Losses and the Extinction Crisis

By G. Ceballos, P. Ehrlich. Science, 2002

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Human Population Density and Extinction Risk in the World's Carnivores (2004, background): “…good proxy for threats to mammal populations (Forester and Machlis 1996; Woodroffe 2000; Brashares et al. 2001; Harcourt et al. 2001; McKinney 2001; Ceballos and Ehrlich 2002; Harcourt and Parks 2002; Parks and Harcourt 2002), and, indeed, it has been suggested that HPD be incorporated into a…”
European Bison habitat in the Carpathian Mountains (2010, background): “Land use, particularly habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation, is the primary driver of global biodiversity declines (Ceballos and Ehrlich, 2002; Fischer and Lindenmayer, 2007; Foley et al., 2005).”
Modeling species’ geographic distributions for preliminary conservation assessments: an implementation with the spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) of Ecuador (2004, background): “Because true absence data are lacking for most species (Funk et al., 1999; Ponder et al., 2001; Stockwell and Peterson, 2002a), drawbacks exist to the most common portrayals of geographic ranges in field guides and taxonomic revisions (Rapoport, 1982; Ceballos and Ehrlich, 2002).”
Explaining the global pattern of protected area coverage: relative importance of vertebrate biodiversity, human activities and agricultural suitability (2008, background): “Rapid population growth and global consumption of natural resources have caused widespread loss of native land cover and ecosystem functioning, and together constitute one of the greatest threats to biodiversity (Balmford et al., 2001; McKinney, 2001; Ceballos & Ehrlich, 2002; Baillie et al., 2004).”
ENDEMICS–AREA RELATIONSHIPS: THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIES DOMINANCE AND SPATIAL AGGREGATION (2003, methodology): “Scaling patterns of local endemism are relevant when considering local species extinctions, or population extinctions, which have been deemed an equal if not more sensitive indicator of the loss of biological capital than global species extinctions (Smith et al. 1991, Ceballos and Ehrlich 2002).”
Mammalian Response to Cenozoic Climatic Change (2009, background): “…most tangible evidence of global human impact today, including the effects of climatic change, has been measured in increased rates of extinction (Ceballos & Ehrlich 2002), yet data from the fossil record specifically linking climate and extinction are few, with notable exceptions such as those…”
Rarity in the tropics: biogeography and macroecology of the primates (2006, background): “The widespread taxon’s probability of extinction becomes that of its vulnerable constituent parts – and we know that many of the constituent parts are disappearing rapidly (Ceballos & Ehrlich, 2002).”
Range Contractions of North American Carnivores and Ungulates (2004, background): “The differences in maps can be attributed to the fact that Ceballos and Ehrlich (2002) investigated different species, including several whose ranges were located further south.”
Persistence of Large Mammal Faunas as Indicators of Global Human Impacts (2007, background): “Nonetheless, at present the quality of the data does not permit comprehensive estimations of all large mammal range losses at fine scales (sensu Ceballos and Ehrlich 2002).”
The Spatial Distribution of Threats to Species in Australia (2011, background): “…extinctions currently exceed the back-ground extinction rate by several orders of magnitude (Pimm et al. 1995, Woodruff 2001), and it is widely accepted that human influence is the ultimate driver of this biodiversity crisis (Ceballos and Ehrlich 2002, Davies et al. 2006, Ehrlich and Pringle 2008).”
Patterns, Causes, and Consequences of Anthropocene Defaunation (2016, background): “Another study of 173 mammalian species suggests an average loss of approximately 50% of their historic ranges (Ceballos & Ehrlich 2002).”
The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection (2014, background): “Human actions have eliminated top predators and other large-bodied species across most continents (38), and oceans are massively depleted of predatory fish (39).”