Indicators & Assessment Unit Publications

• Presentations
• Sampled Red List Index
• Living Planet Index
• Wildlife Picture Index
• National Red List
• EDGE of Existence

Presentations

The Communicate Conference talk (27th October 2008)
Communicate, run by the Bristol Natural History Consortium brings together professional environmental and conservation communicators through an on-line community and annual conference. ‘In the know’ was a session in the 2008 conference, where 3 scientists were invited to bring science communicators up to date with the key scientific issues in conservation.
Watch Ben Collen's presentation

Sampled Red List Index

Cumberlidge, N., Ng, P.K.L., Yeo, D.C.J., Magalhäes, C., Campos, M.R., Alvarez, F., Naruse, T., Daniels, S.R., Esser, L.J., Attipoe, F.Y.K., Clotilde-Ba, F.-L., Darwall, W., McIvor, A., Baillie, J.E.M., Collen, B. & Ram, M. (2009) Freshwater crabs and the biodiversity crisis: Importance, threats, status, and conservation challenges. Biological Conservation 142: 1665-1673.

Clausnitzer, V., Kalkman, V.J., Ram, M., Collen, B., Baillie, J.E.M., Bedjanič, M., Darwall, W.R.T., Dijkstra, K-D.B., Dow, R., Hawking, J., Karube, H., Malikova, E., Paulson, D., Schütte, K., Suhling, F., Villanueva, R.J., von Ellenrieder, N. & Wilson, K. (2009) Odonata enter the biodiversity crisis debate: The first global assessment of an insect group. Biological Conservation 142: 1864-1869.

Collen, B., Ram, M., Dewhurst, N., Clausnitzer, V., Kalkman, V.J., Cumberlidge, N. & Baillie, J.E.M. (2008) Broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments. In: J.-C. Vié, C. Hilton-Taylor & S.N. Stuart (eds), The 2008 Review of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Schipper, J., Chanson, J., Chiozza, F., Cox, N., Hoffmann, M., Katariya, V., Lamoreux, J., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Stuart, S.N., Temple, H.J., Baillie, J.E.M., Boitani, L., Lacher, T.E., Mittermeier, R.A., Smith, A.T., Absolon, D., Aguiar, J.M., Amori, G., Bakkour, N., Baldi, R.A., Berridge, R.J., Bielby, J., Black, P.A., Blanc, J.J., Brooks, T.M., Burton, J.A., Butynski, T.M., Catullo, G., Chapman, R., Cokeliss, Z., Collen, B., Conroy, J., Cooke, J.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Derocher, A.E., Dublin, H.T., Duckworth, J.W., Emmons, L., Emslie, R.H., Festa-Bianchet, M., Foster, M., Foster, S.N., Garshelis, D.L., Gates, C., Gimenez-Dixon, M., Gonzalez, S., Gonzalez-Maya, J.F., Good, T.C., Hammerson, G., Hammond, P.S., Happold, D., Happold, M., Hare, J., Harris, R.B., Hawkins, C.E., Haywood, M., Heaney, L., Hedges, S., Helgen, K.M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hussain, S.A., Ishii, N., Jefferson, T.A., Jenkins, R.K.B., Johnston, C.H., Keith, M., Kingdon, J., Knox, D., Kovacs, K.M., Langhammer, P., Leus, K.M., Lewison, R., Lichtenstein, G., Lowry, L.F., Macavoy, Z., Mace, G.M., Mallon, D.P., Masi, M., McKnight, M.W., Medellín, R., Medici, P., Mills, G., Moehlman, P.D., Molur, S., Mora, A.E., Nowell, K., Oates, J.F., Olech, W., Oliver, W.L.R., Oprea, M., Patterson, B., Perrin, W.F., Polidoro, B.A., Pollock, C,. Powel, A., Protas, Y., Racey, P.A., Ragle, J., Ramani, P., Rathbun, G., Reeves, R.R., Reilly, S.B., Reynolds III, J.E., Rondinini, C., Rulli, M., Rylands, A.B., Savini, S., Schank, C.J., Sechrest, W., Self-Sullivan, C., Shoemaker, A., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Silva, N., Smith, D.E., Srinivasulu, C., Stephenson, P.J., van Strien, N., Talukdar, B.K., Taylor, B.L., Timmins, R., Tirira, D.G., Tognelli, M.F., Tsytsulina, K., Veiga, L.M., Vié, J.-C., Williamson, L., Wyatt, S.A., Xie, Y. & Young, B.E. (2008) The status of the world’s land and marine mammals: diversity, threat and knowledge. Science 322:225-230.

Baillie, J.E.M., Collen, B., Amin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Butchart, S.H.M., Brummitt, N., Meagher, T.R., Ram, M., Hilton-Taylor, C. & Mace, G.M. (2008) Towards monitoring global biodiversity. Conservation Letters 1: 18-26.

Butchart, S.N.M., Akçakaya, H.R., Chanson, J., Baillie, J.E.M., Collen, B., Quader, S., Turner, W.R., Amin, R., Stuart, S.N. & Hilton-Taylor C. (2007) Corrections and improvements to the Red List Index. PLoS ONE 2: e140.

Butchart, S H.M., Stattersfield, A.J., Baillie, J.E.M., Bennun, L.A., Stuart, S.N., Akcakaya, H.R., Hilton-Taylor, C. & Mace, G.M. (2005) Using Red List Indices to measure progress towards the 2010 target and beyond. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 360: 255-268.

Butchart, S H.M., Stattersfield, A.J., Bennun, L.A., Shutes, S.M., Akcakaya, H.R., Baillie, J.E.M., Stuart S.N., Hilton-Taylor, C. & Mace, G.M. (2004) Measuring global trends in the status of biodiversity: Red List indices for birds. PLoS Biology 2: 1-11.

