Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life
Abstract Human-driven extinction threatens entire lineages across the Tree of Life. Here we assess the conservation status of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history, using three policy-relevant approaches. First, we calculate an index of threat to overall evolutionary history, showing that we expect...
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| author | Rikki Gumbs Oenone Scott Ryan Bates Monika Böhm Félix Forest Claudia L. Gray Michael Hoffmann Daniel Kane Christopher Low William D. Pearse Sebastian Pipins Benjamin Tapley Samuel T. Turvey Walter Jetz Nisha R. Owen James Rosindell |
| author_facet | Rikki Gumbs Oenone Scott Ryan Bates Monika Böhm Félix Forest Claudia L. Gray Michael Hoffmann Daniel Kane Christopher Low William D. Pearse Sebastian Pipins Benjamin Tapley Samuel T. Turvey Walter Jetz Nisha R. Owen James Rosindell |
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| description | Abstract Human-driven extinction threatens entire lineages across the Tree of Life. Here we assess the conservation status of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history, using three policy-relevant approaches. First, we calculate an index of threat to overall evolutionary history, showing that we expect to lose 86–150 billion years (11–19%) of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history over the next 50–500 years. Second, we rank jawed vertebrate species by their EDGE scores to identify the highest priorities for species-focused conservation of evolutionary history, finding that chondrichthyans, ray-finned fish and testudines rank highest of all jawed vertebrates. Third, we assess the conservation status of jawed vertebrate families. We found that species within monotypic families are more likely to be threatened and more likely to be in decline than other species. We provide a baseline for the status of families at risk of extinction to catalyse conservation action. This work continues a trend of highlighting neglected groups—such as testudines, crocodylians, amphibians and chondrichthyans—as conservation priorities from a phylogenetic perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77303bdacb5b459e86798a3e085b4ec02024-03-05T19:32:53ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-02-0115111310.1038/s41467-024-45119-zGlobal conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of LifeRikki Gumbs0Oenone Scott1Ryan Bates2Monika Böhm3Félix Forest4Claudia L. Gray5Michael Hoffmann6Daniel Kane7Christopher Low8William D. Pearse9Sebastian Pipins10Benjamin Tapley11Samuel T. Turvey12Walter Jetz13Nisha R. Owen14James Rosindell15Zoological Society of LondonDepartment of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College LondonZoological Society of LondonGlobal Center for Species Survival, Indianapolis Zoological SocietyRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewZoological Society of LondonZoological Society of LondonZoological Society of LondonDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College LondonDepartment of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College LondonScience and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, Grantham Institute, Imperial College LondonZoological Society of LondonInstitute of Zoology, Zoological Society of LondonDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale UniversityOn the EdgeDepartment of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College LondonAbstract Human-driven extinction threatens entire lineages across the Tree of Life. Here we assess the conservation status of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history, using three policy-relevant approaches. First, we calculate an index of threat to overall evolutionary history, showing that we expect to lose 86–150 billion years (11–19%) of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history over the next 50–500 years. Second, we rank jawed vertebrate species by their EDGE scores to identify the highest priorities for species-focused conservation of evolutionary history, finding that chondrichthyans, ray-finned fish and testudines rank highest of all jawed vertebrates. Third, we assess the conservation status of jawed vertebrate families. We found that species within monotypic families are more likely to be threatened and more likely to be in decline than other species. We provide a baseline for the status of families at risk of extinction to catalyse conservation action. This work continues a trend of highlighting neglected groups—such as testudines, crocodylians, amphibians and chondrichthyans—as conservation priorities from a phylogenetic perspective.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45119-z |
| spellingShingle | Rikki Gumbs Oenone Scott Ryan Bates Monika Böhm Félix Forest Claudia L. Gray Michael Hoffmann Daniel Kane Christopher Low William D. Pearse Sebastian Pipins Benjamin Tapley Samuel T. Turvey Walter Jetz Nisha R. Owen James Rosindell Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life Nature Communications |
| title | Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life |
| title_full | Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life |
| title_fullStr | Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life |
| title_short | Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life |
| title_sort | global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate tree of life |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45119-z |
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