Stuart H. M. Butchart

This paper presents a protocol to identify and rank species needing urgent management action for Target 4 of the Global Biodiversity Framework using IUCN Red List data.

The paper develops a framework to screen business operations for ecological sensitivity using biodiversity metrics and evaluates how methodological choices affect site prioritization.

The paper presents an enhanced global estimate of the STAR metric for terrestrial vertebrates, identifying key countries and threats with the highest potential to reduce extinction risk.

The paper introduces a functional Red List Index (fRLI) to monitor functional diversity trends by weighting species by morphological uniqueness, finding higher extinction risk for locally unique species.

This paper assesses the coverage of the GBF Monitoring Framework and identifies gaps and opportunities for improvement in biodiversity monitoring.

Across 67,217 IUCN-assessed animal species, deteriorations in Red List category outnumber improvements sixfold; reintroductions and invasive species control are most consistently linked to recovery.

The paper predicts bird species' responses to agricultural expansion using trait and taxonomic data, finding that 74-78% of terrestrial birds decline in cropland areas and that future agricultural scenarios have varying impacts on bird populations.

The paper examines factors driving public and scientific interest in bird species using Wikipedia pageviews and Web of Knowledge articles, finding that charisma, familiarity, and Red List status influence attention.