The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade

LJ Hughes, O Morton, BR Scheffers… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife trade is a key driver of extinction risk, affecting at least 24% of terrestrial vertebrates.
The persistent removal of species can have profound impacts on species extinction risk and …

Corrigendum to: The threats to Australia's imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response

SG Kearney, J Carwardine, AE Reside… - Pacific Conservation …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Since European occupation of Australia, human activities have caused the dramatic decline
and sometimes extinction of many of the continent's unique species. Here we provide a …

Global wildlife trade across the tree of life

BR Scheffers, BF Oliveira, I Lamb, DP Edwards - Science, 2019 - science.org
Wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry that is driving species toward extinction. Of>
31,500 terrestrial bird, mammal, amphibian, and squamate reptile species,~ 24%(N= 7638) …

Impacts of wildlife trade on terrestrial biodiversity

O Morton, BR Scheffers, T Haugaasen… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The wildlife trade is worth billions of dollars annually and affects most major taxonomic
groups. Despite this, a global understanding of the trade's impacts on species populations is …

Combined impacts of deforestation and wildlife trade on tropical biodiversity are severely underestimated

WS Symes, DP Edwards, J Miettinen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Tropical forest diversity is simultaneously threatened by habitat loss and exploitation for
wildlife trade. Quantitative conservation assessments have previously considered these …

[HTML][HTML] Wildlife trade targets colorful birds and threatens the aesthetic value of nature

RA Senior, BF Oliveira, J Dale, BR Scheffers - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
A key component of nature's contribution to people is aesthetic value. 1, 2 Charismatic
species rally public support and bolster conservation efforts. 3, 4 However, an insidious …

The state of migratory landbirds in the East Asian Flyway: Distributions, threats, and conservation needs

DL Yong, W Heim, SU Chowdhury, CY Choi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With nearly 400 migratory landbird species, the East Asian Flyway is the most diverse of the
world's flyways. This diversity is a consequence of the varied ecological niches provided by …

Networks of global bird invasion altered by regional trade ban

L Reino, R Figueira, P Beja, MB Araújo, C Capinha… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Wildlife trade is a major pathway for introduction of invasive species worldwide. However,
how exactly wildlife trade influences invasion risk, beyond the transportation of individuals to …

[HTML][HTML] Wildlife trade shifts from brick-and-mortar markets to virtual marketplaces: A case study of birds of prey trade in Thailand

P Siriwat, V Nijman - Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2020 - Elsevier
The shift of wildlife trade from brick-and-mortar markets to virtual online marketplaces is
reported using the trade of birds of prey (raptors) in Thailand from 1968 to 2019 as a case …

Spatio-temporal dynamics of consumer demand driving the Asian Songbird Crisis

H Marshall, NJ Collar, AC Lees, A Moss, P Yuda… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Many South-East Asian bird species are in rapid decline due to offtake for the cage-
bird trade, a phenomenon driven largely by consumption in Indonesia and labelled the …