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18037531

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Species conservation practice, as opposed to principle, generally emphasizes species at risk of imminent extinction. This results in priority lists principally of those with small populations and/or geographical ranges. However, recent work emphasizes the importance of common species to ecosystems. Even relatively small proportional declines in their abundance can result in large absolute losses of individuals and biomass, occurrences significantly disrupting ecosystem structure, function and services. Here, we argue that combined with evidence of dramatic declines in once common species, this suggests the need to pay more attention to such depletions. Complementing the focus on extinction risk, we highlight important implications for conservation, including the need to identify, monitor and alleviate significant depletion events.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0169-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Commonness, population depletion and conservation biology.
pubmed:affiliation
Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. k.j.gaston@sheffield.ac.uk <k.j.gaston@sheffield.ac.uk>
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't