Schwerdtner Manez & Clifton discuss biodiversity credits, a growing market-based tool in conservation. Well-designed schemes can contribute to biodiversity gains, but they need a common methodology & to respect the rights of local & Indigenous communities🌱https://t.co/askQiewGrs
I am delighted to share my first PhD paper! We found that Key Biodiversity Areas cover the distributions of the world’s terrestrial birds excellently, representing 99.7%. KBAs are incredibly useful for conservation planning and policy. https://t.co/4wSWW3UBDT
#birds#conservation
Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests 🐦
Stresses the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity 📑
🔗 https://t.co/2pyDqp10sk
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
How do you design landscapes that support bird diversity? A new study from Taiwan shows that diverse habitats boost native bird richness, while less fragmentation helps limit invasive species.
Read the full study:
https://t.co/3lMh45Vc0p
Our paper found high compositional & low configurational heterogeneity help maintain native bird richness & minimising the spread of introduced species in Taiwan. It can help guide land use planning for countries with intensive land use.
https://t.co/5b3F1a2H6t