Publications by authors named "Louise M J O'Connor"
Article Synopsis
- Many vertebrate species around the world, like mammals and birds, are seeing their populations decline a lot.
- This study looks at how human activities, like pollution and farming, indirectly affect these species by harming their food sources and other interactions in the ecosystem.
- The research found that two big threats, direct exploitation (like hunting) and agricultural practices, are putting a huge number of species and their relationships at risk in Europe.
At macroecological scales, the provision of Nature's contributions to people (NCP) is mostly estimated with biophysical information, ignoring the ecological processes underlying them. This hinders our ability to properly quantify the impact of declining biodiversity and the provision of NCP. Here, we propose a framework that combines local-scale food web energy flux approaches and large-scale biodiversity models to evaluate ecosystem functions and flux-related NCP at extensive spatiotemporal scales.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is an urgent need to protect key areas for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people (NCP). However, different values of nature are rarely considered together in conservation planning. Here, we explore potential priority areas in Europe for biodiversity (all terrestrial vertebrates) and a set of cultural and regulating NCP while considering demand for these NCP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe are facing a biodiversity crisis at the same time as we are acquiring an unprecedented view of the world's biodiversity. Vast new datasets (e.g.
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