The underrepresentation and misrepresentation of invertebrates in the IUCN Red List

Cardoso, Pedro; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Triantis, Kostas A.; Ferrández, Miguel Ángel; Martin, José

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.011

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“…On the contrary, comparison of the IUCN list with US Endangered species act (Harris et al, 2013) or with the red lists of Brazil, Colombia, China and the Philippines (Brito et al, 2010) revealed numerous mismatches. Analysis of not well studied invertebrates showed, that IUCN criteria are not applicable for them (Cardoso et al, 2012). Study on fishes also provoked a question on some corrections of IUCN list principles (an additional category "nationally threatened" had been proposed) (Helfman, 2013).…”

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Effectiveness of “Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species” application on a regional scale: current state of the “Red Data books” of Russia

Popov

Fadeeva

Palenova

et al. 2017

BioComm

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Nowadays at least 140 Red Data books or lists are used in Russia. They reflect threatened species of various subdivisions of Russia in addition to all-Russian Red Data book. None of them uses criteria for the species assessment of the modern version of the IUCN list. Non-threatened species had not been included in the Russian red books. Most of species listed in the all-Russian Red Data book (77 %) has not yet been assessed for the IUCN red list. These particularities indicate on the necessity of gap-analysis in the planning of the following work on the IUCN red list keeping. It should focus first of all on revealing of the most urgent objectives, but not on the simple increase of species assessments. Now more than a half of species of "Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species" are not threatened ones, that is why its title does not reflect its contents.

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Effectiveness of “Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species” application on a regional scale: current state of the “Red Data books” of Russia

Popov

Fadeeva

Palenova

et al. 2017

BioComm

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“…Accurate estimates of population size and abundance and trends through time are rare for invertebrates in conservation assessments, as such data are particularly difficult to obtain for most species (Cardoso et al 2011(Cardoso et al , 2012Fox et al 2011;Adriaens et al 2015). Consequently, many IUCN assessments of invertebrates have used criteria B and D (Cardoso et al 2012). Estimates of the reduction in AOO have been used as a surrogate for suspected reductions in population abundance under criterion A in some assessments (e.g., Adriaens et al 2015), based on the assumption that abundance is correlated with the range of a species (Gaston 1994;Cardoso et al 2011).…”

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Biogeography and conservation assessment of Bactrurus groundwater amphipods (Crangonyctidae) in the central and eastern United States

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2016

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The subterranean amphipod genus Bactrurus (Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) is comprised of eight species that occur in groundwater habitats in karst and glacial deposits of the central and eastern United States. We reexamine the distribution, biogeography, and conservation status of Bactrurus in light of new species distribution records and divergence time estimates in the genus from a recent molecular study. In particular, we discuss hypotheses regarding the distribution and dispersal of B. mucronatus and B. brachycaudus into previously glaciated regions of the Central Lowlands. We also conducted the first IUCN Red List conservation assessments and reassessed global NatureServe conservation ranks for each species. We identified 17 threats associated with increased extinction risk that vary in source, scope, and severity among species, with groundwater pollution being the most significant threat to all species. Our conservation assessments indicate that five of the eight species are at an elevated risk of extinction under IUCN Red List or NatureServe criteria, with one species (B. cellulanus) already extinct. However, none of the eight species are considered threatened or endangered by any state or federal agency. Significant knowledge gaps regarding the life history, ecology, and demography of each species exist. Given results of our conservation assessments and available information on threats to populations, we offer recommendations for conservation, management, and future research for each species.

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“…However, there are no other groups in which all species have been assessed against the IUCN Red List criteria at least twice, although reassessments of all conifers, cycads, mangroves, seagrasses, cartilaginous fishes, lobsters, crayfish and freshwater crabs are planned or underway (IUCN, 2013b). Further, hyperdiverse invertebrate orders such Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera are particularly under-represented within the Red List (Cardoso et al, 2012), although regionally comprehensive assessments are now underway for some groups within the latter, and for other invertebrate groups. To account for the under-representation of these and other highly speciose and poorly known taxonomic groups a sampled approach to red listing has been developed (Baillie et al, 2008;Lewis and Senior, 2011), through which a representative sample of species have been assessed for reptiles, fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and plants (monocots, legumes, bryophytes and ferns), with other invertebrate assessments underway.…”

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Accounting for conservation: Using the IUCN Red List Index to evaluate the impact of a conservation organization

Young

Hudson

Terry

et al. 2014

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The underrepresentation and misrepresentation of invertebrates in the IUCN Red List

Cited by 55 publications

References 2 publications

Effectiveness of “Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species” application on a regional scale: current state of the “Red Data books” of Russia

Effectiveness of “Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species” application on a regional scale: current state of the “Red Data books” of Russia

Biogeography and conservation assessment of Bactrurus groundwater amphipods (Crangonyctidae) in the central and eastern United States

Accounting for conservation: Using the IUCN Red List Index to evaluate the impact of a conservation organization

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