A 150‐Year Avian Extinction Debt Forewarns a Global Species Crisis and Highlights Conservation Opportunities

• Published in: Conservation letters Vol. 18; no. 1
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhibang, Cui, Ning, Hung, Chih‐Ming, Li, Shou‐Hsien, Dong, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2025; Wiley
• Subjects: Age; Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; Birds; Conservation; Datasets; Debt; ecological restoration; Ecosystem restoration; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental restoration; Extinct species; Extinction; extinction debt; generalized linear mixed model; global terrestrial birds; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Habitats; Human influences; human modification index; humans; Land use; Perturbation; Phylogenetics; Precipitation; Reptiles & amphibians; Risk; Seasonal variations; species; Species extinction; Taxonomy; Time series; time series analysis; Variables; Wildlife habitats

ABSTRACT Humans have caused pervasive wildlife habitat loss by transforming most of the Earth's terrestrial surface, while unexpectedly limited species have consequently gone extinct. The concept of time‐lagged extinction (i.e., an extinction debt) potentially explains this paradox, but the sta...