Rebecca A. Senior
A5016366256- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Plant and animal studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Forest Management and Policy
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Climate change and permafrost
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Forest ecology and management
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Landslides and related hazards
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
Durham University
2022-2025
Princeton Public Schools
2020-2024
Princeton University
2020-2024
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
2020
Newcastle University
2020
University of Sheffield
2016-2019
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
2014-2015
Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems ( https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html )—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database comparable samples biodiversity multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base develop global and regional statistical models how local responds these measures....
Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction alien species. Existing global databases species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic The collation datasets with broad taxonomic biogeographic extents, that support computation a range biodiversity indicators, is necessary enable better understanding historical declines project - avert future declines. We...
Abstract Brief introduction: What are microclimates and why they important? Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. is increasingly used to understand mitigate climate biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status microclimate ecology biogeography in terrestrial ecosystems, where this field heading next. investigations We highlight latest research on interactions between organisms, including how influence individuals, through them populations,...
Abstract Threatened species are by definition that in need of assistance. In the absence suitable conservation interventions, they likely to disappear soon 1 . There is limited understanding how and where interventions applied globally, or well work 2,3 Here, using information from International Union for Conservation Nature Red List other global databases, we find at risk three biggest drivers biodiversity loss—habitat loss, overexploitation international trade invasive 4 —many appear lack...
Abstract Tropical rainforests are subject to extensive degradation by commercial selective logging. Despite pervasive changes forest structure, selectively logged forests represent vital refugia for global biodiversity. The ability of these buffer temperature‐sensitive species from climate warming will be an important determinant their future conservation value, although this topic remains largely unexplored. Thermal buffering potential is broadly determined by: (i) the difference between...
Abstract Temperature is a core component of species' fundamental niche. At the fine scale over which most organisms experience climate (mm to ha), temperature depends upon amount radiation reaching Earth's surface, principally governed by vegetation. Tropical regions have undergone widespread and extreme changes vegetation, particularly through degradation conversion rainforests. As terrestrial biodiversity in tropics, many these species possess narrow thermal limits, it important identify...
Abstract The world’s warm deserts are predicted to experience disproportionately large temperature increases due climate change, yet the impacts on global desert biodiversity remain poorly understood. Because species in live close their physiological limits, additional warming may induce local extinctions. Here, we combine change projections with biophysical models and distributions predict of birds globally. Our results show heterogeneous between within deserts. Moreover, spatial patterns...
d Color is associated with threat and trade in passerines globally Hotspots of color diversity uniqueness are concentrated the tropics Based on their traits, 478 additional species likely targets for future The loss threatened traded could erode nature's aesthetic value
Protected areas are essential to biodiversity conservation. Creating new parks can protect larger populations and more species, yet strengthening existing parks, particularly those vulnerable harmful human activities, is a critical but underappreciated step for safeguarding at-risk species. Here, we model the area of habitat that terrestrial mammals, amphibians, birds have within park networks their vulnerability current downgrading, downsizing, or degazettement events future land-use...
Abstract Most terrestrial species on Earth are ectothermic and track temperature at small spatial scales, from sun flecks to cool shaded spots. Current assessments of thermal heterogeneity in complex environments predominately characterized by ambient temperature. This omission solar radiation may lead inaccurate conclusions regarding thermoregulation distribution species. We use cameras gather data structurally rain forest environments. Using thermographic photographs, we capture the...
Selective logging is responsible for approximately 50 % of human-induced disturbances in tropical forests. The magnitude from on the structure forests varies widely and associated with a multitude impacts forest microclimate. However, it still unclear how changes spatial arrangement vegetation arising selective affect capacity to buffer large-scale climate (i.e., macroclimate) variability. In this study, we leveraged hundreds terrestrial LiDAR measurements across Malaysian Borneoto quantify...
Logging and habitat fragmentation impact tropical forest ecosystems in numerous ways, perhaps the most striking of which is by altering temperature, humidity light environment – its microclimate. Because local‐scale microclimatic conditions directly influence physiology, demography behavior species, many impacts land-use intensification on biodiversity ecosystem functioning forests have been attributed to changes However, actual pathways through altered reshape ecology these human-modified...
Rewilding is gaining momentum as a new approach to restore and conserve biodiversity ecosystem services, despite being imprecisely defined, controversial, with limited explicit empirical supporting evidence (Lorimer et al., 2015; Pettorelli 2018; Svenning 2016). In case study region (the English uplands), we discuss what rewilding means practitioners policy makers; the risks, opportunities, barriers implementation, potential paths for practice. has had strong uptake in Europe, including UK...
Climate change is altering species’ distributions globally. Increasing frequency of extreme weather and climate events (EWCEs), including heat waves, droughts, storms, floods, fires, one the hallmarks change. These can trigger rapid shifts in by impacting dispersal, establishment, survival organisms. Despite species redistribution being widely studied response to longer-term trends change, few studies consider contribution EWCEs range shifts. With ecologically, economically, culturally...
Understanding the consequences of past conservation efforts is essential to inform means maintaining and restoring species. Data from IUCN Red List for 67,217 animal species were reviewed analyzed determine (i) which actions have been implemented different species, (ii) types improved in status (iii) are likely driven improvements. At least 51.8% (34,847) assessed reported, mostly comprising protected areas (82.7%). Proportionately more reported tetrapods warm-water reef-building corals,...
Selective logging is one of the major drivers tropical forest degradation, causing important shifts in species composition. Whether such changes modify interactions between and networks which they are embedded remain fundamental questions to assess ‘health’ ecosystem functionality logged forests. We focus on lianas their tree hosts within primary selectively forests biodiversity hotspot Malaysian Borneo. found that were more abundant, had higher richness, different compositions than Logged...
A dataset of 3,250,404 measurements, collated from 26,114 sampling locations in 94 countries and representing 47,044 species. The data were 480 existing spatial comparisons local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities types anthropogenic pressures, terrestrial sites around the world. database was assembled as part PREDICTS project - Projecting Responses Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems; [www.predicts.org.uk](http://www.predicts.org.uk).\r\n\r\nThe taxonomic...
Abstract Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations open, unshaded locations. As a result, microclimate monitoring is increasingly being integrated many studies ecology evolution. Overviews of protocols measurement methods related to needed, especially for those starting field achieve more generality standardisation studies. Here, we present 10 practical guidelines...
Abstract Variation in temperature at a fine spatial scale creates critically important microclimates for many organisms. Quantifying thermal heterogeneity this is challenging and, until recently, has been largely restricted to the use of dataloggers record air temperature. Thermography becoming an increasingly viable alternative. A single photo from imaging camera contains thousands spatially explicit surface measurements, making cameras ideal rapidly assessing variation scale. Here, we...