Living Planet Index

Collen, B., McRae, L., Deinet, S., De Palma, A., Carranza, T., Cooper, N., Loh, J., Baillie, J.E.M. (2011) Predicting how populations decline to extinction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366: 2577-2586. Link to PDF .

Collen, B., Loh, J., Whitmee, S., McRae, L., Amin, R. & Baillie, J.E.M. (2009) Monitoring change in vertebrate abundance: the Living Planet Index. Conservation Biology 23: 317-327

McRae, L., Loh, J., Bubb, P.J., Baillie, J.E.M., Kapos, V. & Collen, B. (2009) The Living Planet Index – Guidance for National and Regional Use. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. Download PDF (1.1 MB)

Collen, B., Ram, M., Zamin, T. & McRae, L. (2008) The tropical biodiversity data gap: addressing disparity in global monitoring. Tropical Conservation Science 1: 97-110. Download PDF (354 KB)

Latham, J., McRae, L., Loh, J. & Collen, B. (2008) The Living Planet Index for Migratory Species: an index of change in population abundance. Final report for The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species. Download PDF (0.8 MB)

Loh, J., Collen, B., McRae, L., Carranza, T.T., Pamplin, F.A., Amin, R. & Baillie, J.E.M. (2008) Living Planet Index. In: C.Hails (ed.), Living Planet Report 2008. WWF International, Gland, Switzerland. Download PDF (4.3 MB)

Collen, B., McRae, L., Kothari, G., Mellor, R., Daniel, O., Greenwood, A., Amin, R., Holbrook, S. & Baillie, J. (2008) Living Planet Index. In: J. Loh (ed.), 2010 and beyond: rising to the biodiversity challenge. WWF International, Gland, Switzerland. Download PDF (1.5 MB)

McRae, L., Loh, J., Collen, B., Holbrook, S., Amin, R., Latham, J., Tranquilli, S. & Baillie, J. (2007) Living Planet Index. In: S. Mitchell & A. Peller (eds.), Canadian Living Planet Report 2007. WWF Canada, Toronto, Canada. Download PDF (0.8 MB)

Loh, J., Collen, B., McRae, L., Holbrook, S., Amin, R., Ram, M., & Baillie, J. (2006) Living Planet Index. In: J. Loh & S. Goldfinger (eds.) Living Planet Report. WWF, Gland, Switzerland. Download PDF (2.9 MB)

Loh, J., Green, R.E., Ricketts, T., Lamoreux, J., Jenkins, M., Kapos, V. & Randers, J. (2005) The Living Planet Index: using species population time series to track trends in biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 360: 289-295.

Wildlife Picture Index

O'Brien, T. (2010) Wildlife Picture Index: Implementation Manual Version 1.0. Download PDF (3.2 MB)

Collen, B., Konie, J., Rist, J. & Howard, R. (2008) Constructing the evidence base for pygmy hippo conservation in Sapo National Park, Liberia. Project Progress Report Download PDF (8.9 MB)

National Red List

Zamin, T., Baillie, J.E.M., Miller, R., Rodriguez, J.P., Ardid, A., & Collen, B. (in press). National Red Listing Beyond the 2010 Target. Conservation Biology.

Clark, E.L., Munkhbat, J., Dulamtseren, S., Baillie, J.E.M., Batsaikhan, N., Samiya, R. & Stubbe, M. (2006a) Mongolian Red List of Mammals. Regional Red List Series Vol. 1. Zoological Society of London, London. (In English and Mongolian).

Baillie, J. & Groombridge, B. (1996) 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Gärdenfors, U., Hilton-Taylor, C., Mace, G. & Rodríguez, J.P. (2001) The application of IUCN Red List Criteria at regional levels. Conservation Biology 15: 1206-1212.

Miller, R., Rodríguez, J.P., Bambaradeniya, C., Boles, R., Eaton, M.A., Aniskowicz-Fowler, T., Gärdenfors, U., Keller, V., Molur, S., Pollock, C. & Walker, S. (2005) Analysis of the application of IUCN Red List Criteria at a national level. Report from the National Red List Advisory Group workshop 2005. IUCN, Cambridge, UK.

Collen, B., Bykova, E., Ling, S., Millner-Gulland, E-J. & Purvis, A. (2006) Extinction risk: a comparative analysis of central Asian vertebrates. Biodiversity & Conservation, 15: 1859

EDGE of Existence

Collen, B., Turvey, S.T., Waterman, C., Meredith, H.M.R., Kuhn. T.S., Baillie, J.E.M. and Issac. N.J.B., Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogentic approach for mammal conservation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366: 2611-2622. Link to PDF .

Baillie, J.E.M., Turvey, S.T. & Waterman, C. (2009). Survival of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) in New Guinea. Oryx 43: 146-148.

Isaac, N.J.B., Turvey, S.T., Collen, B., Waterman, C. & Baillie, J.E.M. (2007). Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny. PLoS One 2: e296. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000296

Turvey, S.T., Meredith, H.M.R. & Scofield, R.P. (2008). Continued survival of Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) in Haiti. Oryx 42: 611-614.

Turvey, S. (2008) Witness to Extinction: how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin. Oxford University Press.

Turvey, S.T. et al. (in press) Forgetting the Yangtze freshwater megafauna: rapid shifting baselines in Yangtze fishing communities, and local memory of extinct species. Conservation Biology.

Xiujiang, Z., Barlow, J., Taylor, B.L., Pitman, R.L., Kexiong, W., Zhuo, W., Stewart, B.S., Turvey, S.T., Akamatsu, T., Reeves, R.R. & Ding, W. (2008) Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China. Biological Conservation 141: 3006-3018. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.09.005.