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AUTHOR
Kalinkat, Gregor
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Public awareness of extinction threats in European threatened species
2018
The level of societal awareness of and interest in major threats facing endangered species is a critical determining factor for public support for conservation initiatives and programs, which might in turn impact conservation funding, effectiveness, and policy. Based on a quantitative analysis of internet webpages, we assessed the internet salience of climate change and invasive species as key threats to threatened amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal species in France, Germany and United Kingdom. The analysis indicated a higher prominence of climate change, as well as a higher prominence of the two threats in native species than in species that are inhabiting other countries and regions. Th…
Susceptibility of European freshwater fish to climate change: species profiling based on life-history and environmental characteristics
2018
Climate change is expected to strongly affect freshwater fish communities. Combined with other anthropogenic impacts, it will influence species distributions, and contribute to population declines and local extinctions. To provide timely management and conservation, it is important to identify those species that will be most impacted by climate change and those that will be resilient. Species traits are considered as a promising source of information on characteristics that influence resilience to various environmental conditions and impacts. We collated life history traits and climatic niches of all European freshwater fish species and compared those identified as susceptible to climate ch…