Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019

Ninon F.V. Meyer; Niko Balkenhol; Trishna Dutta; Maarten Hofman; Jean Yves Meyer; Euan G. Ritchie; Charlotte Alley; Chad Beranek; Cassandra K. Bugir; Alex Callen; Simon Clulow; Michael V. Cove; Kaya Klop-Toker; Omar R. Lopez; Michael Mahony; Robert Scanlon; Sandeep Sharma; Elen Shute; Rose Upton; Emy Guilbault; Andrea S. Griffin; Edwin Hernández Pérez; Lachlan G. Howell; John Paul King; Dean Lenga; Patrick O Donoghue; Matt W. Hayward

doi:10.1111/cobi.13665

Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019

Ninon F.V. Meyer, Niko Balkenhol, Trishna Dutta, Maarten Hofman, Jean Yves Meyer, Euan G. Ritchie, Charlotte Alley, Chad Beranek, Cassandra K. Bugir, Alex Callen, Simon Clulow, Michael V. Cove, Kaya Klop-Toker, Omar R. Lopez, Michael Mahony, Robert Scanlon, Sandeep Sharma, Elen Shute, Rose Upton, Emy GuilbaultAndrea S. Griffin, Edwin Hernández Pérez, Lachlan G. Howell, John Paul King, Dean Lenga, Patrick O Donoghue, Matt W. Hayward

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Wallach et al. (2019) propose including all non-native species when determining species richness, distribution, and threat status for biodiversity management and conservation purposes. Although contesting prevailing conservation paradigms is a useful way to critically examine and refine practice and policy, we argue that their proposal would lead to an artificial inflation in species counts and downplay the harm some non-native species cause to native species, human livelihoods, culture, and safety. Their approach, therefore, risks poor outcomes for conservation and society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	369-372
Number of pages	4
Journal	Conservation Biology
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13665
Publication status	Published - Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Meyer, N. F. V., Balkenhol, N., Dutta, T., Hofman, M., Meyer, J. Y., Ritchie, E. G., Alley, C., Beranek, C., Bugir, C. K., Callen, A., Clulow, S., Cove, M. V., Klop-Toker, K., Lopez, O. R., Mahony, M., Scanlon, R., Sharma, S., Shute, E., Upton, R., ... Hayward, M. W. (2021). Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019. Conservation Biology, 35(1), 369-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13665

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