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Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen

University of OxfordORCID 0000-0001-6044-3389Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:benchmark study· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:field survey / ecological data· 1

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Natalie E. DuffusiD· 2 shared Owen T. LewisiD· 2 shared Richard Grenyer· 2 shared Ben Stone· 1 shared Dan A. Castell· 1 shared Eleanor Jane Milner‐GullandiD· 1 shared Joseph W. BulliD· 1 shared Niamh. Tooher· 1 shared

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Early outcomes of England's new biodiversity offset market

Natalie Duffus, Sophus zu Ermgassen, Richard Grenyer, Owen T. Lewis

The paper evaluates England's biodiversity offset market after 16 months, finding limited habitat diversity and low sales of offset units, highlighting design flaws in the BNG metric.

Conservation Biology · Aug 31, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

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