Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities

Wen-Yong Guo; Josep M. Serra-Diaz; Franziska Schrodt; Wolf L. Eiserhardt; Brian S. Maitner; Cory Merow; Cyrille Violle; Madhur Anand; Michaël Belluau; Hans Henrik Bruun; Chaeho Byun; Jane A. Catford; Bruno E. L. Cerabolini; Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal; Daniela Ciccarelli; Johannes H. C. Cornelissen; Anh Tuan Dang-Le; Angel de Frutos; Arildo S. Dias; Aelton B. Giroldo; Kun Guo; Alvaro G. Gutiérrez; Wesley Hattingh; Tianhua He; Peter Hietz; Nate Hough-Snee; Steven Jansen; Jens Kattge; Tamir Klein; Benjamin Komac; Nathan Kraft; Koen Kramer; Sandra Lavorel; Christopher H. Lusk; Adam R. Martin; Maurizio Mencuccini; Sean T. Michaletz; Vanessa Minden; Akira S. Mori; Ülo Niinemets; Yusuke Onoda; Renske E. Onstein; Josep Peñuelas; Valério D. Pillar; Jan Pisek; Bjorn J.M. Robroek; Brandon Schamp; Martjin Slot; Ênio Sosinski; Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia; Nelson Thiffault; Peter van Bodegom; Fons van der Plas; Ian J. Wright; Wu-Bing Xu; Jingming Zheng; Brian J. Enquist; Jens-Christian Svenning

doi:10.1101/2020.04.21.052464

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Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities

Wen-Yong Guo, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Franziska Schrodt, Wolf L. Eiserhardt, Brian S. Maitner, Cory Merow, Cyrille Violle, Madhur Anand, Michaël Belluau, Hans Henrik Bruun, …

bioRxiv

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1.1

23/04/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.21.052464

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Ecology

Although trees are key to ecosystem functioning, many forests and tree species across the globe face strong threats. Preserving areas of high biodiversity is a core priority for conservation; however, different dimensions of biodiversity and varied conservation targets make it difficult to respond effectively to this challenge. Here, we (i) identify priority areas for global tree conservation using comprehensive coverage of tree diversity based on taxonomy, phylogeny, and functional traits; and (ii) compare these findings to existing protected areas and global biodiversity conservation frameworks. We find that ca. 51% of the top-priority areas for tree biodiversity are located in current protected areas. The remaining half top-priority areas are subject to moderate to high human pressures, indicating conservation actions are needed to mitigate these human impacts. Our findings emphasize the effectiveness of using tree conservation priority areas for future global conservation planning.

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Titre: Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities
Créateurs - sans rôle: Wen-Yong Guo - Aarhus University
Josep M. Serra-Diaz - Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech
Franziska Schrodt - School of Geography, University of Nottingham
Wolf L. Eiserhardt - Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University
Brian S. Maitner - University of Arizona
Cory Merow - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Cyrille Violle - UMR 5175, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3
Madhur Anand - University of Guelph
Michaël Belluau - Centre for Forest Research, Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal
Hans Henrik Bruun - Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
Chaeho Byun - Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Andong National University
Jane A. Catford - Department of Geography, King’s College London
Bruno E. L. Cerabolini - Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria
Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal
Daniela Ciccarelli - Department of Biology, University of Pisa
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen - Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit
Anh Tuan Dang-Le
Angel de Frutos - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Arildo S. Dias - Goethe University, Institute for Physical Geography
Aelton B. Giroldo - Departamento de Ensino, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciências e Tecnologia do Ceará - IFCE campus Crateús
Kun Guo - Section for Aquatic Biology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University
Alvaro G. Gutiérrez - Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile
Wesley Hattingh - Global Systems and Analytics
Tianhua He - College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University
Peter Hietz - Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Nate Hough-Snee - Four Peaks Environmental Science and Data Solutions
Steven Jansen - Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University
Jens Kattge - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Tamir Klein - Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Benjamin Komac - Centre d’Estudis de la Neu i la Muntanya d’Andorra, Institut d’Estudis Andorrans (CENMA - IEA)
Nathan Kraft - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Koen Kramer - Wageningen University, Forest Ecology and Management group
Sandra Lavorel - Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, LECA, UMR UGA-USMB-CNRS 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes
Christopher H. Lusk - University of Waikato
Adam R. Martin - Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough
Maurizio Mencuccini
Sean T. Michaletz - University of British Columbia
Vanessa Minden - Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Akira S. Mori - Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
Ülo Niinemets - Estonian University of Life Sciences
Yusuke Onoda - Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Renske E. Onstein - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Josep Peñuelas - CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF- CSIC-UAB
Valério D. Pillar - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Jan Pisek - University of Tartu
Bjorn J.M. Robroek - Aquatic Ecology & Environmental Biology Group, Faculty of Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen
Brandon Schamp - Algoma University
Martjin Slot - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Ênio Sosinski - Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia - Leiden University
Nelson Thiffault - Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
Peter van Bodegom - Leiden University
Fons van der Plas - Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Life science, Leipzig University
Ian J. Wright - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
Wu-Bing Xu - Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University
Jingming Zheng - Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Resources and Ecosystem Processes, Beijing Forestry University
Brian J. Enquist - The Santa Fe Institute
Jens-Christian Svenning - Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University
Détails de publication: bioRxiv
Éditeur: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Édition: 1.1
Nombre de pages: 42
Identifiants: 99163261309311
Unité académique: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Langue: English; Japanese
Type de ressource: Preprint