Land-use and related pressures have reduced biotic integrity more on islands than on mainlands
K. Sanchez Ortiz, R. Gonzalez, A. De Palma, T. Newbold, S. Hill, J. Tylianakis, L. Borger, I. Lysenko, A. Purvis
The paper updates the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) to assess biotic integrity changes on islands versus mainlands, finding that islands have experienced greater declines in richness-based BII due to human pressures.
bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2019 · PreprintEcology