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@article{Matthews:2024:10.1126/science.adk7898,
author = {Matthews, TJ and Triantis, KA and Wayman, JP and Martin, TE and Hume, JP and Cardoso, P and Faurby, S and Mendenhall, CD and Dufour, P and Rigal, F and Cooke, R and Whittaker, RJ and Pigot, AL and Thébaud, C and Jørgensen, MW and Benavides, E and Soares, FC and Ulrich, W and Kubota, Y and Sadler, JP and Tobias, JA and Sayol, F},
doi = {10.1126/science.adk7898},
journal = {Science},
pages = {55--60},
title = {The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adk7898},
volume = {386},
year = {2024}
}

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AB - Humans have been driving a global erosion of species richness for millennia, but the consequences of past extinctions for other dimensions of biodiversity-functional and phylogenetic diversity-are poorly understood. In this work, we show that, since the Late Pleistocene, the extinction of 610 bird species has caused a disproportionate loss of the global avian functional space along with ~3 billion years of unique evolutionary history. For island endemics, proportional losses have been even greater. Projected future extinctions of more than 1000 species over the next two centuries will incur further substantial reductions in functional and phylogenetic diversity. These results highlight the severe consequences of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and the urgent need to identify the ecological functions being lost through extinction.
AU - Matthews,TJ
AU - Triantis,KA
AU - Wayman,JP
AU - Martin,TE
AU - Hume,JP
AU - Cardoso,P
AU - Faurby,S
AU - Mendenhall,CD
AU - Dufour,P
AU - Rigal,F
AU - Cooke,R
AU - Whittaker,RJ
AU - Pigot,AL
AU - Thébaud,C
AU - Jørgensen,MW
AU - Benavides,E
AU - Soares,FC
AU - Ulrich,W
AU - Kubota,Y
AU - Sadler,JP
AU - Tobias,JA
AU - Sayol,F
DO - 10.1126/science.adk7898
EP - 60
PY - 2024///
SP - 55
TI - The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions.
T2 - Science
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adk7898
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39361743
VL - 386
ER -