Extinction
Global Patterns of Endangerment
- The IUCN Red List
- Box 8.1 Conservation in Practice: The IUCN Red List
- Estimates of global extinction
- Box 8.2 Challenges & Opportunities: Are We Entering the Sixth Mass Extinction?
Drivers of Extinction
- Habitat loss
- Overexploitation
- Invasive alien species
- Climate change
- Most threatening factors
Local Changes in Biodiversity
- Species-area relationships
- Empirical measures
- Better monitoring and assessment programs
- Box 8.3 Success Stories: Citizen Science and Biodiversity Monitoring
Controls of Extinction Risk
- Demographic parameters
- Box 8.4 Case in Point: Why Are Frogs and Toads Croaking?
- Ecological controls
- Life-history traits
- Stochastic processes