A globally influential area-condition metric is a poor proxy for invertebrate biodiversity
Natalie E. Duffus, Thomas B. Atkins, Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen, Richard Grenyer, Joseph W. Bull, Dan A. Castell, Ben Stone, Niamh. Tooher, Eleanor Jane Milner‐Gulland, Owen T. Lewis
The paper evaluates a biodiversity metric used for ecological compensation and finds it poorly correlates with invertebrate biodiversity metrics like richness and abundance.
Journal of Applied Ecology · Sep 12, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology