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

Authors: Ninon FV 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, and Matt W Hayward

Published in: Conservation Biology

Abstract

Combining native and non‐native species to evaluate biodiversity is overly simplistic and may undermine the conservation of ecosystems.

Meyer NFV, Balkenhol N, Dutta T, Hofman M, Meyer J, Ritchie EG, Alley C, Beranek C, Bugir CK, Callen A, Clulow S, Cove MV, Klop‐Toker K, Lopez OR, Mahony M, Scanlon R, Sharma S, Shute E, Upton R, Guilbault E, Griffin AS, Hernández Pérez E, Howell LG, King J, Lenga D, O Donoghue P, Hayward MW (2020) Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019. Conservation Biology PDF DOI