Robert Buitenwerf

May 6, 2024 | cell.com | Jens-Christian Svenning |Robert Buitenwerf |Elizabeth le Roux

Rewilding should be central to global restoration efforts. One Earth. 2020; 3: 657-660Carver S. Convery I. Hawkins S. Beyers R. Eagle A. Kun Z. Van Maanen E. Cao Y. Fisher M. Edwards S.R. et al. Guiding principles for rewilding. Conserv. Biol. 2021; 35: 1882-1893du Toit J.T. Pettorelli N. The differences between rewilding and restoring an ecologically degraded landscape. J. Appl. Ecol. 2019; 56: 2467-2471Perino A. Pereira H.M. Navarro L.M. Fernández N. Bullock J.M. Ceaușu S. Cortés-Avizanda A. Van Klink R. Kuemmerle T.

Jan 1, 2024 | nature.com | Selwyn Hoeks |Brian S. Maitner |Yadvinder Malhi |Cory Merow |Robert Buitenwerf

AbstractTrees are pivotal to global biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people, yet accelerating global changes threaten global tree diversity, making accurate species extinction risk assessments necessary. To identify species that require expert-based re-evaluation, we assess exposure to change in six anthropogenic threats over the last two decades for 32,090 tree species. We estimated that over half (54.2%) of the assessed species have been exposed to increasing threats.

Nov 1, 2023 | cell.com | Nelson Mandela |Robert Buitenwerf

Highlights•Top-down trophic control of vegetation openness and heterogeneity manifests globally•Large herbivores reduce tree cover but boost variability in strictly protected areas•Fire reduces both landscape-scale tree cover and its spatial heterogeneity•Megafauna effects are more evident in ecosystems with potentially alternative statesScience for societyMaintaining diverse and resilient ecosystems worldwide is vital for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.