Using comparative extinction risk analysis to prioritize the IUCN Red List reassessments of amphibians.

ABSTRACT: Assessing the extinction risk of species based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (RL) is key to guiding conservation policies and reducing biodiversity loss. This process is resource demanding, however, and requires continuous updating, which becomes increasingly difficult as new species are added to the RL. Automatic methods, such as comparative analyses used to predict species RL category, can be an efficient alternative to keep assessments up to date. Using amphibians as a study group, we predicted which species are more likely to change their RL category and thus should be prioritized for reassessment. We used species biological traits, environmental variables, and proxies of climate and land-use change as predictors of RL category. We produced an en

SUBMITTER: Lucas PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11589027 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature