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Matthew K. Lau, Stuart R. Borrett, Benjamin Baiser, Nicholas J. Gotelli + 1 more
Network ecology provides a systems basis for approaching ecological questions, such as factors that influence biological diversity, the role of particular species or particular traits in structuring ecosystems, and long-term ecological dynamics (e.g., stability). Whereas the introduction of network theory has enabled…
Samuel M. Scheiner
Ecologists are faced with an over-abundance of ways to measure biodiversity. In this paper, I provide a compilation of and guide through this ticket of diversity metrics. I present a typology for diversity metrics that encompasses the three commonly considered categories of information: abundance, phylogenetic…
Axel G. Rossberg, Jacob D. O’Sullivan, J. Christopher D. Terry, Nadav M. Shnerb
'Nadav M. Shnerb'] The difficulty of identifying appropriate metrics for the impact organisations have on biodiversity remains a major barrier to the inclusion of biodiversity considerations in environmentally responsible investment. We derive and analyse a simple metric: the sum of the proportional changes in the…
Natalie E. Duffus, Thomas B. Atkins, Sophus O.S.E. zu Ermgassen, Richard. Grenyer + 6 more
There is increasing demand for standardised, easy-to-use metrics to assess progress towards achieving biodiversity targets and the effectiveness of ecological compensation schemes. Biodiversity metrics based on combining habitat area and habitat condition scores are proliferating rapidly, but there is limited evidence…
David Nogués-Bravo, Sarah Whitmee, Liz Willetts, Claire J Standley
Despite over a decade of progressive commitments from parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), integrated biodiversity and health indicators and monitoring mechanisms remain limited, hampering achievement of the sustainable development goals and improvements in health and well-being. Adoption of the…
Ferdouz Cochran, Laura Jackson, Anne Neale, John Lovette + 1 more
Human health is inextricably tied to ecosystem services (ES), including those associated with greenspace in urban communities. EnviroAtlas provides close to 100 maps of ES metrics based on high-resolution land cover data in featured communities across the contiguous United States. Using selected EnviroAtlas ES metrics…
Dominik M Maczik, Vincent A.A. Jansen, Axel G. Rossberg
Global biodiversity enhancement is central to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and climate change mitigation. Achieving the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s ‘30 by 30’ target requires an estimated additional US$700 billion annually. Biodiversity credit markets seek to address this funding gap by…
Sílvia de Juan, Judi E. Hewitt, María Dulce Subida, Simon F. Thrush
It is crucial that societies are informed on the risks of impoverished ecosystem health for their well-being. For this purpose, Ecological Integrity (EI) is a useful concept that seeks to capture the complex nature of ecosystems and their interaction with social welfare. But the challenge remains to measure EI and…
David J. Beale, Oliver A.H. Jones, Utpal Bose, James A. Broadbent + 3 more
'Thomas K. Walsh' 'Jodie van de Kamp' 'Andrew Bissett'] Current environmental monitoring efforts often focus on known, regulated contaminants ignoring the potential effects of unmeasured compounds and/or environmental factors. These specific, targeted approaches lack broader environmental information and understanding…
Sarah K. Carter, Erica Fleishman, Ian I. F. Leinwand, Curtis H. Flather + 6 more
'Curtis H. Flather' 'Natasha B. Carr' 'Frank A. Fogarty' 'Matthias Leu' 'Barry R. Noon' 'Martha E. Wohlfeil' 'David J. A. Wood'] The concept of ecological integrity has been applied widely to management of aquatic systems, but still is considered by many to be too vague and difficult to quantify to be useful for…
Duccio Rocchini, Nicole Salvatori, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Alessandro Chiarucci + 16 more
In the light of unprecedented change in global biodiversity, real-time and accurate ecosystem and biodiversity assessments are becoming increasingly essential. Nevertheless, estimation of biodiversity using ecological field data can be difficult for several reasons. For instance, for very large areas, it is challenging…
Qi Cheng, Licheng Liu, Qing Zhu, Runlong Yu + 3 more
'Yiqun Xie' 'Xiaowei Jia'] Evaluating ecological time series is critical for benchmarking model performance in many important applications, including predicting greenhouse gas fluxes, capturing carbon-nitrogen dynamics, and monitoring hydrological cycles. Traditional numerical metrics (e.g., R-squared, root mean square…
Jessi Kershner, Jameal F. Samhouri, C. Andrew James, Phillip S. Levin + 1 more
'Phillip S. Levin' 'Steven J. Bograd'] Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has emerged as a promising approach for maintaining the benefits humans want and need from the ocean, yet concrete approaches for implementing EBM remain scarce. A key challenge lies in the development of indicators that can provide useful…
Duncan A O’Brien, Christopher F Clements
Modern biodiversity monitoring is generating increasingly multidimensional representations of wildlife populations and ecosystems. It is therefore appealing for conservation and environmental governance to combine that information into single measure of ecosystem or population health. Stability represents a desirable…
Kehinde R. Salau, Jacopo A. Baggio, Marco A. Janssen, Joshua K. Abbott + 1 more
'Joshua K. Abbott' 'Eli P. Fenichel'] Network-theoretic tools contribute to understanding real-world system dynamics, e.g., in wildlife conservation, epidemics, and power outages. Network visualization helps illustrate structural heterogeneity; however, details about heterogeneity are lost when summarizing networks…
Xiaowen Chen, Kyle Crocker, Seppe Kuehn, Aleksandra M. Walczak + 1 more
'Thierry Mora'] The competition for resources is a defining feature of microbial communities. In many contexts, from soils to host-associated communities, highly diverse microbes are organized into metabolic groups or guilds with similar resource preferences. The resource preferences of individual taxa that give rise…
Jane U. Jepsen, Per Arneberg, Rolf A. Ims, Anna Siwertsson + 5 more
'Nigel G. Yoccoz' 'Per Fauchald' 'Åshild Ø. Pedersen' 'Gro I. van der Meeren' 'Cecilie H. von Quillfeldt'] Ecosystems are subjected to increasing exposure to multiple anthropogenic drivers. This has led to the development of national and international accounting systems describing the condition of ecosystems, often…
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Understanding realistic exposure profiles of mixtures is crucial for effectively predicting the ecological risks and effects of metal mixtures in natural environments on a large scale (e.g., at a country level). In this study, we aimed to compile available measurement data for metals relevant to ecological risk…
Sean Pascoe, Renae Tobin, Jill Windle, Toni Cannard + 4 more
'Nadine Marshall' 'Zobaidul Kabir' 'Nicole Flint' 'Simon Thrush'] Report cards are increasingly used to provide ongoing snap-shots of progress towards specific ecosystem health goals, particularly in coastal regions where planners need to balance competing demands for coastal resources from a range of industries. While…
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Conservation chemistry is an emerging discipline focused on preventing the loss of biodiversity through molecular-level insight and intervention. As the planet enters a mass extinction event – driven by pollution, habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, overharvesting, and disease – chemical sciences offer…
Md. Moshiur Rahman Tushar, Zaki Alam Pushan, Nirupam Aich, Lewis Rowles
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging water contaminants with significant environmental and health impacts, posing challenges in water treatment due to their degradation resistance. This study reviews 10 papers on the sustainability of technologies for PFAS removal, revealing a critical literature gap…
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Extreme weather events increasingly threaten coastal water quality, yet the mechanisms by which tropical cyclones impair microbial conditions remain poorly quantified. We develop a Large Language Model–Assisted Microbial Source Tracking (LAMST) framework to trace the origins of microbial threats—fecal indicator…