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Beyond Species Richness for Biological Conservation

dc.contributor.authorRobert J. Fletcher Jr.
dc.contributor.authorRhys E. Green
dc.contributor.authorEleanor K. Bladon
dc.contributor.authorPhilip W. Atkinson
dc.contributor.authorBenjamin T. Phalan
dc.contributor.authorDavid Williams
dc.contributor.authorPiero Visconti
dc.contributor.authorAndrew Balmford
dc.contributor.otherDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
dc.contributor.otherDepartment of Zoology, Conservation Research Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
dc.contributor.otherDepartment of Zoology, Conservation Research Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
dc.contributor.otherBritish Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery Thetford UK
dc.contributor.otherCentre for Conservation of Atlantic Rainforest Birds Foz do Iguaçu Paraná Brazil
dc.contributor.otherSustainability Research Institute University of Leeds Leeds UK
dc.contributor.otherBiodiversity and Natural Resources Management Programme IIASA—International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Laxenburg Austria
dc.contributor.otherDepartment of Zoology, Conservation Research Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T06:12:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-08T09:10:58Z
dc.date.available2025-10-08T09:10:58Z
dc.date.issued01-07-2025
dc.identifier.urihttp://digilib.fisipol.ugm.ac.id/repo/handle/15717717/39229
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT Recent global policy developments have highlighted the need for straightforward, robust, and meaningful biodiversity metrics. However, much of conservation science is dominated by the use of a single metric, species richness, despite several known limitations. Here, we review and synthesize why species richness (i.e., the number of species in a local area) is a poor metric for a variety of topical‐ and policy‐relevant conservation problems. We identify the following three key issues: (1) increasing evidence emphasizes that species richness is often not a robust metric for identifying biodiversity change, (2) species richness ignores species identity and so may often not reflect impacts on species of concern, and (3) species richness does not provide information needed on the persistence of biodiversity or the provision of ecosystem services. We highlight the unappreciated practical outcomes of these limitations with examples from three ongoing conservation debates: whether local biodiversity is declining, how habitat fragmentation affects biodiversity, and the extent to which land sharing or sparing is more beneficial for biodiversity conservation. To address these limitations, we offer a set of guidelines for the use of biodiversity metrics in conservation policy and practice.
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherWiley
dc.subject.lccGeneral. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
dc.titleBeyond Species Richness for Biological Conservation
dc.typeArticle
dc.description.keywordsabundance
dc.description.keywordsbiodiversity
dc.description.keywordsconservation assessment
dc.description.keywordsindicator
dc.description.keywordsmetric
dc.description.keywordsmonitoring
dc.description.pagesn/a-n/a
dc.description.doi10.1111/conl.13124
dc.title.journalConservation Letters
dc.identifier.e-issn1755-263X
dc.identifier.oaioai:doaj.org/journal:6d5c8e04313042cfbd218cf93de943d1
dc.journal.infoVolume 18, Issue 4


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