RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2020.04.21.052464
DO 10.1101/2020.04.21.052464
A1 Wen-Yong Guo
A1 Josep M. Serra-Diaz
A1 Franziska Schrodt
A1 Wolf L. Eiserhardt
A1 Brian S. Maitner
A1 Cory Merow
A1 Cyrille Violle
A1 Madhur Anand
A1 Michaël Belluau
A1 Hans Henrik Bruun
A1 Chaeho Byun
A1 Jane A. Catford
A1 Bruno E. L. Cerabolini
A1 Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal
A1 Daniela Ciccarelli
A1 Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
A1 Anh Tuan Dang-Le
A1 Angel de Frutos
A1 Arildo S. Dias
A1 Aelton B. Giroldo
A1 Kun Guo
A1 Alvaro G. Gutiérrez
A1 Wesley Hattingh
A1 Tianhua He
A1 Peter Hietz
A1 Nate Hough-Snee
A1 Steven Jansen
A1 Jens Kattge
A1 Tamir Klein
A1 Benjamin Komac
A1 Nathan Kraft
A1 Koen Kramer
A1 Sandra Lavorel
A1 Christopher H. Lusk
A1 Adam R. Martin
A1 Maurizio Mencuccini
A1 Sean T. Michaletz
A1 Vanessa Minden
A1 Akira S. Mori
A1 Ülo Niinemets
A1 Yusuke Onoda
A1 Renske E. Onstein
A1 Josep Peñuelas
A1 Valério D. Pillar
A1 Jan Pisek
A1 Bjorn J.M. Robroek
A1 Brandon Schamp
A1 Martjin Slot
A1 Ênio Sosinski
A1 Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia
A1 Nelson Thiffault
A1 Peter van Bodegom
A1 Fons van der Plas
A1 Ian J. Wright
A1 Wu-Bing Xu
A1 Jingming Zheng
A1 Brian J. Enquist
A1 Jens-Christian Svenning
YR 2020
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/04/23/2020.04.21.052464.abstract
AB Although trees are key to ecosystem functioning, many forests and tree species across the globe face strong threats. Preserving areas of high biodiversity is a core priority for conservation; however, different dimensions of biodiversity and varied conservation targets make it difficult to respond effectively to this challenge. Here, we (i) identify priority areas for global tree conservation using comprehensive coverage of tree diversity based on taxonomy, phylogeny, and functional traits; and (ii) compare these findings to existing protected areas and global biodiversity conservation frameworks. We find that ca. 51% of the top-priority areas for tree biodiversity are located in current protected areas. The remaining half top-priority areas are subject to moderate to high human pressures, indicating conservation actions are needed to mitigate these human impacts. Our findings emphasize the effectiveness of using tree conservation priority areas for future global conservation planning.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.