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| Dato | Valore |
|---|---|
| Title | Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life |
| Abstract | Legal and illegal wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry that is driving several species toward extinction. Even though wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life, most analyses to date focused on the trade of a small selection of charismatic vertebrate species. Given that vertebrate taxa represent only 3% of described species, this is a significant bias that prevents the development of comprehensive conservation strategies. In this short contribution, we discuss the significance of global wildlife trade considering the full diversity of organisms for which data are available in the IUCN database. We emphasize the importance of being fast and effective in filling the knowledge gaps about non-vertebrate life forms, in order to achieve an in-depth understanding of global trading patterns across the full canopy of the Tree of Life, and not just its most appealing twig. |
| Source | Biological conservation 247 |
| Keywords | CITESInternational tradingIUCNPlant blindnessTraffickingVertebratism |
| Journal | Biological conservation |
| Editor | Elsevier,, Barking, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108503 |
| Authors | Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri; Mammola, Stefano; Cardoso, Pedro |
| Text | 422605 2020 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108503 Scopus 2 s2.0 85084514140 CITES International trading IUCN Plant blindness Trafficking Vertebratism Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri; Mammola, Stefano; Cardoso, Pedro Finnish Museum of Natural History; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Legal and illegal wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry that is driving several species toward extinction. Even though wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life, most analyses to date focused on the trade of a small selection of charismatic vertebrate species. Given that vertebrate taxa represent only 3% of described species, this is a significant bias that prevents the development of comprehensive conservation strategies. In this short contribution, we discuss the significance of global wildlife trade considering the full diversity of organisms for which data are available in the IUCN database. We emphasize the importance of being fast and effective in filling the knowledge gaps about non vertebrate life forms, in order to achieve an in depth understanding of global trading patterns across the full canopy of the Tree of Life, and not just its most appealing twig. 247 Published version http //www.scopus.com/record/display.url eid=2 s2.0 85084514140 origin=inward Articolo in rivista Elsevier, 0006 3207 Biological conservation Biological conservation Biol. conserv. Biological conservation. stefano.mammola MAMMOLA STEFANO |